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SABASTIOUS SAID

It's a very curious phenomenon to me that what is presented as disagreement is not actually disagreement. This could be a failing on my part and I apologize if this is the case. It's also possible that you two are being disagreeable. You seem to have doctrinal foundations that are not to be questioned.

What I am trying to point out is that the family arrangement is worked into our genetic code. This is proven by science, but the Torah figured it out first. As we can see in Genesis 6 the world that was created by the sibling rivalry of Cain and Abel turned out a total disaster worthy of nothing but destruction. Consider Jesus words about foundations for anything:



The ultimate failure of the world of Noah is the direct responsibility of Cain and Abel (ultimately the Serpent, Eve and Adam, but that's a whole other subject). Cain had a choice to build his empire on a rock mass which would mean ruling over his sinful tendency to compete with his brother and seek his father's approval (which IS your "intentions" argument essentially). Such things are human pursuits and do not work as foundations for lasting civilizations. The fate of Abel was even worse than that of Cain, because he didn't get anything but a brutal death at the hands of his brother and was swiftly replaced (which changes the cause and effect of the subsequent future and the World of Noah and Enoch II). Abel must have been shocked at what was taking place, but he didn't realize that we was a PLAYER in the game. That's why he didn't defend himself because it was a total surprise when it didn't have to be that way. He had the chance to rule over his desires as well. He could have ruled over his sin too, by realizing his part in the story and CHOOSING himself out of it. Instead, he remained naive and was killed for it.

This is the "sand" foundation for the World of Noah. It created a world where everybody acted on impulse which all ties back to how we relate to family. We want our parent's approval and we want to win against our brothers. This creates a world of wickedness unbeknownst to the people who live within it. It also creates the NEED for salvation of people who want no part of such a world. They want to serve God with their free will and live eternally with Him.

I am not doing the same thing as the Watchtower, I believe you both should be less trigger happy with that accusation. I could easily make it for you too, but I restrain myself because it doesn't further this discussion.

The Watchtower wants the family to break up FOR THEM, Christ wants the family to break up IF some choose Christ and some do not. It's better to cut off your own family and follow Christ than to stay in your family because of codependency. Every member of the family has predisposed leanings that they can easily give into which SOILS their own future and puts them on the path to destruction, just as the World of Noah. It's about giving into our NATURAL instincts which is something we have to rule over. Now I am not talking about shunning family, not at ALL, I am talking about NOT letting codependency rule you which will mean the severing of DYSFUNCTIONAL ties with family. Christian philosophy still applies because their have presented themselves as in NEED of salvation. They need to be "woken up" which takes creative thinking within the given circumstance.

For instance my little brother is getting massively emotionally guilted by my family to be a good little witness. They tell him that it's in his best interest to stay away from me which hurts him because he knows that's wrong. He knows that I am not a threat, and that I just left the family because of their dysfunctional behavior that is now being intensified on HIM.

I have a hide-a-bed for him that he can crash at for a few months to allow him to get on his feet. He is refusing and choosing to go live with our mother instead. This is the logically wrong choice because all my mother does is emotionally manipulate him. Unknowingly because she doesn't realize that it all stems from her burning need to know that "she did the right thing with her kids." The Watchtower creates false reasoning in her mind. She wrongly takes personal responsibility for when her sons argue, which is dysfunctional. I have tried to speak to her about this but she's steeped in a delusion. This would be a similar circumstance for the people of the days of Noah and Enoch II.

Jesus is saying in Luke 14 that we are to hate the dysfunctional elements of family and to cut them off if they place itself between you and your God. Which is how the Watchtower is set up, to be that resistance against the true path to Christ. Which means they are in league with the Serpent.

-Sab