i'm not trying to offend anyone by asking questions, but i really want answers to my questions from jehovah's witnesses.
ok, i've been having a problem with john 1:1. how many gods are there?
the most famous distortion in the nwt is john 1:1. the nwt inserts the word "a" in front of the second god in this verse.
the real truth,
I'm sorry if this ticks you off, but I have a question about the scripture you quoted. John 1:1 says "In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god." My question is this: If the Word IS God, why does the scripture say he was WITH God? How can you be WITH yourself; if indeed the KJ version is the correct one?
(Sybil, if you're out there, keep quiet. That isn't what I'm asking.)
JR
i find all the different aliases people use on here to be pretty entertaining.. what does your name mean to you?
why did you choose it?.
i assume teenyuck, for example = tina spoke by a young child.
I thought I would use something fun and sexy. I guess you could say Jessica Rabbit is my alter ego. In real life I could never have a bod' like that. (I guess with major plastic surgery I could.) I would love to walk in a room and turn every head like that. Plus she was a singer and got caught playing pattycake.....I'll just leave it at that. My bio pretty much covers it.
it's always intresting to hear the answers you get from people about how and when the bible was formed.
many minds go only as far as believing it was simply a compilation of god ordained books that we have to this day.
below is just a small bit of information that many may not be familiar with.
Gumby,
Thanks for posting this information. Have you ever read the book "The Signature of God" by Grant Jeffrey? He talks about a mathematical code that is hidden all throughout the bible fortelling future events such as the holocaust. Do you have any knowlege of this stuff? I am interested in learning more about it.
JR
i thought i would lighten the mood around here.
just remember, i'm not laughing at them, i'm laughing with them.
here's a brief description of some of the "regulars" i used to associate with when i was in the troof.
I thought I would lighten the mood around here. Just remember, I'm not laughing at them, I'm laughing with them.
Here's a brief description of some of the "regulars" I used to associate with when I was in the troof.
i was thinking back to the time when i was in my "spiritual paradise" oh about 7 months ago and i can really remember just how unhappy most people really were.
most seemed so loaded down with "privledges" and "responsiblilities" that it just sucked the life out of them.
any spirit they may previously had had faded to mere a shell of their former selves.
you know almost like they were afraid they were going to catch something being out among the world. You can see the cult when you leave it! Glad I am gone !!
I know that look you are talking about. They just have this expression on thier face, especially when you see them away from the KH. I rarely ever noticed anyone really having a good belly laugh about anything. It's like constant "doom and the last days" on the brain. I enjoy just being alive and being able to have the freedom to choose where I go and who I REALLY want to hang out with. I don't know if it was just the particular Hall I went to but man there were some wierd people who attended the KH.
It's good to be free of having to put up with them just because they were JW's.
OMG!
This is definitely NOT the guy I want my daughter to bring home for dinner!
JR
i was thinking back to the time when i was in my "spiritual paradise" oh about 7 months ago and i can really remember just how unhappy most people really were.
most seemed so loaded down with "privledges" and "responsiblilities" that it just sucked the life out of them.
any spirit they may previously had had faded to mere a shell of their former selves.
It feels good to get up on a Sunday morning, pour a cup of coffee and sit on my glider swing in the back yard and just enjoy the outdoors without having to put on a dress and heels to go and sit for two boring hours and here the same ol' crap I had to listen to for 35 years. My social life is a little more boring I guess, because usually we would go out to lunch with "friends" afterwards, that stuff I do miss. I am relieved to be free from living my life under a microscope, but the shunning from family and friends never ceases to amaze me. I don't think I will ever get over that.
JR
my wife, who is intent on re-activating herself as a dub since i da'd myself, went to the convention this past weekend.
she showed me this new publication entitled "learn from the great teacher", and placed great emphasis on these two pages i scanned and am posting.
it makes a poor show of telling children what to do when confronted by a child abuser.
The society needs to look in the mirror on this one. Instead of scaring these kids with what could happen, they could take a step in the right direction when it comes to protecting these innocent children early on. Since they are experts at coming up with NEW ARRANGEMENTS, why can't they come out with a formal letter to all congregations that says "In all theocratic and social activities, children MUST be accompanied by more than one adult at all times. Whether it be during a bible study or even a trip to the store. I know that this wouldn't protect children in EVERY situation due to the fact that many are molested by family members, but what about making it a "new arrangement" that ANY adult witness should NOT be allowed to accompany ANY child without there being a second adult accompanying them in ANY situation, even during a bible study. So many of these molestations I have read about have happened during a bible study in the child's own bedroom. When I was a JW, it was standard policy that Elders should NOT visit a sister alone to give council.It was even frowned upon if a sister was seen working in field service with a brother alone in one car (if they weren't married). I would think children should be even more of a concern than an adult in that situation. Young couples who were dating were even supposed to have a chaperone when doing anything together, for God's sake! Yet an adult JW can conduct a bible study or go in field service alone with a child and no questions are ever asked or even thought about. I am surprised those old farts up in NY haven't thought of this one on their own. It wouldn't stop every abuse situation, but it could help prevent some. I doubt anything printed in a children's book is going to protect anyone's child. Whoever helped write that new book must not have children of their own.Just a thought.
JR
i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.
i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.
this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.
Hi Josh,
I read your story and wanted to let you know how much it made me think. Sometimes we hate because we are taught to hate by our parents and religious leaders. You have opened my eyes to the human side of this. It breaks my heart to know how ill you became over this. It is hard enough being a JW because already we are told we must be seperate from the world, but to have desires in you that you could not deny must have been devastating for you. To be harshly judged by other imperfect humans makes me so angry. I haven't always prayed. When I first left and was df'd I wanted nothing to do with God or the bible. I felt just like you when you said you were just waiting for Jehovah to destroy you at Armageddon. I was partying my butt off saying "at least I'll die happy." I am trying to figure out God now. It is not easy. If Jesus did exist and he did really die to cover all of our sins, then I think the only thing he expects from us is to LOVE. It is an honor to know you.
Love,
JR
we all have wished that if we had just one more chance to make a decision and could have changed things, we would have done something differently.
is there anything that you would have changed in your life if only you could?
I'd like to go back to every person who ever intimidated me and made me believe I was a worthless human being.
First I would go back and learn self defense and maybe learn to believe that I was worth something in order to carry myself well. Then I'd like to back to Jr. high and visit some girls I once knew:
A girl named Gay Simpson who threatened to beat me up everyday while everyone on the bus laughed. Then I would go get all five girls who proceeded to play dodgeball with BASKETBALLS across my face after gym class when no teacher was around and just blow thier brains out.(just kiddin')
Then last but not least, I would love to go up to my ex-sisterinlaw and make her wish she had never been born.(too many reasons to list)
Thanks for asking that question. I feel so much better now.
