what is/are your regrets?
do u wish that you'd have pursued something or dealt differently with a situation?.
I was born in....... didn't get a collge education... or going into millitary service... instead of field service, which by the way I remember being told repeatedly, that know one would ever regret ... wasting your youth in Jehovah's Watchtower service...
Some of the things I've said to people regarding their faith...or their certain fate...
I regret that I never really have had a dream, of my own ... That my lifes ben on hold for nothing....
tate
just a little experience i had a while back.
thought it was funny so here we go.
(there's also a couple of links you might want to use for your own reference).
bttt
..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
What does the Bible say on the matter? .... let's consult the Watchtower to find out.....
why is no one ever concerned about plant life ... suffering droughts and what not... and being eating ...
I remember when I was young, Mom saying all life as we know it comes from other life.. so therefore there has to be a GOD .. thats the proof...
and now I'm thinking all life is sustained by the death of other life... so what does that prove...
''well there's one thing you got ta ask yourself punk....you felling lucky...well do ya punk".....clint eastwood dirty harry.. "it's life jim but not as we know it" capt kirk star treck..
Anything lost can be found again, except time. ~Sam Jackson..... the movie is "Fresh" 1994
saw them, not sure which tour, think it was that one or the one after with Cheap Trick.. old school..
how have the numbers of the anointed been doing - staying steady or finally declining?
that was always a puzzle to me how that could stay so steady..
This is what I feel is the most telling, I was one who as I've said before, out in 87, decided to die in armegeddon with everyone else rather than be miserable in the congerations of jugdes.. so while I was waiting for the big A all these years, I was alway's thinking if I could just get some info on partakers I would know how close we were....
WOW .. loved getting on here and seeing the graph's some one put up on JW number's .. real eye opener.. then by them questioning the validityof the of other partakers... doesn't that bring into question.. their (GB) own...
i looked all over for a place to introduce myself and either i'm completely blind or i missed it.
i figured i'd just post it here.. okay.. hello to everyone.
my name's tabitha.
welcome.... I'm glad you got out .. this is great place for a number of things ... just don't get addicted to it it like I am... LOL.. it's a lot of fun and a great place for information..
Welcome .. and cheers!!
interesting article:.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/02/shame-on-the-rich.html?ref=hp.
the team's findings suggest that privilege promotes dishonesty.
how else did you think they got there...
does anyone have access to the convention dates in the us for this year?
seems like they were always listed in the first watchtower of the year.
are they still doing that?.
and how can you find out when and where the circuit assemblies are in your area?
..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
I remember from being in the ORG.. the scripture where Jesus say's " don't worry about what you are to eat... doesn't God take care of the birds ...."
or something like that... then I found out Birds and other animals can starve to death... Living here in Idaho.. we have to feed deer and elk or they will starve to death... So God really doesn't take care of all the animals .. Did Jesus not know this? one of the first things that made me wonder ..
TT
