Jehovahs Witnesses?

Question

Could any practising Jehovahs Witnesses please explain to me why how I can make my wifes mother love her? She has wiped her off and so has the rest of the family that are Witnesses only because she spoke the truth, she found out her brother, a J.W is a practising Homosexual and has been lying about it, some may say its none of our buisness but when he judges us for living a non JW lifestyle and then doorknocks and preaches to others about J.W'S, We felt that it was our moral obligation to confront him and let the truth be told, now all this has done is alienated us from them, they preach love and family but can hate in an instant because "you are not allowed to criticise the flock" why are they so hypicriticle? is there a Head Jehovah I can email? all I can find are the local Halls and they are all ignoring our efforts to reconcile, some nice people they are? I believe the truth should always be told wether it hurts or not, he should not be allowed to deceive people. Why are they so ?

Answer 1

God will ultimately judge your wife's family and how they have treated her.
You say that your wife and yourself are not JWs but yet before this incident they treated her okay? How can this be when anyone who is not a JW is considered an apostate? They must have only tolerated your wife and yourself.

If the local JW kingdom hall does nothing to resolve this problem then just leave it in God's hands.
I will pray for you that this situation will be resolved and that all parties will be reconciled!

Answer 2

so your wife told her mom that her brother is a homosexual? If that is the case and her mother cut her off has some issues to deal with if it is true because your wife is just telling the truth As far as her brother being a homesexual he should be disfellowshiped if he is a practicing homosexual. the bible condems clearly states that no man is lie down with another man. the elders in there hall must not be aware of that fact. So writing to the society by going to www.watchtower.org would be the best thing to do and metion what kingdom hall they go to. The elders in that hall will handle the situation or you could call one of the local elders as well. hope everything works out for you.

Answer 3

You can contact them anytime at www.watchtower.org
Just click into the part where it says contact us.
they will get back to that congregation and find out what is going on. From past experience they follow through and get to the bottom of things. Some small congregations may have their own agenda in any organization all there are not perfect.
We knew of someone who was abusing his wife and they got right on it and he was removed from the house and they will call the police and turn him in. They don't ignore it.
How you believe is your business but you have to respect the way they believe to. Sounds like you should ask for family counseling. they do that to even if your not witnesses.
If you ask for help.

Answer 4

This guy and his wife go around 'outing' homosexuals and they act like JW's are self-righteous?!!?

If you have a problem in your family with "love" and "nice-ness", don't expect any religion to get itself in the middle of that hornets nest..

Answer 5

This is very sad. I'm not a JW but just checking in and your story is sad to hear of a family behaving like this to one of their own children.If that is how they are I wouldn't want any part of their beliefs.

Answer 6

It's a cult that is mind controlling, JW's are like robots in their own fantasy world.

Answer 7

(this answer might help you, it came from another yahoo user)

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.
I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other specific
Biblical laws and how to follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price
for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanness (Lev.15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell?
I have tried asking, but most women take offense. If I come into contact with
a woman who is menstruating and she doesn't tell me until afterwards, must I
kill her immediately or can I just beat her?

d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female,
provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims
that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2
clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill
him myself? Also, is Sabbath on Saturday as Seventh Day Adventists
(Christians, like us...or are they?) or is it on Sunday as Baptists and
some other faiths agree? I am beset by not knowing who to kill and when
to kill them...please clarify this for me.

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination
(Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 18:22).
I don't agree. I'm also confused about how homosexuality can be an abomination
when Jonathan and David were married in the Bible (1 Samuel 18:1, 3 - 4).
Here, I'll quote it - "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even
to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle." and also Ruth's relationship
with Naomi is suspect, (Ruth 1:16-17) "And Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,
I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people,
and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part three and me.
" Can you settle this?

g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my
vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around
their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27 and even
though 1st Cor. 11:4-6 says that it is a shame upon a man to have long hair.
How should they die?

i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me
unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? Also, since it is
strictly forbidden to "eat neither fat nor blood" in Lev. 3:17 & Lev. 19:26,
does that mean that I must be a vegetarian and must I smite those who choose
to eat meat?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different
crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two
different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse
and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of
getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev.24:10-16)? Couldn't we just
burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep
with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?

k) I know that it is an abomination for a man to wear a woman's clothes or a
woman to wear a man's (Deut. 22:5), so does that mean that since my wife
borrowed my boxers once, she's going to hell?

l) An unbeliever sent me an email telling me that God is an ABORTIONIST? It
says, "In Num. 5:11-31, God commands a husband to get an abortion for his wife
if he suspects she has been impregnated by another man. A priest is to make her
drink a potion and tell her, "If any man other than your husband has had
intercourse with you, may the LORD make an example of you . . . by bringing
upon you miscarriage and untimely birth." To deliberately cause a miscarriage
is to perform an abortion. And who brings about this miscarriage? Who performs
this abortion? It is the LORD who does so. God is an abortionist. In Ex. 21:22-25,
God tells us what to do if a man who is fighting knocks against a pregnant woman.
If the woman dies, the principle of "life for life" is invoked and the man
responsible for her death must be killed. If she lives but has a miscarriage,
then the death of the fetus is to be compensated for by the payment of a fine,
as demanded by the woman's husband. Thus, God has revealed the status of the
unborn fetus: it is not an independent, full-fledged human life, whose
destruction amounts to murder. It is a thing owned by the woman's husband, a
thing whose loss, like that of any other thing, may be compensated for with
money." How can this be true?

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can
help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and
unchanging and also for the reassurance that the Bible is infallible.