I agree with you teejay but most won't.
Apostate Logical Fallacies -- Part 1
by logansrun 43 Replies latest jw friends
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Special K
Wow! Wow! Wow!
This is one of the best threads of discussion I have read since I came on this forum.
Everyone, free to express and share their thoughts and feelings from all places in their journey.
My, thought.. you would not have been able to share this together if you were all "door knocking, bible banging J.W.s"
Free Minds , free to think and free to debate or discuss. AND FREE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND!!
Thanks guys,
Special K
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cruzanheart
If your congregation wasn’t the most loving in the world that does not prove that the JWs are wrong as a whole
I agree with that, and I spent a good 15 years trying to disprove the idea that the JWs were wrong as a whole. Unfortunately, the weight of evidence fell with a thud on the side of the JWs being, as an organization and as a whole, completely unloving. After experiencing that with six congregations and several letters from Brooklyn, I was convinced this was not "THE truth." I do know many loving and wonderful Witnesses whom I am proud to count as my friends, but they appear to be the exception.
Nina
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kgfreeperson
The more I learn about the Watchtower Society, the more impressed I am by all of you who come across as kind and loving people who are living good lives. It isn't, to me, that people generalize from one rotten elder to the whole organization, but rather the weight of story after story of the abuse of power, the coldness, the fear--especially the fear--that constructs a picture of an incredibly toxic organization. It is within the context of this extremely controlling organization that individual JWs perpetrate the cruelties recounted here. While it is certainly true that the organization can't control each and every behavior of each and every JW, it is also certainly true that they have created a climate in which cruelty and craziness flourish. If the concern is that people only tell the bad stories and not the good, perhaps it would be useful to start a topic encouraging people to relate the good experiences. If there are a significant number, that might go a long way in achieving the balance some feel is not here.