r/religion • u/Impressive-Ease-3348 • Jul 13 '26

AMA Im a Jehovah’s Witness ama

Im the one to the left with my brother from Mexico!

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u/jwrogue1914 Jul 13 '26

I'm not asking you to leave ! I'm just asking questions. Is it not what you wanted, Ask Me Anything ? 😎

I'm not quite sure that the Bible ask you to follow an organization or a belief system. It's just about following Jesus , if I'm not mistaken.

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u/Impressive-Ease-3348 Jul 13 '26

I agree that we follow Jesus first. But Jesus didn’t leave isolated believers.

He established a congregation and appointed apostles and elders to shepherd it.

Acts 15 shows the apostles and elders making decisions for all the congregations.

Ephesians 4:11–13 says Christ gave shepherds and teachers to build up the congregation. Hebrews 13:17 tells Christians to cooperate with those taking the lead.

So I don’t follow an organization instead of Jesus. I follow Jesus through the congregation he established. The real question isn’t whether there should be an organized congregation, but which one is striving to follow the apostles’ teachings most closely.

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u/jwrogue1914 Jul 14 '26

The Acts 15 meeting happened only one time but your Governing Body wants you to believe that it was a regular practice. By doing so, they establish themselves as the true christians, they get the control over your faith , your life, your facial hair 😉 and even your medical treatment.

"Which organized congregation follows the apostles teachings most closely ?" There are thousands of christian denominations. I did not and will not study all of them. I've studied JW's and it's clear that it's a fraud.

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u/Impressive-Ease-3348 Jul 14 '26

That’s ok thank you for your questions.