Losing our religion – New Statesman (blog)
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... my late grandfather, a Methodist who frequently spent a good couple of hours debating scripture on the doorstep when Jehovah's Witnesses came to call. ...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s) predicted the end of the world, IN WRITING, numerous times. Not once did they come true. They are known for their false predictions the world over.
JW’s are taught that they alone are True Christians and that all other people not JW will soon be destroyed. This is no exaggeration.
JW’s will allow their children to DIE rather than accept a life saving blood transfusion even in severe medical emergencies.
JW’s used to forbid Vaccinations and Organ Transplants (calling a life saving transplant “Cannibalism”) for a combined 33 years.
JW’s enforce extreme shunning for any member that decides to leave their religion or who commits a sin without showing enough repentance in front of the elders.
Families have been devastated because of these harsh shunning policies. I have literally seen Parents cut off all ties with their children solely because the kid did not want to remain a JW but went in another direction.
Just a few things people need to know.
I was a JW (and elder) for 15 years before leaving because of their blood and fractions policy fours years ago. Today I am shunned by all JW’s (including the stepson I raised for those 15 years) simply because I left the faith. Amazing but true.
Many JW individuals are sincere people that simply accept everything the Watchtower teaches and says. Just like I did.
Most believe God has chosen the Watchtower Society as his “channel”, which provides food from God Himself to their religion and only their religion.
But an honest look at the facts and history of the JW religion shows God has not chosen the Watchtower for anything!
Take a LOOK:
http://home.tiscali.nl/t661020/wtcitaten/part2.htm
It’s all from their own literature with dates and pages recorded to see for yourself.
Pages and pages of mistakes, embarrassments, false predictions, medical disasters, weird science, doctrinal failures and more for over 100 years now.
Obviously “GOD” would not get things wrong like this. Obviously God did not provide bad food like that for their entire history.
But most JW’s have no idea about these things. They are told to stay away from anything critical of their religion.
Which is why anybody thinking of becoming one should examine examine examine.
The JW religion is NOT what they like say about themselves. There is NO PROOF ANYWHERE that supports God has been using the WT Society as JW’s claim and believe.
For examaple: Was God’s spirit with JW’s when they said Organ Transplants was a “conscience matter” in 1961?
Or,
Was God”s spirit with WT when they THEN SAID Organ Transplants are same as “Cannibalism” in 1967and forbid them?
Or was God’s spirit with the Watchtower Society when they THEN SAID Organ Transplants are NOT the same as cannibalism in 1980 and now allow them?
Was God behind all those changes each time?
Did (((GOD))) get all those things wrong each time?
Did God cause folks TO DIE by listening to the WT Society as the voice of God?
AND THIS IS JUST ONE THING!!!
We can do this same song and dance THOUSANDS OF TIMES.
That’s how bad defending WT world has become.
Just sharing the truth here.
Which is why I am no longer one despite heavy consequences for simply leaving the religion.
My wife left and two of three children also no longer are JW’s. And all of us are shunned by all JW’s as well as by the one kid that still is one.
These are just some of the facts that people need to know.
Once sincere look at the entire JW picture along with their history will show a completely different picture than what they tell you about themselves.
When I became one in 1990 there was no internet then.
There was no real means of examining this religion from all sides as you can now, today.
The problem is that JW members are told that all information “critical” of the faith is labeled as “apostate” and they are warned to stay away from all of it.
When the truth is that such information is usually not apostate anything; but is in fact honest and truthful though sheds a very negative light on the religion overall.
And that is a good thing to do.
All the best,
Vinny