by minimus 42 Replies latest jw friends
I think that 80% of JWs do not truly believe in what they are taught . The vast majority stay in because of family, friends, ignorance and a lack of caring about any of the facts regarding the "truth".
Many people are lazy. They stay in because they take the course of least resistance. Pity.
Do you think there are any true believers that accept 100% of the religion?
Great question.
I think it's hard for any JW to accept things 100%, given how often the GB changes things under the guise of "new light."
I concur. Da Nile is much more than a river in Egypt. Very few JWS are 'true believers', and many are operating on auto pilot. Of course, that is true of our whole culture.
No - they go along with it all - and wait on Jehovah.
A close friend of mine would argue that the org is the closest thing to how Jehovah wants to be served - I can see her point as it was once mine.
But then when I realised that to 'protect' the 'truth' I was being taught to lie, deceive, use tricky arguments and be less than transparent - well my heart just about died having to face THAT 'truth'.
When I first converted, years ago - it kind of puzzled me, that people holding such a momentous truth spent so much time building businesses, homes, families etc ( ie Armageddon would start before the generation of 1914 passed away - meaning it would all be over by 2000 at the latest, surely?) I didn't want to 'judge' anyone - but the inconsistency of the apparent urgency of the message with the average behaviour of the JW was downright odd.
Agreed. Those that find it important to thoroughly understand their beliefs (after all, to convince others you must be clear on all issues yourself)have loooonnng gone.
The rest are trapped, lazy, too old or...and here's one I think applies to many...too scared to know or think about what may be the real truth.
How Many JWs Really Believe Everything They Are Told?
How many JWs "CARE" about anything they are told by the WBT$?..
Regardless of how Stupid it is??!!..
Not Many..
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i have a sister-in-law that believes 100%. How do we know this she speaks constantly about obeying Elders no matter what. When asked if she would drink poisoned kool-aid her answere of course she has to obey the Elders. Scarry so scarry.
My mother is a true believer, desperately so. She resolves cognitive dissonance by burrowing ever deeper into the organization. She loooves all the new changes, seeing the technology focus as proof that it is a forward thinking organization. She believes every pronouncement they utter.
She and my dad are recently retired and now have the time on their hands to become ever more devoted and busy with"theocratic activities." I have no hope that she will ever wake up.
