Stupid, Illogical Belief of the JWs

Funchback

A JW woman died a few days ago at the age of 31. She died from ovarian cancer. I knew her since she was a young girl. But her death got me thinking about the JW belief/interpretation of the resurrection.

Let's say the JWs are right: People who die on THIS side of armageddon have a chance to live again on earth. Next, let's pretend that Armageddon came and went yesterday (a few days after my friend died). She would eventually (and soon, I presume) be resurrected and everyone in her family will rejoice. Everyone EXCEPT for her husband. See, she won't be married to him anymore even though she just recently died. This raises more than one question: Won't she feel deep sorrow that she can no longer have the only man she has ever loved? Won't he be bitter that she only just recently died and that HE can't stay married to her?

JWs try to reason that God will satisfy everyone's need and how the bible talks about "no more tears, the former things have passed away." But do we really have free will if God is going to somehow "magically" remove our thoughts and certain memories? And if marriage is so serious in God's eyes, why does he let a little thing like death ruin it? I suppose her husband will walk into the cemetary to welcome her back to life, but the only thing he is going to give her is the infamous JW handshake, just like how they welcome new ones to the meeting.

This earthly resurrection belief has some serious holes in it.

ozziepost

There's a lot that is plain "illogical" about the Dubs resurrection teaching which at best is a re-creation, not a resurrection. Hence the removal of some desires etc fits in with their teaching.

A Paduan

"What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him"

Huxley

This bothered me as well when I was a witness. I remember a talk about persecution where the speaker said, "There is nothing that can befall us in Satan's system of things, that Jehovah cannot undo." I guess that didn't apply to the post resurrection marriage scene.

Here's another mental twister.

A man and woman in their mid-twenties have a baby. A tragic automobile accident kills the man and woman, but the infant survives. The infant is raised by another family, grows old, and survives into the new order. His parents are raised up from the dead, and he is still growing younger each day. So his parents are now resurrected and the baby is older than the parents sixty years.

"Live for the day, when you'll say, 'life without confusion at last'".

Huxley

Funchback

Yeah, Huxley! I always said that, too. A dead 20-year-old mom might be greeted by her 75 year old son.

Another illogical concept: God will resurrect children, and their parents will welcome them back and raise them. This makes sense because it's a FAMILY. But somehow God of the JWs no longer considers it a family when it's just a husband and wife with no children.

kgfreeperson

After my dad died, my mother was pondering whether he'd wait for her or if he'd hook up with one of his girlfriends from before they got married. I told her she was thinking too much. But it is the problem of thinking of the next life as a continuation of this one, isn't it. ¶Why is it that people think they understand the mind of God when it comes to hating gays or not dancing or whatever but are sure they can't conceive the mind of God when it comes to the afterlife?

remember pictures in the society publication showing people just walking out of a valley smiling and stuff?

ozziepost

remember pictures in the society publication showing people just walking out of a valley smiling and stuff?

Presumably the men had to be wearing ties so that they would still "qualify" as "true christians"!!

Cheers, Ozzie Cheers 2

Freedom means not having to wear a tie.

Stupid, Illogical Belief of the JWs

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A Paduan

Huxley

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kgfreeperson

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Nikita

got my forty homey?

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