I am new in this forum... I have just come acrossed it in the last couple days. I am Gary. I find it a rather neat forum with many differing opinions about the WTBTS and Jehovah's Witnesses in particular.
It is rather easy to find those who are the true Christians and who are not. Would I place the Jehovah's Witnesses in this category? Yes. But then I would place all who worship Jehovah as God and follow Jesus as thier king as true Christians.
I could call myself one of Jehovah's Witnesses, but am not affiliated with them. I have never been disfellowshipped nor disassociated either. I do have many of thier books in my collection of Christian literature, but I have others as well. Many of my beliefs line up with what is taught by the Jehovah's Witnesses. I could walk into a kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses tomorrow and be happy. But then I could also walk into any Unitarian place of worship and be happy.
I have found that many people in the world need to be told what to believe and what not to believe. I do not hold this against anybody. If they wish to be told how to worship Jehovah, then so be it. But it is not wrong. I have seen people on this forum chastise (I will not go into when and where since there are literally thousands of messages that I would have to go through.) the Jehovah's Witnesses and tell them that they are mindless freaks (well, not in those words) that cannot think for themselves. All religions and faiths are guilty of this. The JW's accuse the rest of the world of this. The Muslims accuse the trinitarians and Jews of this. All humans are mindless freaks that want others to tell them how to think.
That said: As a Christian worshipper of Jehovah, how would you talk with a Muslim? I have been talking with them for the mast two years and have not gotten anywhere with them. If you thought the JW's were bad when talking with them, try talking with one from Islam. The JW's, from my experiences with them, are kind and respectful. Muslims are cruel and horrid in the ways they express themselves.
If you wish to see and correspond with Muslims here are a couple active forums:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibleandquran
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bismikaallahuma
http://forum.bismikaallahuma.org
thanks!
gary