this was in my e-mail this morning.
******the reason why you left the truth, the truth and not the "truth" like you people believe, is because you have no humility and no love.
when people like you commit something wrong and get disfellowship you can't say to yourself "i was wrong, i messed up, me and only me," you can't say that because is much easier to go around blaming others for your own mistakes.
Thanks for all the replies. This week I got this one from another JW I do not know.
none of your suggestions have worked.I am still one of jehovah's witnesses.There must be a LOT of em reading web pages. I have been away from group employment since 1974. I am old news and I am amazed at the knee jerk replies. I was kind to the writer above. I just thanked them and asked them to clarify the post. Like . . . what was the message? :-)
they can vote in elections now?
have i gone totally insane????.
is this true???????????????.
It's a small step to:
What if a Christian woman’s unbelieving husband insists that she take a blood transfusion? Well, she is subject to her husband . . . .
What if a Christian woman’s unbelieving husband insists that she salute the flag? Well, she is subject to her husband . . . .
What if a Christian woman’s unbelieving husband insists that she commit a little fornication? Well, she is subject to her husband . . . .
Hahahaha Yeah! Right! Watch Tower Corporation, you did it again! Hahahahaha
this was in my e-mail this morning.
******the reason why you left the truth, the truth and not the "truth" like you people believe, is because you have no humility and no love.
when people like you commit something wrong and get disfellowship you can't say to yourself "i was wrong, i messed up, me and only me," you can't say that because is much easier to go around blaming others for your own mistakes.
This was in my e-mail this morning.
****** The reason why you left the truth, the truth and not the "truth" like you people believe, is because you have no humility and no love. When people like you commit something wrong and get disfellowship you can't say to yourself "I was wrong, I messed up, me and only me," you can't say that because is much easier to go around blaming others for your own mistakes. When I was a child, my mother got very sick with cancer she also refused a blood transfusion because she new that if she would die Jehovah God would bring her back. She is still here today. I was only ten years figure that one out. You live for today, because is very easy to just be "free" without rendering an account to no one. Right? But remember before you continue to live that "free life" look up into the sky and remember that Jehovah Witnesses are the only religion that Jehovah permit to carry his name. The are the true eligion and will be until the end of this system of things. Jehovah's Witnesses have die for what they believe in. It's in all the history book. Would David a Reed, Randall Watters, do the same? Is very easy to sit behind a computer and write lies against former friends and former believes, seriously, is very easy. I read all the junk about witnesses and there is nothing that would make me leave, nothing. Do you know why? Because I have made the truth my own. No one, no Satan, no Reed, no tapes, no parents, no friends, nothing can take it away. Because it is mine and I would fight to the end for it to remain mine. It's a pity that you did not have the same conviction that the apostle Paul had. Romans 8:38, 39. " For I'm convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here not things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God's love that is in Christ Jesus our lord" this is the kind of conviction that keeps one in the truth, that keeps one humble. You might think that I need help that I have been brain washed. My answer is "yes I have been brain washed with bible truths." I prefer to be brain washed by the witnesses that by any other Religion or Apostate group. The end is near and we will soon know who is right and who in wrong. By the look of the world situation that day is not too far away. Thanks for taking the time. ***** I wonder what would be the motive for writing this to me . . . . Are they counting service time for writing this? Comments?
when a person makes the choice to believe that they have the only "truth" about the unknowable they dismiss all religions and faiths save one.
they are 99% athiest.
for those who decided to leave such a program which way have you gone?
Religion and theism are unrelated. Your question is flawed. Sorry!
I am MUCH happier since I quit unpaid religious literature distribution and redundant sales meeting attendance for the Watch Tower Publishing Corporation.
i'm new here so please be gentle.
i posted this on other x jw forums, and thought i'd post it here as well.
see what i think of the place.
I just might not be a Biblical scholar, and I so seldom paste scripture . . . . but I wonder how a plain reading of this text dismisses the laws of Moses.
17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20
i'm wondering if i should just "come out of the closet" and tell my family i don't believe it anymore and da myself or don't make any noise and fade out?
what are the benefits or problems with either choice?
additionally, some have expressed concern over da.
I didn't want to disassociate or disfellowship, I just wanted my questions answered. When they refused to answer my questions and started to shun me instead, I agreed to do an interview with the local daily paper and the local TV news station and the local weekly paper and the call in radio show.
Then I got a PO box and a dedicated phone message line and wrote a couple articles for a web page . . . . and I am still waiting for them to answer my questions.
Many of us need closure of some kind in order to move on. If we get that closure and find peace of some kind, I'd say that is success.
my husband and i were discussing what makes some people become jw's last night.
i was saying that if i hadn't grown up in it, i would have never been drawn to it at all.
i'm not a very spiritual person.
Hi Bittersweet, Just have him read my article *The Truth As I Seen It* and comment on the logic it reveals.
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the next segment is the dubs.....they showed a kh!!!
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To me it was huge. The Watch Tower Publishing Corporation was just on CBS Evening News and admitted they are aware they have a problem with the abuse of children under their care, even providing a letter to show they do not deny the abuse is occurring. Their other admission was that they have long been aware of this abuse occurring and are only willing to take the MINIMUM action required by law as a remedy.
This was a HUGE event. My appreciation to Heidi and Leanna and Sue and my thanks to Bill and CBS News. My best to you all.
To all you studying with the Witnesses, are you sure this is the group you want to bring your children into contact with?
58 / M / South Dakota, USA
do we have a double standard as far as jws are concerned?
yes, i know that their claims of being better than any other religion sets them up for higher expectations.
and yes, generally jws are judgemental.
I promise I will treat any high control religious group, that has done the same deeds to me, the same as I treat the agents of the Watch Tower Publishing Corporation.
Deeds that include:
Instructed my children to shun me,
Tried to interfere in my marriage,
Lied to me,
Gave fatal medical advise to my first wife,
Trained my parents to hit me and my brother,
Caused me to be an outcast in school,
Insulted me and my family,
And on, and on and on . . . . .
