Greyeyes,
Go to www.beliefnet.com and take the Belief-O-Meter test. It will take you 20 to 25 minutes to take. It asks 20 questions about deities and such and then you have to assign an importance to them. It will list the top 26 or 27 religions and the percentage on how your own personal beliefs stack up against theirs.
Also, Buhddists are non violent groups that don't go to war. In fact most Buhddists won't eat meat because they feel that is murdering animals which is wrong in their belief structure.
EvilForce
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New member, question thats been asked many times, but how do you feel ?
by Greyeyes ini came across this site, and while still my upbringing says i should stay away from such site, i had to join.
a bit of a background about me.
i'm 31, my parents became witnesses when i was born so they could give me the best upbringing they felt possible.
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EvilForce
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New member, question thats been asked many times, but how do you feel ?
by Greyeyes ini came across this site, and while still my upbringing says i should stay away from such site, i had to join.
a bit of a background about me.
i'm 31, my parents became witnesses when i was born so they could give me the best upbringing they felt possible.
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EvilForce
Sirona,,,,great post I was working on a similar response....thanks!
Greyeyes, no one has the answers you seek except for you! You seem to want to believe the JW's just without all the responsibility. You seem unhappy but unmotivated to do anything about it. Jesus said, "Take my yoke it is light". Does it feel light in the WTBS?
If you seek God you questions will be answered. But it is on your shoulders to do something about it. Make a commitment to study 8 hours a week to seeking your answers. Maybe ever other Sunday plan an outing to a new church, temple, synagoge. Read 1 book a month on the subject. Something along these lines. Otherwise in 6 months you will still be in the same old spot, unmoved, unmotivated, unchanged, 1/2 year older, and still miserable with your life. -
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Jehovah's witnesses do not waste time and money by building
by garybuss in.
'jehovah's witnesses do not waste time and money by building large church edifices to invite people to such to hear them preach .
let god be true p.1924.
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EvilForce
Yeah, let's pile in a car and tour the countryside looking for KH to photograph. I feel so superior....I mean spiritual ......LOL
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EvilForce
He bats for my team...so I gotta give him that :)
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New member, question thats been asked many times, but how do you feel ?
by Greyeyes ini came across this site, and while still my upbringing says i should stay away from such site, i had to join.
a bit of a background about me.
i'm 31, my parents became witnesses when i was born so they could give me the best upbringing they felt possible.
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EvilForce
You have been told your whole life Witnesses are right.....
I'm tired and messed that sentance up....Fruedian slip I guess ;) -
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New member, question thats been asked many times, but how do you feel ?
by Greyeyes ini came across this site, and while still my upbringing says i should stay away from such site, i had to join.
a bit of a background about me.
i'm 31, my parents became witnesses when i was born so they could give me the best upbringing they felt possible.
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EvilForce
Greyeyes,
So why will you take the arguments listed here with a grain of salt yet not use that same test on the WTBS literature?!?!?
Why will you assume they (FDS) are telling the truth without doing research to prove it? Don't take OUR word for it, read books, visit the UN website, go to the library, dig up old Golden Age / Watchtower mags.....see how in THEIR literature they have changed so much in 30 years. Better yet, don't read ANY books yet, pick up a bible at Barnes & Noble for $10 that isn't a NWT and just read the Gospels of Jesus life. What did Jesus find SOOOO important to talk about, knowing his time was very limited. What was important enough for Jesus to tell us in the 3 1/2 years he was preaching? All scripture is inspired of God, and you can get the truth for any bible. Try and read it like it's the first time you read it without any preconcieved notions. Let God's word come alive to you.
Are you really looking for answers? Write down the top 3 or 4 things that never made sense to you as a JW. For me it was the 1914 math and the changing of the end of things anyday to "generation of thinking". Digging into that I found a WHOLE bunch of other stuff that started to make sense and firm my suspections into hard cold fact.
Read books on cults. The Four Major Cults written in 1962 is a good book. Read Crisis of Cons...see why the brothers of Malawi were really being persecuted.
I did everything I could to do what I thought was right and Jehovah would make me feel good inside. Not empty. IT NEVER HAPPENED! I was never good enough. I could never do enough. If I auxilary pioneered one month, I'd get questions like....why don't you aux. pioneer EVERY month. So I'd aux. pioneer for the whole summer while I was off from school. WHY DON"T YOU REGULAR PIONEER? There was no "spiritual food". It was dry and dull.
You have been told your whole life that Witnesses are wrong and all other religions are crazy. It's like being told from birth the sky is red and you find out it's really blue.
So you can wallow in self pity and self hatred for the rest of your days unable to find any peace or happiness. Or you can find out what God really intends for you. And maybe God goes by the name Allah, or Buhdda for you. It's YOUR journey!!! Tired of feeling listless and crappy about life. DO SOMETHING! And if your studies take you back to the JW's, well you can say you have held it up and examined it to the light as the bible tells us to do.
The sooner you start the sooner you can get your life back....because from your post it sounds like you are a rather unhappy, unfulfilled person. I don't mean to be harsh...think of this as a good shaking.... You have all the tools you need to examine the scriptures and information out there. You can do it. You don't have to feel like this anymore!!!!!! Make something happen. -
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EvilForce
Young People Ask - "Why won't old a** rock stars go die in peace?"
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Watchtower study - so long and so boring
by Donkey Lipz ini remember going to sunday meetings...the public talks went by fast (sometimes).
but the watchtower study to me was so boring and not interesting at all.
it felt longer than the public talk.
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EvilForce
Anyone?........ Anyone?......... Bueller..........Bueller
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Is JWD the "sign post" leading to the "cramped and narrow road..."
by upside/down in.
what do you think?
( i know, i know, very "minimus-ish" of me).
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EvilForce
Well as long as the pub doesn't allow Schizm in when we get up the cramped and narrow road I'm there!!!
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In My Opinion...
by OldSoul inin my opinion (for the sake of sixofnine and his propensity toward apoplexy):.
it seems to me that while there are many issues that we could address regarding the watchtower bible and tract society/governing body/congregation of jehovah's witnesses, there is one that stands out as uniquely given to ease of communication.
i would like to take this opportunity to state which issue and why, then invite open commentary.. the issue of the watchtower bible and tract society attaching itself to the un/dpi.. while i readily agree that this is minor in importance compared to matters like child molestation and failed prophecy, i see this as the easiest to bring up, the easiest to substantiate, and the easiest to demonstrate long-term gross error in.
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EvilForce
I"d love a copy... can you email me?
[email protected]