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What is the Best Way to Reach Out to My JW Brother?

by ApostolicJesus93 in

i am not a jw, nor have i ever been.

i'm an apostolic pentecostal.

i do have an older half-brother who is about 13 years my senior.

ApostolicJesus93

Hello DesirousofChange,

Are you a current JW? I see that you took 2nd Timothy 3:1 from the NWT Bible, but I suppose it's to bolster your final statement of "beat him with his Bible".

As a caveat, I am well aware of the various contradictions in the JW doctrine as well as the NWT version of the Bible. For instance, you can't claim absolute monotheism and yet call Christ essentially a smaller "god". This is actually Arianism, and it's a false doctrine.

No one in my family is a JW except my older half-brother, and I neglected to mention in my post that I have yet another older half-brother who is this half-brother's whole sibling, and this older one is not a JW at all, so he too hasn't had contact with our brother.

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What is the Best Way to Reach Out to My JW Brother?

by ApostolicJesus93 in

i am not a jw, nor have i ever been.

i'm an apostolic pentecostal.

i do have an older half-brother who is about 13 years my senior.

ApostolicJesus93

Hello all,

I am not a JW, nor have I ever been. I'm an Apostolic Pentecostal. I do have an older half-brother who is about 13 years my senior. He married a JW girl in 2000, and was baptized in 2007 in the Kingdom Hall. It is my understanding that once you are baptized in the Kingdom Hall, JWs really place the pressure on you to cut off ties with non-JW family and friends.

It started slow. First they started coming around less. They then stopped returning phone calls. Then before you know it, it's been 17 years since he has spoken to me, our dad, step-mom, and so on. It effects me, but it really hurts our dad. He essentially saved my brother's life when he was a baby after his now deceased mom kidnapped him and my dad rescued him. Our dad has two grandkids, now grown, whom he was robbed time of.

I have felt the need to reach out to my brother. I know his address. I don't know how to reach out and I feel the need to. But I don't know if it's right or how to do it. What is your advice? I just want my dad to have a relationship with his son again. He's 71 and has been through a heart attack and other health issues. This whole thing makes me depressed and angry. I am afraid of doing the wrong thing and pushing my brother further into isolation, therefore hurting our dad more.

Thank you.