Anyone Feel This Way?

love2Bworldly

Hi everyone. I am married to a Christian who believes that anytime now true believers in Christ will be raptured up to heaven; every time the news shows things going on in the Middle East my husband gets all excited and talks about how he doesn't want to be left behind. After being involved for years in the JDubs and having nightmares of Armageddon and all that, I feel happy just living my day-to-day existence and not worrying about my 'afterlife'.

In fact, I could care less about the afterlife and whether I go to heaven or hell; partly because no one REALLY knows what's going to happen to me when I die. The only thing I care about in my life is being a good mom to my kids, nothing else matters to me besides enjoying each day I have here right now on this earth--enjoying time with friends and family, vacations to Disneyland, visiting the ocean or the snow.

I feel annoyed when my spouse starts talking about his beliefs, because I just feel so ambivilent toward the future. Does anyone else feel like this, like you really don't give a crap about what's going to happen next year or 5 years from now?

Mrs.Congeniality

I was stunned when my friend pointed out to me that the word Armageddon is not even in the bible. It says see Harmageddon which is a place not an act of the great war. Interesting point

JamesThomas

Yes, I understand.

Religion generally reduces and defines significance to some other thing, place or time; and in so doing steals away the present moment of being, the only actuality and reality that has ever been. It's insane really, and it's sad to so many caught up in it.

j

Dune

I agree, i hate it when i talk to JW's about the world right now and they give me some BS like "well its the last days" and look at me like i'm stupid for even bringing up the subject.

kid-A

I am married to a Christian who believes that anytime now true believers in Christ will be raptured up to heaven

Sounds like a difficult situation. Personally, I could not stand being married to someone who believed in this crap. It would have a very negative impact on my marriage, knowing my spouses beliefs were so divergent from my own on such fundamental issues.

love2Bworldly

KidA--part of the problem is my husband really didn't bring up his beliefs until after we got married. I knew he believed in God and hadn't been to a church in a while, but anyway I guess I should have spent more time asking questions about his beliefs.

I just needed to vent. I wish my husband would spend more time (mentally) in the present rather than obsessing over his fear of going to hell if he doesn't watch out.

greendawn

It sounds like he is still under the JW influence of hysteria about the end of the world something the JWs got from the 19th century adventists. Getting excited about every apparently unusual event as if it indicates that the end is near is a JW trait.

merfi

I feel this way exactly. My focus is today -- making the best of it. I don't know what happens after death and I don't really much care at this point.

~merfi

Honesty

my husband gets all excited and talks about how he doesn't want to be left behind

It must be hard on both of you. You for having to hear his apocalyptic reasoning and him for not having the inner assurance that God sent His Son to save mankind.

A Paduan

Religion generally reduces and defines significance to some other thing, place or time; and in so doing steals away the present moment of being

A poignant note James Thomas, but in my experience, not all religion

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Anyone Feel This Way?

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