The moment you know you will die, too

dgp

At some point in life, everyone outside of the WTBTS realizes that death if a fact of life. No one gets to accept that fact easily, and the moment when you realize you will die, too, usually comes all of a sudden and takes you by surprise. When you were a JW, did you have such a moment, even though the society told you you would never die? My understanding is that some people in the WTBTS do believe they won't die if it's not by accident. So, I wonder if the hard fact comes to you despite everything they tell you.

Thanks for your answers.

WalkTall

The moment I realized that the Bible was written by mere flesh and blood men, no different than me, it hit me that there was no paradise earth in my future, no everlasting life as a human being. It felt like a punch in the stomach. I'm still struggling with acceptance of this.

mouthy

Well I personally am waiting for it. I believe this is a training ground for a better exsistance

Like school, in all my years I have done alot of ghastly things. Of which I truly regret,
But it taught me that ,I have to get control of this vessel( my body) & if I dont steer
it in the Creators instructions,I will "pay the Piper" Just like the Pied Piper who piped
all the rats off the ship
I believe Satan is that kind of a Piper, He lets us follow him when we do all the
things that we THINK brings us satisfaction, like booze,drugs, sexual abuses,lies,
But at my late age ,I believe now the saying" the good die young"has its advantages
they are ...I BELIEVE they are in a better place ,Seems I am going to have to rust down here
Well you asked.... I answered. Many will shake your heads saying "The ole girls losing it"
Yep you may be right.

zoiks

It never came while I was "in". It is a thought that needs to be shoved aside or put into the back or your mind, reminding yourself of all of the pictures of paradise and picturing yourself there. Only after that illusion was broken did I have that moment.

cantleave

I realised that death was a possibility when a young Brother was killed in a motorcycle accident about 10 years ago.

dgp

Mouthy, my adopted mom, you're not losing it. When we spoke I was able to see you think more clearly than I.

I agree with you, mum, that we need to make good use of our time here, and that quite often we believe that some things bring us happiness but they don't. As you know, we might disagree a bit on whether there is a God out there, but we are in absolute agreement as to the rest.

Oh, I disagree with you in another point. Some good people die old, for the purpose that some of us spiritual children meet them and benefit from their advice

nugget

I have sat by the bedside of a much loved Grandparent and watched her die and been called out to stand vigil in hospitals. Even before learning that men had made false promises they could not keep I had felt the fear of dying. Now I worry that I haven't enough time left to really live.

The only difference was that in the past I always had the thought that there was to be a future life where I could get on with all my thwarted ambitions now I think that I'd better get on with it.

frankiespeakin

I remember the feeling I first got when i found out the truth was not the truth, I felt I wasted my time selling books for a publishing company. Later thru a more objective study of the bible I came to the undeniable conclusion it was all bullshit but it still took a while to see that all the afterlife teachings were based on nothing concrete even the near death experiences that people had can easily be explained as hallucinations of the mind and often colored with a persons mythological indoctrination background.

I look at death as the end of life with no here after. I don't feel sad about this,, relieved,, might be more like it and acceptance with no need to pursue any teachings in this regard concerning after life.

I know I will die, the only thing that worries me is that I get paralyzed or something where I suffer with tremendous boredom on a life support for months or years. I hope to die before i get really old and can't take care of myself, I don't want to be buried just get rid of my corpse without any cost to my family. If I die before I get crippled and very old I'll be happy,,what more really can one ask for? Realistically.

dgp

I think I can conclude that some witnesses don't think death will be something they will personally face. I wonder what all the anointed who passed away came to think when they learned they would die.

Nugget, I used to feel the same way. Some people think there's life after death anyways, and I can't prove them wrong. Personally, I have come to a point where I accept the fact that I will die someday. It's not nice, it would be so much better if I could find a way to make it go, but I know I can't, and I'm slowly coming to terms with that. Maybe that's because I'm getting old. I hope this helps you.

I used to be terribly afraid of death and the Catholic's version of Armageddon, which is the Message of Fatima. I remember they read it to me when I was ten years old, and it was a terrible shock. Now I don't feel so scared of it after all. If you're curious, and willing to read something from Babylon, the link is here:

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html

BurnTheShips

I used to be terribly afraid of death and the Catholic's version of Armageddon, which is the Message of Fatima.

I don't believe the Message of Fatima has anything to do with Armageddon.

BTS

The moment you know you will die, too

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