this is a paragraph out of an email my mother sent me.
this doesnt help.
why cant they see that its this talk that attributed me to needing therapy in the first place!
I'm feeling really close to Jehovah at the moment, It's a closer bond i think because I have no one dictating to me how I should feel.
Or think! Our standing before God doesn't depend on our standing before the congregation. I'm glad to hear your doing well.
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if you could go back to the time when jesus was on earth, and you could actually talk to him, what would you ask him?.
would you have followed him, knowing that the end was thousands of years away?
Would you have followed him, knowing that the end was thousands of years away?
I think thats why He didn't let His followers know it wasn't happening soon. He knew many would walk!
tmo commented on reading books which gave different views on why under the crisis of conscience thread.
all i've ever known is the jw view.
that he is giving satan time to prove mankind cant lead themselves.. what are other views?
Why has god permitted wickedness?
The details of the answer are multi-faceted. I think they all boil down to showing the difference between Law and Lawlessness. Selfless Love vs Selfish Pride. One builds up and one tears down. One leads to eternity and the other leads to self-destruction...IMO
this is a paragraph out of an email my mother sent me.
this doesnt help.
why cant they see that its this talk that attributed me to needing therapy in the first place!
You are going to need a lot of emotional support over the next few months of your therapy. Where are you going to get that from? your husband? Jehovah AGAIN is holding out his hand...
Well intentioned she may be. Her reasoning is an over-simplification and a guilt trip.
I Cant shake that hes really after me. How do you get over that?
People who worship Jehovah are targets. Do you worship or are you interested in serving Jehovah? If not, put it out of your mind...Satan's not interested in you anymore.
to all you animal lovers out there.. i awoke this morning to find that my dog had passed away during the night.. he was a golden retriever cross and the baby of the family.
he loved the kids and would lie down so my 2 year old could sit and lie on him.. he dug out of the back yard and got into my gardening stuff.
he ate half a box of snail bait.. i'm feeling really guilty, sould not have left it out.
He dug out of the back yard and got into my gardening stuff. He ate half a box of snail bait. ...It was high on a shelf and he climbed up to get it
I am sorry to hear you lost your pet. It was an unfortunate ACCIDENT, don't blame yourself. Dogs do stupid things...Thank God they don't have opposable thumbs!
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and this link proves it.......... http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html.
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cyber-sista,
... Why if God called me and then kept me around for all those years did he reject me in the end? Why did he do the same to so many others who I knew over the years--some very good people have come into and then gone out of the Org over the years. If God has truly called us because he knew our hearts were so pure and good--did he make a mistake-can he really read our hearts afterall? In the end I committed no sin, but to practice unconditional love towards non-JW family and friends. If God is all loving and merciful why would he reject me for that??? Unless of course the WT God doesn't want us to practice unconditional love.....???
Even though my faith has been damaged it is a comfort to know that there are those out there who believe in a loving God.
I am truly sorry you also have been treated unfairly by the men who are currantly running God's congregation. Even though it is our natural inclination is to hold God responcible He has not caused us harm. The record of God's relationship with mankind (and I believe with the angels) is not at all times to micro-manage their lives but to give/point them in the right direction and let life's course unfold naturaly, good or bad. He could have stopped Adam and Eve before they acted badly. Ancient Israel was on the wrong course most of the time since Mose's death, yet they were still God's people. Today is NO differant, those leading God's people are proud, narrow and small thinking. They (the GB) oppress those who want to have and enjoy a good relationship with God the same way the Scribes and Pharisees did the Israelites. They deviated SO much they murdered God's Son! We must not terminate our PERSONAL connection with Jehovah because of the gross error of those who, temporarily, are in power. How often and how severe did Jehovah discipline Israel? He will do the same to his people today...It will happen! Your cyber-brother ~ Flash ............................................ iiz2cool,
I certainly hope the average man is not capable of violence on THAT scale. It's scary to think about.Maybe I should follow a fine biblical example tonight. I can go out and kill 200 of my employers competition. I can bring my boss their foreskins in the morning. Maybe I'll get a raise.
Walter
Violence has its place, God is not wrong to get violent when the situation justly calls for it. Also, we shouldn't accept the premise that just because its in the bible means it is a standard for us to live by. That is an example of the wrong reasoning drilled into us by the GB/WTS.
this weekend my wife and i visited with another couple, who although they are inactive, they also invited active witinesses to the their home along with us.
we knew most of the people there and they are aware that we are inactive - no big deal.
however there was one brother who did not know that were are inactive.
The funny thing is that I'm neither disfellowshiped or have formally disassociate myself.
Thats exactly how it is for me, yet I wonder how they'll react to my new tattoos?! Can they possibly shun me anymore than they already are?? LOL
here's a simple test given to all aspiring terrorist.
see if you'd qualify.. q: you're sitting in barnes and noble and you come across a book entitled "the satanic verses".
do you...put the book back on the shelf and find something else to read.pray to allah that the sinful author be forgiven for being so ignorant.pray to allah that the sinful author be struck down and killed immediately, god willing.behead the manager of barne's and noble, posting his severed head on all your friends websites.
Let's have a coffee. If it is politically incorrect to hate terrorists, then it will be even politically incorrect to hate murder.
Hate catagories are a funny thing...None of us are HERE because we LOVE the WTS!
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and this link proves it.......... http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html.
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This is GOD we are talking about here. Not some human who is frail and makes mistakes. You talk as if your God should be given some slack for showing human qualities, arrogance, anger and frailties. If your God needs that kind of slack, you have a very, VERY human God, made by man and made in man's image. Farkel
I couldn't disagree with you more Farkel. Your entitled to you opinion though.
this is such a joke... .
1st study article, page 9 - jehovah reveals his glory to humble ones .
there is great emphasis here on being humble, and having humility.
...and avoid exhalting ourselves, which would surely lead to disaster?The GB and their minions need to apply this to themselves!!
