SOJ
You are good -my man, in fact you are almost as good as I was when I was new like you.
It is good to see how you addressed those issues raised. in fact if you went back and looked at most former jw post you will find that your explanation was almost TEXTBOOK answers.
I do commend you for taking the challenge, now what you must do is get OUT OF YOUR HEAD many quotes from the org that directly contridicted WHAT YOU THOUGHT -
while the catch phrase
"Taken out of context" works for awhile- when you go back and read THE ENTIRE ARTICLES like so many of us have done, the phrase THE APOSTATES TOOK THE WT OUT OF CONTEXT kinda melts away
after awhile it gets harder and to defend what even most WT heavies such as CO, DO and bethelites will admit privately- that stuff was completely unfounded in the bible-
allow me to tell you the process of leaving wt-
the jw tries to explain away thier being on an Apostate site, by something like- "The WT only warns jw about the dangers of dialogging with apostates"
of course we all know that the Official position is for a mature jw to have nothing to do with apostates and of course we could provide you will all the direct quotes from the wt on the issue, but we all know it matters not to a jw who is trying to justify being here-
but hey - don't feel too bad many of us including myself did the exact same thing- with such classic statements as
"I am defending the truth". "I am not associating with apostates in my home unless you are sitting in my living room" "I really don't know if you are DF or not" etc.
but after awhile it just reaches the point where one realizes how foolish so much of what the wt says is just made up-
I just smiled as I read your reponses - let's look at some of your excuses for the wt who now claims to speak for god himself:
JT: I know what the publications say, and you quoting a sentence here and there does not prove anything. .
translation_ yep i know you are correct, but i don't want to admit it, cause it will make me look bad
GERARD: . Your looking at little stuff and making a big deal out of it.
translation- yes i know what i call little stuff could get you DFed if you dissagreed, but i have to call it little stuff
Miracle wheat: Was that view not corrected? Proof that Jehovah does cleanse the Organization from wrong beliefs.
translation, - no the wheat didn't work as claim- not proof that god cleanse, it just didn't work sorta like a prayer cloth
Great pyramid: Russell was trying to find the truth and he used different ways, but in the end Jehovah helped to correct those views. Another proof that Jehovah does guide his people.
translation, - yep he was into that demonic stuff, but jah used him anyway
Blood transfussions: The big picture is not whether to accept or not, the big picture is "are we going to be faithful to Jehovah's laws even when facing death". .
translation- now this is funny, he states it is not whether or not one accepts it, when in fact that is the point, if one accepts it they are DA, if not they are considered good christain, so it is a matter of whether one accepts it or not- notice he called it jah law- at one time it WAS JAH LAW NOT TO ACCEPT BLOOD FRACTIONS, BUT jah changed that law
Dates: I only agree that '75 was a problem, all the other dates are just quotations taken out of context. You were not there so you cannot possibly know what the brothers were doing or thinking at that time
translation, yes i will conceded 75 was bogus, but i can't concede the other dates despite the fact that i can read all the details about them
higher education, no sports at school, no music band: This is just one of those little things that you make it a big deal.
translation: I know that the going to college was viewed as a direct level of ones spiritual mature state and now it no longer does
shun relatives and friends: By this I'm guessing you don't approve disfellowshippings. But a person is disfellowshipped because of their decisions to sin and to have a contact contrary to the laws of Jehovah. That's their choice. The shunning is a consequence of your own actions. You should quit blaming others and start taking responsability for your own actions.
translation- every person who is dfed is because they SINNED- and what was their sin???
they questioned what was written in some UNINSPIRED publication from the wt-
rape is fornication, or rape is not fornication: I think the Faithful & Discreet Slave has been clear about this policy always quoting from the Bible to backup their viewpoint.
Now the above is funny, think about what he said- with each policy the wt has backed up it's view with the bible despite the FACT that thier position was 180 degrees from what it was the year before
this is why folks say YOU CAN GET THE BIBLE TO SAY AND SUPPORT ANYTHINGA EVEN WHEN you change it back and forth
I have read the quotes to criticize this policy and they are taken out of context. When you read the articles you know very well what the policy is. The only changes came after an understanding in whether a rape victim should be held accountable if they did not scream because they froze over fear.
translation, all time favorite again, TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
WTBTS being a NGO member: This is another example of how the enemies of Jehovah blow things out of proportion
TRANSLATION - I know the wt made a big deal when other religions became NGO members in fact writing articles about it, but of course when we became NGO it was'nt that bad
so yes in a few years you will look back like most of us and laugh at how you were able to attempt to explain away documented proof of wt error
when you try to explain away what ever one can read for themselves you sound much like the Presss offiecer for the Iraq gov-
how sad
but continue to read, cause you will not be able to get this info out of your head
