some things we decided to reply with are:
1. they are comparing the wts as the only organization of christians today, to everyone outside of it as being non-christians, which is simply untrue. it is ridiculous to think that membership with wts is the only acceptable way to worship God.
2. apostasy corrupted first century christians, and basic teachings of christ remain in most every christian organization today. not a single Christian organization has absolute truth or flawless behavior.
3. wts has been making and is making today many mistakes just like the rest of christian organizations of the world.
4. we should not follow any man's direction to worship God, especially when they do not allow us to think and express our own thoughts, but instead dictate what we are to read, think, say, and do. This is not the freedom of Christ, and this is not how Jehovah wants to be worshiped (Gal 5:1).
5. if jah wanted to be worshiped by clones, he would have made us all exactly the same without our unique and individual talents and abilities. These talents and abilities are going to waste in the organization and that's unscriptural (Ephesians 4:7-16).
6. these things the organization does are considered by psychologists to be high control group/mind-control tactics.
7. suggested they read the subtle power of spiritual abuse, crisis of conscience, and in search of christian freedom.
8. quoted section from subtle power of spiritual abuse about misplaced loyalty, "we alone are right" mentality, scare tactics, humiliation.
9. pointed out the wts accepts christ as their savior, but on their terms by making up their own terms (rules and regulations).
10. showed scriptures regarding those who depart were for those who left christianity to go back to the jewish system or pagan beliefs, or wicked behavior. does not apply to someone who leaves a christian organization but still believes in christ.
1 Cor 5:9-13 wicked behavior of fornication, greedy, idolater, reviler, drunkard, extortioner.
2 John 7-11 persons not confessing jesus christ as coming in the flesh is the antichrist. everyone not remaining in the teaching of the christ does not have God. He that does remain in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.
1 John 2:18, 19 antichrists - those that left christ.
11. wts misinterprets scriptures - see above & below
12. wts uses Matthew 24:36-51 to take power to control and manipulate people. Faithful and discreet slave is not what wts teaches, but instead a parable to teach that each christian will be judged as faithful or not. context of parable is "when Jesus comes with power and great glory and he sends forth his angles to gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from one extremity of the heavens to their other extremity. (vs 30-31) this is the time when christians will be judged by how they performed their tasks as christians and they either receive a reward or punishment (vs 45-51).
13. wts hypocritical - they have witnesses tell people they talk to that they should open themselves up to new info and be willing to verify and/or scrutinize their beliefs, but they actually teach the witnesses themselves to refrain from reading anything from anyone else that may differ from what the society teaches. the "truth" should stand up to scrutiny. If they're not willing to allow any comparison, they're hiding something. we have found out the wts has been hidding many things just as many people today are finding out many hidden things about other christian organizations. the wts is no different.
14. now that we have distanced ourselves from the rulership of the wts we feel an enormous burden has been lifted off of us and the truth as indeed set us free from the misguided control of men. this is the freedom of christ.
15. wts has misrepresented God's gift of grace (Ephesians 2:4-10) calling it undeserved kindness.
16. each person will be judged by their heart condition, doesn't have anything to do with having membership with any of mans religious organizations.
Bet they won't write back!!!!
