Hooked on answers

by KW13 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  KW13

  Everyone who becomes a witness is attracted a LOT by the fact they "hold the answers".

  The society "provide the truth" but folks end up believing the truth is the organization. Pretty soon, there is nothing else on earth and the person that was desperate for something becomes a know-it-all.

  Looking now, i wish i'd of realised that anyone holding all the keys and knowing all the answers is clearly wrong. NO ONE KNOWS and no matter what comfort we might get from pretending to know, its easier (eventually) after riding the storm and just being you.
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  lovelylil

  KW13,

  you are wise beyond your years. I am 37 and recently learned that same lesson. NO ONE has ALL the answers ALL the time. And if they say they do, run the other way!

  How are you my friend? Hang in there and keep learning and exploring new things. Lilly
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  KW13

  run the other way!

  
  

  couldn't of said that better eh?

  i am fine thanks, been busy with my own little computing forum. trying to establish a community.
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  jwfacts

  Exactly.
  What happens when someone who claims to have all the answers is wrong about something, as they always will be? They need an excuse to justify their inaccuracies, hence the Watchtower's reliance on the 'new light' justification. It does not take much scratching below the surface to see that 'new light' does not apply to the string of wrong answers that the Watchtower produces and changes constantly throughout its history.
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  jwfacts

  Exactly.
  What happens when someone who claims to have all the answers is wrong about something, as they always will be? The need an excuse to justify their inaccuracies, hence the Watchtower's reliance on the 'new light' justification. It does not take much scratching below the surface to see that 'new light' does not apply to the string of wrong answers that the Watchtower produces and changes constantly throughout its history.
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  blondie

  I have all the answers all the time, I just don't know what the questions are.