Top hat, thanks man, I really mean that.. thanks...
BFD, you're my valentine... thanks for the encouragement... thanks
Burn the ships-thanks for encouraging me, life can be hard, and I thank you for your kind words... they will go a long way.
Christians do not read....Mark Twain "Mysterious Stranger"
by dawg 35 Replies latest jw friends
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dawg
Top hat, thanks man, I really mean that.. thanks...
BFD, you're my valentine... thanks for the encouragement... thanks
Burn the ships-thanks for encouraging me, life can be hard, and I thank you for your kind words... they will go a long way.
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dawg
Top hat, thanks man, I really mean that.. thanks...
BFD, you're my valentine... thanks for the encouragement... thanks
Burn the ships-thanks for encouraging me, life can be hard, and I thank you for your kind words... they will go a long way.
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Pistoff
Yes Yes, dawg, there you go, good boy, carry on.
Geez, Burn, have you read ANY Twain? Can you stop running on?
I skimmed the book; I can see why you friends head was spinning.
But I wonder if we all have not entertained this thought at one time or another.
I don't believe anything I used to as a witness, don't know what I believe. The problem is that as witnesses we split everything as either evil or good, all or nothing.
I am not sure the reality expressed in Twain's story rings true to me, but then I don't believe as Burn that everything happens for a reason. Does that mean that God has a plan for the severely deformed or retarded, Burn?
Get real; it did happen, but because the genetic material in those children was defective. God certainly was not present for that, was he Burn? And if he wasn't, why not? -
BurnTheShips
Does that mean that God has a plan for the severely deformed or retarded, Burn?
That is what I believe. I think we are all precious, each one.
Get real; it did happen, but because the genetic material in those children was defective. God certainly was not present for that, was he Burn? And if he wasn't, why not?
I don't know, exactly. Maybe I don't really need to. I think I know what we are supposed to do though.
I really hope you watch these:
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Hortensia
I read "The Mysterious Stranger" as a teenager. My mother probably didn't know Mark Twain's feelings on god and religion. She didn't monitor what I read, anyway. I read it as a JW teenager. I wonder if that kind of reading is what made it easier for me to drift out of the org. later on and to realize I didn't believe in god at all. If you haven't read it, you'll find it a little shocking, but it makes a great deal of sense.