It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

by smiddy 182 Replies latest jw experiences

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  smiddy

  I now find it idiotic that I could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of GOD.....,throughout the bible "GOD"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.Individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.I just find it so unbeleivable

  In the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people. ( India,Arabic,Afghanistan,Pakistan etc.etc.)

  Even today with modern communications,technology,radio ,television,the internet,computers etc.millions of people do not have knowedge or acsess to christianity the bible, and certainly not jehovah`s witnesses and their message.(which is continually changing )

  smiddy
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  factfinder

  Good points smiddy.

  I also find it hard to believe I ever believed in the Bible, I feel foolish for having done so and for being a jw for all those years.
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  Aussie Oz

  Number 1 on my list of why the bible is not from 'god'...

  Oz
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  cedars

  It's a good question. If God can communicate with one person, why not communicate with everyone simultaneously? Job done!

  You also raise a good question concerning the millions (or billions?) of people over the last 2,000 years who never even heard the bible's message.

  Cedars
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  transhuman68

  Zeus was trying to tell you that you had it all wrong, but you wouldn't listen....
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  JW GoneBad

  I find it odd that God would entrust his sacred secret to some old lame-brain nincompoops who call themselves the ‘Faithful Slave’, who get sidetracked with such nonsense as: A no blood doctrine and an unloving and harsh disfellowshipping and shunning policy and wind up making these the focal point in their ministry.

  Instead of the Kingdom of God, the first thing that pops into the mind of the average ‘worldly’ when the name Jehovah’s Witnesses is mentioned if its’ not …..”you’re the fanatics that will allow your loved one to bleed to death”; its’…..”you’re the organization that practices harsh disciplinary measures”; or …..”you’re the party poopers who don’t celebrate birthdays, holidays, toast, and the like”

  Yah, I can see why the Almighty and Jesus selected the WTBTS to deliver the Bible’s life saving message.

  Good topic BTW!
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  alanv

  When pressed JWs have to admit at least half the world has never ever heard the JW message.
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  THE GLADIATOR

  The number of people that God can communicate with at any one time is entirely dependent on how many people imagine they are hearing from God.

  The appeal of religious assemblies is that once group hypnosis kicks in, the shared experience is proof to believers that God exists and communicates with them.

  The concept of God is as alive as we choose to allow it to be in our individual mind. Believers don’t believe me, which means they are actually non-believers.
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  Lore

  I used to play a game for the PC called 'Planet Blupi'. You control a population of little yellow people and make them do stuff like build houses, grow food, blow up enemies etc.

  I had the ability to cheat very trivially. But I didn't because it would be too easy and I wanted to do things the hard way.

  Sometimes I'd assign a single little Blupi's to clear out a whole forest just to see what pattern he'd do it in.

  Other times I'd stick a Blupi on an island and make him grow tomatoes until there was no space left at all.

  Sometimes I'd have them make huge amounts of dynamite and line the map with the stuff and set it all off at once.

  Many times they would die of exhaustion to do the stupid little task I assigned them too. All the while I could have accomplished this same task with a few keyboard strokes on my own, but I made them do it instead.

  But then again, I didn't care about the Blupi's.
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  donuthole

  In Romans I believe that Paul makes the argument that God does communicate with the entire world and the world will be judged on how it responds. The message is all around and within us, it is just a matter of listening.

  The old testament prophets had a message just for their nation. Someone like Jeremiah heard from God and lit a fire demanding social reform to care for the neglected in their society. By not championing the cause of the poor the people turned their back on God.

  Jesus message contains elements of the same. It also includes peacemaking, forgiveness, and love.

  Maybe god speaks through prophets like Ghandi, Mother Theresa, and John Lennon. "All You Need Is Love," was a hit single and still played on the radio today. Hell, my daughter was introduced to it on a video game.