Hi Xxxx,
To tell you the truth, I feel very deceived from the way the Organization has been acting in the last years.
Unfortunately, contrary to my expectations, the Organization has been acting in a very arrogant way, treating the witnesses as ignorant and babies without feeling any responsibility for the impact of their decisions and interpretations imposed on us.
We owe our loyalty to Jehovah and his son Jesus Christ, not to men.
In no way would have Jehovah nor Jesus treated us the way the Organization has. Unfortunately, we have been trained and induced to accept from the Organization what we would NEVER accept from anyone else, be it our fleshly family nor any other best friend. Do they really merit our loyalty? Did the kings of Israel and the sacerdotal class of the time merit the loyalty of the faithful believers of Jehovah? Jeremiah and the very small group of people who still put their loyalty in Jehovah, were bold in condemning God’s Organization of that time, because of its behavior, its bloodshed in the name of God. Jeremiah had no fear in condemning the king who reigned in “Jehovah’s name”, but was not living anymore up to Jehovah’s standards.
Twice in its lifetime, Jehovah’s Organization, Israel, was condemned and destroyed by its very own God, because it had forgotten the basic of the worship, love, humility, caring for the poor, the widows and the orphans.
There is therefore no ground for believing that Jehovah has changed.
In no way, I believe, is he ready to forget the wrongdoings of those he had named as “his people” or who pretend to be his people, but then act in a way that neither Jehovah nor Christ would ever act.
On the question of the blood transfusions, for which thousands of faithful Jehovah’s witnesses, and in particular, their innocent children, have died I would just like to recall that the prohibition is not spelled out in the Bible but stems out of an interpretation of a scripture which only addresses the habits of the time (eating blood and strangled animals), and like any other “interpretation” is subject to be WRONG. With the introduction of the “blood fractions” approach, which sanctifies the use of certain fractions and condemns others with NO BIBLICAL BASIS, the death of many faithful individuals who, before that, could have been saved by the use of “sanctified” fractions, has become a bloodshed! This is where the Organization acts in a way contrary to Jehovah and his son Jesus Christ.
Our Leaders, the Governing Body, in fact Fred Franz at his time in 1952 or so, sentenced that accepting a blood transfusion was violating Acts 15:28-29, which DOES NOT DISCUSS THIS PRACTICE, but stems out of a “human interpretation”.
On the other hand, a clear and incontrovertible command such as “ the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah your God. You must not do any work ” (Exadus 20:10), upon which there are no discussions nor any need for interpretations, Jesus had no hesitation in saying “ “Hypocrites, does not each one of YOU on the sabbath untie his bull or his ass from the stall and lead it away to give it drink? ” (Luc 13:15), to justify his saving lives on a sabbath day which was criticized by the clergy of that time.
How can this Organization condemn the use of blood transfusions, used to SAVE LIVES, same as Jesus did, based on a human interpretation of a scripture which does NOT address the pretended issue of it? And, after having let thousands of people die for it, change the interpretation allowing, without any scriptural basis, some fractions of it to be freely used and other not? Can’t you see the inconsistency of this deadly teaching?
This was just to tell why I am not ready to condemn people who simply follow their leaders without thinking, committing atrocious acts such as the one depicted in the series of pictures you sent me, believing that they are simply following “God’s word”, otherwise I would have to condemn all those unfortunate and faithful witnesses who have died or let their kids die, on the basis of a human interpretation of what has been sold as “God’s word”.
The same is true of organ transplant. Remember, you and me were faithful witnesses when the Organization interpreted the Bible from a human standpoint and prohibited the use of organ transplant, condemning it as “cannibalism”, and letting many DIE because of their wrong interpretation, or, for those who were “not faithful and loyal” and who accepted organ transplant, were disfellowshipped, cutting them off from the love and attention of their own family members and friends, without any consideration and respect for the human right as defined in the Human Rights Act of December 1948, subscribed by all civil nations, but our Organization, but to which we appeal when our Organizational interests are at stake.
Not to speak of the endless deceptions on the other major teachings, such as the meaning of the “generation”, which has changed SIX times since its first interpretation, giving one interpretation today, and just the OPPOSITE, the next day to finally come back to its first ideas. In no way would God deceive his people in this way.
The “generation” issue, like many others, have been thrown at us just to put the right pressure to continue to work for them, not for God.
Unfortunately, our parents have died in the expectation that the end would come NOW, meaning YESTERDAY and the day before.
Why all this pressure, if Jehovah knows the hearts and that he will resurrect not only the “faithful to him”, as we try to be, but even those who acted against him, according to the Organization own interpretation, such as Korah, Dathan and Abiram and even Pharaoh …
My dear Xxxx, I don’t want to threaten your faith in this Organization. You are free to continue to accept it, even if the evidence shows that it is ONLY human.
As far as I am concerned, if I have to give my loyalty and faith these would be to God and his Son, not to a human Organization who pretends to have received God’s approval, without being able to give any evidence of it, except its own selfish self-certification!
The real question, I believe, is not if I am "still in the 'truth'", as if a constantly changing interpretaion is true all the time, even when it now states the contrary of what was tought yesterday, but if I am still a right person, trying to act in the way God has tought me. In this case, my answer is YES!
Apart from that, I hope that your health is OK and that you are enjoying your grandchildren Jehovah has given you, as I will soon do, with my first grandchild.
Agape, Roberto.
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Subject: Re: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!.....
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:08:50 -0700
Hi [name removed] from what you have written to me, are you still in the truth? please let me know. Xxxx
----- Original Message ----- From:[name removed] To: xxxxxxx@bigpond.com Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30 AM Subject: RE: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!..... We should be careful ... the thought is not different from what is happening in our religion ...
In the name of a misinterpretation of the Bible text, we, Jehovah witnesses are ready to "murder" our kids by refusing them, when absolutely required, a blood transfusion!
Fanaticism is the same in any religion, but sometimes we only see it in others, not when it affects us.
Cheers.
[name removed]
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Subject: Fw: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!.....
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:20:06 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: xxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:04 AM Subject: FW: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!.....
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:41:22 -0700
Subject: FW: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!.....
Subject: Fw: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS!!!!!.....
The SOB's responsible for this sinful crime should be sentenced to getting deep fried in a giant deep fryer in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!