Yeah, a dangling carrot, one that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Another reason why many no longer believe.
Posts by Inisc
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35Remarrying, then paradise =problem?
by Inisc inthis is a question i always wondered about and never got an answer to.. its also another reason why i'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.. th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.. so i wanted to ask all the great minds on here,.
if someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,.
how,is that ever gonna work?
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Attended 2-Day Circuit Assembly--Highlights
by Cadellin insince my spouse is an active elder, i accompany him to sads, cas and das, at least for the time being.
anyway, i thought i'd share some of the more odd/disturbing bits from the latest "sanctify god's name" ca.
there wasn't anything particularly new but the tone toward porn, higher ed, bad assoc, "habitual" murmuring and harmful gossip is definitely hardening, as are the cautions against social networking.
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Inisc
Our CA is not til next month, I still get railroaded into going to all of them by my mother.
And I always find it so sad how it never changes, it's always about doing more, I always see thru it however everyone always says to me including my mother,
'oh wasn't that soo encouraging!?'
Er no not really. Why is it they never encourage spending more time with your family, making sure that as the head of the house your wife is happy and kids are happy and well adjusted?
Sad.
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The bible, seriously?
by Inisc inso i've been reading the bible, (for the fist time ever and i was a born in) i stopped going iilike 3 years ago and i wanted to have a good understanding of the bible and not just the wt.
but holy crap that's some 18rated stuff!
i mean i'm still in genesis and it's all vengeance this, condemn that and genocide everything else!
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Inisc
Lots of great info, thanks everyone. It's so nice to see I'm not the only one that finds the bible quite shocking.
Its kinda funny how the WTS says to read the bible, but when I was in I never did. But now that I'm out I actually want to.
Only the more I read the less I seem to believe it.
Wonder if one day the WTS will ever say, don't read the bible you'll open up your mind to apostate reasoning!
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Remarrying, then paradise =problem?
by Inisc inthis is a question i always wondered about and never got an answer to.. its also another reason why i'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.. th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.. so i wanted to ask all the great minds on here,.
if someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,.
how,is that ever gonna work?
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Inisc
It's a conundrum, like god or whomever wrote it didn't think this all the way thru.
I also know for a fact that if I remarried and my wife was resurrected, immortal or not, she would freakin kill me!!
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Remarrying, then paradise =problem?
by Inisc inthis is a question i always wondered about and never got an answer to.. its also another reason why i'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.. th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.. so i wanted to ask all the great minds on here,.
if someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,.
how,is that ever gonna work?
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Inisc
This is a question I always wondered about and never got an answer to.
Its also another reason why I'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.
Th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.
So I wanted to ask all the great minds on here,
If someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then Armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,
How,is that ever gonna work? I mean that wife or husband that crawled out from their dirt nap is gonna be pissed right?
What then?
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Barack 2012
by Celestial inobama will be reelected.
i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.
who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?
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Inisc
I think the rest of the world is hoping obama is re-elected!
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My rambling story
by MsGrowingGirl20 ini am 18...my mother has been studying the bible with jw's for over 20 years now.
she has never been baptised for various reasons.she wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...when she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .. when we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.the next sunday we started going to meetings...all the meetings...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.after all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised?
our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'.
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Inisc
Your not alone msgrowinggirl20, thank you for sharing your story. It seems a lot of people on here have questions and then 'something hits the fan'.
It did for me and this forum has been an immense help and a real eye opener.
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Stay strong, live life, look for happiness.
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The bible, seriously?
by Inisc inso i've been reading the bible, (for the fist time ever and i was a born in) i stopped going iilike 3 years ago and i wanted to have a good understanding of the bible and not just the wt.
but holy crap that's some 18rated stuff!
i mean i'm still in genesis and it's all vengeance this, condemn that and genocide everything else!
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Inisc
The atheists book of bible stories is amazing! I only flicked thru some of it, but wow! I'm doing a lot of reading and thinking, I guess like a lot of you posters on JWN have done before me. It feels a lot like a fog is lifting and I'm starting to see sunlight for the first time. It's definitely a journey.
The further away I get from the jw mindset the more I appreciate life and see a point to it which is an amazing feeling, tho now I'm not sure on even the existence of god or even if he exists would I want to worship a god who is quite so homicidal?
lots to think about.
Is this how many of you feel/felt?
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The bible, seriously?
by Inisc inso i've been reading the bible, (for the fist time ever and i was a born in) i stopped going iilike 3 years ago and i wanted to have a good understanding of the bible and not just the wt.
but holy crap that's some 18rated stuff!
i mean i'm still in genesis and it's all vengeance this, condemn that and genocide everything else!
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Inisc
Will definately check out all those links tomorrow, there's a lot of reading in the post WTS journey lol.
Redvip2000, I know what you mean I guess for me though I just started seeing the bible differently and once one part of it is called into question, it kinda casts a shadow of doubt over the rest of it.
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I am so confused by the JW's saying the UN is the 8th king
by booker-t inhas jw's always taught this that the un is the 8th king?
i just happen to stumble across the june study watchtower at my aunt's home and glanced throught the mag and saw this teaching.
i don't remember the jw's teaching this back when i was in.
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Inisc
Also I think they just slipped in this idea about the un, cos they didn't mention at the DC. And if you believe the conspiracy theories it'll be a UN backed one world government or new world order.