why does satan do gods will of seperating the sheep by providing temptation?
surely it would be better to turn everyone into jws and make gods job harder?
if satan wants everyone to worship him, why isn't he just nice instead of supposedly making life so damned hard in the "last days"?
As a JW, I found Satan to be way too convenient of an excuse.
I also thought that the problem wasn't with Satan, it was with Jehovah. Jehovah had too many stupid, inhuman, unnecessary, petty and silly rules, most of which would deprive you of everlasting life if not followed.
Satan's job was easy.
scenario: you meet a person and like this person.
all of your friends tell you to beware of the person.
do you ignore their warnings and give your all to the friendship or are you more cautious than you would have been otherwise?.
Hmm...this seems like a rather clever thread.
As usual, I am probably missing something here. However, I found it to be an appropriate and interesting thread. I enjoy insights into how people handle social issues.
scenario: you meet a person and like this person.
all of your friends tell you to beware of the person.
do you ignore their warnings and give your all to the friendship or are you more cautious than you would have been otherwise?.
To me the smartest people stay friends and be appropriately cautious until they can make up their own mind.
This combines the least harm with a provision for being unaffected by unfounded rumor.
we were always being told that we must be careful not to "stumble" others.
we were instructed to think about the consciences of others.
was there anything that used to bother your conscience that now doesn't?
Nothing. I thought most of the rules were stupid, even though I followed them. I figured that God was petty.
No.
I think that is a good thing.
sometimes, when i read what a poster says, especially a new poster, i don't always assume that they are legitimate.
do you ever feel this way?
does it cross your mind that a person is falsely representing himself/herself ??
I generally believe people until I have a reason not to.
I have been burned a few times...partly because my life is so weird that the bizarre is normal to me...but I am slowly training myself to listen to the flags that pop up when I am getting to know someone.
i was wondering today.
my own experience with the jw's started when i was 3 years old.
at 8, i began to experience the misogynystical attitude that characterized being a jw woman, and was really adverse to it.
Good post, CG.
The sexist attitudes are not just JW in origin. The Bible is rife with sexism, with woman being portrayed as inferior to men.
The Bible is not a book from God, but mere a book of men, reflecting the values of their generation.
Thankfully, we have progressed beyond such debasing values.
one of the current topics discussed by the watchtower society concludes that it is satan who really rules the world.
http://watchtower.org/library/t22/who_rules.htm of course, a number of scriptures are offered as proof.
however, a number of other scriptures are completely overlooked.
Who Really Rules the World?
Me. Shhhh....don't tell anybody, OK? BTW, I don't claim that I rule it competently!
thousand of witnesses do it every year and for what they believe are good reasons.
i did it because i was pressured by elders.
its interesting to note how elders can target young people into committing their life to something they really know nothing about.
Yes.
i am so in the dark.
i do not know what's going on and, quite frankly, i don't care to.
perhaps there is bliss in ignorance.
I used to not care, and treated everyone equally.
Then I got dragged into the politics the hard way, got given a crash course on the politics of this place. Which ruined my view of many people on this site, and gave me a renewed appreciation for a few people here.
