"Danny's Growing fear of Reality==

Hello Danny, here is a reply to your post on my talk page; you said:

""A Question. Central, can you explain something to me? You obviously don't like JWs so why do you spend so much time thinking about us? Personally, I try to avoid thinking about things that I don't like or that make me upset. Yet I notice that JWs and related articles are the only subject you deal with on WP. I doesn't [sic] make any sense to me at all - what's up with that! As it says on the WP main page, ""In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 730,275 articles."" Wouldn't you be happier branching out to some of the other subjects on WP. Just a thought. DannyMuse ""

Ho hum, here we go. . . I see your inevitable desire to posit straw men has taken the better of you again (yawn). You stated: ""You obviously don't like JWs. . ."" Actually Danny I have some friends who are JWs, and I have no problem with them as individual per se. If you actually opened your eyes for once you would see I have problems with your religious leaders, not JWs. Although rank and file JWs are still responsible for selling their literature and promoting the false teachings of the Watch Tower commercial publishing organisation. 

Your second reality admittance is very revealing, you said: ""I try to avoid thinking about things that I don't like or that make me upset."" You sure do Danny, as do most JWs, and don't think it hasn't been noted by thousands of viewers of these pages. Very sad indeed when someone who claims he is part of the ""channel of God"", and ""the only narrow road to salvation"", shrinks back in fear whenever you see anything you don't like. This is exactly why so many in this world get deceived and trapped in false religions, they just look away when reality comes knocking. This is also why you will most probably waste the rest of your life in a region that is not what it claims to be and lose your future opportunities with God through self-deception. Danny, never underestimate the power of denial, it will steal all your relationship with God, and you will probably let that happen.

Danny, I will not argue with you, as you are not ready to see reality at present, I pray one day you will be able, but maybe that time is not yet. I will leave it with God, if he wants you, he will open your eyes. Until then, I will leave you with some advice from your own organisation; on this occasion, you should take that advice. Regards, , 15 September 2005

""Even some religious people have closed minds. They are interested only in ""their"" religion, showing no willingness to as much as listen to the views of others. And even though they may not have chosen their religion but simply have inherited it from their parents, still they feel that their religion must be right. But not every inheritance is necessarily good. . . What makes a religion right is its total adherence to God's Word. Whether our religion meets this criterion or not can only be determined by open-mindedly comparing it with the Bible. . Why, some people have even been known to doubt the truthfulness of a message simply on the basis of where the message bearer came from . . An open mind is willing to do what 1 John 4:1 recommends. It says: ""Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.""—Awake! 22 November 1984  pp.8-10

""If you find that a doctrine or teaching is a lie, you should quickly forsake it, regardless of who teaches it or how long you have believed that teaching to be true. Your own welfare and your duty to God demand that you abandon lies, no matter who teaches them. . . God hates a speaker of lies. (Proverbs 6:16-19) ""A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. . . If you find that you have been for some time in an organization called ""the church"", and that such organization teaches that which is contrary to God's Word of truth, then you will have to choose whether you will remain in accord with that so-called ""church"" organization and its teachings or will forsake the same and rely upon the Word of God""—Watch Tower's RICHES (book, 1936) p.178-9

""God, who is himself ""the God of truth"" and who hates lies, will not look with favor on persons who cling to organizations that teach falsehood. (Psalm 31:5; Proverbs 6:16-19; Revelation 21:8) And, really, would you want to be even associated with a religion that had not been honest with you?""—Is This Life All There Is? 1974 p.46

""If the message the Jehovah's Witnesses are bringing to the people is true, then it is of greatest importance to mankind. If it is false, then it is the duty of th