I finished my last paper and was in a state of (relative) ecstasy when Tim and I kena waylaid by a Jevovah’s Witness ….wah lau.
So we debated. Actually we mostly just listened to them rattle on. I could find one million loopholes in their arguments and Tim could find another million- that’s what comes with being legally trained I suppose, coupled with a knowledge of scripture. What were we supposed to say? They said they were the truest form of Christianity- I was like, can you be more original please. Everyone makes that claim. (of course I didn’t say this out loud)
Then the blood transfusion thing- JWs aren’t allowed to have blood transfusions. *rolls eyes*
Whatever man.
Then they kept talking about how they felt sorry for their brothers in Singapore. I dunno. Maybe army is worse than detention barracks???? (Tim says they don’t have to do reservist yay for them)
One of them was a Irish Roman Catholic. WAS. Until the truth set her free.
Okay I think it’s the church’s own fault- their paternalistic attitude has got to be revised. Maybe it was good in the past when everyone was illiterate and you needed the priests and deacons to preach/interpret but now that many more are affluent and literate, they need to start passing that baton to the lay people themselves.
If some church preaches wrongly (as is bound to happen! hello there are like how many billions of catholic churches in the world??) – then the ppl start reading the bible for themselves and find out that they are teaching something wrong. Then will inevitably blame the church as a whole
Then hong gan already.
sigh.
