Posts by snowbird

now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.

not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.

snowbird

I see it as something that had to be done to satisfy God's justice, not His bloodlust.

If He were really an angry, capricious Deity, the daily sacrifice (morning and evening) would have been human!

We are deserving of death, you know.

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Question for believers in the Bible/God

by not bitter in

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my question basically is - why believe?.

now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.

not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.

snowbird

LOL @ Cofty.

No, how can the blood/life of a sinless human atone for the lives of billions of humans who are sinful?

I get the legalism, but not the mechanism.

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Question for believers in the Bible/God

by not bitter in

jw
friends

my question basically is - why believe?.

now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.

not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.

snowbird

I submit that there is nothing simplistic about the ransom or the conception of Jesus of Nazareth.

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GB

by Finallyfree12 in

might be a dumb question but who cares.... is there only one gb or is there one in each country?.

Question for believers in the Bible/God

by not bitter in

jw
friends

my question basically is - why believe?.

now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.

not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.

snowbird

I believe in God because of what I can see, hear, smell, taste, feel.

I believe that Someone with benevolent intent set this process into motion.

I believe the Bible relays the Message, albeit garbled, of that Someone.

I believe the Day is coming when questions such as the ones you've propounded will be things of the past.

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Heads Up: If you are an older JW, WT has no further use for you!

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

wt is retiring district overseers, has sent older jws serving at bethel packing despite years of faithful service, and as of june 1, 2014, has announced that any elder that has reached 80 years of age is no longer valued or wanted as a cobe.

in wt land it would appear that older people have little or no value, and wt sees no reason to use them in any meaningful capacity.

i wonder how this makes older ones feel after devoting their lives to wt's interests while shelving their own hopes and dreams?.

snowbird

You're right.

My daughter often complains that I'm much more lenient with her kids than I was with her.

I tell her that this old fool has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn't.

It seems that WT is no different from any other corporation in that it prefers "company men" so eager to prove themselves that they will go along with any policies that WT implements.

It will do WT well to recall to mind the example of Solomon's son, Rehoboam.