"These Horrible Remnants."

by scout575 13 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  scout575

  A Paduan: Some Chistians ( including JWs ) suffer alot of guilt because of Christianity, and some don't. Alot seems to depend on the individual's personality type. The fact that so many Christians' lives are made miserable by Christianity indicates the man-made nature of it.

  I agree that the chance of a JW joining a church is small, but I have come across a number that have done exactly that ( particularly joining evangelical / born again type churches ), and thats why I make these posts.

  Whilst, of course, JWs are a church; to any JW lurkers reading my posts, the word 'church' has the connotation of 'Christendom'.

  Certainly JWs are Christians. As far as I'm now concerned, anyone who sincerely believes John 3:16, is a Christian. Of course, for every person claiming to be a Christian, there'll be another Christian somewhere accusing them of not being a 'proper' Christian, but rather a hell-bound heretic. To me, this is elitest nonsense.
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  A Paduan

  Of course, for every person claiming to be a Christian, there'll be another Christian somewhere accusing them of not being a 'proper' Christian, but rather a hell-bound heretic. To me, this is elitest nonsense.

  Isn't that kind of what you're doing - if you're a christian that is - are you a christian ? - a jw ?
  

  I'm not sure why you think that "it's ok to be a jw, don't change", but don't become 'a christian' per se - particularly as your presentations continuously group all christians - other than jws.

  It seems that you probably remain a jw, reaching out to "brothers and sisters" with that doctrine of 'us or them' - but it is other peoples' experience that there are certain control groups (jws included) that instill fear, and others that do not.
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  A Paduan

  Is this some kind of "theocratic war strategy" ?
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  scout575

  A Paduan: It seems that we're divided by a common language. When I say: If you are a JW considering joining a church....I'm not encouraging them to stay as JWs, far from it. Rather, I'm encouraging them to, yes, leave the 'truth', but then not to exchange the JW myths for another set of Biblically based myths.

  I was a JW for many years, until I disassociated myself last September. I enjoyed life as a JW, but my faith in the Bible gradually eroded to a point where I had no choice but to leave. I now regard JWs as just another branch of the 2000 year old Christcult.