Dear Ozziepost,One of the things I most value about my freedom from Watch Tower control is that I can now freely admit the unity I feel with other Christians worldwide.Growing up I worshipped at various churches -- Reformed, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Roman Catholic -- and never felt at odds with the congregants at those places over any of the IMPORTANT things:
Christ came, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.My husband is Catholic and my children are all attending parochial schools. The whole time I had been a JW, I was internally at odds with the teaching that only Witnesses would be saved and that only Witnesses were heard in prayer by God, that His holy spirit operated at the Kingdom Hall only and not in all those churches of Christendom!
Preposterous! I knew too many families where prayers were answered, people were living godly lives, and holy spirit was effecting good.It is an excellingly wonderful thing to feel that unity of the 'one body' once again, openly, without reservation.Thank you for the reminder.outnfree
Christ came, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.My husband is Catholic and my children are all attending parochial schools. The whole time I had been a JW, I was internally at odds with the teaching that only Witnesses would be saved and that only Witnesses were heard in prayer by God, that His holy spirit operated at the Kingdom Hall only and not in all those churches of Christendom!
Preposterous! I knew too many families where prayers were answered, people were living godly lives, and holy spirit was effecting good.It is an excellingly wonderful thing to feel that unity of the 'one body' once again, openly, without reservation.Thank you for the reminder.outnfree