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What Would You Say If Someone Expressed Interest In Being A JW???
by minimus 23 Replies latest jw friends
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ISP
.......fool
But its their life.
ISP
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minimus
You could always say that the Witnesses are the best religion since the Bible Students or early Christians.
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hippikon
In the last cong I was in there was an imagrant family studying. I was dfed at the time so my whole family was treated like leppers. As it turned out I helped out this family on a profesional level and got to know them quite well. I told the husband quite franky the reason we were treated so badly by the others in the cong. The elders had a word in his ear and he kept his distance for a while. Later on however he faced a personal crisis involving exploitation. The elders were too busy and wouldn't help him so he turnd to me. As an emerging athiest it gave me great pleasure to help resolve his problems and practice what the elders preached. (Those lying hyocritical bastards. Racist pricks too.) He stoped his study soon after.
BTW I still managed to get reinstated after that - Aint the lords works a mystery
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ozziepost
Tell them to read this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/48598/1.ashx
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JH
If someone wants to be a witness, and asked me my opinion on the subject, I would say, "go where your heart tells you to go".
I would tell the person my story in that religion first. I would give the facts.
But I would not discourage them from going.
Some have to learn things the hard way, to really understand.
John
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Maverick
I would tell them about this great book written by a 'retired' member of the Governing Body called Crisis of Conscience. I have a number of copies and would gladly lend them one. I would tell them that it is written for the baptized membership and that they would be told of it after they were baptized. But I always thought that people were adult enought to understand it before they got baptized. I would tell the person to read it and not tell their study conductor because he will want them to wait and read it as a JW and not before. I will guarantee them that they will be glad they read it and thank me later.
If that didn't work I would tell them to ask their study conductor this question, " If I become a member(baptized) and decide I want out how can I do that and what happens to ex members?" I will explain that the conductor will dodge the question and tell this person that he will never want to leave and get God's disapproval. I would impress upon this person that they should persist and get a straight answer out of the conductor. Maverick
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greven
Simply encourage them to do decent research on this cult. Hear pro and contra examing the evidence, be critical read stuff about cult behaviour and techniques ask if you can read material written by ex-members etc etc.
So in short I would like to help them make an informed choice. Ultimately the choice is theirs.
Greven
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ozziepost
I would tell them to ask their study conductor this question, " If I become a member(baptized) and decide I want out how can I do that and what happens to ex members?" I will explain that the conductor will dodge the question and tell this person that he will never want to leave and get God's disapproval. I would impress upon this person that they should persist and get a straight answer out of the conductor.
Yes, yes, yes! Right on!
Cheers, Ozzie
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Silverleaf
I would not hesitate to tell them everything I know from personal experience and everything I've read here. Several years ago my SIL expressed an interest - she was/is a young single mother without many prospects for a good relationship, a good job, good friends, and she met a bunch of JWs who offered to help her move into her new apartment, help watch her kids, etc. Not long after that she was forbidding her children to participate in Halloween and birthday parties. I told my father-in-law the long list of problems with the JWs and told him to be on the lookout. He relayed some of the info to her and of course she 'knew better.'
Long story short, her involvement lasted until Christmas. She told the family not to expect gifts from her and we all said, no problem. Don't expect gifts from us either. When she realized she wasn't getting her usual stash of cash from Dad she bailed. Surprise, surprise.
Silverleaf