Which is more important-religion or family?
Which would you choose if you had to? If a family member was going to be killed if you carried on 'participating' in the religion-what would you do?
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Religion or Family???
by Overseer 21 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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MrMoe
Good question to proove how brainwashed dubs are.
DUH! MY FAMILY!!! Anybody that would turn thier back on thier family in favor of a God is nuts. If God is love, he will understand our human "error" in protecting our blood.
Moe
Edited by - MrMoe on 24 June 2002 13:18:23
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Elders_Kid
For any normal, sane person this one would be easy... family of course. But for those who have been brain washed into believing that the dubs have the only true religion, they can't make that choice. They will almost always choose the religion over thier family. They can't be reasoned with, and you can't change thier minds, it is just that way. They will throw a whole bunch of scriptual mumbo-jumbo at you in a sorry attempt to explain their position, and will try to make you feel like you are the one who is wrong. It's kinda sad really.
EK
PS This post should make me a Senior Member!!!
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jaccilynn
easy. family... if only alot of our families felt they same way, huh?
edited to say: hey elderskid, this post made me a senior member too!
Edited by - jaccilynn on 24 June 2002 14:48:13
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Adonai438
This is a good question.
I will always stay true to God AND to my family.
It's not about practising a religion to me. I love God and won't deny that and believing in and trusting in him is not something that can be just disolved because of circumstances. I also love my family and will do everything within my power to love and protect them. I truly trust in God as well and have experienced hisprotection and guidance over and over. I know its easier to say than do but I would trust him in that situation too and know that when I do that the outcome will be right.
Would I deny God because someone threatened my family? No, but I would protect my family at all costs and trust God.
Would I stop going to church because someone threatened my family?- depends on the circumstances-- If its a situation like communist china I would probably say, yes because I don't need to go to church to love God and more good can be done that way. If its here in america and its some crazy person I would say probably not, although I may stay home until the threat was caught because, again, it's not going to church that makes one a christian.
I would never deny God or my Family and would do whatever it takes to stay true to both.
Consider this: IMHO: If what you believe in is so despensible that you can throw it out if the going gets rough then you don't really believe anything at all and your word is pretty sorry and doesn't really mean anything.
<>< Angie
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CPiolo
A no-brainer. My family always comes before any organization, be whatever it may. See W. P. Browns excellent essay for more: http://www.freeminds.org/fishin/ideas.htm. As Elder's Kid pointed out, only high-control groups that use unethical coercive persuasion to manipulate their members ask such a thing.
CPiolo
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joannadandy
I think it's a pretty obvious choice, of course family!!
Too bad not everyone sees it that way. I feel very lucky that my parents feel family is more important and haven't stopped talking to me or my sister, however my best friend was going to Da herself, (because if she didn't she would be Df'd and she wanted some control over the situation) and when she told her mother; her response to her was "Well that's too bad, because I love Jehovah more than you, and I won't be able to speak to you anymore"
I NEARLY CRAPPED MYSELF when I heard that. This woman was like my second mother growing up, and to hear here say that to her own daughter made me lose every respect I once had for her. You don't even want to know what kind of trauma it put on my friend. I think she has relinquished and does talk to her on the phone every now and then, but still...
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SpiderMonkey
Consider this: IMHO: If what you believe in is so despensible that you can throw it out if the going gets rough then you don't really believe anything at all and your word is pretty sorry and doesn't really mean anything.
It seems to me like you can only get yourself in this quandary if you believe in only one way of worship...
If you believe that worship to God can consist of uttering all kinds of vile lies about your beliefs about God, in order to save the life of your own offspring, then so be it. I wouldn't call that throwing anything out! If it were me alone in a room with a bunch of people making threats towards me alone, it would be different. I couldn't even trust that they wouldn't carry out their threats anyway, even if I said or did what they wanted. But even that small hope would be preferable, in my opinion, to attacking the ones threatening, if the life of my own flesh and blood was on the line. I am a lover, not a fighter ;-)
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MrBusyShortz
Moe-->Good question to proove how brainwashed dubs are.
DUH! MY FAMILY!!! Anybody that would turn thier back on thier family in favor of a God is nuts. If God is love, he will understand our human "error" in protecting our blood.>
I would say that I would agree with you here, Moe. The Family unit is very important in the eyes of God. My opinion of course.
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SEAKEN2001
Angie:
Consider this: IMHO: If what you believe in is so despensible that you can throw it out if the going gets rough then you don't really believe anything at all and your word is pretty sorry and doesn't really mean anything.
Oh, Angie, I think you have only the best of intentions and I really don't want to hurt your feelings but that is a rediculous statement. If you really believe that you are a fool. I think maybe you mispoke or meant something else. I've been a fool, so you are in good company. I hope you will forever be open to changing your beliefs as the facts make it necessary. No beliefs are sacred. Your own word is not a belief and not dependant on any outside forces. You are either a person of integrity or you are not. I personally have adjusted my beliefs several times but it has never changed my integrity, and never will.
Is family more important than religion? Yes. Are your religious beliefs hurting your family? Change them. Is some higher power asking you to sacrafice your family and choose either your belief in this power or your family? No. But if you believe it youve got a problem. I say dispense with the belief before you hurt your family. Unless your family is worthless, then dispense with them.
Sean