I love Jehovah Witnesses. I take their Watchtower and Awake booklets every time I see them. I know there's something bad in feeling morally superior to another group, but hot damn, I feel it! My best friend in high school was a Witness, so I've been to Kingdom Halls and read lots of literature. By the way, don't ever go to a Kingdom Hall. I mean, it's one thing to read about it in their books and go, "Bwah?" But it's another thing when you're sitting in the place and they're calling you WRONG because of your pagan ways and your non-believe in the Chosen 144,000. Not to mention small things, like taking Communion more than once a year. I think that Christian groups should try to stick together, but dang.
I think she still talks to you because she's found a Believer, and there are so few of us Christians in Japan in the first place. Just don't let her talk you into going to a Kingdom Hall. Although I wonder what the Japanese version would be like...
That said, I was also reading a bit of literature from the Japanese Christian Fellowship, and talk about harsh! All non-believers are condemned to a life of misery followed by HELL. Whoa, I thought we left the fire-and-brimstone messages back in the 1800s, what.
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Date: 2009-09-07 12:57 am (UTC)I think she still talks to you because she's found a Believer, and there are so few of us Christians in Japan in the first place. Just don't let her talk you into going to a Kingdom Hall. Although I wonder what the Japanese version would be like...
That said, I was also reading a bit of literature from the Japanese Christian Fellowship, and talk about harsh! All non-believers are condemned to a life of misery followed by HELL. Whoa, I thought we left the fire-and-brimstone messages back in the 1800s, what.
Good luck with all the tickets!