Posts by FreudianSlip

Well, I was going more from the standpoint that he was trying to convince people that this religion they made up was real by fulfilling the "prophecy".

I tend to believe that Jesus, a mere man, in an attempt to help or unify his people sort of invented this movement. His 12 henchmen knew this and maybe Judas, in an attempt to further this religion.. fulfilled the prophecy.

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Judas Iscariot: Destiny or Fate?

by sacolton in

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i've always wondered if judas really had a choice in his role of deceiving jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

did he really have any freewill?

since the scriptures had to be fullfilled, was his fate pre-determined by god?

FreudianSlip

LadyZ-

Option 4: Judas knew of the prophecy and since all of these men were trying to convince people that Jesus was God/God's son he deliberately acted in a way that would "fulfill" the prophecy. He didn't truly betray him, he was merely trying to progress the religion.

(This goes in option 1, I suppose because it means it's freewill).

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Letter to Elders As An MS Going to College

by daniel-p in

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[this is the letter i wrote in december, 2005 to my po just before i confronted all my doubts.

the infamous article bashing higher education had just come out and i was having a hard time making sense of everything.

i was still a ministerial servant, and it just pushed me over the edge.

FreudianSlip

My little brother is in college (he's 19). My parents are proud of him and feel that in this day and age you almost have to. I understand that things vary by congregation.. but outside of this board I haven't heard of this. I have cousins in Mississippi that are JW college students and they have never been "counselled" for it. I wonder if it's more acceptable by Black JWs since as a group we statistically have the bigger financial struggles.

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Judas Iscariot: Destiny or Fate?

by sacolton in

jw
friends

i've always wondered if judas really had a choice in his role of deceiving jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

did he really have any freewill?

since the scriptures had to be fullfilled, was his fate pre-determined by god?

FreudianSlip

As a JW, that always bothered me too. SOMEBODY was predestined to betray the Christ. The dubs always said something like: he was bad anyway and that's why it ended up being him.

I now console myself in the fact that the Bible is simply a book of sick fairy tales and that there is a good possiblity that Judas never existed.

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Letter to Elders As An MS Going to College

by daniel-p in

jw
friends

[this is the letter i wrote in december, 2005 to my po just before i confronted all my doubts.

the infamous article bashing higher education had just come out and i was having a hard time making sense of everything.

i was still a ministerial servant, and it just pushed me over the edge.

FreudianSlip

I'm now in grad school

Me, too.. what's your major?

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Letter to Elders As An MS Going to College

by daniel-p in

jw
friends

[this is the letter i wrote in december, 2005 to my po just before i confronted all my doubts.

the infamous article bashing higher education had just come out and i was having a hard time making sense of everything.

i was still a ministerial servant, and it just pushed me over the edge.

FreudianSlip

When I started college 7 years ago not one person, including my elder father, said anything against it. In fact, all of the females that graduated about the same time as me went to college. We all started together. We were the teenagers that were thought of as good examples and none of us got flack over attending college. My father went to college too. I just don't get all this. We were even told that since we are going we should study law or accounting so that we could use our skills in Bethel!

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Shunned again

by tak in

my son called me yesterday, first time in probably 6 weeks, because he lost his car keys, the car is in my name, so i had to get another set from the dealership.

anyways, it doesn't really matter what he called about, it was just in 6 weeks he only calls because he needs something, not a peep before that (very hurtful).

a brother drove him to my office and it was quittin time so i went outside with him and gave him the keys, i was hurt and didn't say much to him.

FreudianSlip

I don't have children so maybe that's why I feel the way I do, but I find it absolutely unacceptable that you would have the car in your name. I would immediately transfer the title to simply because he deserves a higher insurance amount.