LDH:
Thrownness is too a word. Get a philosophical dictionary. It means the quality of being thrown.
$$$1) How many books have you read(religious books) that have not
been written by the WT? If you feel that you are free to do
so....may I suggest that you start with "Twisted Scriptures"
by Mary Alice Chrnalogar.$$$
Non has read quite a few non-Witness religious books. He even knows one elder who has a huge library filled with commentaries on different Bible books. Non has no problem reading publications written by enemies of the truth. He simply refrains from reading apostate literature.
$$$2) How free do you feel....time-wise? You make a lot of meetings,
do alot of field service? Does it feel like you have no life
beyond these thngs? It's because you don't.$$$
Yes, yes, no.
$$$3) How do you feel about Smurfs? Garage sales, and bringing those
items home? Girl Scout cookies?$$$
I hate smurfs since they give me nightmares. Hate garage sales cause I like my stuff spanking new. And girl scout cookies melt right in me mouth.
$$$4) How old were you in 1975?
I was 9. I was not a Witness, not even studying with them.
But, I had a friend who was. He was the same age as me. I
wonder now, if, when all the predictions started about the
"last days"....that this poor, sweet, little boy didn't have
nightmares every night....wondering if he would make it.$$$
If he was righteous, he had no worries, mate. And I do not remember how old I was in 1975. I was too spaced out from my life in the 60s which took place prior to the life of a Witness.
$$$5) Which brings me to my final question... you said that "fear was
not the ONLY thing that kept you with the Witnesses".
My question:
Why would a God of love want you to be afraid of him?$$$
He doesn't. But he does expect us to fear him in a non-morbid manner.
$$$Let me answer that for you.
Because it isn't God that wants you to be afraid...it's the
guys at the top, who want to see you out there making other
Dubs. Peddling magazines. They don't care if you believe,
just don't cause trouble.$$$
Funny, dude. I thought Matthew 24:14 and 28:19-20 was the reason we wuz out dere preaching. Coulda fooled me.
SYN:
$$$So, FLAME BAIT, why don't you answer Farkel's questions properly?$$$
Cause he does not ask them properly.
$$$You say that a husband shouldn't be a dictator. Your "religion" says he MUST! Here is the definition of "dictator" from dictionary.com:
dic·ta·tor Pronunciation Key (dkttr, dk-t-)
n.
An absolute ruler.
A tyrant; a despot.
The husband is not an absolute ruler. Read 1 Samuel 25 about Abigail who was blessed by God for disobeying her husband. Or what about 1 Corinthians 11:3 which teaches us that the husband has two entities over him, God and Christ. The wife must obey God before she obeys her husband. Therefore the husband's authority is no more absolute than the US or Japanese form of rule is.