Purpose Driven Life

by kwintestal 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • kwintestal
    kwintestal

    Anyone read this book? What were your thoughts on it?

    Kwin

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    good Morning Kwin A very good friend of my husband (mine too), gave me this book as a gift. It came with a separate journal as well. I had a very hard time getting thru even the first bit and had to put it down. It seemed very extreme to me, I prefer the "thought provoking" kind of books before a "do it this way" kind of approach. The Art of Forgiveness, The Art of Happiness, An Open Heart This type of reading is calming to my soul - the fire & brimstone puts me off. Are you reading it? what do you think? should I try again? wp

  • kwintestal
    kwintestal

    I haven't read it yet. We're doing a program with one of my friend's church that involves the book. 40 chapters in 40 days, then one day a week having a discussion on what you read. I'll let you know what I thought of it though!

    Kwin

  • wasasister
    wasasister

    I, too, had to put the book aside. It was the most arrogant approach to Christianity I have ever read.

    The recurring theme: If you do not accept Christ (as narrowly defined by ME), you are without hope and devoid of any real purpose in life.

    Also: God determined your individual path long before you were born and has a purpose in mind for every single human.

    Using logical equations: if A and B = the only course to life, then screw you if you are a 14year old female born into a Muslim family.

    I hated this book.

  • Bumble Bee
    Bumble Bee

    I couldn't finish the book either, the thought that God planned every thing out in advance, why would he plan to have a child born, to live a hard short life of starvation? Couldn't wrap my mind around that line of reasoning.

    BB

  • darkuncle29
    darkuncle29

    A friend of my mom's loaned me her husband's copy of this book. I sorta knew ahead of time what I was getting into reading this, but it was worse than I imagined. Very much "We are the Borg, accept Christ as WE define him, resistance is futile, you will be destroyed..." Yuck!

    Then, because I hadn't quite "learned my lesson" I went to a seemingly innoscent pancake breakfast with the same guy. They passed out this book, I think it was called "Wild at Heart" or something similiar. IT is about "Re-claiming" masculinity-of course, with a "Christian twist". OMG! This was even more brain-sick.

    True Religion is a Snare and a Racket.

  • coldfish
    coldfish

    I agree with others above.

    The first chapter or two really irritated me. God has your life all planned and he knows before you're born what it will be like. If that is the case then what a wank he is to allow children to be conceived and then aborted, or allow as part of his plan children to be born with severe abnormalities or born into abusive households etc.

    I don't agree with that part of the book, that God plans out every detail of his life. I only bothered reading half of the book, and I wouldn't even have got that far through if it weren't that I was on a long bus trip and had nothing else to read.

    So even though I still believe in God etc I still don't really have an answer to 'what is the purpose of life' or 'why are we here'

  • Carmel
    Carmel

    I loved the book "God Loves Laughter"! Great story!

    carmel

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