my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
LQ, death really IS death.
No 'immortal soul' floating off to heaven hellfire, purgatory, etc.
Simply no longer alive.
Thare WAS no other penalty.
God never told Adam & Eve they would FRY in the day they ate of the foirbidden tree.
Revelation is a symbolic vision in and out of order- likely inspired to keep us thinking and looking- not for a perfect understanding of what's going on.
Sorry you disagree with these most basic FACTS of scripture...
my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
LQ- death was the ONLY penalty God established. Only Churchianity goes WAY beyond that.
The heart is what Christ will judge- and those he deems worthy of getting the chance to learn, he will resurrect.
my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
Spectre, who DOESN'T make mistakes understanding many of the prophecies?
1914 iS pin-pointed in Daniel- but their TAKE on what it means is just guessing.
my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
Joe, we KNOW many will NEVER be resurrected, according to Jesus' words. Only many who never had the chance to learn @ God.
The 'overlapping generations' IS nonsense- but is stupidity, not evil.
my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
I don't have the desire to dig thru all the trash here, Joe- please elaborate.
in my hall there have been three individuals baptized in the past 2 years and.
they are all children of jw families.
we have quit a few pioneers so there is.
he blunders of my brotherhood don't affect my faith since it DOESN'T rest on them...
in my hall there have been three individuals baptized in the past 2 years and.
they are all children of jw families.
we have quit a few pioneers so there is.
My, don't you clowns EVER tire of telling me what I think?
my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.
we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.
obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.
Right. Say we're wrong about Revelatiuon- which no one but God completely understands.
I hpe you mom is asking that to get you thinking- but it appears you are incapable .
in my hall there have been three individuals baptized in the past 2 years and.
they are all children of jw families.
we have quit a few pioneers so there is.
The gfact that we obey the command of Christ makes our work "successful"- even if ALL pay no attention to us or scripture...
while you are sitting there reading this, there are literally hundreds of thousands of young males and females all over the world [ mostly in america / canada and england] sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats, designing computer viruses that they will up-load onto web-sites to cause anonymous innocent peoples computers to malfunction.
these creeps spend literally weeks,months or even years hoping to make a computer viruses that will get into peoples computer bios to completely destroy their computers.
they never see the peoples anger, frustration and distress.... the damage can cost each person about 1,000 [ $1,660.74 ] or more to replace a basic new laptop or tower.
" Often the end result of a brother or sister doubting the Faithful and Discrete Slave or believing apostate lies, results in deep depression. Often this is caused because they feel suddenly lost. All they believed, often from childhood, is suddenly gone,like removing the crutches from under a man with broken legs. Now they suddenly just face death.No paradise.No eternal life. Nothing."
Very true of those who rest their faith on THEM- rather than God and Christ.
Only an idiot pretends there can be a large group of people with no pretenders or flaw.
