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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:38 AM
Justin:
thank you for your comment. You asked Was it Jehovah that gave me that confidence? I can only offer an opinion-as I do not claim to have firm answers as to what is-only conviction of what is not!"Jehovah" as defined by the Watchtower or Jehovah's Witnesses to me is not! As to what "Jehovah" is-that is best left to another discussion.The conviction of most Jehovah's Witnesses and "Faith" is not in actuality in "Jehovah" but rather in the the so-called "faithful slave class" and it's interpretation of who or what Jehovah IS! I would suggest that your confidence or faith rested squarely on your
understanding and not on "Jehovah"(that is as interpreted by the JW's). Your real underlying faith rests upon God as you perceive him to be - the concept of "God" has virtually always existed whether that be "Nature" or a personal "Sky Daddy" or Universal Consciousness or whatever
a person perceives "God" to be. So Jehovah is gone but your faith though at times undefined remains- therefore your confidence remains in tact. Much better than those who leave the Watchtower with their faith in "Jehovah" now gone they are desolate in all respects-lost- and in most cases drift into agnosticism and finally atheism.I would opine that "God" exists mostly within and not necessarily without. As to the question Can the JW's be right for some and wrong for others? To me The answer is yes, People seek solace where they find it and the JW's have given stability and comfort to the lives of many who had nothing spiritually and they found within the Watchtower comfort, comradeship and stability in their lives-that is a good thing- because spirituality from whatever source is a good thing. For others reality begins to come into play and begins to take shape as a fuzzy outline at first but growing ever clearer; and the myth of the Watchtower emerges. Along with it an intellectual recognition that our faith as JW's is built upon a false assumption or rather a series of false assumptions,which offers only a pseudo faith -then the search for "Truth" begins anew. As to your last question -wouldn't truth be relative? One is reminded of the poignant question posed to Jesus by Pilate- What Is Truth?
My answer to that is that all truth is relative- if there is an absolute Truth the only hope of finding it is after we leave this human "FORM" and perhaps not even then.
Since your questions were not really on doctrine I answered them mostly from my opinion which carries the weight of a feather.I appreciated your questions and would enjoy hearing from you again.
regards,
Veritas
Hello Sir,

I appreciate you intention to not atta...
Monday, May 11, 2009 4:56 AM
Hello Sir,

I appreciate you intention to not attack Jehovah's Witnesses. I was likewise associated with 'the truth' for many years and have many friends and relatives who are JWs.

When I was about 20 years of age I felt, with the power of Jehovah. I could do anything I set my mind to. This worked for me but many of my Witness friends thought I was nuts. Over the years I lost that confidence but having left the JW's I now have the faith again.

What do you think of that? Was it Jehovah that gave me that confidence? If so, why do I now have it while not a JW? Why did few of my JW friends have this kind of faith? Can the JW's be right for some and wrong for others? If so wouldn't truth be relative?

Justin Twolaws