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  I think I have finally reached the point were I have to make a hard decision....

  by confusedandalone in

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  <rant>.

  i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.

  i feel very bad about this right now.

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  Seraphim you don't sound patronising. You have your views and beliefs and they bring you comfort. That is a good thing.

  What makes me the most comfortable at this point in life is realizing that life is grand without having to constantly search for something that no one has found for thousands of years. I am not special and I do no thave the time to keep digging around for this stuff. Especially when the only places to dig around for it are in books that were written by people with obvious agendas... regardless of religion.

  Ultimately I have noticed that in life i have been at my happiest times when I was not involved in any form of religious service or meditating on BOOKS and ideas of some prophet. If there is a god I can not attribute the things in the bible to him because that would be unfair. I have no proof that he did those things.

  " I have the view that God does step in during the dying process for kids when they die"

  Although that belief might make you feel better inside there is nothing anywhere that says he does this. You can see kids dying slow painful deaths of hunger... they hurt. they feel pain. they suffer. so it is obvious that he doesn't help them during the dying process unless all those kids are lying as they lie on the floor balled up in pain thinking to themselves... wow this feels great
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  I think I have finally reached the point were I have to make a hard decision....

  by confusedandalone in

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  2. experiences

  <rant>.

  i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.

  i feel very bad about this right now.

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  Seraphim you have nothing to do with this... it has been a battle i have dealt with for years, its just that at this point in life it is best to just face things head on. Enjoy the life we have an do our best to make it better for the next guy.

  If god wanted all this study and research etc... to be done and no one has succeeded in the last few millenia in getting it right - maybe he never intended for us to do it. My HOPE now is that my CHILDREN have good fulfilling lives and devote their lives to doing WHATEVER makes them happy. Not this drudgery and searching for secrets...

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  What is even worse is for years as an adult making myself understand that I can't think like god so all these bad things are beyond comprehension for me. I accepted that. However when you have young kids who come to you and want you to explain why GOD wants to make people die painful instead of just putting them to sleep... AND THERE IS NO FREAKING LOGICAL ANSWER. Even a child can see it, but I can't
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  I think I have finally reached the point were I have to make a hard decision....

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  <rant>.

  i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.

  i feel very bad about this right now.

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  I am looking and all i see is what could possibly be an ancient bath towel that was used by a filth quarry worker.
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  I think I have finally reached the point were I have to make a hard decision....

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  <rant>.

  i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.

  i feel very bad about this right now.

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  <rant>

  I know I have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas I am getting to the point where I see no use in the bible. I feel very bad about this right NOW. I am not sure how I will feel about that in the future but honestly I am fed up.

  God sanctions killing kids and women and animals for no real discernable reason.

  Our examples are villainous murderers and rapists quite often.

  90% of the prophecies are shrouded in mystery and everyone has an interpretation but GOD doesn't just clear things up.

  There is no discernible evidence of any miracles actually taken place.

  LITERALLY thousands of years havepassed and nothing has been revealed or ended.

  In all of this confusion I am told either Gods concept of time is different, his thoughts are higher than ours,etc... ultimately I can devote many years of my life as a giant mensa-like crossword puzzle that I can never figure out yet if I do not try to complete it with all the vigor of my soul I will die. Not just a normal death a violent painful one. So its not enough to snuff me out because after all I can throw my hands up and just say forget it I just won't live forever..... nooooooo that isn't an option because if I don't atleast try to live this strict unfulfilling life constantly looking for answers that no one in all human existence has ever figured out I will become a literal ZOMBIE and my eyes will rot in the socket and my tongue will rot in my mouth ala Zechariah 14:12 ( Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.)

  Something tells me that someone in the sky that loves me will not allow this happen to ANYONE because being made in his image "supposedly", I can not dream up something so vile let alone someone who is far more loving than I am.

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  Wouldn't it just makes sense for GOD to...

  by confusedandalone in

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  just one day perform some form of miracle in front of the entire earth in which he proves he exists???.

  wouldn't this be the most loving and sensible thing to do?

  for instance, this coming thursday god repeatedly strikes mount kilamanjaro to the point that it reads in hebrew, "god exists, i just did this.

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  SO if God in his bible promises wonderful life when no one will ever die or have to worry about food clothing or shelter and never get sick and play with animals etc... and you say that GOD will not REALLY perform any of these things... then why use the book for anything but kindling?

  On the other hand if having faith in GOD is just based upon our own thoughts and personal beliefs about him and not the bible or any other holy book then I have no idea what is going on.
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  Wouldn't it just makes sense for GOD to...

  by confusedandalone in

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  just one day perform some form of miracle in front of the entire earth in which he proves he exists???.

  wouldn't this be the most loving and sensible thing to do?

  for instance, this coming thursday god repeatedly strikes mount kilamanjaro to the point that it reads in hebrew, "god exists, i just did this.

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  So until the earth is no longer in existence GOD will continue to allow people to die by means of natural disasters and diseases and at the hands of one another. Might as well just chuck that bible into the fire then
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  Blue Jeans BANNED by Jehovahs Witnesses Governing body

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  for anybody attending a international convention .. 5 body of elders letters just leaked .

  "applicant instructions".. ********************.

  applicants must be exemplary in every respect, including dress and grooming.

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  Well it really comes as no surprise... at bethel you were preferred to wear khakis / all clothes without logos / and they had to fit a certain way etc...

  This religion is just full of rules. It is always about what others see. I have traveled to a number of countries and see people wearing blue jeans all the time. It is rare to go anywhere and see the majority of the population in khakis everywhere they go because it just isn't comfortable.

  Really if you go to a convention and then someone from the congo invites you to a barbecue.. gotta find some khakis.

  What about fishing or football etc... When you have to put this much thought into your attire you have serious problems on your hand.

  This reminds me of the black sister who was yanked from her District Convention part the day of when the D.O. saw you went from a perm to her natural hairstyle. Gotta love this quagmire of unofficial rules
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  Wouldn't it just makes sense for GOD to...

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just one day perform some form of miracle in front of the entire earth in which he proves he exists???.

  wouldn't this be the most loving and sensible thing to do?

  for instance, this coming thursday god repeatedly strikes mount kilamanjaro to the point that it reads in hebrew, "god exists, i just did this.

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  Seraphim I think you may have missed my question or I may have worded it improperly.

  Do YOU think the time will come when GOD will stop all the earthquakes and tsunamis and various other natural disasters that take human life, or will he just allow human life to continue as it has for centuries?
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  Wouldn't it just makes sense for GOD to...

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just one day perform some form of miracle in front of the entire earth in which he proves he exists???.

  wouldn't this be the most loving and sensible thing to do?

  for instance, this coming thursday god repeatedly strikes mount kilamanjaro to the point that it reads in hebrew, "god exists, i just did this.

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  Soseraphim will the time come when GOD will stop all the earthquakes and tsunamis or should we just expect for these tragadies to continue to happen forever? I just want your take on this
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  Wouldn't it just makes sense for GOD to...

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just one day perform some form of miracle in front of the entire earth in which he proves he exists???.

  wouldn't this be the most loving and sensible thing to do?

  for instance, this coming thursday god repeatedly strikes mount kilamanjaro to the point that it reads in hebrew, "god exists, i just did this.

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  @Comatose come oooooon... God understands that the child getting hit by the car teaches him what free will is all about as he bleeds to death and his broken ribs sink into his own lungs everytime he breaths... For the next 4 minutes he is alive the point will be proven to him how great free will is and he will benefit from that lesson.

  Just like those little kids David killed. That 2 year old knew full and well that when he grew up he would try to destroy the israelite nation. So as the child bleed to death on the ground next to its dead mother that 2 year old was taught a lesson he would never forget, JEHOVAH OF ARMIES KNEW WHAT WAS IN HIS HEART.