by Maverick 27 Replies latest jw friends
"1. If what they taught was true, I would rather be dead than live forever on earth with the cruel, unloving people at the KH."
Ditto.
But to be honest, I never gave a lot of thought about Armageddon even when I was a Witness. Except maybe for the STUPID article a couple of years ago that stated that unbelieving mates would die at Armageddon. That presumptous attitude pissed me off!
ditto cicatrix
Scaring people about armagedon is no differnt than other religions scaring with hellfire.
I used to fear it. I find myself not caring anymore; almost to the point of not believing it'll ever happen anymore.
DY
The big A is really a moot point for me because, according to my dad?s scare tactics, I?ve already sinned against the Holy Spirit and am therefore condemned anyway. (Self-fulfilling prophecy.) So, although I have had a lot of fear, anxiety, and sadness regarding the big A, now I figure, If I?m going to die when it comes and there?s nothing I can do about it, then why worry or give a f^@#?
I?ll still always be a decent, ?nice guy,? but at the same time make sure that I get some reasonable degree of enjoyment from the remainder of my life. (When I say ?reasonable,? that?s not necessarily according to the WT rules. )
And if the big A ends up being just the product of a self-serving cult as opposed to the big R (?R?eality), then, well ? bonus.
?SAHS
Once I made my decision to leave, I was calm and at peace with my decision.........I left my "fate" in "God's" hands..........told me mum and sis that too, said if I'm that bad and "Jehoover" feels I should be dead, then so be it! Now, of course, I know for sure it's all BullShite!
Terri
Big A? do you mean the Big Apple as in New York? chuckle, chuckle
If you mean Armageddon.....we might as well be talking Greek Mythology
With all the symbols, bizzare images and visions that are in the Book of Revelation, why should I believe that Armageddon is somehow literal?
It was October of 1975. I was 24 years old and D/F. I visited the homestead in Kentucky which was a shack on a hillside and walked outside looking up at the clouds. Great fear ran through me as I expected meteors of fire to decend from the heavens and burn me to a crisp.I felt ashamed and guilty somehow.
After reading "Crisis of Conscience" and the fabulous posts of this and other boards, I became free of fear from the Big "A". The sad part is I was in fear of it for over 40 years, living to die one day at a time.
Elmer
This is a sad thought to share but, two days before my father took his life, I had taken him to the Dr. for his severe depression and anxiety and the Dr. asked him if there was something he was afraid of - he hesitated and then answered, "yes, I fear the end times that Jesus Christ foretold." The war in Iraq had just begun and he felt that was all part of the end coming soon. When I called one old timer brother/ friend of his to tell him of Dad's death, his very first thought was, " gosh, he's gonna miss THE BIG SHOW!"
As far as me,
No fear here.
I used to fear it when i was a kid and in my teens, but for some reason I didnt fear it when I was a totally zealous JW, I believed I would survive it, 3 generations of JW family, faithfully poineering, just seemed we were gonna make it and that was it.
Currently I dont fear it and hardly ever think about it...I wish I did to a degree, it kept me in line mentally and I liked thinking that God was gonna sort it all out.
Hope all is well with ya Mavrick
Brummie
