if we are to serve jehovah because of 'selflessness' and because 'love him' and not because of 'what he does for us', how is the 'promise of the paradise' not selfish?
the faith hinges on it!.
this has bothered me for a long, long time..
yep!!! it's all F'd up now when I look at anything.... in the bible once your eyes are opened you can't shut them ..
If Jesus paid the price why do we have to believe it.. the debt was settled or it wasn't..
I wouldn't kill my kid because GOD told me too .. either
the list goes on and on...
did the angels have a tree of good and bad senario.. why or why not.. they sinned and lived.. double standard..
i have had some great conversations with friends and family lately who are still in the organization.. when i explain my feelings and beliefs, and discuss a number of the scandals surrouding the wt, they agree with me 100% - even expressing some things i didn't expect them to say as far as doctrine and teachings.
in other words, they can see the obvious problems and want them to change.
all of them little trust in the leadership, and have expressed disgust with several elders in the congregations they attend.
aunt connie.. the verdict is finally in for me... you are hellarious.. I finally get you making fun of the JW's ..
after leaving the jehovah's witnesses, i started getting in to politics.
i naturally found myself going republican and voted a long those lines.
however, with my more pagan nature and being pretty much against christianity.
the biggest fallacy is that they want smaller government... they just don't want a government employee to do a job they know the government should provide... they want it to go to a contractor... their contactor, so they can make a profit off the government..
examples .. prisons .. the Iraq war ..
this year is not going so great.
lost my love, got forgotten on my birthday, car got hit the day before my birthday, car got hit yet again last weekend, and today i got a flat tire.
what the f did i do to karma to deserve this crap?
Ya that never helps.. I went through the same thing two years ago.. I hooked up with GF from when I was in 7th grade.. we were twelve..
It had been 25 years.. she was in Kentucky I live in Idaho.. she came out we hooked up she went back then we kept at it till she wants to come home to Idaho... everything felt so right... I was in love.. I went and got her, she moved in real quick (related to your story)... then things went to hell.
I don't want to relive it but similar to ypur story.. I hung on when I nknew I should have walked .. So I appaud you for leaving when you did ..
I didn't and suffered way longer than I should have.. but it isn't easy to let go of something you want.. so I know exactly how you feel..
I really don't think there is a cure all for a broken heart.. But some day you will look back and it won't be so bad.. you just can't see it yet
I listen to the cure when I'm down,, it's depesing some say.. but it takes me to the bottom so I can rise again
this year is not going so great.
lost my love, got forgotten on my birthday, car got hit the day before my birthday, car got hit yet again last weekend, and today i got a flat tire.
what the f did i do to karma to deserve this crap?
probably better to lamament here... I suggest when your out and about fake it ... If some asks, " how's it going"... LIE!!
say " Things have never been better"
this year is not going so great.
lost my love, got forgotten on my birthday, car got hit the day before my birthday, car got hit yet again last weekend, and today i got a flat tire.
what the f did i do to karma to deserve this crap?
dude that totally sucks.... sounds like you're in a slump... keep swingin man... ya just gotta keep swinging ..
just one little victory will turn it around.
here are some questions that i thought would be interesting to ask a jw if they were open to a free and open discussion.
this assumes a christian worldview that the bible is the word of god.
if you have any others, please post them!
all that... whew!!
and you could just ask ," why do you protect pedophiles?'' keep it simple
you don't even have to read between the lines, they say it straight out on their website.
" in many countries, more and more people obtain information online.".
who'd a thunk it .
thanks Jeffro... I think most JW's think there is I did when I was in..
i know ... many mistakes and a nasty leadership ,but did jehovah's witnesses fulfill even partially matthew 24:14 :"the good news will be preached in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come "are we to expect a final or a completely different fulfilment of this verse ?
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placing MAGAZIES is in no way PREACHING... so that is a big FAT NO...
i don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .
but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.
on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.
US won't cut ties with China ... no matter what ...
