well i know i've been posting a lot of topics like this lately and i'm sorry if i sound whiny or annoying.
my parents were asking me why i was so upset lately and i ended up just telling them the whole truth.
i told them i don't believe in god or the bible because i don't have any evidence of anything.
"...I could live my life doing what I love and possibly be killed at armeggedon."
BlackWolf, If you don't believe in God or the Bible then why should you fear Armageddon? It's not going to happen.
It sounds like you need to express yourself desperately but your parents and sisters are not people you can talk to. Tell your parents to get you a doctor. That will make them believe that you are just going through a phase and hopefully not apostate.
we have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.
one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.
hes been an elder since the 80s.
JohnAquila:
"I'm not familiar with this, what WT publications is this information found in?"
John, it's in Charles Russell's Studies In The Scriptures. The Time Is At Hand has most of the info. Sorry I'm a little rushed so I can't give any details yet.
we have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.
one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.
hes been an elder since the 80s.
You may want to bring up the fact that there were 3 different 1914 teachings throughout the history of the Watchtower.
I'm sure you'll get even more dumbfounded stares from them if you tell them this.
i read on another thread (on another forum) where someone mentioned a truly guilt-inducing, cringe-worthy, "bad association" video that was played at this summers rc's.
here is how that person described it:.
"the video about "bad association" was really weird.
i mean, we have discussed mr morris' "rolex" but many also pointed out to the potential for a knock-out.
i don't think there are apple watch knock outs out there, are they?
Should we check to see if his feet are pedicured?
my jw spies tell me that the kingdom halls are empty compared to how they used to be, since i left 5 years ago.
not saying they're empty because of me though.. is that what you are hearing?.
pepperheart:
"...they have scrapped district oversears these past few years thats like the catholic church scrapping bishops"
What I've never understood about the idea of scrapping DOs is how the COs are going to get instructions from the GB. Who is above a DO, a Zone or Branch Overseer? I always thought that mid level management was necessary for any bureaucracy.
did anyone here get to hear the talk you will be with me in paradise by ciro aulicino in 2007 at the summer convention?
i found part of the talk in youtube.
oh the memories!!
SecretSlaveClass:
"I could actually see him in my mind's eye drooling in anticipation of the slaughter of billions of innocents...I bet if JW's were in charge of this planet like fundamentalist Muslims are in some countries they would eagerly set about in the systematic slaughter of "the wicked"."
Indeed they would but it should be seen in a broader context than just Witnesses alone. A substantial percentage of our population believes that those who do not believe as they do are going to be infinitely tortured throughout eternity. That is worse than the JW brutal but relatively quick and eternal death. Such a mentality is rooted in this nation's (U.S.) fundamentalist Judeo-Christian heritage.
this is an amazing social change, and bring humans closer to reality.. from the independent - a british newpaper.
a survey reports:.
read the full story at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/yougov-poll-homosexuality-half-young-people-10458032.html.
so i was fooled by the witnesses.
what can i learn from that?
not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.
did anyone here get to hear the talk you will be with me in paradise by ciro aulicino in 2007 at the summer convention?
i found part of the talk in youtube.
oh the memories!!
JeffT, the flaw with your calculations is that only a tiny bit of antimatter per body is necessary to incinerate, not vaporize, the corpse (Think of cremation). I'm sure less than a picogram of AM per body would be sufficient.
Nonetheless, it is a ridiculous idea since ants would multiply tremendously in a short amount of time and consume the bodies. Then there will be a massive die off of ants.
