by micheal 16 Replies latest jw friends
What's so good about it?
99.9% of earth's population will be wiped off the planet. Humm...(rubs chin with fingers) last time I checked, having over six billion men, women and children destroyed isn't so good.
How odd, very odd indeed.
Anyone else have a problem with this?
It'll be great for crows, ravens and sea gulls. And maybe for funeral parlors!
It's a paradox. God, we are told, loved the world so much he sent Jesus.
Yet Jesus came and said that the road to destruction is broad and spacious, and the road to life is narrow and few are finding it.
So the words of Jesus themselves define the "news" of the "Kingdom", such as it is. Very few make it.
Jehovah's Witnesses are only quoting the Bible when they say that.
BTW, personally I believe most people are quite decent and not worthy of "destruction". I have a problem with any religious group condemning all others to doom or destruction.
I've had that problem for a long time, even when I was in. I started referring to it as preaching the bad news.
BTW, personally I believe most people are quite decent and not worthy of "destruction". I have a problem with any religious group condemning all others to doom or destruction.
So do I Gopher. If puny humans like us could not destroy billions of good decent people, how could a god love do this?
I've had that problem for a long time, even when I was in. I started referring to it as preaching the bad news.
It only seems to be "good news" for those who will reap the benefits. These people seem to have no problem whatsoever in having billions of good people destroyed.
actually, read the first 25 verses of 1 corinthians 15...it actually states "the good news" that we are supposed to be preaching....heh
bttt
I always had a real problem with this, it means that god allowed people to be born for destruction, not a course of justice or love at all
I think that Good News has barely begun to be preached.
This is funny - I was just discussing this last night with my children (14 and 11) who have been raised in "mainstream" religion. They asked a couple of questions about how their ex-stepdad's beliefs compared to ours and I started with the Armageddon theory (everyone but JW's destroyed, birds eat the dead, JW's cast lots for our homes, cars, etc.) I made it as humorous as possible. Here are their responses:
11 year old boy: "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
14 year old girl: "Whatever. I'm glad he's gone."
