Posts by Aerodynamic

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Do you believe in god?

by freakyAL in

i used to be a staunch believer in god.

maybe its technology and science advancing so much thats got me doubting idk.

do you believe in god?

I do and here is why. I worked as a Mechanical Engineer for years. Not degreed, but self taught and worked in many manufacturing jobs where things had to be designed, built, fabricated and put together. Things start out as a simple idea or complex one, put to paper and then those designs built upon.

I guess to not be to long winded. Yes, The reason is, as a person who has designed and fabricated many things, I can help but look a around at every object and no matter its complexity realize that there was a process from design to implementation, to fabrication on everything around us. Why would it not make sense that Humans, animals, plants, life in general not have the same thing. It doesn't make sense to me why it wouldn't. Im not really in favor of humanizing "Jehovah" like the Watchtower does, but it makes perfect logical sense that something beyond our intelligence created all things. Look at things like Gravity, the distance for the earth to the sun, how molecules interact, consistency in nature, the systems like gravity that have been setup. Not to be a complete freak, but its a very well ran computer simulation. I personally find it very amazing. I do not describe to thte thought of the randomness that scientist place in evolution's, etc. Sorry I did lots of drugs after my fall, with several exiting witnesses so we had lots of philosophical debates. :) Now whether or not hes a superficial judgemental being that only likes JW's subscribe to, well that's up to you to decide, but a God, Id definitely say yes.

Shoot I was long winded again!

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Jehovahs witnesses fastest growing religion, my ass.

by Crazyguy in

they the wt are always stating this, yet let's look at just one set of figures.

the average birth rate in the world is roughly 18 babies born per thousand.

the catholics have a membership of roughly 1 billion members.

Aerodynamic

Im trying to find the article but i read Pentecostals were one of the fastest growing religions, but it may have been in the US only. I do remeber Jehovahs Eitneses were up there, but the info pointed to the cact they they go door to door so its a numbers game. Retention was low if I recall the info. Articles I searched for pointed to Islam being the fastest growing religion. But I havent seen any articles I didnt fell had a bias. If I find something solid I will post it.

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12/13/2015 Yahoo Article about sale of NY property up to 1B$

by Aerodynamic in

i am just posting the article link because i saw it today trolling through yahoo.

wow!

a billion, with a "b" is a big chunk of change.. http://news.yahoo.com/jehovahs-witnesses-could-1-billion-nyc-properties-161102417.html.

Aerodynamic

I am just posting the article link because I saw it today trolling through Yahoo. Wow! A billion, with a "B" is a big chunk of change.

http://news.yahoo.com/jehovahs-witnesses-could-1-billion-nyc-properties-161102417.html

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The Exodus confirmed..

by Crazyguy in

for those of you that don't research this stuff i will give a little back story.

we all know about the moses exodus, but history and archeology didn't seem to confirm this event.

the only exodus out of egypt ever recorded was that of a group of asiatic tribes that had taken over egypt for a bit over 100 years called the hyksos and the followers of the pharaoh akhenaten who perpetuated a monotheistic idea of worshiping only one deity the aten.

Aerodynamic

https://youtu.be/e6sSudQd61Y

I think this the gideo you guys may have saw. This is only a preview, the whole video was interesting. I think it was an hour long special on National geographic.

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Handing out candy

by mikeypants in

growing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.

also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.

isnt that insane?

Aerodynamic

I kinda think this is funny. But God gave me a disturbing sense of humor. Growing up we always went out to eat, by the time we got back it was to late for kids to be out. We also turned out all of the lights so people knew we didnt pass out candy. Now that im older and have kids of my own, we go to a local church and they have a harvets gest, and the kids play small gamesand get candy. Much safer then from strangers as its regulated from the church . We still check it, but safer. My wife attends the church. I dont, but we know everyone passing out the candy.

Our neighborhood gets inundated with kids, so I'm glad were not home. I mean like hundreds of kids, easily. I never much liked Halloween and not even because of growing up witness. Just never liked it. Last year we got home early and took the kids to the neighborhood house, just to say high and talk to the neighbors, that was fun.

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Need the hardest evidence possible that humans have lived for more than 6000 years

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

since coming out of the witnesses, i have gone through a transformation in thought and in mind.

i started with the usual: i thought that jesus was god.

then i investigated more about the bible and thought that the bible was not true, given the many contradictions, failed prophecies, etc.. then i investigated evolution and read lots and now i accept evolution and natural selection as things that are true.. now, i need to make my dad rethink everything.

Aerodynamic

Read "Finger Prints of the Gods" by Graham Hancock. Solid enough for me.

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What Road Would You Choose---IF?

by John Aquila in

say you could go back in time to when you were 15 years old.

no watchtower in your life.

but the experience you have now you could keep.

Aerodynamic

I met my wife when I wasn't really going to meetings, never been disfellowshipped. My parents always encouraged us to go out and conquer, get the best of what Jehovah had to offer. We grew up as witnesses, but they encouraged education. My siblings either have Bachelors and one has a Masters, I have my Bachelors, working on my Masters, so very opposite of what I see posted for many of you here. My parents taught that we could be more effective witnesses if we were educated, plus they knew money makes the world go round.

I guess I have to take responsibility for my own actions. I always like to drugs and parties, education took a back seat. Because of my not being a complete witness I met my wife, date, fell into forbidden love and have some kids. Would I change it, NO, I love them more than breathing, but I could go back in time, I would have joined the Army and gotten into Computer Sciences on a much higher level than I am in now. I would have learned to program younger and do that. I also didn't have many friends, I am an inadvertent about 80% of the time, so I draw a lot, I always wanted to be an animator and with computers have dabbled in computer animation.

When I was newly married I let my wife talk me out of going back to school for visual effects, I called her the "dream killer" for the longest time. Very uplifting relationship. :) but it worked itself out quite nicely. I wanted to design Video Games. But with how the world works, I learn about that sort of stuff in my spare time. Truth be told though it was all me, no one or no witness had enough controls over my life that prevented me from doing what I wanted to.

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JW terminology

by punkofnice in

paradise earth after god kills all non jws.

Aerodynamic

I hear pin drops all the time. When I talk to family or friends about any religious topic and its no spoon fed witness gobble gook, i get these glazed looks. I had one brother a long time ago tell me Jehovah didn't design us to know anything about the bible without the GB interpreting it for us. Hook line and sinker. My family is a little better, being educated, but still that questioning look. I tried to talk to my dad about what I thought "Sin" was, and the look. I swear he knows I'm evil but doesn't want to admit it.

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Try Other Religions

by Sofia Lose in

sometimes i get a strong curiosity to start dabbling into other religions, other faiths, you know?

really different ones such as islam, judaism, hinduism, etc.. has anyone here looked into something else?

has your spirituality been satisfied by any other than christianity?.

Aerodynamic

Sometimes this forum has the right topic at the right time. I too am going through this, (Sorry I haven't spilt my story yet. I'm waiting on a lonely weekend and a bottle of Jack. :). I went round and round to many churches seeking Truth. Still looking I guess. I really, truly believe in Jehovah and his love, just don't think the witness organization is 100%, even that's up for debate in the ole noggin. Eventually it has come down to reading the bible, and nothing more. I read it every day. I started at Genesis and just started writing questions, concerns and a brief synopsis. I started a private blog of my incites, but its not ever going to be public, maybe upon death.

Anyway, just read the bible, without the blinders or other stupid struggling men, who claim they can interrupt read and understand better than you. Read and prayer for understanding. Go to a church and all you get is a pastor who thinks he has more truth and knowledge about the bible than you. Read and cleave to what you believe, do a little research for yourself. If you feel the need to go to a physical building, then go. I got tired if hearing "I believe I think, etc." I always did like the fellowship, the belonging to something, the cause. Why do you think there are so many denominations, so many churches. Well we are all different and they offer a flavor that is fitting for each of us. Not everyone like vanilla.

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One hope for ALL christians - interesting video on heavenly hope

by paradisebeauty in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7qe6fqac4.

a short video with proof from the bible that the ones going to "heaven" are not meant to stay there forever, but just to meet jesus there (at the rapture) and be with him forever, on earth, not in heaven!.

Aerodynamic

I feel like I am being love bombed by all of the Unitarian videos. Although I do like the John 1:1 explanation video. Makes more sense than adding the "a".