the phrases still roll off my tongue, "a god of tender mercies", a god in whom there is no injustice", a god who "protects the little one.".
in spite of those worn out platitides, if i walked in to a court room and saw the name "jehovah god" in metallic letters on the door, i would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused.
i would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by god jehovah.. i cite the case of king david of israel.
Of course, I'm taking the Bible writer's words at face value that Jehovah was involved in merciless, vengeful and unjust acts. If Jehovah exists but is not as the writers portrayed him, I apologize. He may not be almighty, either, which limits his ability to control how he is portrayed.
tms
the phrases still roll off my tongue, "a god of tender mercies", a god in whom there is no injustice", a god who "protects the little one.".
in spite of those worn out platitides, if i walked in to a court room and saw the name "jehovah god" in metallic letters on the door, i would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused.
i would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by god jehovah.. i cite the case of king david of israel.
writetoknow, You are having some difficulty communicating ideas. The following runon sentence from you is almost impossible to decipher:
So what! If you don't believe in God and everything is made up sounds like man has the problem with cruelty and man needs someone to blame for their actions can't have it both ways hum?There are four sentences in the above sentence you wrote. I really don't intend to hurt your feelings. You may have good ideas, but they need to be expressed coherently. Are you saying man is to blame for Jehovah's cruelty? Or do you mean that if we blame Jehovah for cruel actions, we should also blame humans who act like Jehovah? Please elaborate. Perhaps, a spouse or close friend can help to edit your comments before you submit them. tms
the phrases still roll off my tongue, "a god of tender mercies", a god in whom there is no injustice", a god who "protects the little one.".
in spite of those worn out platitides, if i walked in to a court room and saw the name "jehovah god" in metallic letters on the door, i would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused.
i would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by god jehovah.. i cite the case of king david of israel.
writetoknow "I think there is 55-million abortion a year who decides if the child should live or die? Who do we hold responable for dropping the bombs on Japan?"
Those are copycat killings. Man is appropriately said to have been created in His image. lol!
tms
the phrases still roll off my tongue, "a god of tender mercies", a god in whom there is no injustice", a god who "protects the little one.".
in spite of those worn out platitides, if i walked in to a court room and saw the name "jehovah god" in metallic letters on the door, i would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused.
i would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by god jehovah.. i cite the case of king david of israel.
The phrases still roll off my tongue, "a God of tender mercies", a God in whom there is no injustice", a God who "protects the little one."
In spite of those worn out platitides, if I walked in to a court room and saw the name "Jehovah God" in metallic letters on the door, I would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused. I would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by God Jehovah.
I cite the case of King David of Israel. David admitted to adultery and murder, both capital, death-penalty crimes for the average Joe-Blow Israelite. His mistress, Bath-Sheba, was also guilty of adultery, if the sex was consensual. If the sex was forced, add rape to David's offenses. Because of the nature of David's murder, a modern court would add conspiracy to the list of charges.
How did the God of the Universe rule in this case? Did she-bears rip David to pieces like they did the boys who called a prophet a "baldie"? Or did David receive a stoning at the city gates like the incorrible young men of Israel? Did he get struck down like the irreverant Uzzah who tried to keep the ark of the covenant from tipping over? No. David got a mere wrist slap. He did not even lose his anointed position. His punishment? He would have trouble with one of his boys.
You see Jehovah had identified the real culprit, the wicked being behind all the above-mentioned dastardly deeds. The baby of David and Bath-Sheba. Jehovah killed the baby to fulfill his sense of justice.
How would you like to be judged by a god like that?
tms
it was pretty messed up.
i appealed and two of the three elders on my appeal commity were from our sister congregation.
when i turned in my appeal letter, the elder i turned it in to tried to talk me out of appealing.
When someone appeals a JC decision they may still believe that a loving, compassionate Jehovah oversees the whole process, will read their hearts and make matters right. The reality is that the whole judicial process is an implementation of man-made rules by company men.
These men have egos. An appeal is an affront to their authority and skill level. An overturned judicial decision is an embarrassment not quickly lived down. Even if an appeal committee sympathizes with the accused, the reality of having to work with their cronies on a variety of levels will far outweigh their collective consciences.
The original committee frequently drags their feet considering reinstatement of someone who has dared to appeal(question) their judgement. Some are even arrogant enough to use the threat of a longer disfellowshipment to dissuade someone from appealing.
As much as it hurts initially to be disfellowshipped, when someone realizes that this is simply the hierarchy of a man-made cult passing judgement, the freedom and healing begins.
tms
i'll tell you what happened.
our unranked razorbacks went down to baton rouge and ended up winning 50-48 in the third overtime.
those lsu tigers were ranked no.
When was the last time college football has seen a player as versatile as McFadden for Arkansas?
tms
over the years i have made many friends online that are jw's.
when my doubts were such with the organization that i was full on posting here, little by little i withdrew from my jw friends online and in person.
no explanation, i have not responded to emails over time, and just let those friendships die down.. out of respect.......i felt sneaky in my researching the organization and just was not sure where my thoughts and feelings were going to land.. today, i unblocked someone on my messenger to chat with them.
"an older person"
LOL!
over the years i have made many friends online that are jw's.
when my doubts were such with the organization that i was full on posting here, little by little i withdrew from my jw friends online and in person.
no explanation, i have not responded to emails over time, and just let those friendships die down.. out of respect.......i felt sneaky in my researching the organization and just was not sure where my thoughts and feelings were going to land.. today, i unblocked someone on my messenger to chat with them.
I played Allison Crowe's version(beautiful) and then saw the link to Jose Feliciano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOu2lKss14&feature=related
i'm almost six months past walking away from the religion, and one of the elders has risen and thrown a monkey wrench into my entire plan.
things have been great actually.
since i've managed to shed myself of congregation responsiblities, the elders have gotten off my back quite a bit.
R.F.,
You have a pm. I know this brother extremely well.
tms
the governing body should be hanging their heads in shame watching how the events unfolded in south africa at oprah winfrey's school.
her fearless way in meeting the problems head on, not covering up, calling in expert help, investigating, apologizing, getting all adults away from the campass so the girls could talk openly about what happened.
those girls came first.
Refreshing accountability . . . . . .
The contrast with the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is off the charts. . . . stonewalling, "we're not an entity in California", two witnesses, J.R. Brown spin-doctoring, "the elders failed to follow our instructions", protect Jehovah's Name, the headship principle, Jehovah's "clean" people. . . . . .
tms
