Questiions that JW's can not answer (page 2)

freeme

Every now and then our cells completely change, and we are a completely different "body", than what we were just a few months or years prior. So, what are we really? When we die, our spirit goes back to God, so I guess that same spirit would go back in a new body. I think it boils down to trusting God.

yeah, but there is no soul or spirit which can go back to god.

its an almost philosophic question. "are" we the same person and consciousness we were a minute before? noone can tell that. it feels like that, but that does not prove i believe those questions raised the idea of an immortal soul. because it seems sometimes that it cant be our body only what we "are".

and for the resurrection its even different. its true that our body renews itself. but its not a short process. its looong and gradually. AND at no point all the processes stopped completely. thats what happens when you die.

its true that god need to "recreate" one to resurrect him. so what if at all originates from the original person finds its way into the new created person. it cant be an immortal soul, and everything else (gods memory, etc) seems to be a copy only.

the only "answer" i somehow accepted was that we just dont know how things really work and that god will have a solution.

what me scared was: even if god does not have a solution noone will ever find out...

skeeter1

There are 6.7 million JW's and 6.7 billion people in the world

You mean to tell me that I had the bad, "blankety-blank" luck of being born into a JW family!!!! Out of a thousand families, I had to pick a crazy JW family.

I guess it just hit me that the whole world is not made up of JW, and that only one in a thousand people are JWs. When you grow up in a JW family, it seem like everyone is one.

Skeeter

BluesBrother

They may not be able to answer the q's, but it should not stump any self respecting dub. The borg has prepared for these queries...

* w73 6/15 pp. 361-362 pars. 9-11 Be "Sound in Mind" as the New Order Draws Near ***

Still others wonder about transportation methods then, whether there will be automobiles, airplanes or other such powered means of travel. Among feminine questioners there may be more concern as to whether such conveniences as electric stoves, electric washing machines and similar devices will be available. And, for that matter, what about really fundamental things, such as clothing? When the clothing or shoes one is wearing at the time of survival wear out, where will new ones come from? Or if one wants to build, where will one obtain such things as hammer, nails, saw and other equipment now supplied by the systems of this present order? 10 Questions like these are multiple. But there is a simple and brief answer to them all. It is: God’s Word, the Bible, does not say and so we do not know. 11 But does this not put us at a disadvantage as to preparing for life in God’s new order? No, for we do not need this to prepare fully, since such questions deal with matters that are not at all vital to our preparation. What, then, are some of the truly vital things for us to concentrate on in our preparing ourselves for life in that coming new order?

Justitia Themis

Are aborted fetuses resurrected?

They already answered this one in a QFR from quite a while back. The answer is "No" - something about them never having the "breath of life", therefore they were never "souls", or some such absurd extrabiblical tommyrot.

You could probably find in a search of the WT-CD.

I want to say it was 20 or more years ago. They have scrupulously avoided the topic ever since.

Their answer is exactly why this is such a good question as it places them in a logical conundrum. Anyone who is "alive" has access to the resurrection hope. The WTBTS says they never became "souls," which means they were never alive. You can not "kill" that which was never "alive," therefore, abortion is not murder.

Their "answer" only creates more problems.

Cindi_67

My question is:

The resurrected will come back in a new body. If nothing survives after we die, how come the resurrected person will come back with a new body (when the old one could be recreated), but the personality, the memories, the love, (which are inanimated) etc. will be the same? That makes me question the fact that something does survive our physical bodies. God is capable of recreating our body exactly the same way doesn't he? Why create a new body? Where does he store our memories, our feelings, our personality if that ceases to exist after we die?

Younglove1999

great post-

I've often wondered these very things myself-

Also, if I were to lose my mate in this system and then I die later on but before armageddon. When I get ressurected, will I still know my mate, but just not be "in love" with them? If I'm to be the exact same person ressurrected as I was before I died, wouldn't those emotions I had for my mate still be within me? If not, then in a sense, I'm being ressurrected as a completely different person? Isn't that reincarnation?

Or will I have those emotions but not be able to do anything about it since I can no longer marry?

*runs around in circles*

R.F.

Great questions, but JWs do have an answer to all of them........

......"wait on Jehovah, he'll reveal all of these things to us in due time."

There you have it, the answer to every unanswerable question we can imagine.

MadTiger

Many of your "hard" questions aren't really hard at all. They contain many assumptions.

For example, your thoughts on electricity generation: electricity is generated in MANY ways besides burning fossil fuels. I knew that since the third grade.

Wordly Andre

Are the 144000 only going to be JW's? What about people who lived before Russell? What about all those followers of Jesus before there were Mormons, JW's, International Church of Christ, Calvery Chapel, well you get my point, I am sure that there were good devote christians before there was the Witness cult, how do they explain that only 144000 of them will be in heaven?

Dorktacular

I think George Carlin has the answer for us. He said that many people assume that God can do anything. He proved that God can not do everything. Here's the proof as per George Carlin: "Is it possible for God to make a rock so big and so heavy that he can no longer move it?" See? I've been thinking about THAT question for 20 years! Well, can he or can't he? JWs can't answer that one.

Another question I've had since I was a kid.

I noticed that many of the JWs in my congregation only became JWs after they were adults. Most of them did any and everything in their youths that go against being religious or a JW. I've even known one that was a professional killer in his past life. (Seriously, I'm not making it up. He was for real!) But, when they became JWs, miraculously all was forgiven them and they were in good standing in the congregation. Yet, if one of us (like me) that was born in the truth and strictly adhered (or was made to adhere by parents) to the rules and regulations of the JWs all of their lives, how do ones like that get disfellowshipped for minor infractions? And, even if they are reinstated, they get treated like they have the plague, but yet these ones who did much more terrible things for the majority of their lives get treated like royalty just because they decided to sign up? Why does someone who spent their youth endulging in everything the world has to offer and never having to resist temptation get the same, or better, status than one who lived their entire lives as a JW? Basically, they got it all out of their system and lost the desire for life before they joined up, so temptation isn't such a big issue. Seriously, what does God think about that? It's kind of like the proverbial "death bed confession". Rather than living in a "godly" way their entire lives, they wait until the last part of their lives to get religion and try to redeem themselves. I just never got that. How does God view this arrangement?

Questiions that JW's can not answer

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