After either being a Witness or studying with them, and you find out stuff that has you leave, where do you go?
I don't think they are the true religion, but I do think they teach a lot of stuff that is correct. Like the trinity being a false doctrine, no idle worship, including crosses, and hell isn't a forever torture.
Has anyone found another religion that doesn't embrace those things? I am also a believer that pagan traditions, such as Christmas is wrong. My grandfather who was Dutch reform in name only, used to preach that every Christmas.
My family never went to church or had any religious belief when I was growing up. I went with a friend to a Lutheran Church and at age 8, with no bible education what so ever, I looked at the large crucifix that hung behind the preachers pulpit. It said thou shall have no graven images, and even back then, I thought, "what's wrong with this picture." Spent a weekend at a friends house when I was 9 and went to the Catholic church with her. That is when they still had the masses in Latin. Scared the crap out of me, all those statues, the chanting, the smoke. Reminded me something from a late night horror movie. I ended up taking communion, just did what my girlfriend told me, then found out that it was a sin. I don't believe the Catholics are the true religion either, so that didn't concern me.
But is there a relgion that encompasses the truth without the cult? Or do I just keep studying the bible and praying and living my life as I best I can following the bible's principles.
I am a bit gunshy after all that I went through with the JW's, of where I was looked at as a number in a book, for attendance or hours. I was really upset when I found out my pioneer was calling me in the morning for a chat, not because we were friends, but to start her hours, so she could go back to sleep, but start the timer from the time I answered the phone. Heck, a lot of the time we were witnessing, we were at garage sales and such. I asked if we should stop our time and start it when we were done. Nope. Like God doesn't know?
I don't want to be just a paycheck for the next preacher who comes along. Is there any true religions out there, or has religion been too corrupted, that even those that preach it don't realize it anymore?
