Utopian Reformist,
I scanned a few other threads, I do not have the time to keep up with many of them, and I found that several are about this same subject. I had posted on one called 'heaven' but I had not read any of the one called 'God not only condoned mass murder, He ordered it'
I found that they all seem to be saying about the same things. I think that some of my replys were even close to the same thing others have said. I am sorry if I have repeated someone elses thoughts.
I have thought about the posts in this thread off and on all evening and I wish I could come up with some very insightful information, I am afraid that I cannot.
After reading a lot of posts on this forum I keep having the feeling that many ex-jws here have been hurt very badly in their encounter of whatever length with the Watchtower Society. I have been myself. I also get the feeling that many here blame God for that hurt and blame Him for the deception and deceit that they have experienced from the Cult. That is where I differ with them.
One of the last committee meetings I had while I was a JW was concerning a problem I had with another JW. I had been taught my entire life certain things from the WT. I was now asking the elders to uphold those teachings and insist that justice be done in my case, they would not. I was very angry about it and I made my feelings known to them. One of the elders had the nerve to say to me "you feel like Jehovah has let you down, don't you, you feel that He has failed you" my statement to the elder was "NO, I don't think that Jehovah has let me down, the organization has let me down, NOT Jehovah"
I think the WT wants JWs to put the blame on God for their wrongs, after all they blame Him for their failings. In reading these posts I can see very plainly that many on this forum are very intelligent, far above me. I just wish they would put as much effort into thinking of reasons why God does what He does and how Creation must be true as they do trying to think of every reason they can to condemn God.
God did not do it. The Watchtower Society did. I don't see anyway I can prove evolution wrong. I haven't seen anything yet to make me believe it is right. I saw a picture that someone posted (I forget who it was) It was supposed to be some prehistoric man. Why would we believe that? Because the skull was large with big eyes? Maybe that is proof that Martians were once here. Sorry, just had to say that. But really, there are deformities even today that I think would account for that skeleton.
Scientists have been wrong many times, I do not know any statistics but I would bet that they are wrong about as much as they are right. And, many scientists do not believe evolution. I think even Einstein believed in a Creator. How about the Martian rock they found in the Artic? (I believe it was there) They make bold claims that that rock came from Mars many years ago, based on what? BS, I don't believe it.
The bible has many prophesies. Time after time those prophesies have come true. Many prophesies were about the coming of the Messiah, they were all fulfilled. How could Jesus have controlled where He was born? and when He was born? How could He make the soldiers gamble over His clothing. How could He make the Jews offer Judas 30 pieces of silver, just the amount prophesied? On and on it goes, that is proof to me. Not scientists who have in the past falsified findings so that they would get the fame from a fake. I'll take the evidence supporting the Messiah, which supports the bible, which supports God.
Answers to the many questions we can ask will not be answered by any man. Try asking the One who can answer.
Borgfree
"You can fool some of the people all of the time" especially if you are a member of the WT GB
