Sorry, because you belittle and insult JWs. You are so kind to your friends but not to your enemy Christians.
No I did not, you are projecting. The only time I a 'firm' (not mean, no insult) with JW's and Unit-arians, is when they try to brow beat or use authority or try and one-up me. It is merely responding by telling them their pride is often in the way of listening to Jesus. You CAN'T just say what you learned about Jesus was all true and you have nothing left to learn. Such is indoctrination and it is not the way I have EVER seen Jesus work.
They strive to be Christ like, that's why I respect them as godly Christians. That's why I defend them.
Meshak, firmly, but nicely, and not putting you down: We cannot do anything in the flesh. John 15:5 Nothing. We HAVE to be born-again. There is no 'try' or 'give it our best shot.' We are either His, or we are lost. No amount of my flesh can please God. It isn't just 'eradicating it' but rather becoming someone that actually can follow Him. In fact, the new nature 'wants' to follow Him. You literally cannot stop God's work in me. I can't (nor want to) Ephesians 2:10. Oh please oh please understand this, Meshak. It is SO important. It is the very heart of Christianity.
PS, I don't agree with everything JWs believe but their basic principle is the same as mine.
I know. It is wrong. I'm not saying that to be mean. Literally, I want to follow Jesus, cannot help but follow Jesus. It is in the very nature He placed in me. There is no 'try' or "DO IT!!!!" for me anymore. Listen, when I was a teen, my parents gave me no more rules. You know why? Because I did it all myself. I went to bed, didn't stay out late, nothing. They literally had no rules for me because I 'wanted' to do things they wanted me to do. I was doing them already. My brother and sister had rules, lots of them. Why? Because they disobeyed. I never did. I had no rules.
Now listen: It was because at age 16, God put a new heart in me. He made me a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Listen Meshak (please listen). I have never been to prison. The only laws I have ever broken are traffic laws and all by accident. I don't break them because I don't want to break laws. I don't even know what they all are and I don't break them. God's laws are the same: I don't break them so don't need to 'try' that hard. A new creation is 'made' to follow God's laws. He/she doesn't have to 'try.' Trying wouldn't and couldn't work anyway. If it worked, my brother and sister would not get into trouble. They obeyed them most of the time, but they still needed a curfew or they would be out late for the wrong reasons. I never had a curfew. My parents literally, never told me when to go to bed. I was always in bed by the time they would even think to tell me "go to bed." Do you see? The house rules were never meant for me. God made me a person that 'already' does these things naturally. I pray, very much, that your eyes will open up and see today. In the Lord Jesus Christ, -Lon