Ten reasons Jehovah’s Witnesses have the true religion (plus a bonus one)

by slimboyfat 62 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Touchofgrey

  What were your reasons for believing JW have the truth?

  My parents were coercive to believe that jws were the one true religion in the mid 60s and the new world would be fulfilled by 1975 ,so I was coerced by them as a child (they genuinely believed it was for my everlasting benefit) so it was all I knew at that point and continued to be a jw till my mid 50s ,when I educated myself about physiological manipulation and coercive control (was in a abusive marriage) and then realized that religion used the same tactics as domestic abusers. Then looked into jws and religion in general and the facts clearly showed that religion is a way to control and manipulate people. And that the bible is the uninspired word of man .

  There is no independently verified evidence of a miracle worker called jesus ,and that the four gospels were written by unknown authors many decades after the so called events.
  
  
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  Beth Sarim

  Touchofgrey

  Each & every single JW has the ability to develop critical thinking skills,,destroy their JW induced trance & put their indoctrination to bed.

  JWs who were victimized or fell prey to the borg were caught & influenced by red herring & straw man arguments.

  The born ins had/ have no choice. That is why child indoctrination is so evil. Children cannot apply critical thinking skills. They believe they are doing whats required of them,, thats all they know,,,,thats all they believe.

  Whether or not JWs want to develop critical thinking & destroy straw man arguments & overcome their JW indoctrination,,,, its totally up to them.

  
  
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  no-zombie

  To Silmboyfat
  

  I was going to make a larger post on the topic of Jesus' presence in congregational meeting parts after the Annual Meeting, but I might as well say something now.

  I must confess that once I learnt about the Jesus mini series and heard our Christmas song, I had hoped that it might be the beginning of a pivot back to CT Russell's teaching of learning the fruits of the spirit through Jesus' personal example.

  Sadly after seeing the first episode (and listening to the talks around it) at the convention, I realized that it was just an exercise to appease those on the outside, who correctly claim that Jesus is invisible to the consciences of modern Witnesses.

  But what is worse (depending on your perspective), is that one of the few opportunities to save the Organization from extinction, was lost. For instead of reforming the Church into a non-prophetic Christian based faith, one that would have a more attractive message to the world, the Governing Body weakly decided to spend millions on a white elephant project that would solve none of its problems. Proving once again how reactive instead of proactive, they really are.

  And as the Bethel speaker noted, as we are slotting to see one new episode per District Convention, I strongly doubt that the Faith has another 15 years of business as usual, before the series wraps up.
  
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  Beth Sarim

  And born ins whether its 2nd gen,,3rd.gen 4th or whatever,,,,thats all they know

  Its forced upon them. The craziness is passed on to them from infancy

  They're forced into a mindset of beliefs with the only information they have at the time. No choice.
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  Ding

  JWs believe the WT religion is "the truth" because that's repeated over and over and over in the mags and meetings.
  
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  Beth Sarim

  Thats the problem with propaganda.

  The more times its repeated,,, you believe it.

  The more times its repeated,,, you believe it..

  Its designed to mislead & persuade biases.
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  StephaneLaliberte

  I could have added that the behaviour of JWs during the Third Reich was also something that convinced me Jehovah’s Witnesses have the truth. The Nazi regime is as close to a laboratory test of who are true Christians as you could conceivably devise and JWs conducted themselves well when so many others did not. That’s not to deny that individuals of other religions showed courage or that some other small groups also took a stand against the regime, but it seems obvious that JWs stood out as a religious group that stood firm under extreme trial. - Silmboyfat

  When I was a JW, I believed the same thing. However, after leaving the faith and visiting Auschwitz, I came to realize that Catholics and other Christians simply followed a different strategy. They lied to the Nazis and publicly supported them, all the while contributing to the resistance behind the scenes. As a result, around a million Catholics died fighting in the resistance. Like the JWs, many of them were sent to concentration camps.

  Certainly, there were ugly cases where some Christians were full-blown Nazis, but JWs had their own traitors too. The only real difference was the numbers—there were many more Catholics, and therefore many more traitors and Nazi sympathizers, but the ratios were likely similar.

  Looking back, I now find it immoral for JWs to claim they were the only true Christians through all of this, while ignoring the significant sacrifices made by other believers for the good of humanity. Their faith was put into action, and if there is a God, it would be unjust to overlook those sacrifices.

  In short: While JWs certainly deserve recognition for their unwavering stance, it is equally important to acknowledge the sacrifices and alternative strategies of other religious groups, including Catholics and Protestants.
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  Beth Sarim

  Sold to...

  And bought by the most gullible & naivety.

  Seriously though,,,, ignorance today is a ''choice"".

  No excuses for gullibility & naivety.
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  Konagirl

  "It was wall to wall Jesus."

  So they are praising Jesus to gather more into their net? (Hab 1:15-16) That’s really impossible for them to "praise" him, since they don’t give Jesus any worship. Their falsettos to Christ will soon be drowned out, when they resume preaching and “singing” in the name of the GB and “Jehovah’s organization”. (Luke 17:23; 2 Cor 11:4; 1 Tim 1:3-4; 6:3-5; Isa 1:13-20; Heb 4:12)
  
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  TonusOH

  Some of the recent changes made me think that they are slowly moving towards the mainstream. After so many years of such strict orthodoxy, they cannot embrace mainstream Christianity all at once. But they can begin to move in that direction a few bits at a time. Moving Jesus into a more prominent position would make sense in that context, especially if it is combined with the idea that the GB is fallible and can make mistakes.

  The idea of putting the GB in a truly subordinate position to Jesus would be fairly radical, but also a concept that the rank-and-file could accept. Especially if it means a gradual lessening of the 'obedience to the GB' policy. I'm not sure they can go all the way in that direction without leading the rank-and-file to wonder why they don't just go to another church. So I might be on the wrong track. Still, it will be interesting to see if any more changes are made in the near future.