i was raised as a jw, most of my family is still in, i regular pioneered for 5 years, elder for even longer.
preached for over 40 years that the 1914 generation will see the end, etc, etc... believed every single word, and preached it with total conviction.. i have not been active for approx 7 years, completely faded now, mainly because i couldn't believe a loving god would destroy me, after coming to terms with and admiting i was preaching a lie.. i'm extremely happy i'm out, although still hitched to it somehow by my past, i guess like many of us on here.. i do have a question for all jws.. how can "god, who cannot lie" a god which is love, justify destroying the world, including all of us that left, and saving only the jws, when for decades one of the main teachings of the jws has proved to be a lie?
a teaching no one wants to discuss anymore, which got covered up by a new light, which most can't even explain.
It's all made up !! all of it ...the sooner you come to terms with it .. there is no GOD ..
Why did jesus have to suffer so brutally to give his life..
why can't god just make all the bad people disapear..... why the brutal tragic death scenes of the big A.. how does that make the new system more righteous.
IT's FEAR instalation.. get it ..
my van broke down before christmas.
i could not even afford to have it "looked at", let alone repaired.
so, i have been praying that god would somehow work this whole situation out.. .
so you couldn't afford to fix your van .. how could you afford to buy one?
your story makes no sense...
being in the market for a van and finding one for sale is not an act of god in anyones book...
the feel good story of the year " person looking for van for sale... finds one!!! details @ 11"
my van broke down before christmas.
i could not even afford to have it "looked at", let alone repaired.
so, i have been praying that god would somehow work this whole situation out.. .
No food for you!!!~ GOD
you decide what shirt to buy.. you decide what color.. your body decides what size.. two whims and one practical cause.. .
you decide which god you believe in.. you decide what religion you practice.. your core values decided what you were to decide.. two whims and one practical cause.. .
you are a child and your parents instruct you.. you are a young adult and your society, your school and your friends shape you.. you are an adult and you become who you already are.. two whims and one practical cause.. .
We do what we do because of who we are...
we are who we are, from influences outside our control...
therefore we have no freewill....
I've been wanting to do a 'freewill' thread, I did some searching on here, you are the only one who has attepted it..
It's a tricky topic.. everyone assumes we do .. I disagree
and why did you choose it?
if you have a avatar, what is it and why did you pick it?.
ok ill start.
T4E tour 96 97? second leg...
Tonights the night on HBO ... I can't wait
Moshe...... there is a popularity contest on JWN?....
and why did you choose it?
if you have a avatar, what is it and why did you pick it?.
ok ill start.
my name is Tate.. sometimes I'm called Tater.. or taterbug.. I never liked it, so a friend started Tater-T- BUG.. There is a lot you can do with a name rhymes with just a bout anything..
oh.. and BU2B.. check out me with these two hall of famers ...
i spent about one year in 1982 living in a 32 ft travel trailer.
our home had burned down on jan 10th,1982 at night- -30 deg f. my wife, 2 yr old son, 4 yr old daughter and i traveled to many states that year.
many people dream of living the life of a free gypsy- no ties to any one place- north in the summer-south in the winter, living in a travel trailer or motorhome.
I live in a van down by the river.. does that count?
i know anyone who believes in evolution is going to say that there is no 'if' about it.
however.... if man evolved over hundreds of thousands of years ago, why were there only about 200-300 million people alive 2,000 years ago?
surely there'd have been many billions by then?.
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A million billion dollars!!!!.. and I didn't have to attend any meetings, go out in service.. or read any publications ..
billions of human beings right now are muslims, hindus, buddhists, etc, etc.
they do not know a jot about 'jehovah' or the 'watchtower bible & tract society of new york" etc etc.
what is going to happen to these billions of persons at armageddon?.
the only thing is ..is JWs do know this, but it doesn't mean that it will set them free.. they think they are free...
