prayer.. billions of people have been praying for hundreds of years for peace.
other billions pray for happiness for mankind.
not one evidence exists that he hears or that he cares.. can anyone provide solid evidence that god answers prayers.
AK-JEFF. More important than personal prayers, request's etc. is the one and only King of all prayers. The Our Father Prayer! What happened to it? Thousands of years and untold number of persons has begged, pleaded,and cried out, for it's fulfillment. The key request, "THY KINGDOM COME". Why thousands of years to answer?
You and I know the answer to that one, don't we?
Walkin, gave up praying to an invisible person.
been out 13 years and even for research purposes, i find it way too painful to read this wt stuff.. and why?.
all the painful memories it brings back.
don't misread me, it has nothing to do with a guilty conscience.. it has to do with the real pain, the anger of being ripped off and lied too by the wts, the anger of seing how they have protected child molesters, sacrificed its followers by refusing blood transfusions, the treacherous way we and others were treated by the 'unloving brothers'.
Where did that avatar come from ? I did not put that there.
been out 13 years and even for research purposes, i find it way too painful to read this wt stuff.. and why?.
all the painful memories it brings back.
don't misread me, it has nothing to do with a guilty conscience.. it has to do with the real pain, the anger of being ripped off and lied too by the wts, the anger of seing how they have protected child molesters, sacrificed its followers by refusing blood transfusions, the treacherous way we and others were treated by the 'unloving brothers'.
Why I could not read between the lines back then was the "CARROT" was blindsiding me. But now, the "Comments You Will Not Hear" articles from Blondie have demolished the carrot and I can read between the lines.
the society (and others) love to quote job 26:7 where it says that "[god] suspends the earth over nothing" and isaiah 40:22, where it speaks of "the circle of the earth".
they use these scriptures to boast about the incredible scientific accuracy of the bible, proving god had a direct hand in everything written in it.. the trouble is that elsewhere in the scriptures, opposing views are put forth explaining then-unexplainable physics and geographical notions.
one is job 26:11: "the pillars of heaven tremble.
Sciences changes as knowledge grows through observation. Science can only be accurate as the facts are revealed.
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i would have made it clear right from the start that the book was for entertainment purposes only.. .
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The more new versions are translated the more it is modern man that is changing what is written from generation to generation. Nothing to do with a god.
omg!
watch this amazing video of a real ghost caught on camera!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2ldhnmrfw.
Boo!
you are told that if you "go back to the vomit" of the world, you will be miserable.. is your life better or worse since you've removed yourself from the organization's hold?.
After some 30 odd years as a Watchtower Slave. After giving my youth, my strength, my family, my money, my time and receiving nada, nothing in return, I think I am better off since leaving "The Lie."
Walkin, who was once close to the Governing Body.
since i'm in a complaining mood, i'll just throw one more in there.. one of the brothers praying at my circuit assembly said, "jehovah may your holy spirit continue to operate on the faithful and discreet slave.".
i thought, what a stupid thing to pray for.
if these guys are already ordained by god, why would we have to pray to god to ask him to continue supplying them with holy spirit, by their standard these guys should never lose it.. alright, that's it for today.. .
They admitted in print tht thye have no more holy spirit than the average witness.
prior to my fade i grew a goatee and, as was expected, most of the folks at the hall threw a fit.
but then one brother asked me something.
he said "is it worse for you to let something grow on your face that would do so naturally if it were not for shaving it, or would it be worse for a printing corporation to alter the historical jesus by portraying him in countless instances as a beardless fellow in order to promote their view of what a 'good witness' should look like?
There is no such thing as sin. Free will allows you to do what you want. Grow a beard for example. Exception, no free will in the Watchtower.
the holidays are here and they certainly do present a problem for jehovah's witnesses once again.
christmas parties at work, getting christmas bonuses, dealing with holiday greetings, christmas carols, decorated trees and houses, santa claus everywhere, christmas candy, sleighbells ringing brings the witnesses into a very troubling and disturbing time of year.how do most witnesses handle it all?
we will be discussing these questions with former witnesses and active witnesses on the conference call this saturday night, december 19,2009 at 7 p.m. the conference call is presented like a radio talk show program.
It was the time to offer "The Greatest Man" book.
Walkin
