Hi ya defd:
To be honest it truely does amaze me the out right hatred many have towards Jehovahs Organization.
To you, it's hatred of "jehovah's organization". But to others, it is a righteous anger at a man made organization that is controlled more of man made rules than of God's heart.
The Jewish organization was "Jehovah's Organization" when Jesus appeared on earth - yet he found it lacking and expressed anger towards the organization as a whole and it's leaders. He found that they were more set on following rules than on showing mercy, love, and trying to reach out and save lost sheep. They could not see the heart of God because they were too set on being legalistic. Yet - there were individuals within that "organization" that truly did love God and wanted to follow him. Those are the people who Jesus sought out and who became the "church".
This is how I view the Jehovah's Witness organizaiton. The organization itself is more interested in following rules than in doing what is right. Remember how the pharisees accused Jesus of breaking rules because he healed a man on the sabath? To me - it is the same as someone getting in trouble for speaking to a DF'd person when they know the DF'd person needs help and could be saved if they were shown mercy.
I don't condemn anyone for being a JW - there are many JW's that have a good heart and want to do what's right. But I condemn the organization because I see too many examples of it following in the path of the pharisees. I follow Jesus and try to do what he tells us in his word. I share the gospel with others, try to live my life as a light to the world, help others in need, show mercy, and most of all - continually ask for forgivness for my sins because I am imperfect and do make them .
I hope you are able to stand back and look at the whole picture rather than trying to fit people into pre-designed molds.
Oh - and one last thought - I don't really give a rat whether you want to talk to me or not. I'm much too mature to deceive myself into thinking that everyone will always like me. If you like me - great, if you don't - oh well.
PS - and yes, I think that defd is just a troll - my posting is more for the benefit of other lurkers who are following these threads. Hopefully they will read this and think about it.