Posts by Theredeemer

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

Theredeemer

My response to tactful theist: Make it rain beeatch!!

Fundy theist: Well thank you Satan for giving me what god didnt!

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

Theredeemer

Exactly ADCMS!! I am an Atheist. While I was a Witness I was very depressed, low on funds, lost my house, my wife and so on.

Now that I am an Atheist. I have a house, a beautiful wife, much better pay and Im starting Nursing School. The question is, Who do I thank?

Instead of thanking a fictional being I thank myself, it took a lot of work and sacrifice to get the things I got!! I thank my wife and my friends who have have stood by my side and helped me along the way.

That doesnt mean my life is not without sadness and problems. I wouldnt be human without these things. Learning to deal with the bad things without "leaving it in God's hands" make you so much stronger in the long run. You analyze negative outcomes and situations so much more and, more often than not, I figure out why that outcome came to be. Sometimes, however, you realize there was really nothing that you could've done since it was coincidence or things that happen in life, i.e. death.

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

Theredeemer

Is God so inept that he needs people to remind him to be nice and actually do something?!? Or is he so needy that you must show faith before he does anything nice for you? Is he so egotistical that you must get on your knees, aknowledge his great power and beg for help before he grants a favor?!?

If a politician promises something and consistently doesnt deliver they suffer consequences, mainly they are voted out. They usually are not excused by the public saying "Well, it must have been the president's will".

Why does GOD get a pass? Why does GOD deserve any glory when all along it was YOU who either made things work or it worked by coincidence and same if it didnt?

Material possesions like a profitable business, a house and so on does not equal GOD'S blessing just like being unhappy joyless and poor doesnt equal GOD'S displeasure. It's called LIFE. You deal with the highs and lows. Stuff falls on your lap sometimes just as stuff falls out of it.

Waiting on God, Jehovah, Jesus, Allah, Krishna and whoever is a lazy way to deal with problems. In reality, its just something to fall back on in case things do not turn out the way you want.

Nothing feels better than blaming shit on other people and that is exactly what "Well, it must have been God's will" is. "I'm waiting on the Lord, Its up to God, I'm putting my trust in Jesus" these phrases are just a set up, a preparation in case what you want doesnt happen.

OWN UP TO YOUR LIFE, THE GOOD AND THE BAD!

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How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?

by Mr Fool in

was it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?

no other way out for the almighty god?.

Theredeemer

It sfunny because this Thanksgiving the trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings came on and directly after that the new Hobbit movie trailer played. It felt like the same movie. I made the comment " Can you believe that one of these movies is actually thought to be a real story?".

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Two pet peeves of mine

by Sour Grapes in

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there are two things that just drive me crazy.

one is that the art work in the watchtower is treated like they are actual still photo's taken thousands of years ago.

your will hear comments about look at the smiles on their faces or the sadnees or happiness in their eyes, or notice the reaction of the crowd, etc.

Theredeemer

An Elder once told me that in order to be able to adjust the mikes on the stage I had to wear a suit. I would often wear blazers since suits were expensive and my family was kind of tight on funds and I could only afford blazers at the time.

This religion is and always has been obsessed with clothes!

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Bible reading section for the week of November 24th. Duet 28-31

by stuckinarut2 in

so the "cong bible reading " section to be covered for this week is from deuteronomy 28-31.... have you ever read this section????

wow...just wow....there is some psycho stuff in it!.

"do as i (jehovah) say, or i'll mess you up with some really perverse and psychotic stuff!".

Theredeemer

I bet this like porn for JWs. All they can picture is the billions of people who are awaiting these curses in armaggedon

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Family Gathering ( or the day also known as Thanksgiving)

by Theredeemer in

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every year on a certain thursday in november my family and close witness friends would get together, eat menudo ( hispanic stew) and other foods, watch football and then get dressed to go to the meeting.. sister so and so would bring her famous pie, bro and sister so and so would bring their gross punch and bro and sis so and so would bring mexican sweet bread.

sometimes we would go to "worldy" aunt's and pick up plates of turkey and fixins.. this was every year on a certain date, on a certain thursday in november.. this continued until my mom got alzheimers.

by that time i was married and had my own house.

Theredeemer

Here in South Texas so many witnesses eat Menudo and tamales on New years eve,which is a mexican tradition. Their excuse: Its on sale and available.

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If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?

by minimus in

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honestly, do you??

and if you do, isn't that hypocritical!.

Theredeemer

Yeah I say it. So what? I say "oh God yes" alot during the night too

I dont pray unless you count me wishing stuff out loud like " Come on! Pass this test!" or stuff like that praying. I agree with one eyed Joe. Sometimes talking out loud helps just like reading out loud has been shown to help retain the info.

If you call us hypocrites for doing stuff like this does that make you a little petty?

You should worry more about how god doesnt intervene for the ones that mean it.