no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.
yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.
then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.
You don't even know who I am or what I believe.
I know the type, and sorry, but your are presenting your personality to me as much as I am to you and if you do not like my conclusion then perhaps an edit is in order. I am not going to continue this debate of troll, next ...
no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.
yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.
then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.
jgnat,
I did read what you wrote and I followed the link. I was just shocked I was called a troll and responded to that first. My father is in a Christian religion that teaches people to read the Bible and take what you want and leave the rest behind. I was shocked by this, with my Witness background, at the same time I realize that it is a form of religion evolution. In that religion will and has to change with the times.
cons.
i don't know who is scarier, the jw's or some people on this board.
man, r u guys bitter?
I am new and I see your point. I do notice though that your post do not get noticed as much as the veterans, but that is a common issue on boards. I think the bitter behavior and upset posters is a little more common on ex-JW boards, but again, by no means is it not normal for message boards. Read what you like and ignore the rest. Enough topics come by here to make it always interesting reading. Kind of like a newspaper, I only read about 20% or less of it.
we all are identified by our names here on jwd.
some use their real names, and others pick a moniker that is their nickname or perhaps a few words from a song they like.. why did you pick your name?.
for instance,.
It does not cost anything to be myself
no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.
yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.
then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.
You insult a given person's religion using derogatory language, if you did not do so, I would not have felt the need to say what I did. Did I say you "should be disfellowshipped for [saying what you think]"? No. But class and respect are never found with a troll, and I have found neither with you.
You think I am a troll and respond to me anyway. Here is why, you are bothered by what I say on a personal belief level and this is a form of lashing out to try and make me look bad for saying something that bothered you. Perhaps a level of guilt of knowing that what I am saying must be caused by known Christian behavior in society, when we all know that Christian's claim a loving life and yet the right hand does not know what the left is doing. So call me a troll, by your definition and by what I know of Christians ... I expect it from someone. Here though it what I define a troll as.
Someone who comes to a board and post extreme messages that make little to know sense and are direct attacks on posters. Using words that would be considered unacceptable and repeating the post over and over and over (flooding). They also post pictures that are sick and say things that are hurtful for no reason what so ever.
Now if you are bending my stance on how I see Christianity as a religion, then perhaps you define troll as a more lower version and less harmful version from what I have said above. Also, to call someone a troll and ask them to move on when they are not being a troll. Reminds me of this ...
Brother, your behavior is not acceptable with the congregation, so we are disfellowshipping you. We know we are only a small percentage of the congregation and no one else has said this, but we stand as judge and executioner to the congregation. Don't take it personal though!
i was thinking that most jws that i personally know have jobs that they really aren't happy with.
almost no one is a professional except for one cardiologist that got baptized a few years ago.
there's no one that's been raised in the "truth" that has a college education that i know of except one 22 year old young man who has done nothing to seek employment since he graduated.........any witnesses that you know of with great jobs?
Janitors and Landscape People
carey barber, born july 4th 1905 has almost made his century.
fred franz came close at 99 years old, and he died around 1992.. so what does bro barr get for his 100th birthday?
forget it - to him, turning 100 is "just another day.
Well at least you know one member from the generation that saw 1914 is still alive. Wait, that does not apply anymore does it?
no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.
yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.
then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.
Frankly, free, I would ask you to stop trolling and simply respect other people's beliefs.
Define what you think a troll is? I am saying what I think and I do not enjoy being told that I should be disfellowshipped for doing so. If my thoughts on this bother you or seem extreme by your stand-point, then my respond to me. It would make more sense to brush the dust off your feet and move on to the next house and not cast judgement upon your neighbor, for don't you believe that judgement belongs to another?
no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.
yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.
then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.
I am a Christian, but I don't believe any of the Bible is true, that is if you are decribing truth as meaning literal, or verbally infallible, as the fundamentalists & JWs etc believe. It is full of myth, errors, as well as inspired truth. Its authors were often wrong. I still believe its authors, and others were inspired
I think I gather what you are trying to say, but I know from being a Witness, that the Bible is the text book of Christianity and to say it is in error is to develop a religion that would not really be true Christian. As I said earlier though, what Jesus teaches in the Bible is not something that is only heard in the Christian religions and it would benefit all Christians to accept that too and learn from listening to others faiths and realize there all in the myth boat, but maybe there is something good in there to listen too. Develop a religion around? No. Listen to as advice? Why not?
this is a fun little site where you spend 15 or 20 minutes answering 20 questions and it will give you the rankings of the 27 most popular religions in america by % basis on how much you agree with them.
go to: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html my results listed below: .
1. unitarian universalism (100%) .
I was Neo-Pagan
