I agree with Berrygerry. It is how he set the game up. I don't know that he needs anything. Or maybe he needs everything.
I think we are all part of God spirits having a material experience.
I agree with Berrygerry. It is how he set the game up. I don't know that he needs anything. Or maybe he needs everything.
I think we are all part of God spirits having a material experience.
we might have a fully functional community from this forum.
From a United States perspective. I would join the Coast Guard or the Navy and see the world. While serving 10 to 15 years I would get a college degree online. Then I would get a teaching certificate to finish out my work life and settle down.
I am 65 now and in hind sight, I did all right having an "Awake magazine" equivalency education. But I would not recommend that to anyone in this day and age.
If you go into the service aka Coast Guard, Navy at 18 your pension starts then. If you stay in public service as a public school teacher your pension continues so you will have 35 years of work in by the time you are 53.
Then you will be free to do whatever you want or work some more.
I have been retired since I was 59 and within limits I can do whatever I want. If I had 10 million dollars I would not do things much different. I play soccer 4 to 5 times a week and play my guitar and make music every day.
If I had millions of dollars, I might drive a Porsche instead of a Toyota and I might live in a mansion instead of a cottage. But the mansion would not be anymore comfortable and the Porsche would not get me there any faster or better.
You have to do the speed limit.
I eat as good as I want, which most of the time is vegetables and grains. That wouldn't change if I had 100 million dollars. I might have somebody cook it for me. But then what would I do?
this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
I was born to a JW mother in 1952.
I never liked being a JW.
I was embarrassed and often left out of school activities.
As I got older, I pondered ways to escape. And the JW's gave me the key with the false prediction of the world ending in Armageddon in 1975.
It took me 6 years after 75 to fully escape. But I have been out since I have been 31 years old.
I have no regrets over leaving the cult.
i read on another thread how this site has helped another user and that for them it has been a form of therapy.. for me yes, jwn has most certainly been a form of therapy.. i recall the days i first came to jwn (in 2004) and couldn't believe i had found people who were of the same opinion as myself in regards to the society.
it was this site that led me to reading ray franz's book 'crisis of conscience' which i read twice within a week.
it also led me to jw facts that goes into every nook and cranny regarding the society's teachings, policies and history.. note: i also visit many other sites and watch you tube videos a lot, but gravitate here most of the time.. coming here to express my inner most thoughts and feelings has helped me no end and allows me to overcome my frustrations.
I was born a JW 64 years ago in 1952.
I have been free for 31 years.
I find it therapeutic to come here from time to time.
To remind myself of where I came from.
I don't come here as much as I used to.
i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.
this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.
i'm agnostic btw.
It all depends on how you interpret things and what you are trying to prove.
If you go back to the Sumerian text the oldest known writings of mans history. Satin was not a bad guy.
He had mans interest at heart. Jehovah was the Bad guy
Jehovah= Enki = bad guy enslaver
Satin= Enil= mankinds benefactor.
Their father = Anil = God almighty.
The bible God is actually Satin.
That is what the Masons believe and that is what the new world order believes.
Things are complicated when you deal with history and facts.
please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.
is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.
there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.
Many people in America expected Trump to win.
And the majority of voting people in America feel he is the most qualified man to ever be president.
No matter what the issue there will always be two sides to every coin.
And there will always be dissenters.
The great tribulation happened in the past pre 1975.
It was no big deal for most in the USA.
the usa, claiming that the usa supports freedom, has often supported revolutionaries/dissenters in other countries.. some examples:.
currently, the syrian war commenced circa 2011 in the so-called arab spring.
it is claimed that the usa supplied weapons to anti-government forces.
Ethical is a meaningless word.
Everyone has different ethics. And everyone has different morals.
i'm not vegetarian.
being italian and brought up on the mediterranian diet i tend to eat a lot of fruit, vegetables, cheese, pasta, rice and some meat.. i'm just curious to know who here is vegeterian and why?????.
cheers, bliss
I eat meat.
I try to be vegan from time to time.
The reason to not eat animal products is for health.
But the Devils in the details.
To me it is very complicated to put into practice 100% of the time.
When I eat vegan my blood pressure goes down and my cholesterol goes down also.
I know vegans who have high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
It gets complicated frying food appears to make your cholesterol and blood pressure go up/high.
Vegans don't eat animal products no cheese no eggs etc.
If you eat the cheese and eggs your cholesterol may go up.
If I eat meat and take statins. I get hives and pulled muscles.
I found out the truth about the truth in 1976 January.
I went to AA for 7 years to recover.
jehovah's witnesses accept jesus as christ, the son of god.
they try, in their own way, to live by his teachings and imitate him.
they pray, read the bible and meet together regularly for worship.. i won't minimise any of the harm and damage they cause but for the life of me, i can't see how anyone can credibly deny that they are christians.. why do so many former jws have a problem with this?
The Christians I know believe in the trinity, that Jesus is God.
The JW's do not believe that.
So that is probably why so many people say that JW's are not Christians.
Jesus is the beginning and the end. So he must be God.
Jehovahs witnesses either do not believe that or they can't comprehend it.
They know the bible says that but it doesn't sink in.