I've read some books, written by doctors and grief counselors. In one of the books, a man had a near death experience. He told his doctor, "Everyone is afraid of dying, but after my experience, I realize it's this place that's the problem, not the here-after."
Is there a God that CARES ?
by JH 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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TheCoolerKing
Don't give up on God just because the JWs let you down.
That's been tough for me to do. I was born into the JWs and I was associated with them for over twenty years, till I was about 23. I left them almost 20 years ago, but I never considered joining another religion. So the only God that I've ever known was Jehovah God, of the JW religion.
While I still tend to believe in something higher, possibly a supreme being, I'm not convinced that any ONE religion on earth can explain who or what that being is. And if they cant explain the who or what, they certainly cant say well, "This is God's master plan."
There are just too many religions, non-Christian as well as Christian and too many Bible translations and interpretations. And there are too many wars and hatred / bigotry in the name of religion.
Has anyone ever asked themselves these questions: If there really is a God that cares about us, wouldnt he have ensured that we would all be following the same loving and peaceful path to him? And why would a perfect God have allowed all the religious confusion that we have on the earth today?
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AK - Jeff
In reading these posts, I find something strikingly wonderful to me.
Many have left off thinking there is a god, or a first cause of some sort out there, interested. Those kind of comments come thru very regularly on this forum. In this particular thread, I see less of that than I expected to see. It restores a bit of confidence to me at a time I need it badly. Dtill I have no ill feelings toward those that don't accept God. I still love them without judgment. [I do!]
In my most recent email exchange with Mr Franz [not dropping names here], we were engaged in the matter of the trinity/or not. He made the statement that the frequent response of former witnesses is to turn 180 degrees away from what we believed before -as if that will cure the pain we feel about the wrong things we were taught [I paraphrase the idea here].
That is very true. When I look back at my decades in the organization of Jehovah's witnesses, I try and ask myself 'Why?' Why did I spend all those years trying to serve God, albeit incorrectly in my current opinion, just to throw away the concept of God within a short time after leaving the religion. I was there in an honest effort to serve God. I continue in that same honest effort now. That just seems natural to me to do that, though I understand that some react otherwise of course.
There are great problems in the world. Life is short, and often painful. Still none of our experiences prove or disprove the existence/concern of Diety do they? Man has run amok - and he is accountable for that perhaps. We seem ready often to indict God for our own failures don't we?
Maybe the Hindus are right, or the Native Indians. I don't know. I am not sure that matters anymore. But when I look at the smile of my grandson, and the northern lights, or the sunset over the Gulf, the taste of coconut, the joy of seeing my child cry at the birth of her baby, I cannot deny that there is a God who cares. We may not understand Him, but he clearly knows what we need.
Jeff
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Apostate Kate
My life has been a testimony to the fact that God cares. He has given me so many gifts. I am a living miracle. Though He has not interfered with the nature that He created and sin (decay) destroyed, He has fixed me many times.
My DNA is mutated thus I suffer with disease. (Second Law of Thermodynamics~Entropy) But He has healed much resulting illness, given me a home, food, family and friends. God has proven his love and care for me many times over.
I believe if we all look around at the circumstances in our lives we can "count the blessings" He has granted us. The greatest blessing is yet to come, yet I am content if this is the best it can get, His presence in my life today is sufficient.
Often I will hear people say but look at those people how they suffer. Yet if you were to talk to those people you often find that they do not blame God, so why would we on their behalf? We can't know how those who suffer personally view their losses and pain.