Better off PIMA than POMA or POMO.

by ExBethelitenowPIMA 98 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  punkofnice

  LUHE - I kinda hope there is an afterlife.

  So do I being honest. As long as it isn't like this one but a good place.

  PIMO, POMO whatever, I have some friends that became HOMO.

  
  

  nuffy - better to have hope IMO.

  I totally get that and do tend to agree. I just don't want to kid myself and waste any more time with empty dreams like I did as a Jobot.

  As far as evolvey-lution goes...it matters not a jot to me because I have to deal with the present. Wondering about the past doesn't pay the bleedin' gas bill.
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  punkofnice

  Perhaps death is what gives life meaning.

  If we lived forever, perhaps we would run out of things to do.

  If we know death is coming, we fill or lives with meaningful stuff before the grim reaper comes.
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  ExBethelitenowPIMA

  Very interesting posts thanks all.

  Yes it’s better to have a hope than nothing at all.

  I personally think it’s better to have a hope in the Bibles promises even if like me you feel we don’t really understand everything and it is probably not what we think.

  The GB may be way off on their understanding and I think they probably are, along with every other religion and Bible scholars.

  Be comfortable not knowing but to have hope of something better while being agnostic is my situation.

  I think it’s good for you to keep talking about the Bibles promises and it helps others.

  when someone is going through a real hard time it’s very helpful to say the Bible promises no more pain and suffering.

  Even if I’m agnostic at the end of the day.
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  Disillusioned JW

  ExBethelitenowPIMA I don't recall you ever mentioning on this site if you have JW (such as PIMI) relatives. Would you mind telling us if you do?
  
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  nicolaou

  when someone is going through a real hard time it’s very helpful to say the Bible promises no more pain and suffering

  
  

  I disagree. If, for example, a mother loses her child is it really "helpful" to tell her she can have her child back again? How does such a lie help her grieving process? How unspeakably cruel is it to offer hope that cannot possibly be fulfilled?
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  slimboyfat

  For some it is, and for others it isn’t. People are all different.
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  ExBethelitenowPIMA

  ExBethelitenowPIMA I don't recall you ever mentioning on this site if you have JW (such as PIMI) relatives. Would you mind telling us if you do?
  

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  Yes large family some in, some never been in and some now out.

  The ones out we are not following direction and shunning them at all.

  Of all of us still physically in we all tend to be agnostic.
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  ExBethelitenowPIMA

  nicolaou3 hours ago

  when someone is going through a real hard time it’s very helpful to say the Bible promises no more pain and suffering

  
  

  I disagree. If, for example, a mother loses her child is it really "helpful" to tell her she can have her child back again? How does such a lie help her grieving process? How unspeakably cruel is it to offer hope that cannot possibly be fulfilled.

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  What I think is cruel is when the priest says God wanted your child in heaven so took them. That is cruel and no Biblical at all.

  If you say to a grieving parent the Bible says there is a reserection hope then that is truthful the Bible says that. If it’s true or not is up to the individual I’m personally agnostic but I do think it’s comforting to think about the Bibles hope
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  stan livedeath

  ExBethelitenowPIMA4 hours ago
  ExBethelitenowPIMA I don't recall you ever mentioning on this site if you have JW (such as PIMI) relatives. Would you mind telling us if you do?
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  Yes large family some in, some never been in and some now out.
  The ones out we are not following direction and shunning them at all.
  Of all of us still physically in we all tend to be agnostic.

  so--youre not physically in because of fear of losing loved ones / relatives by being shunned...

  ...youre just hedging your bets.
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  ExBethelitenowPIMA

  I guess all agnostics are hedging their bets

  if you are agnostic towards if there is a God you are by definition agnostic towards the evolution theory also.

  Im actually staying physically In because I enjoy it. I find it very interesting studying the Bible every week giving parts and commenting.

  Agnostic just means you don’t think it’s possible to find out the entire truth but still find it all very interesting and enjoyable 😁

  A person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable. broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god. : a person who is unwilling to commit to an opinion about something. political agnostics.