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No longer filling my spiritual needs...

by eisenstein in

i feel very sad today.

i see my old jw friends almost every day on my way to the subway, they are street witnessing.

i've talked to a couple of them about my doubts, etc.

Puffus

Jurs

I think you're on to something. The JWs make you obligated to "worship." Therefore the farther you go, the less you need to worship. If you you leave completely, you'll never "need" to worship again. I think you're right about the guilt being planted by the org.

But ... I do think that everyone has a need to worship. It however is not a guilt-driven requirement, but a desire coming from the root of who you are. This can be numbed too. The farther you go from Christ (not the JWs) decides this. The closer you come, the stronger this urge, need, want, whatever you want to call it.

Jerome

PS Robyn, then tell me honestly what you are saying. Is it not this:

No religion is completely correct. No holy book is completely correct. No one can know for sure. You can only find what works for you. Truth is in this regard, subjective.

If that wasn't what you were saying, then I appologize sincerely for misquoting you. I can't help but disagree with anyone who believes in relative truth.

Edited by - Puffus on 15 November 2002 18:30:37

Edited by - Puffus on 15 November 2002 18:32:40

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No longer filling my spiritual needs...

by eisenstein in

i feel very sad today.

i see my old jw friends almost every day on my way to the subway, they are street witnessing.

i've talked to a couple of them about my doubts, etc.

Puffus

Dear Einstein.

I'm sorry, I'm not really sure of what all went on that brought you to this place, but maybe I can be of a little help. I should probably say it straight out that I don't buy anything in the WT or A. I'm not a JW, but I'm very familiar with JW beliefs and have had numerous discussions with them concerning scripture and the like. If you're dissatisfied with the whole thing, you're probably not far from the truth.

I could totally get into all the theology of it all right now, but that would be absolutely useless. All I can say is that all your life you've never known the Almighty God, Jehovah (or actually Yahweh). You've only known an institution - the WTS. They've blinded their followers into thinking that knowing about God is the same as knowing God. See, everyone knows about Pres. Bush. but relatively few actually know him. "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to." (Lk 13:24) I can testify, because I know Him and have peace beyond comprehension. Not a psycological peace, but a rest in my spirit. Honestly, I really don't know how to explain it.

Read a different version than the New World Translation, like the New International Version, or the New American Standard Bible. Occasionally I do a word study on different Greek and Hebrew words, and the more I look into it, the more I see how many places that the NWT has been twisted just slightly from the original intent of the Biblical authors.

Leave the WT and A behind.

Robyn says to find what's true for you - but I say to find the One who is true.
I can't formulate the ultimate truth (and yes there is one)
But I know that at the end of all things,
all people will be assembled, all who have ever lived, they will bow down on their knees, and with their own mouths will confess that Jesus the Christ is Lord over all.
No one can refute that.

Einstein, Feel free to email me at [email protected] I would love to chat with you more. Anyone else can email me too. (Please nobody spam me)

Jerome