A hey guys this is a short story of a witness who could never find unconditional love kfrom the congregation and family members. Cheers!!!
Jehovahs Witnesses and Conditional Love
by Christian Gutierrez 16 Replies latest jw friends
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blondie
It's a switch game:
To some, though, God’s love for people is a foreign concept. To them, God is to be feared and obeyed. Or perhaps because of certain entrenched erroneous teachings, they feel that God is unloving, even unlovable. On the other hand, there are those who believe that God’s love is unconditional and that he loves them regardless of what they do or fail to do..
w15 9/15 p.18-19
From Our Readers
Values I was surprised by the statement in the opening paragraph of the second article of the series “What Has Happened to Values?” (June 8, 2003) It stated: “Among the greatest gifts parents can give to their children are unconditional love and a set of values that the parents live by.” When children and adults act as if they are entitled to one another’s love, values will always decline.
K. B., United States
“Awake!” responds: The phrase “unconditional love” was used to suggest that parents should not imply that their love for their children is fragile or tenuous—that it might be withdrawn at any moment because of some failing on the child’s part or that the child is obliged to earn parental love by doing everything just right.—Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21.
g04 2/8 p.30
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sir82
“Awake!” responds: The phrase “unconditional love” was used to suggest that parents should not imply that their love for their children is fragile or tenuous—that it might be withdrawn at any moment because of some failing on the child’s part or that the child is obliged to earn parental love by doing everything just right.
Hmm...what happens if we change a few words.....
“Sir82” responds: The phrase “unconditional love” was used to suggest that JW family members should not imply that their love for their relatives is fragile or tenuous—that it might be withdrawn at any moment because 3 old men guessed that the relative was not really repentant for some perceived sin or that the relative is obliged to earn familial love by doing everything that the Watchtower Society says should be done.
Wonder if that statement would ever make it into an Awake? -
blondie
Not in my lifetime, sir82.....or in their existence.
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Christian Gutierrez
Hi Blondie, well it looks like they are trying to teach their followers that unconditional love is neither the right view nor the practical way of seeing things. Members must always be ready to disconnect from family and friends when ready.
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Christian Gutierrez
sir82, that's pretty much the case!
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Finkelstein
And to obtain god's love and approval one must make themselves in servitude and devotion to the Watchtower Corporation and all of its doctrines/directives.
JWS really dont receive unconditional love it doesn't exist, either you make that personal vow to the WTS's own GB men or your never going to appease Jehovah and probably be destroyed at Armageddon by the WTS's own teachings of course.
See how WTS manipulates and exploits people's emotions and mental state.
The JWS love that the JWS express is very conditional and one could say inherently pretentious.
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LongHairGal
CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ:
Witnesses are deluded with their conditional "love" and imagine that it's like a light switch that can be flicked on and off. The human brain doesn't work that way.
What about people who have been out for years and moved on??...Many of the Witnesses weren't my friends decades ago when I was in - so why would I want their "friendship" now? It's absurd.
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Christian Gutierrez
Yes they are deluded when it comes to what love is. But that's what the watchtower does. It manipulates the brain and stripes you of what it is to be human by teaching you how to turn on and turn off love. It is so you serve the governing body.
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Rainbow_Troll
Witnesses are deluded with their conditional "love" and imagine that it's like a light switch that can be flicked on and off. The human brain doesn't work that way.
I agree and yet this is exactly how the brain of a JW does seem to work. There were some exceptions - one of my friends began to tear up when we met each other by accident outside the KH - but in most cases of DFing I have witnessed, the shunners don't seem to experience any remorse are internal conflict over what they are doing. Perhaps they were simply hiding their feeling very well, but the point is I saw no evidence which would have suggested this.