Originally posted by josephwJosephw,
Some 35 years ago, before I was saved, I got one step from becoming a JW, but in the end I couldn't reconcile their doctrine with what the Bible actually said.
Believe me, the fellas that tried indoctrinating me with what the Watchtower published were quite put off by the fact that I came to know who the Bible teaches Jesus really is.
I don't know much about the JW's just what I read about them. Then you have to be careful where your source is coming from.
I am sure you know much more about the JW's than will ever know. My Mother & Father wouldn't let them in I remember as a child. They were devote Roman Catholics went to church every Sunday dragging us along.
We also had to say the rosary once a week, then there was a period we had to say it every night for so many days. I also was an alter boy, one of the lucky ones who didn't get molested by priests that were doing so at the time. Learned to speak a little latin.
I drifted away from the church as I got in my late teens as I found them mostly to be hypocrites. They talked about loving your neighbour and helping each other, but yet would pass you by in the pouring down rain walking from church because they didn't want to get their car seat wet! It was a small community so everyone knew who everyone was and where they lived.
I could go on and on about what some women were doing while their husbands were at work, but that is not for this age range conversation.
-VR
Originally posted by Very RustyMy mother was/is Catholic, but my father was an atheist. I was taught Catholic doctrine in my youth, but then I learned what the Bible teaches.
Josephw,
I don't know much about the JW's just what I read about them. Then you have to be careful where your source is coming from.
I am sure you know much more about the JW's than will ever know. My Mother & Father wouldn't let them in I remember as a child. They were devote Roman Catholics went to church every Sunday dragging us along.
We al ...[text shortened]... doing while their husbands were at work, but that is not for this age range conversation.
-VR
I'm basically averse to denominationalism, and believe the scriptures teach that "The Church" is an autonomous local assembly.
Statistically, a large number of professing Christians that attend some form of "church" act a lot like anyone else you meet. Divorce, adultury, fornication, pornography, drunkenness, teen pregnancy, etc., etc.,etc., is everywhere one looks today. Even in the pulpit.
The world is truly a messed up place.
-Removed-You are not understanding, so I will point it out again:
FMF has admitted on this thread that Suzianne's so called 'one sentence threat' was considered to him, silly and laughable, and not a threat at all. So the threat issue is not an issue at all. That is done.
Also, only yourself and FMF find any 'abuse' in the rest of her message, which is why both of you have been deemed 'pansies'. Everyone else finds her message heartfelt and sincere.
Both of you, as has been pointed out, have been on a mission to vilify Suzianne, for NO valid reason.
Her PM should not have been shared.