very urgent please help.
i am looking for scriptures that refer to the correct way of worship (and i am sure it will not include reference to watchtower material).. i am currently studying the watchtower with some jw's in our area, but have serious reservations about their lack of communal worship that does not include complete readings from the bible.
reading a chapter and then using the watchtower to back it up instead of using the bible to backup the teachings of the watchtower).. the watchtower is not divinely inspired so how on earth am i going to get anything of value out of it.
Thank you for your responses.
I can understand your concerns about getting involved with JW's (and yes somethings definately don't seem right) but I feel that I have run out of options. I need to find a religion that I am comfortable with and therefore need to pick each one apart.
Please do continue posting me your very valuable comments.
i havent posted much here, but ive read a lot for about six months now.
although most everyone here appears to have had some degree of affiliation with the jw organization, the individual posters seem to be from pretty diverse backgrounds.
im really curious about something.
Hi,
I don't think I'm sold as yet..... I believe that the JW probably have the right idea (eg. How could any loving father, human or otherwise, subject his children to eternal damnation???????) The paradox of a God who could do this forced me to look for alternative answers, and the JW are one of them.
I am currently doing the study and like the people who come around to see me. However, it must be said that they are very intollerant of any other approach to the bible except what has been sanctioned by the Overseers. Another practise that troubles me deeply is the fact that JW's do not have any bible study where there is direct emphasis on reading the bible. It appears that they use the bible to back up the teaching of the watchtower. The best way I can describe it is this: reading the bible is like reading a beautiful piece of poetry that feeds your spirit and your faith in God, reading the watchtower is like having someone analyse the poem for you without reading it.
I also feel as if the JW's visiting me go back and report on my progress!!!! This religion seems far to controlled and dogmatic, but I will give it a fair chance.
very urgent please help.
i am looking for scriptures that refer to the correct way of worship (and i am sure it will not include reference to watchtower material).. i am currently studying the watchtower with some jw's in our area, but have serious reservations about their lack of communal worship that does not include complete readings from the bible.
reading a chapter and then using the watchtower to back it up instead of using the bible to backup the teachings of the watchtower).. the watchtower is not divinely inspired so how on earth am i going to get anything of value out of it.
Very Urgent please help
I am looking for scriptures that refer to the correct way of worship (and I am sure it will not include reference to watchtower material).
I am currently studying the watchtower with some JW's in our area, but have serious reservations about their lack of communal worship that does not include complete readings from the bible. (ie. reading a chapter and then using the Watchtower to back it up instead of using the bible to backup the teachings of the Watchtower).
The watchtower is not divinely inspired so HOW ON EARTH AM I GOING TO GET ANYTHING OF VALUE OUT OF IT. The JW's simply do not want to understand that I need to feed my faith in God not feed my faith in the watchtower.
Please, any ideas on scriptures that indicate the reading of the bible during communal worship?
Cheers
