Just a random thought........
I just realised that the religion we know as JW is like fairy floss or cotton candy!
Appears to be sweet to newcomers, looks light and fluffy and colourful, BUT it is bad for your health!
This religion is like fairy floss / cotton candy!
by stuckinarut2 10 Replies latest jw friends
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Jeannette
Excellent analogy.
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snowbird
Like the Scribes and Pharisees of old:
Matthew 23 (Complete Jewish Bible)
23 Then Yeshua addressed the crowds and his talmidim: 2 “The Torah-teachers and the P’rushim,” he said, “sit in the seat of Moshe. 3 So whatever they tell you, take care to do it. But don’t do what they do, because they talk but don’t act! 4 They tie heavy loads onto people’s shoulders but won’t lift a finger to help carry them. 5 Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t’fillin broad and their tzitziyot long, 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues, 7 and they love being greeted deferentially in the marketplaces and being called ‘Rabbi.’8 “But you are not to let yourselves be called ‘Rabbi’; because you have one Rabbi, and you are all each other’s brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘Father.’ because you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to let yourselves be called ‘leaders,’ because you have one Leader, and he is the Messiah! 11 The greatest among you must be your servant, 12 for whoever promotes himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be promoted.
13 “But woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P’rushim! For you are shutting the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces, neither entering yourselves nor allowing those who wish to enter to do so. 14 [a]
15 “Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P’rushim! You go about over land and sea to make one proselyte; and when you succeed, you make him twice as fit for Gei-Hinnom as you are!
16 “Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, ‘If someone swears by the Temple, he is not bound by his oath; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.’ 17 You blind fools! Which is more important? the gold? or the Temple which makes the gold holy? 18 And you say, ‘If someone swears by the altar, he is not bound by his oath; but if he swears by the offering on the altar, he is bound.’ 19 Blind men! Which is more important? the sacrifice? or the altar which makes the sacrifice holy? 20 So someone who swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it. 21 And someone who swears by the Temple swears by it and the One who lives in it. 22 And someone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and the One who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P’rushim! You pay your tithes of mint, dill and cumin; but you have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah — justice, mercy, trust. These are the things you should have attended to — without neglecting the others! 24 Blind guides! — straining out a gnat, meanwhile swallowing a camel!
25 “Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P’rushim! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Parush! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean too.
27 “Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P’rushim! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but inside are full of dead people’s bones and all kinds of rottenness. 28 Likewise, you appear to people from the outside to be good and honest, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and far from Torah.
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prologos
lots of hot air
between the shiny white hair.
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cha ching
Good analogy stuckinarut2! Sweet, fluffy, pretty on the outside, but when it comes down to it, no substance. Need a friend? need help? It all disappears in a lick!
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clarity
Just like candy floss ......no substance to it!
Stick your tonque on it & it collapses.
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stuckinarut2
Yes indeed! All disappears...
And the more you eat, the higher the chance of getting sick from sugar overdose!
Lets call it "witness diabetes" hehe (not being rude to sufferers of real diabetes by the way)
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sparrowdown
I would actually go further and say it is more like a date-rape drug.
You don't remember how it happened, but you know you got screwed.
Also, to me it would be more like a slow acting poison candy.
Slowly poisoning your mind and heart and eventually everyone and everything in your life.
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cha ching
Well said, SparrowDown.... We got "screwed"
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KateWild
snowbird, I love Matt 23, I used to read it everytime one of my JC was on the platform with an item.
Stuckinarut, I think WT is more like a balloon. All shiny and colourful on the outside, filled with nothing but thin air.
Kate xx