what is supposedly resurrected at resurrection?

by iblowmynoseatyou 60 Replies latest jw friends

  • shopaholic
    shopaholic

    In regards to the memory discussion, the current teaching is that upon "resurrection" and for those who live to through Armageddon, they will initially remember everything. However, by the end of the thousand years the memories will have completely faded. Then Satan will be set free and everyone will be retested again. Wow...just as I was typing that I realized that makes no sense at all. Let's say it all true, you fix everything and then let Satan out again to muck it all up. Haven't we been through enough already...especially since the bible says God does not test any one. Oh wait..then the reply is "Its not God but Satan. Jehovah is simply allowing him to do it to see who will remain faithful."

    On the resurrection issue, when I was younger the elders didn't want us taking biology or psychology classes in high school because the teenagers were starting to ask too many questions about the resurrection. They gave a talk several times mentioning how in high school you can choose your classes and not to let your child take classes that would cause them to question their faith such as bio and psych. Anyway, I took both classes and it did cause me ask questions about the resurrection and asked why was it called a resurrection when it was really a recreation. I never got an answer. Even as an adult when I studied with folks, most would eventually say that it wasn't really a resurrection and I would agree with them. Then my service partner would jump in...you know the rest. Anyway many of the JW teachings don't make any sense if say them out loud to yourself. A lot of the teachings are like something from a SCI-FI movie.

  • LtCmd.Lore
    LtCmd.Lore
    In regards to the memory discussion, the current teaching is that upon "resurrection" and for those who live to through Armageddon, they will initially remember everything. However, by the end of the thousand years the memories will have completely faded.

    Wow, I don't think I realized that before.

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    AffectedbythePast

    The incoming new world of God’s making will be so satisfying that the enjoyment of life by earth’s inhabitants will not be hindered, even by any unpleasant memories of previous suffering. The many upbuilding thoughts and activities that will be the everyday life of people in that new era will gradually erase the past bad memories. God’s promise is: "The former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart." People will be "joyful forever" in what God will introduce earth wide. "The whole earth has come to rest, has become free of disturbance. People have become cheerful with joyful cries."—Isaiah 65:17, 18; 14:7.

    Today, "expectation postponed is making the heart sick," as the Bible states. But the situation will be reversed in the new world. At that time "the thing desired [will be] a tree of life when it does come." (Proverbs 13:12) No more will hearts be made heavy by suffering or by unrealized hopes. Instead, they will be filled with contentment and joy because of the many marvelous things that God will provide for the human family.

    Ick!

    Lore - w.w.s.d?

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    Identical twins. Biologically identical. Now give one of them a memory wipe and download the other twin's memories into his/her mind. Does that mean that if you kill the first twin, he/she never really died because he/she is already living as the other twin?

    Think about THAT.

  • JH
    JH
    god remembers you and you magically rise from the ground even if you were creamated or buried at sea.

    Can God bring back 2 of you?

    Sure he can....

    So which would be the real you?

  • hmike
    hmike

    After reading all of this I can say without a doubt that Star Trek makes a helluva lot more sense than the bible does at this point in time.

    In fact there was a TNG episode closely touching on this point. (And it made more sense.)

    I don't know how we got off on Star Trek, but as long as we are, it's interesting that people would be willing to accept the possibility of powerful, super-intelligent, non-carbon-based life forms and parallel dimensions, but not God, angels, and heaven.

  • LtCmd.Lore
    LtCmd.Lore
    I don't know how we got off on Star Trek, but as long as we are, it's interesting that people would be willing to accept the possibility of powerful, super-intelligent, non-carbon-based life forms and parallel dimensions, but not God, angels, and heaven.

    That's 'cause Q is way cooler, funner, efficient and better-looking than god.

    alt

    Q: Travels through time to save your life, and gives you a nice life lesson in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_%28TNG_episode%29#Plot

    God: Just builds another one, and then slowly makes the mimic forget everything anyway. http://www.watchtower.org/e/20050501/article_02.htm

    Lore - W.W.S.D? W.W.Q.D?

  • White Dove
    White Dove
    After reading about reincarnation, a light went on. The resurrection never made sense to me. But what about animal souls? They are life just as we are. Shouldn't they also live again after death and move on into another life and lesson? Could animals living now become humans in a later life? Hmmm...
  • White Dove
    White Dove
    Which bad memories? We learn from ALL of our memories. Some we would like to forget, but we need most of our memories, good and bad. And who's to say which ones are bad and which are good for us?
  • shopaholic
    shopaholic

    Identical twins. Biologically identical. Now give one of them a memory wipe and download the other twin's memories into his/her mind. Does that mean that if you kill the first twin, he/she never really died because he/she is already living as the other twin?

    Think about THAT.

    In this case, based on the JW teaching of the resurrection, the first twin was resurrected and the second twin was killed.

  • JK666
    JK666

    I sure hope SQL Server is more stable than it used to be, or a lot of dead people are really f***ed!

    JK

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