Hello good men,
I am standing before you today to call you out. I am here to destroy the ideas in your head concerning all of the doctrines you enforce. Yes, enforce is the word I want to use.
You twist others words, to fit your needs.
You say you condone hate, but teach it.
You turn your back on someone who is spiritually weak, with Disfellowshipping
You allow families to break apart, sometimes, actively encouraging it.
You say anyone who speaks to a DF person will be DF as well.
You have dodged Ceasar and his laws.
You have encouraged all members to be sneaky about certain things.
You encourage the male to be the head of the female, unless it does not fit your needs, such as a woman with an unbelieving hubby. Then you allow her to even lie in god's name.
Your interpratations of the scriptures, such as the "scriptural" reason for circumsicion, and Bdays, and military service, etc, etc, are just that your interpretation.
Your false phrophecy of when the end will come, is outrageously arrogant.
The continued pressures by constant "encouragement" does weigh heavy in many hearts.
The feelings of superiority that this faith has for being the only religion, does not fit in with the love of god, that the bible(whom you claim to follow) practices.
You twist scriptures, often jumping between verses in different books to make your "point"
You claim that the only way to god is through you.
You make others vow, that they will dedicate their life to you and god!
And then I guess, after I did all that accusing I would ask "Why?"
Who is benefitting, or has the wheel gotten so large it is running down the hill by itself now? Will there be an end to this chirade, who will call foul? When will we start retraining our loved ones to live in this century, and accepting responsibility for the action of this life? Instead of always looking over their shoulder for demons aka apostates, or anticipating the next minute that the big A is here.
Then I would apologize, it appears they all fell asleep. Oh well, doesn't the bible say something about falling on deaf ears?
wendy
In a controversy the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.