by hamsterbait 38 Replies latest jw friends
As an active witness I have never thought I would never die and live right on into the New System. I have always Keep it in the front of my mind though. I know it will come and when it does I want to be ready.
The only to get ready for my friend is a whole lot of disappointment.
Whoever it was that said they are waiting for it and when it comes it comes. If you are a true believer & follower of Christ & read the bible - you will know that these things are for THIS generation. Now I'm not gonna go on about that - because I totally disagree with how the witnesses view this generation, and whether armegeddon should be a literal rendering or not.
Armageddon not a literal rendering? Is that the same as a little bit pregnant?
*smack*
And if it's not they'll have an answer for that - "" When Noah came out of the ark...""
personally ......... I'm gonna stop there.
jgnat:
This year's theme is a huge downer for the loyal "rank and file". It's aimed at the dissenters, but the dissenters are leaving. This leaves the loyal sheep to get beaten down even further.
Dare I ask what this year's theme is?
are we there yet........
Those poor souls, waiting for Godot!
Is Godot a Decipticon or Autobot?
He's a Pioneerbot from Delusio-tron!
When I was a kid, growing up in the lie, almost all of my friends were in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. By the time I was eight years old I had attended the funerals of a lot of my best friends. I understood at a very early age that death is part of life, that pain is part of life, and that you're a fool not to embrace life while you have it—no matter what comes with it. My friends figured that out, but they took most of their life to do it. I got it dumped into my core at a very early age.
So, around age 10 when discussions come up of how long you would like to live, can you pick a date you want to die, etc. I started saying, "I hope I make it to 40!" Understandably this worried JWs considerably. For one thing it was a ten-year-old kid saying it matter-of-factly, for another it skewed all their careful research that led them to believe no sane human would choose a time to die (most stupid assertion I ever read by the WTS, most f my friends wanted to die well before they actually did).
I thought this way, the odds were good I'd make it to 40. Most people think of a life as 70-90 years. They seemed to wait until mid-50s to start enjoying life. I figured if I set my sights on 40 then I could just consider everything after that as gravy. It began to worry people when I was still saying the same thing at age 25. Now I'm 33 and still feel the same way. I will consider myself to have lived a full life if I make it to 40.
AuldSoul
