Oh my. The ideal shill magically appears.
SwordOfJah (LOL!) wrote:
: You have a serious problem AlanF.
Not at all. But you do have a serious problem with reading comprehension and especially with Bible comprehension, as I will now demonstrate.
: Since you lost your sense of urgency a long time ago,
I lost my sense of urgency to believer Watchtower nonsense for a simple reason: I realized that the Bible contains no calls for anyone to have a sense of urgency. And of course, I no longer believe the Bible, so even if it did contain such a call, it would be of no interest to me.
: you have no hope
Oh I have a great deal of hope. Just not the JW La-la-land variety.
: and you don't want anyone else to have hope.
Sure I do. I basically don't care what people hope or believe, even if it's for a bad reason. I do care what people do, and I care about damage that results from bad beliefs. Since the Watchtower's calls for urgency, as well as many others of their beliefs, tend to ruin families and lives, I feel that it is my duty to shout from the rooftops what your evil cult is all about.
: So you are desperately using your time on this forum and maybe your life in destroying peoples faith in the words of Christ.
You're such a stereotypcial JW moron. I never said a word that could destroy a person's faith in the words of Christ. I said a good deal that could result in people realizing that the Watchtower's claims about the words of Christ are misleading and lead people to be in an unscriptural state of frenzied expectation that "the end" is coming Real Soon Now. Indeed, my words, for Christians, encourage them to keep in expectation -- but not with a sense of urgency. As I took pains to explain, but you failed to comprehend because you have your JW blinders on, keeping in expectation does not require keeping a sense of urgency. Do you need me to explain this simple concept again?
: Please notice that you are using your wicked reasoning when reading that article instead of getting the point.
No, I used careful, objective reasoning. You, on the other hand, have given not a shred of reasoning in your reply. You've merely spewed your emotional reaction to having you JW ideals trashed through careful reasoning.
: You try to find exact phrases and words in the Bible that the Watchtower writer uses, of course you don't find them so you assume that Jesus didn't mean this and didn't mean that.
No I don't asujme anything. I showed exactly what Jesus said: Keep in expectation. He said nothing about Christians having to believe, for 2000 years, that "the end is just around the corner". It is you JWs who make unwarranted and grossly stupid assumptions. Your assumptions lead to the conclusion that Jesus was a charlatan, telling his followers to think "real soon now" when he knew all along it was going to be several thousand years off.
If you have any sense at all, then go right ahead and present Scriptural proof that Jesus required a sense of urgency rather than a sense of expectation. Of course, we know that you can't, because it wasn't in that WT article. And we all know how bad JWs are at thinking for themselves.
: But what is the point? The point is that Jesus spoke of being ready.
Right. And being ready is not expecting that a thing will happen right away -- it is expecting that it will happen at any time at all -- just as Jesus said. Obviously you reject the words of Jesus.
: Are you ready?
Yes.
: Of course not since you parrot the same thing over and over, there is no sign, there is no sign.
No one needs a "sign" to be ready. Indeed, Jesus explained clearly that his followers were not to pay attention to supposed signs. He said, "Be ready at all times." Therefore a "sign" would not be in line with Jesus' instructions.
It astounds me that JWs are so far gone in their thinking that they believe that Jesus said there would a set of "signs" that his followers would see, and then conclude that they should then and only then get ready. He said, "[b]Always be ready[b/]" Which words don't you understand?
: Obviously, by your insane reasonings,
I think readers can conclude for themselves who is presenting insane reasonings.
: God has not found you deserving of understanding his ways.
You've taken over God's and Jesus' positions as judges, now? Yet another typical JW thing to do.
: That's why you're confused
Moi? Confused? Nope.
: and are so desperate
Not desperate. Just enjoying myself seeing morons like you squirm in the face of Scriptural and other reasoning you can't refute.
: to find fault in his faithful servants that are keeping up the watch.
The fact that JW leaders have so consistently misled their followers for 120 years, and have consistently failed in their predictions, and have consistently failed to teach their followers how to think but have substituted blind obedience for thinking, shows where the fault lies. Face it, SwordFish, you're in a cult. Your cult leaders have lied to you and you're so braindead you have no conception of it.
Try reading with comprehension for once. Your mind will expand and you'll find thinking for yourself an amazingly refreshing experience! Instead of being such a dull Sword, you'll be a sharp one, and perhaps even consistent with your handle!
AlanF
