by punkofnice 20 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
"There may even be some anointed ones, perhaps elderly in years, who may at times fall asleep while praying. Such ones can be reassured that God does not hold their human frailties against them. How comforting it is to know that Jehovah is 'the God of tender mercies and the Father of all comfort'!"
--sd-7
Yeah, yeah, straight to Gehenna for any dozy supplicatiors!
QE - I also felt bad too. Typical WBT$ guilt, fear and phobia tactics to control.
Tec - I thought that too when I was a JW. If god is love why would he be such a touchy swine?
Rip - I am a somnabulistic poster.
Terry - At last I have my answer.
Sophie - You are indeed correct. It's the WBT$ controlling. They think they're SOOOOOOO much better than everyone else. May the GB suffer!!
Kojack57 - As Theo Kojak would say: 'Toot toot, that's cute, coochy coo.' Not sure how that fits but it was all I can remember from Kojak.
SBF - That wouldn't surprise me with those control freaks.
sd-7 - Whare is that quote from?
SD7 writes his own WT stuff, the parody is so good that they have requested he join the writing commitee, no matter that he knows TTATT , so do all of 'em on it.
Phizzy - Aye, aye, captain. Thanks for the heads up. sd-7 is very convincing. Imagine....an 'aposta-writing committee'...awesome! Spiffing!
I used to fall asleep too...LOL
So much to say... I just don't kno.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
still thinking - Glad it wasn't just me.
I thought this thread would be discussing falling asleep while praying, not a Jehovah bash. Many of you have some real anger management issues, which I find unfortunate, but understandable.
As for prayer, it helps if you have a certain place like a dressing room or large closet where you can kneel and go to in time of need. If you'r4e married, you might also want to pray vocally with your wife, followed by private prayers. Also, I wouldn't pray to Jehovah. Yahweh is not the Father, but Christ, and we shouldn't pray to Christ, but rather, the Father. Jesus addressed him as "Father," so why should we do any different? Even if Jehovah was the Father, addressing him by his name would be like calling your father by his first name. In fact, there is no place in scripture where anyone prays directly to God calling him by a personal name.
Years ago there was a book entitled, How to Pray and Stay Awake. If you pray while you're lying in bed, you're much more likely to fall asleep. It's like snacking. Put some Cracker Jacks boxes by the sofa facing the television and *POOF!" -- they're gone! It's not a great way to diet. My dressing room is the ideal place for me to pray. Oh, and don't pray in the basement as sometimes the prayers begin to rise and bounce off of the main floor. It'll eventually get to God, but it may float around the ceiling for awhile until it finds a crack or the stairs.
When I was a reluctant teenage dub, I never made any personal prayers. Listening to the 5-minute dronings at the beginning and end of three meetings a week were more than enough.
And remember this, little dubbies: Jehovah will NOT send you a pony no matter how much you pray.
Punkofnice - I agree with your first post, no ones listening. Whenever I prayed when I was a el'dub'io I never once felt that anyone was listening then, I always felt I was doing it wrong but it never seemed to me there was anyone there.
