Posts by alotlikemay

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Today's Text is Scriptural Blasphemy

by gumby in

hey gang, this morning as i was making some coffee i saw the "text book" lying there and decided i'd read todays text as i never do, just to see what it had to say.. it was taken from john 15:12 which says..... " this is my commandment, that you love one another just as i have loved you".. anyways, it goes on to say what jesus told his diciples who asked him which was the greatest of all the commandments and jesus answered them that "you must love god with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself".

then it went on to ask if this law was also important to christians today and the comment was.... ( and heres the kicker) "absolutely, the law of christ involves a heartfelt love of god and includes a new command.....christians are to have a self sacrificing love for one another".. so rather than say christians are to love your fellowman, they twist the scripture and say christians are to love other christians.......and we all know by that statement they mean other jehovah's witnesses since they hold no regard for christians of this world.

yes, once again they play mind tricks on the publishers and tell them to love each other...rather than your fellowman and people of this world in general as was the case in the illustration jesus himself gave with the good samaritan.. it's no wonder jehovah's witnesses are despised by many in this world with their self rightous attitudes and beliefs regarding their fellowman that is induced in them by a few old men from brooklyn new york.. i hope your reading this wtbts spies, i really do.

alotlikemay

Gill, I knew people in my time as a JW who I can only describe as evil - cruel people

but you're not tarring them all with the same brush are you? I have to say that I also met some really wonderful genuine people there too .... course most of those have now left LOL but all the same I'm careful not to generalise too much

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Today's Text is Scriptural Blasphemy

by gumby in

hey gang, this morning as i was making some coffee i saw the "text book" lying there and decided i'd read todays text as i never do, just to see what it had to say.. it was taken from john 15:12 which says..... " this is my commandment, that you love one another just as i have loved you".. anyways, it goes on to say what jesus told his diciples who asked him which was the greatest of all the commandments and jesus answered them that "you must love god with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself".

then it went on to ask if this law was also important to christians today and the comment was.... ( and heres the kicker) "absolutely, the law of christ involves a heartfelt love of god and includes a new command.....christians are to have a self sacrificing love for one another".. so rather than say christians are to love your fellowman, they twist the scripture and say christians are to love other christians.......and we all know by that statement they mean other jehovah's witnesses since they hold no regard for christians of this world.

yes, once again they play mind tricks on the publishers and tell them to love each other...rather than your fellowman and people of this world in general as was the case in the illustration jesus himself gave with the good samaritan.. it's no wonder jehovah's witnesses are despised by many in this world with their self rightous attitudes and beliefs regarding their fellowman that is induced in them by a few old men from brooklyn new york.. i hope your reading this wtbts spies, i really do.

alotlikemay

i agree it was a good spot Gumby

oh I have thousands of experiences of the love of my brothers and sisters

but Gumby you're still associating with people like that? I mean, you know they're that shallow and contriving, but you're still there? not judging you but am always perplexed to find this...

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

y'see, I'm still worrying about those who are as dogmatic that it won't come as about those who are definite it will

isn't life teaching you anything folks? haven't you learned yet that life is full of surprises and shocks and unpredictability and uncertainties.... and that science and experience are constantly make us reassess what we believed as certainties / proven fact... i mean, you do know the earth isn't flat don't you? and did you see 9/11 coming? and can you absolutely assure me that you'll still be alive in 5 mins time? sorry, it's tough facing the fact that you are only certain that you are alive at this moment, as you read this, but it's true

it's very unwise for any of us to say anything is certain, because it ain't! A may come soon, or it may not. A may never come at all, or it may. Be open to all eventualities - you really don't know anything for sure

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

it is, greendawn, you're right... but I'd add to that that it's a fault we many many people make, not just JWs... I'm thinking about young people - most of us think we're invincible when we're young, we have life ahead of us and we don't really think it will end - or rather we don't think about it at all. So, it's not just a JW failing - it's a common belief in immaturity.

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

cool, mate, but as I just replied to steve2 - just factor into your reasoning how it'll be if you happen to be wrong, if what you conclude now is science happens to be wrong... just think about it, that's all

as for me, I believe what I believe and thank you for not being dogmatic or preachy :-)

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

steve2

let people be what they want to be and believe what they want to believe
stop thinking you must be right.... just because you've decided you're right
start imagining what it may be like if you happen, by some quirk of fate, to be wrong...
stop giving orders lol, you sound like an elder !

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

cultswatter, thanks so much for that quotation! I actually remember that! yeah, I'm that old haha

I also remember a circuit overseer saying that A was definitely coming in September/October 1975 and I sat there working out that I'd be 21 when it happened.

Frankly, I don't think I ever believed it would happen then. I didn't change my life or anything when I heard that - I just remember thinking it was kinda cool I'd have 'come of age' that year. I believed pretty much what one of the ladies earlier described - whether A came first or my death, the most important thing is how I stand with God.

but I loved that memory, cultswatter, thanks!

PS does everyone remember what the Bible says is the fate of those who are false prophets? hmm

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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?

by Fisherman in

although, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.

i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.

how about you?

alotlikemay

yes and no

yes because I realise it's entirely possible and even probable that I'll die a natural death (as opposed to at Armageddon) and I'm OK with that

no because I think something like that will happen, but I have every confidence that if there is a loving Creator he will not go against his own nature and he will not let one person or thing be destroyed just for the sake of it - having said that, if there is a creator then he has a mind far more sophisticated than mine and I won't be able to understand everything he does

I don't live my life in anxious anticipation of the end - but if it comes, well, no-one will be happier than me because this world is awful, there's such terrible suffering on all sorts of levels and the sooner that ends, the better.

I don't fear his judgment either

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ARE GB MEMBERS PSYCHOPATHS?

by badboy in

jw
friends

what do you think?

alotlikemay

a psychopath = mentally ill or unstable person; especially: a person affected with antisocial personality disorder (Merriam-Websters online dictionary)
erm, no more than any other member
what's your own opinion, badboy? and why did you ask?
PS not sure why I have this formatting problem - sorry folks

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I cant continue to live like this i really need help

by Tryin2FindAnewMe in

ok im trying desperatley just to be done with everything.

i'm so depressed because it feels as though i'm living my life wrong.

why cant i get from under the dark cloud, that keeps me down.

alotlikemay

Crumpet - thanks but how sad is that for you!

such a lot of sad things to be read on this forum - makes me annoyed sometimes when people think JWs are harmless, just freaky people who are laughable... it is not harmless or funny at all! it's responsible for some real tragedies ... so sad