Should I go to Kingdom Hall to keep myself informed?

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Marilena, after 10 minutes of talking to JWs this past November and after being there for my best friend in NYC for 5 years after he (a Catholic) dated one, I can honestly tell you that I’d NEVER be involved with a JW let alone marry one and I’d NEVER stay married to a guy who converted to it. I wouldn’t even stay with him and pray for him to come back simply because I don’t like JWs and want absolutely no part of it whatsoever and by staying married to him and praying for him, I’d kind of be a party to it ESPECIALLY if I was going to be reading his theological notes from his meeting and/or putting a recording device or [baby] monitor his portfolio and listen to what they say. Besides, knowing what I now know about them, I would never spy like that. I doubt spying would tell me anything new about them and if they suspect it they’d just resort back to Catholic bashing anyhow! So why torture yourself like that? But, to each their own.

I told her what I think (my opinion), which I was rightfully entitled to. She can take it or leave it just as she can anyone else’s here.
 
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Prayer_Warrior:
Memorize the list of scripture that counteracts the “out of context” scripture that they are teaching him. You know the drill, I’m sure. 🙂
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An EX Witness I now know told me to be careful when it comes to countering Scriputre with the JWs because she knows from first hand experience how they are trained to overcome any talking point and because they’re also very anti-Catholic, it’s easy to get tripped up even if you know your Bible well. If you don’t know your Scripture backwards and forwards and then some, a Witness will slaughter you - literally.

Besides, they don’t even use the same Bible most Protestants use. They use the New World Translation, which Protestants will not dare touch since the JWs have really re-written it to reflect their beliefs.
 
CatholicGal1977 said:
An EX Witness I now know told me to be careful when it comes to countering Scriputre with the JWs because she knows from first hand experience how they are trained to overcome any talking point and because they’re also very anti-Catholic, it’s easy to get tripped up even if you know your Bible well. If you don’t know your Scripture backwards and forwards and then some, a Witness will slaughter you - literally.

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yeah well, you know what the benefit to ex witnesses is here?
we know what they believe and know what they practice, so most of us will not be tripped up and haven’t been.
 
Prayer_Warrior said:
I heartily agree with the other posters who have said “Don’t Go!”. As has been stated you can learn everything that they are saying to him from the various websites that have been posted. What you cannot learn from websites is what your husband is thinking. That is going to take good old communication and that can be done at home. When he goes to Kingdom Hall, I would head straight to church, if you have the opportunity. Go to Mass if they have it at that time. If not, pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament that your husband may not succumb to the deceptions at KH. Pray a rosary for him. Offer up all the pain involved, which I’m sure is significant. It sounds like you have brushed up on what JW’s teach, but I would really prepare yourself (if you haven’t already). Memorize the list of scripture that counteracts the “out of context” scripture that they are teaching him. You know the drill, I’m sure. 🙂
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yes, and she can also ask any of us ex witnesses too about what he is “learning”.
 
minkymurph said:
Yessisan, I haven’t read all the posts here. I’ve read most of them and I hope I don’t repeat anything anyone else has said. If you want to know anything about JW’s you have no need to go to the KH or even talk to one. For everything you need to know about JW’s look to the Catholic Church. There are any number of people who can tell you what they believe, tell you all about their meetings and literature and how to answer them. Get into you own faith and you will answer any JW. I recently bought a book how to answer JW’s. You don’t need to go to the KH, look to your own faith.
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CTS Explinations prints a really great tract addressed to JW’s simply called “Jehovah’s Witnesses”, It gets straight to the point… It doesn’t slander them, it simply attacks with scriptural foundation and undermines the JW cause by pointing out blatant contradictions between their belief and the holy bible.

I think she should possibly slip one to him somehow…Or at least have one on hand so she can respond to his arguments. It was written specifically for people in the faith to read and upon initial presentation it actually looks on the cover much like it is a JW piece of literature… it is in that it is intended for them to read.
 
ReConverted said:
catholicxjw.com/jamescaputo.html
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welcome to CAF! iam going to read this particular story, i love the honesty and sincerety of the posts there, and the journey’s these people have taken from the falsetower to freedom is inspiring:thumbsup:

truly a remarkable journey. but this part of the paragraph iam going to post here from that story:

“Watchtower literature presents Jehovah’s Witnesses as a happy people, a united people who love their neighbors (i.e. Non-Jehovah’s Witnesses) and their spiritual brethren with a love that knows no national boundaries or racial partiality.”

catholicxjw.com/jamescaputo.html

i was the victim of racial attacks at the hands of some witnesses that claimed they love their neighbor as their self.
racism does exist in that belief, make no mistake about it.
their claim to love all people of all walks of life and all backgrounds is not necessarily true. i also know of other witnesses who were victims of discrminination and slander as well as ridicule because they were dirt poor when they grew up an did not have the financial stability of some of their so called “brethren”. so do not think that all witnesses love their neighbor because that has proven to not be the case alot of the time in my experience, and mind you, iam only speaking
from my experiences, and those of the people i know of that were harmed mentally by the society.
 
Thank you for the warm welcome! **I need to clarify though, that I am not the writer of any of these stories. **

I dated a JW years ago, and studied every bit of anti-watchtower literature that I could get my hands on, so I ended up with a decent knowledge base on their tactics.

God bless!
 
I would love to reply to everyone but if I did, I’d take all day here, so I’ll just be as brief as I can be…

First things first, thank you all for your responses, I had been gone for 4 days and just had the opportunity to read what all of you said.

It is hard being married to someone who isn’t a Catholic, but as Marilena mentioned, I love my hubby. I will stay married to him if God allows me to. I love him dearly and I know he does too.

Marilena, thank you for sticking up for me 😃 you are an angel! Catholicgirl, I know you meant well when you wrote all those thigs about leaving my hubby, but as Marilena said, I love him and what would happen to the poor souls who are lost in these type of organizations? If there weren’t any people interested in their souls, where would they be? I am praying incessantly for his return to the CC.

I will pray all my life if I have to. Marilena’s hubby is becoming Catholic after her persistant prayers, so I’m hoping the same happens for us. If it’s now or 10 years from now, it’ll be worth it.

Just because he’s a JW it doesn’t mean he’s abusuve. He’s the sweetest person alive! He helps me around the house, he does most of the cooking at home, he gives me massages every day, he writes me little notes here and there telling me he loves me, he even prepares me my lunch every day! I mean, he’s great!!

He is truly in love w/me and he wants to be with me forever. He believes marriage is a very serious matter.

As for his family pushing him to bring me to KH, I don’t think they are. They all know I’m Catholic, and they know I don’t listen to anyone. (I’m a little stubborned :D) His sisters and mother know I won’t convert, so I don’t think they are pushing him to take me in… as far as the elders… well, since he’s still disfellowshipped, nobody talks to him. Bad thing is that they did notice I don’t go any more and they come to my house and call asking why I don’t attend. I don’t want to talk to them so I don’t answer the phone nor call them back.

Anywho, I pray to God that my hubby comes back to the CC. So, after all this, I don’t think I’ll be back to KH w/my hubby. Just the thought of it makes me feel queasy…
 
yessisan said:
IAnywho, I pray to God that my hubby comes back to the CC. So, after all this, I don’t think I’ll be back to KH w/my hubby. Just the thought of it makes me feel queasy…
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Good decision! 👍
 
Anywho, I pray to God that my hubby comes back to the CC. So, after all this, I don’t think I’ll be back to KH w/my hubby. Just the thought of it makes me feel queasy…
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Hi Yessian:

Prayer is powerful.

In my own conversion, my Aunt Maxine began praying for the conversion of our family from the JWs back in 1975 I believe. According to her friends, she started a prayer group in her Lutheran parish that met on Thursdays throughout the years to pray that at least one of her JW relatives would leave the JW faith before she died. Well, I left the JW faith in 1996 as did my wife and my Aunt Maxine was there to see it. She went home to the Lord a couple of years later.

So, the Lord does answer prayers although it might not happen as quickly as WE would like.

Jeff S.
 
yessisan said:
I would love to reply to everyone but if I did, I’d take all day here, so I’ll just be as brief as I can be…

First things first, thank you all for your responses, I had been gone for 4 days and just had the opportunity to read what all of you said.

It is hard being married to someone who isn’t a Catholic, but as Marilena mentioned, I love my hubby. I will stay married to him if God allows me to. I love him dearly and I know he does too.

Marilena, thank you for sticking up for me 😃 you are an angel! Catholicgirl, I know you meant well when you wrote all those thigs about leaving my hubby, but as Marilena said, I love him and what would happen to the poor souls who are lost in these type of organizations? If there weren’t any people interested in their souls, where would they be? I am praying incessantly for his return to the CC.

I will pray all my life if I have to. Marilena’s hubby is becoming Catholic after her persistant prayers, so I’m hoping the same happens for us. If it’s now or 10 years from now, it’ll be worth it.

Just because he’s a JW it doesn’t mean he’s abusuve. He’s the sweetest person alive! He helps me around the house, he does most of the cooking at home, he gives me massages every day, he writes me little notes here and there telling me he loves me, he even prepares me my lunch every day! I mean, he’s great!!

He is truly in love w/me and he wants to be with me forever. He believes marriage is a very serious matter.

As for his family pushing him to bring me to KH, I don’t think they are. They all know I’m Catholic, and they know I don’t listen to anyone. (I’m a little stubborned :D) His sisters and mother know I won’t convert, so I don’t think they are pushing him to take me in… as far as the elders… well, since he’s still disfellowshipped, nobody talks to him. Bad thing is that they did notice I don’t go any more and they come to my house and call asking why I don’t attend. I don’t want to talk to them so I don’t answer the phone nor call them back.

Anywho, I pray to God that my hubby comes back to the CC. So, after all this, I don’t think I’ll be back to KH w/my hubby. Just the thought of it makes me feel queasy…
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excellent reply!!👍
 
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