So I hadn't talked to my friends on Facebook for a while because I had been too busy on my page (now two pages) and my job, and my girlfriend. So I go on my FB account yesterday and I start talking to a "Bible Study" I had had while in Mexico... after learning TTATT, I have dreamed of ways to tell him and his family to stay away from JW's, but I hadn't had the courage to do so because of a) wanting to get my family awakened first, and b) noticing the horribly bad reaction of the very few people I have actually talked to (three persons)...
But anyways, I felt the need to tell him, the "Bible Study"... he is around 15. His mom was inactive for many years until we found her in "service" and then we started her on a study and she came back... at the time, I thought I was doing a correct thing, if I had known TTATT, no way in hell I would have done that. Now it hurts my conscience, although to my credit, I had no idea of TTATT.
So his mom, him, his brother and sister are all in some way or another associating with JW's.
I wasn't intending to talk to him about TTATT, it just happened...
Yesterday we started a conversation (A is him, B is me):
B: How are you?
A: Good!
B: What's up?
A: Not much. Just some Mormons came to my house the other day and talked to me and asked me if they could come in and pray with me and sing some songs, I had no guts to tell them "No", did I do wrong?
B: hahah.... whatever... that's funny! What did they say?
A: They just sung some stuff, made a prayer and then said they would come back. I don't know why I could not tell them no hahahah
B: Hey, can I give you an advice? Listen to me carefully because this is important k?
A: ok
B: Remember when I gave you a study, I always told you to read at least three chapters of the Bible, and when I came back, that you could ask me any question you had?
A: Yes, I remember.
B: Well, 1. Don't stop reading the Bible, and 2. IF YOU NOTICE THAT A RELIGION REFUSES TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR RESISTS QUESTIONING, WALK AWAY... Truth resists scrutiny. If someone tries to prove to you that 2+2 = 5, they won't be able to, because you can prove to them that 2+2 = 4.
A: Yeah... I get your point. I will try to tell them when they come back that I don't want to study with them, and I am happy with the Witnesses and I want them to respect my decision... That's a good thing to say, right?
B: Yes... but the advice that I am giving you applies to ALL religion... ALL of them! God has given you a sacred gift, to have free will, so you MUST analyze every religion and determine if it is TRUTH... if they change the Bible, or they say something that is not what the Bible says, or if they lie, they cannot be the TRUE religion. You have a God-given RIGHT to QUESTION things!
A: Yeah! I don't want to learn from any other religion...
B: Hey, XXXX, look... I don't know how to tell you this... but I need to tell you something. But before I tell you this, please PROMISE or SWEAR you will keep this to yourself.
A: I SWEAR
B: ok look... The Witnesses have changed the Bible, and despite them saying they are the "Truth", they are not. I can prove these things to you.
(3 minutes later)...
A: WOW, I am in shock...
B: I mean, I admit, that a lot of Witnesses are really nice people, and they do try to have high moral standards, but that does not condone what the leaders have done, there is no excuse to change the Bible.
A: Why do you say that they have changed the Bible?
B: Look, I am in shock constantly. I am still a Witness, technically. You know the huge problems that occur when someone is DF'd, right? If you really are my friend, you will not tell about this to anyone until you are ready and know how to say it. Give me the opportunity to prove to you all that I say. I want to save you from a HUGE MISTAKE. In a nutshell, they have changed the Bible because they have added the name "Jehovah" to the New Testament 237 times when there is absolutely no manuscript of the NT that has it.
A: I... really don't know what to say... I am in shock!!
B: Well... just thinkg of what I am risking here to tell you this: I AM RISKING MY OWN FAMILY TO TELL YOU THIS!! Imagine my FRUSTRATION, xxxx, I know something and I cannot say it!! It's an amazing system to keep people quiet... "either you shut up, or we take your family away"...
A: Since when do you know all this stuff?
B: Since February this year. I would have NEVER given you a study if I had known this. I am sorry... I have REFUSED to preach for months! I cannot in good conscience preach a lie... I hope you see this as proof of integrity in my part. Just look up Matthew 1:20. It says "Angel of Jehovah", but in the original (Greek), it says "Angel of the Lord"... Now in that text, there is no real change in meaning.
A: Ok
B: Actually let me back up a little. Before I go into all of this, let me tell you about CULTS or HIGH CONTROL GROUPS. Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons, the Scientologists, and other groups, fall into this category. If you don't agree with the doctrine of any of these groups, they do some form or another of "Disfellowshipping"... do you think it is fair, to lose your family and friends, just because you don't agree with certain doctrines?
(Gave the example of Mormons and if they're black, their skin becoming white)...
A: I don't think that is fair... to be disfellowshipped for that, and to not let you talk to other brothers because of that.
B: Look at all the HORRORS that JW's have done: They prohibited vaccinations, then allowed them. They did the same for organ transplants, first prohibited, then allowed. If they were "guided by God" as they say they are, did God guide them to this error? Who pays for the deaths of these people who listened to the Watchtower? When they want to be obeyed, they say "We are God's mouthpiece! Disobeying us is equal to disobeying God Himself"!! And when they change the doctrines, "We are imperfect men! The light gets brighter and brighter"!! And if you contradict "the Truth", you are kicked out. Let me ask you something, will "2+2" be 5 tomorrow?
A: No, it will never be 5, it is always 4.
B: That's true. So there can never be a PRESENT truth, like they say. If what they say NOW is "Present truth", then is what they said before the "past lie"? They just changed a doctrine that has been theirs for like 90 years. Does that mean that they preached LIES for 90 years?
If you preach NOW what they said BEFORE = apostate.
If you preached THEN what is said NOW = apostate
Doesn't make any sense, does it?
A: Um... And the other brothers don't figure this out? Or, are many people experiencing the same thing you are? =S
B: No, I am one of very few. The reason for it is that they do not allow you to read information that is contrary to what they preach. Here's how it goes: They call themselves THE TRUTH. Whoever opposes them: LIARS, SATANISTS, etc... When the honest truth is that THEY ARE LIARS!! And when other people try to save you, you have already been pre-programmed or indoctrinated to NOT LISTEN TO "APOSTATES"... and that's why they keep so many people trapped... it's heartbreaking, really. And because the indoctrination has been so constant, and for so many years, it becomes almost a knee-jerk reaction: INSTANT HATE AND FEAR when someone opposes them. If you have not seen it, you don't know how ugly this reaction is. You have a golden opportunity if the Mormons come back. Ask them something only "apostate" Mormons would know, and watch them flee your house almost instantly.
A: Hey, xxxxx, this is a lot to take in. It is almost midnight here, so let's talk sometime later. I don't know if I will be able to sleep, though, thinking about all you say. Don't worry, I will not tell anyone what we have talked about. Take care!
B: My friend, thank you. I really appreciate and love you and your family quite a bit, I want you guys to have a long and happy life. I know this will be a hard "secret" to keep... it is very hard for me personally. But feel free to QUESTION me, If something I say does not make sense, or you want more proof, please tell me. Whatever ends up convincing you, I will be cool with that. Take care!
A: Byeee... thanks!
B: YW. Byeee
So, we'll see where the cards end up. I am in a much better position now, with a job and with my dad awakened. My mother is not awakened yet, so there's that danger =S...
But I just couldn't keep quiet...
ILTTATT