Every Know Anyone Too "Weak" To Wake Up?

by freemindfade 32 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  freemindfade

  Ucantnome

  I think you are still thinking with the JW glossary of terms. Many things theysay imply one thing, mean another. Many terms have been hijacked by the religion.

  "Truth" doesn't mean truth. It means What you have to believe according to a religion

  Being "good" means nothing more than obedient.

  "Unconditional love"...

  many people do not fully understand what these things really mean until they get out.

  I stand by my claim that the root cause behind most JW actions is fear!

  "I go door to door because I love mankind so much!"... next breath, "they didn't listen to me, what jerks, I'll take their house after Armageddon". and at the meeting "if you don't go out and knock on doors YOUR BLOOD GUILTY". Stop going out in service for a while..."is everything ok, we haven't seen you out in a while" how embarrassing and disingenuous of an elder who has never spoke to me and barely knows my name to falsify concern because of numbers on a little piece of paper that is going to get him chewed out by the CO.

  This religion, as with most, is a social technology designed to control through fear. There are people with good intentions who do good things, in my experience the majority of JW good deeds were done for "theocratic reasons." seldom just to be a decent human. I have seen profoundly more unconditional love and genuine human kindness outside the walls of a kingdom hall. It make come in smaller doses but it is far more real.
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  kairos

  I can name at least 20 individuals in Napa Ca, where I live and attended the meetings for 25 years that fit this description.

  I don't even know why these people cling to the religion, since they think WT is true, they won't survive Armageddon anyway...
  

  So sad.
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  Ucantnome

  I had someone sitting in my living room a short while ago who had been disfellowshipped a couple of times telling me it was difficult but was good in the end. So good it seems they needed to have another go. I was always one to say hello its my nature but now I realise to do good to this person I wont.
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  brandnew

  Some people speak their mind......like me....and dubworld dont like it...😂😂😂😂 df'd early......never sought being reinstated. Alot of weak ones, who cant speak on it.yes i agree.!!!

  Mad Puppy
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  stuckinarut2

  Yes!

  DO NOT assume that those who are "inactive" are awake to TTATT!
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  James Mixon

  I have talk to ones who are inactive and they run away as if I was the devil....LOL
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  cha ching

  I have known people "out" for years... DF'd.... doing whatever, as if they are not JW's....

  but always thinking it "was the truth" (in a weird way) in the back of their mind, and maybe going to come back "to be with their family".....

  Emotional, social blackmail.... that is the hook.
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  ToesUp

  Not so much weak but frightened.
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  smiddy

  As I have said before , many people slacken off in service , meetings , etc , and even become inactive , however because they seemingly leave the "truth" , the "truth" never leaves them , they may only attend the memorial once a year , and they still consider themselves a Jehovah`s Witness regardless of what others think of them.

  smiddy
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  Closer to Fine

  This describes my husband as well. Inactive, leads the life of one of those 'oh so wicked horrible worldly people', and knows very little of jw history or current events. Thanks to this site and others I know more about jws than he does and he was raised one. He struggles to know what to say when he tries to defend jw views. I want to cry when I hear him say "the society says its true so it is". When it comes to religion, in his eyes I am nothing but a worldly person who is being misled by satan and therefore my opinion means nothing. It is very frustrating at times! I am getting closer and closer to walking away from it all