Such a simple question

by 5thGeneration 13 Replies latest jw friends

  • 5thGeneration
    5thGeneration

    An elder friend just asked me the most simple question.

    "If you had all the power, would you still let the world be like this?".

    I answered "of course NOT".

    Then he just said "hmmm".

  • Lumptard
    Lumptard

    OK.

  • kid-A
    kid-A

    "If you had all the power, would you still let the world be like this?".

    No. But if the alternative is the sanitized, surreal "new world order" proposed by the Watchtower goons, my answer would emphatically be yes.

  • nvrgnbk
    nvrgnbk

    Hello 5th,

    An elder friend just asked me the most simple question.

    "If you had all the power, would you still let the world be like this?".

    I answered "of course NOT".

    Then he just said "hmmm".

    Sounds like there may be hope for your elder friend. I hope he finds his way out of the maze before it sucks the life out of him.

    Confident that more are waking up everyday,

    Nvrgnbk(4th gen.)

  • onacruse
    onacruse

    Simple questions are good.

    Simple answers are not so easy to come by.

    K.I.S.S. (an approach to life that I must try very much harder to live by).

  • 5thGeneration
    5thGeneration

    I thought it was neat.

    1. That he's an elder.

    2. How you can ask a sesame street type question and most people will think about it (except the Brethren of course).

  • magoo
    magoo

    ..........seems to me, he may be questioning jehovah, "all the power" & the "promises from the wtb&ts..........imo

    magoo

  • nvrgnbk
    nvrgnbk

    ..........seems to me, he may be questioning jehovah, "all the power" & the "promises from the wtb&ts..........imo

    magoo

    That's exactly what I'm getting from the story as well. I think your elder friend might be having doubts.

    Hoping he can see the light,

    Nvr

  • Been there
    Been there

    My first logical answer would be "NO".

    But then, if you think as a parent, the best and most lasting way for a kid to learn is trial & error. If a parent always steps in to save the kid the building blocks are not layed down and they will always need rescued from their bad choices. Pain & hurt are usually the fastest teachers in life (self preservation). Some kids just really get into pain. God isn't dealing with one man, but mankind as a whole. Just another way to see it.

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    I think Bruce Almighty explored the implications. http://imdb.com/title/tt0315327/

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