# ****Jesus Rule In 1914???

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Posted by Thes [Thesaurusx] on October 29, 1999 at 16:54:09 {CAtoZJLIp2rnQc.SC0UsqEZbwA6cGE}:

In Reply to: ***Jesus Rule In 1914??? posted by Answer on October 29, 1999 at 07:37:06:

Thanks for answering.

It was my confusion caused by the seeming conflicts between written beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses and actual behavior witnessed by me that brought me to re-read the book called The Bible. I decided to read the NIV version and while I read it I came up with MANY "sincere questions". As I read and referred back to The Society's publications I came up with more and more "sincere questions". Publications that I had been trusting to base my each and every living decision.

The publications as well as the speakers at the meetings I attended for over 25 years conveyed the idea to me that if anyone ever had a question about Jehovah's Witnesses, those questions should first be submitted to Jehovah's Witnesses. I did that and each and every Witness I brought my questions to gave me exactly the same answer to every single one of my questions. The answer was: "I'll do some research on that and get back to you".

Two elders took ten questions and I waited for them to "get back to me" for 10 years. Finally I called them and one returned to see me. By that time I had over 100 questions for him and these were mostly "appointment doctrine" questions. At first the questions I came up with were religious and doctrinal. They should have been easy to answer for a minister representing the religion "speaking for God". It was the reaction to my original questions and the "theocratic war strategy" used on me by the elders as well as every other Witness who received my questions that impelled me to dig deeper.

I was not upset when I came to the elders with my original questions but I became restless and very suspicious of their behavior after they received my "sincere questions". They acted way too much like they had something to hide and way too much like the "Bring your questions to us." was a sham. My original goal was to get my questions answered to my satisfaction and happily continue being a Jehovah's Witness on some level. That probably would have been possible had I not immediately been lied to by the Witnesses.

After I presented the elders and others with those questions I began to notice Witnesses I had known for years would all of a sudden not recognize me or make eye contact or speak in the corner grocery store. At the last assembly I attended, only two Witnesses spoke to me and most of the over 300 in attendance would not look at me and if they happened to look at me they would immediately switch to that "look through" stare.

I was never notified I was disfellowshipped but I was being shunned, and still am. Never had one question answered by Jehovah's Witnesses. I did however get every question answered to my satisfaction.

That is my experience with "sincere questioning".

Anyone care to add to or criticize my personal experience?

Thanks in advance. You all have a nice week end.

t

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