by GetBusyLiving 54 Replies latest jw experiences
buddah seems to be the most benevolent of the god's i've seen. you've kinda gotta give it to a religion that teaches that after you really "get it" you won't have any need for the religion anymore.
I love the thought of that!
I always say if I don't kill anyone and I am nice to old people I am good!
Brooke
wicca-wicca-jew jew
Hee Hee! Gotta love that!
It was a domino thing for me. I decided that I could no longer believe that the Noah story happened. It just couldn't have, too much to overcome in so many ways. I had to dismiss it. So far so good. But Jesus spoke of this as a real event, the "inspired" geneologies list Noah, so if I dropped the Noah story, all these things clinging to it had to go, too.
So the Bible was no longer from God in my eyes.
That made me lose my excuse for god to allow so much suffering, the "universal issue of sovereignty" no longer existed.
That made me lose faith in God. I started to think he might not even be there. And upon further research, I believe it is likely that he's not there.
Funny how many people can trace their exit from JW's (and/or Christianity, and/or theism) to a single specific fact that, once examined, caused the whole thing to come down. For me it was Noah. For others it was 607BCE. For some it was the child abuse scandal, or the UN. That one hole in the dam, and pretty soon it all comes gushing out.
Dave
I did cling to the Christian label for a while out of fear for my eternal life. But at some point it's just not worth it. It has already been pointed out that the all-knowing god is going to know how you really feel. If you believe that, pretending will do you no good. I can't make myself agree with him, so the fear was going to be there regardless. Dropping Christianity was one of the most liberating things I've done. Sure, I may lose my life in the long run. But I wasn't going to want to live in his version of Utopia anyway.
Yeah I suppose, we could call oursleves whatever, so out of all, which is best?
Yeah I suppose, we could call oursleves whatever, so out of all, which is best?
hahaha. wow. kind of a loaded question, huh? best at what? basketball?
I didn't fully drop it untill I started studying paganisim...
I guess paganisim just seemed more real... you can feel it, taste it, touch it. Christianity just seemed like such a ,,, myth?
(besides... I like being a witch!)
Yeah I suppose, we could call oursleves whatever, so out of all, which is best?
Welcome, Mike! The question "which is best?" is very much like the Watchtower's question, "Who has the truth?" The problem is, there is no correct answer. The Watchtower sold us all on the idea that there was a true religion, and then they sold us on the idea that they were it. Some realize they aren't, get out, and go on a search for the REAL true religion, forgetting that it was the Watchtower that told them about it in the first place. "Best" or "True" has to be based on something. Choosing your basis for truth is the first step. The Bible? The Koran? Science? A mixture? Once you have a basis for truth, then you could search for it. But even then, there are legitimate ambiguities in all of these, so learned people's opinions differ. How can you find truth in that? There is no "Truth" or "Best". Whatever works for you, feels natural and right to you, is where you need to head. Dave
Mike, I can't tell you whats best and niether can anybody else. You choose for yourself. Personally I think we are all going to the same place.
GBL
my dad asked me a similiar question. i told him that i had finally learned what it meant to put my faith and trust in god. i was going to live my left the best way i could and that was by loving my neighbor as myself. as for the rest i'd just let god decide.
Hey Mike why don't you tell us a little about yourself?
GBL
