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moanzy

For anyone who has been where I'm at now, I wonder if you could give me advice on where to go next or how to view things.

This summer it will be 3 year since I DA'd and in that time I have continually read and researched on so many things. Most of it on religion- Born Again, Budhism, Tibettan, Islamic and much on the beginning of Christianity. I've studied much on Jesus- his divinity and whether he even existed. I've also delved into Near-death and spiritual experiences etc.

What I have come to conclusion at this point is that this search will last a lifetime and I will probably never be done or exhaust anything. It's just not possible! Also since many things can't be proven, I am better off just having an open mind in case new evidence surfaces to confirm something.

I do still believe in an ALL POWERFUL ONE, but doesn't resemble the God I was taught as a JW. The problem is that there just is no definitive answer to anything. How do I go on with my life without this need to KNOW?

I am exhausted and feel like I've been fighting my whole life and even though I got rid of the fight as a JW , it seems to have transfered into this fight to find the TRUTH.

So what do you suggest a person do or perhaps come to conclusion on some of this?

Greatly appreciated,

Moanzy

SickofLies

The truth is out there, if your willing to accept it:

http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution/index.html

http://nationalacademies.org/evolution/?referrer=google

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evo_01

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=46

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/video/3209/r01-220.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html

SickofLies

Check this out as well, you wont reget it!

http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank

MsMcDucket

I do still believe in an ALL POWERFUL ONE, but doesn't resemble the God I was taught as a JW. The problem is that there just is no definitive answer to anything. How do I go on with my life without this need to KNOW?

Moanzy, it's hard after being raised to believe a certain way. I was raised to believe in God, and that his son was Jesus Christ, and that he had holy spirit, and that the three were one. Then I became a Jehovah's Witness and was inculcated with their beliefs. I never did any research on the Witnessess. I was just impressed with how knowledgeable they were about the bible, and how nice they seemed. When I got baptized, I had no idea what the religion REALLY expected of me. Huh, I was in for a shock!

My mind is filled with religious stuff. I have to get rid of the guilt feelings that the witnesses "inculcated" into my brain. They had me so scared, I wouldn't dare question their religion. I disassociated myself, too. I just figured that I was a goat.

I really don't know what to believe in now. I don't know what you'd call me. I guess that I'm agnostic, for now.

SickofLies

Ok people seriously, PLEASE take a look at the evidence for evolution with an open mind.

Do you really believe that their is a big conspircy out there by scientists to try and mislead people? Why do you think that their are so many different religions and belief systems?
Why do you think that all belief systems can be debunked at different level and the people behind them are often currupt? Why is it imposible to point to any one true religion?
Why is it that different parts of the world developed completely different belief systems and that they have continually changed throughout human history?
There have been literally millions of different religions, what benfit has anyone ever gotten out of beliving in God? How has it helped humanity?
How has it helped create world peace? How has it helped lower crime or injustice? Has it lead to better morals?
Are religious people more moralistic than non-religious people? Statistics would say the opposite.
Anyone here that believes in God, tell me what is the one true religion? Is there one? If not, then why not?

MsMcDucket

Sickoflies, you've found your way, which is good. Hopefully, in due time, we'll be just as comfortable as you are with our belief/disbelief.

greendawn

I never had any real problems accepting God as presented in the New Testament, once I diferentiated between the god presesnted by the JWs, and the God presented by Christianity.

The JW god is very severe, exacting, vindictive, and unsympathetic to mankind but fortunately he is not the real god.

JamesThomas

Dear Moanzy,

I am extremely familiar with the haunting "fight for truth".

It's like being a fish out of water; you know something foundationally significant is missing, so you seek for you know not what. People told me I was crazy, and I was not so certain they were wrong.

It helps to see that words, thoughts and beliefs, only temporarily, if ever, ease the pain. What we seek is more real than what the mind is giving us. We want the actual living TRUTH, what ever it is, and not some abstract.

It's good to read everything and seek under every rock and exhaust yourself. Because the first important lesson is, the truth ain't out there. Not the deep significant truth that you are looking for.

So being exhausted can mean you stand at a cross-roads. It may be time to shift attention from the words, thoughts and stories of the mind, inward into what is looking, inward into the silent living depths of your own being and existence in this present moment.

What, dear Moanzy, is the one undeniable TRUTH, that we all share right now? It is that: I Am. There is conscious-existence. Everything else we believe about self and universe may be a dream or an illusion; but the consciousness which holds it all is unquestionably real. So, right here and most intimate we have truth and reality waiting. It looks out your eyes right now. It makes sense doesn't it, that if we seek truth we should investigate and look deeper in the pool of truth we have at hand?

I suggest you read the book: The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle. It may help you to shift attention into the bottomless depths of this present-living-moment to see what treasures exist here.

Could it be that the truth we seek we already are -- just beneath the shard of existence we believe ourselves to be? Perhaps it's time to look see.

j

Emma

We were told there is an answer for everything. It really is OK to not have an answer for everything. It's Ok not to know. You've worked so hard in your quest; just let yourself be quiet. I think answers will come to you if you are still for a while.

bikerchic

breathe (((Moanzy))), breathe....

I do still believe in an ALL POWERFUL ONE, but doesn't resemble the God I was taught as a JW. The problem is that there just is no definitive answer to anything. How do I go on with my life without this need to KNOW?

If you truly believe in an 'ALL POWERFUL ONE' and he/she/it hasn't given YOU the definitive answers then can you accept that there is no need for YOU to have definitive answers to go on with your life? You don't need to KNOW! Just breathe, live and relax time to exhale moanzy!

JamesThomas you are so wise! I think I'm going to start worshipping you.

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