The WTS destructive image of God.

greendawn

After leaving the JWs did you alter that severe, unsmiling, exacting, unforgiving ie destructive image of God that the WTS was projecting very much in the spirit of the Old Testament?

Or perhaps did you altogether get rid of a God image?

Spook

I feel the understate the OT god.

Momofmany

My kids asked to go to the local church here, so I took them. The pastor came up to me, and introduced herself to me. She asked me some questions, and I told her, I don't know if I can even believe in god. I mean, I am going to be killed at Armageddon no matter what I do, so why even try. I am not a good dub. Heck, I am not a dub at all. I can't even say I believe in Jesus as god's son. He may have existed, but I just don;t know.

That's where I am. Is there a god? I don't know. I don't want a mean god as portrayed by the society, I don't know what is out there. I am just starting my journey. But I will never serve a god like that again.

greendawn

The jw god is indeed very cruel if he was to kill off for ever children for their parents fault as the WTS claims.

That is of course propaganda calculated to frighten and subdue the followers with the fear of a hot tempered, savage, merciless god, it's an invention of the GB.

kid-A

While I have removed any notion of a god from my belief system, I was always struck by the "old testament" obsession of the WTS. Just a few examples come to mind,

the "literal interpretation of genesis", the constant portrayal of god as a cruel, vengeful frightening old man that will strike dead children that show disrespect for adults, etc;

Their entire "chosen people" mentality they ripped off from the jews and of course the whole blood nonsense, which they justify as still applying to christians outside the mosaic

laws. This is combined by a complete disregard for the spirit of forgiveness and mercy which was really a "new testament" philosophy (paul being the exception!). In my view, they

ignore the message of Jesus, and the only portions of the new testament they pay any attention to are the arrogant and judgemental attitudes of Paul and the wacky apocalypse

"visions" of John, which all fit nicely into their overall modus operandi.

Momofmany

The jw god is indeed very cruel if he was to kill off for ever children for their parents fault as the WTS claims.

Here's where I get all twisted up. If he did that in Noah's day, why wont he do it now? I am not in the "ark" of the society, so I am going to drown. (yes, I know, there wont be a flood again like that, but I think you know what I mean) So what would keep him from killing me in the next annihilation of his?

I don't know if any else feels like this. I'm telling you, sometimes I feel very messed up in the head. Like I am treading water, and I'm not going to the shore, but slowly drowning here emotionally. Hope I am making sense here.

FlyingHighNow

I am slowly trying to make my way back to the god image I had as a child. That god was loving, wise, kind and never would hurt anyone or not be able to forgive him/her. My god was a comfort to me and would never have made a Hell or Armegeddon.

I never feared God until the JWs messed with my head. Getting rid of that fear, completely is a long process. There are still bits and pieces of that evil god scattered here and there in the layers of my psyche. One by one I am finding them and obliterating them.

FlyingHighNow

If he did that in Noah's day

If is the important word here.

And if Jehovah did this in Noah's day, then perhaps Jehovah is not the head god of gods the bibles we have today claim he is.

With gods like him, who needs Satan or enemies?

greendawn

That shouldn't bother us for several reasons, because now we live under the Christian law and the whole way that God relates to man is very different from old testament days something the WTS like the Jews and the Moslems, intentionally refuses to see.

And then of course the kind of death that the WTS talks about is eternal and thus very frightening whereas there is absolutely no proof that those who died in the flood or even in a future Armageddon will not be resurrected especially the children. Everyone I think, unless horribly criminal and destructive towards his fellow man, will be resurrected for that second chance.

frankiespeakin

I see the bible as a completly useless tool to find out about God.

The God of most christian, jews, and muslims, is very unloveing and yet claims to be loving(???). I wouldn't fall for it. How can any book make the claim to be the word of the God of the entire universe. Such a God if he existed and used a corruptable book full of inacurracys would have to be insane. Or a very evil jokester.

The WTS destructive image of God.

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