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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  When i was a Christian i belived in God. I was often furious with him, telling him that he didn't understand the burden of MY problems. Of couse i missed the bigger picture of suffering in the world. But this relationship with God allowed me to release the burden in my life and gave me peace.

  When i realized that this God was not real i left him with a broken spirit, as this did not give me peace of mind.

  Now having lost my faith in God, i still do not have peace of mind. This sounds crazy but now having lost faith in God i feel bad eating animals. If i hadn't lost my faith in God i would not have this dilemma. The image of animals and that they have feelings has effected me. I dont want to eat them.

  The above point i submit to the thread because a God empowered to hadle all things, allowed humuns to die and thats ok they have redemtion...but what about the animals that perished that day?

  Ok live animals go through sawmills and are killed everyday for our consumption. Animals and humun lifes are replacable,God has a point to proove.How many have perished man and animal since that tragic day on december 27th? Does the God of theism feel sorry for each and evey death?

  No one can answer that question.

  But my question is. Is God such an excellent cratsman, that all death is part of a divine Purpose? And each death the only way God can complete his plan of love?
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  I phones...I dont understand it?

  by new hope and happiness in

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  is it worth queing two weeks for a phone?

  i mean why que two weeks for something we already have a phone?.

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  Is it worth queing two weeks for a phone? I mean why que two weeks for something we already have a phone?
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  Autumn...

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
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  i've just glanced out my window and i saw the most picturesque countryside.

  i do believe we're entering autumn.

  so summer has had its day and like an old friend slipped away and we moves on...how do you feel about entering autumn?.

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  Well i think Autumn is really quite pleasent, not sticky and humid like in August. In fact temperatures here can still be very warm.....Anyway what ever the weather i say as long as we keep on walking, and smiling...then come on the snow.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  Thank you for the reply cofty, you ask " If i am missing something share it" And to do so i hope what i write is not off topic.If it is i apologise. All i can share is i have changed quite a bit since my business partner and his wife plus the parents of 3 teenage girls died on that day. I hope am no longer as conceoted, and i hope more humble. I have learnt that money is necessary in life but only when one is not a slave to it ( so i still value some wisdom i llearnt from the bible. ) What else can i tell you? I think the most important thing i have learnt is not to compromisr people by telling them " MY" truth to their faces. Not that i put on a mask of politeness if such a topic is discussed. In short i have learnt from that day added with having left the witnesses and finally my beliffe in God that i do not have to justify my athisam to anyone, and nor does anyone need justify there faith to me. Try to understand how i would feel telling someone there faith is wrong. That is a subject i avoid with disgust,. Yet this thread is about where was God on that day.Well If i were on a jury and had to answer i would deliver a verdict that God is " Not Guilty" and nor is he responsible for the events on december 27th. But that is because i do not believe in God, so how can i convict something that doesn't exist to me? But for those that believe in the Gog of thesim, what spech can they give over the graves of those that died? Whom can they held responsible? Maybe for me they chase an ideal and a strong faith, but i still respect there reason even if if the logic is something i do not comprehend. So i have enjoyed reading this thread, and on many nights slept at night trying to understand the different points of view, I also in truth think those that believe in God have shown a moral conviction to reply and i do not criticize them for that. Now i dont know if i should cross out what i wrote, but i think its on topic and will post it.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  Well Jgnat, i think provided of course that God can explain the entire missunderstanding then he is a God worthy of worship. And i think for many people he has done that. Of couse that is not a sattisfactory answer to Cofty nor to me. But inside i still feel comfort in a power greater than me...is that crazy?

  I would answer in the affirmative YES...but ..
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  I'd say neither jgnat.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  .....That answer is stuipd sorry" Sunny23.

  Well cheer up Sunny23, you were lucky and not there on that day.

  Hope your not feeling a bit cheated.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  No one on this thread will change the thinking of another no matter how good the argument" N.H.A.H

  You couldnt be more wrong....." Cofty

  Sometimes its nice being proved wrong Cofty. N.H.A.H.
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  Saturday morning field service is a joke

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
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  i havent been going door to door saturday mornings for since i can't remember when.

  i have been putting in regular reports to the congregation but the last time i actually went on a door was probably six months ago or so and it has been at least 2 years since i did a saturday morning.

  9:30 we showed up to the group arrangement, we waited outside because we were not sure that it was the right place.

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  Well it may appear ineffective but there is always the poor bastard who gets suggerd in by SUPERBARGINS. Sadly they have no one to tell them its nothing more than an elaborate hoax. I spotted them as a witness they had the T.V svivel hoop in the kitchen, and the magic duster ect ect. They were a dead cert for a bible study.
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  Autumn...

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
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  i've just glanced out my window and i saw the most picturesque countryside.

  i do believe we're entering autumn.

  so summer has had its day and like an old friend slipped away and we moves on...how do you feel about entering autumn?.

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  Oh, no! I've just had a terrible thought. What if the leaves do not fall this Autumn and Armageddon comes?

  I may be very off the mark, and everything may turn out fine. I mean here where i live -20 in 8 weeks.ugggg come on Armageddon or i may emigrate.