Need help with a few questions please

by rejoice 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  Perry

  Hi Rejoice,

  Your experience is not unique. While all the major doctrines remain mostly intact, there are so many changing doctrines in the JW world that it inevitably creates several shades of meaning as to what is acceptable or not. This can vary by family, individual, or even regionally. All this serves to keep people guessing as to what is "right" and drench them in quilt.

  Beings a "worldly" friend of a JW is always tenous at best and superficially short term at worst. Most a good people who are just nerve-wracked by the psycologically phobic control the leadeship holds over them. It is sad.

  I know you have genuine feelings for your previous neighbor and want to help her. It is almost impossible to get though unless they are ready. I want to thank you for your post and compassion toward JW's. It is a very refreshing viewpoint from a different perspective.
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  Shakita

  Rejoice:

  You ask about the division among families in the JW organization. The JW religion isn't unique in dividing up families along religious lines. Families generally want their children to continue on in their own specific religion, to continue worshipping their God/Gods the way they choose, to continue with traditional family holiday's shared together, and to keep the family closeknit. So, when children decide to not share in their parents beliefs, and the parents can't understand why, there are problems that will follow. The difference between the JW religion and these others is the horrible shunning and disfellowshipping of their members. Hence, cutting them off from beloved mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, etc...... In all my years as a witness, I have never heard of a witness family who did not have at least one member of their extended family who was marked(another form of shunning), shunned, or disfellowshipped. This practice that is forced upon the members of the JW religion is unscriptural and heartless. They enforce this practice of shunning and disfellowshipping to shut those members off from the rest of the congregation. If they can do this, they make it impossible for any one who knows the truth about this organization to make contact with anyone on the inside. There are so many examples families destroyed by this heartless excuse of a religion.

  If you have been here for awhile already, you know the pain that alot of people on this board have endured because of the shunning and disfellowshipping from friends and family members. If not, and you would like to find out more about it, there are numerous sites you can go to. One is Freeminds, you can click on it at the bottom of this page.

  Take care.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Guest 77

  rejoice, as soon as I finshed e-mailing you, I called the witness friend who I was talking about, and we chatted for five minutes. He lives in Cambridge Mass. So you see, I once again took the bull by the horns and called. Our conversation was wholesome and upbuilding. We did not talk about the witnesses and their activity, just his family and mine.

  Guest 77
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  hooberus

  You might ask her some questions such as:

  Is questioning a religious organization that claims to represent God the same as questioning God himself?

  Is doubting a religious organization that claims to represent God the same as doubting God?

  Should loyalty to God be placed above loyalty to any religious organization?