Your belief after leaving JW (page 3)

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I guess I'm now an agnostic athiest.

After I left JWs, I started from scratch, rethinking everying I'd previously believed. Much as I would love to believe in a kind, loving, all-powerful, all-knowing God who cares for us and who one day will make everything ok, sadly there's just no evidence.

My personal opinion is that religious belief is a lingering superstition, a vestigial relic from less rational times. (No offence to current believers.)

But I hope I'm not dogmatic about it--who knows, maybe one day I'll have an epiphany and see things differently...

greendawn

I believe in God as much as before and never seriously doubted his existence, but I keep my distance from religions as I believe they are not a liberating but an oppressive force despite their claims, unless a few minor exceptions exist somewhere. Man does have spiritual needs but...corruption is all pervasive everywhere no less in religions, eg as we all know the WTS turned religion into a multi billion business.

That belief in God is intuitive to a great extend but also rational in the sense that the things that exist around us including ourselves, do point to an intelligent creator. In a comprehensive creationist versus evolutionist debate my judgement lies heavily in favour of creationism.

I accept the core beliefs of the New Testament Scriptures.

JohnHag

As for me- I left 2 years ago after 32 years-I have done a lot of research--I personally want to believe that there is a God--But how can a loving God allow all this stuff to continue--What is the point? I have even got to the point that the bible is just a history of the jews--Im sure other countries have their own bibles too.And the bible does contradict itself---That is a fact--And the sad fact for me is that i am getting up in age--I better start believing in something lol--Oh well its not my fault that i have doubts--Its really not my fault--Thanks Hag

Stephen John Gault

Greendawn, have you ever even examined the NT for all is contradictions and inaccuracies? To the contrary, belief in god is not intuitive. It is a conditioned response. Civilizations, millions, have come and gone who never believed in god. Billionsof peopel living don't belive in god.

BTW, what happened to teh brute of a god in the NT?

greendawn

Stephen, that is the hotly contested question in the world, does intuition give access to information that's otherwise inaccesible to man or is it all in the imagination?

All I can say is that intuitively I know beyond all doubt that there are invisible intelligent beings, God but also angels that ceaselessly and constantly interact with humans through a mysterious telepathic process.

As for the jehovah of the old testament and the mosaic law,he has in effect died after Jesus opened a way of reconciliation that relates man to god in a different far more positive and constructive way. Something BTW the JWs are ignoring and continue to understand god as the very severe and exacting jehovah of the jews.

If there are any contradictions in the new testament
they don't touch the core beliefs of christianity and could be due to bad copying in ancient days, or bogus verses introduced by self seeking people. I am not saying it is a perfect book but the core beliefs are valid.

bavman

I label myself an Agnostic because I simply don't believe there is anyway to prove that there is a God or not. I am skeptical and question everyone from Fundamantal Christans or Muslims to Atheists. I enjoy talking with all and hearing all their different viewpoints. I read on a variety of subjects from religion to science. I continue to conclude no one has the answers as to if there is an afterlife or even a God. I don't believe in ghosts, demons, re-incarnation or anything else I can't see as being demonstrated is real. Therefore instead of stressing myself out about these matters I now live in the "present". I simply enjoy "being". I try and live the best I can and help others while helping myself. If there is an afterlife and/or God perhaps he/she will "keep me ticking" but really it ultimately is not in my control. My favorite "spiritual" leaders of past and present are Gandhi and the Dalai Lama. I read their writings and meditate to clear my mind and live in a practical manner now. Life is great and I enjoy every moment in every situation I am in.

amicus

Years after making the break from the WTBTS I find myself close to the point I was at when I joined them.

I believe in a *God*. I honestly can't say that I *know* this god. I *think* that this god is kind, generous, loving, just...blah blah blah. I realize I *think* this because I really, really, really want it to be true. I sure as hell don't see evidence of this around me, and yet I still persist in these silly notions...gotta be proof!

Actually the thing that interests me the most is the bible. or the bible as it's accepted today....interesting book that. Right, wrong...whatever. If we *all* were Christlike this world would be a far different place.

Mysterious

I dont believe in a conscious deity, in that sense some would label me an atheist. I do believe in people having spiritual aspects and some have greater need for this balance in their lives than others.

LittleToe

Who do you think you are, Minimus?
Who's asking?

Isn't it about time you told us a little about yourself, rather than asking all these deep and probing questions about a bunch of people you are 9/10ths ignorant about?

LT, of the "fair and equitable exchange of information" class

Gipster

I'm sure some have heard the heart is treacherous Jer 17:9. Once you've left the JWs were else could you go to get it striaght from from the Bible? 2 Th 2:11,12. I studied with the JWs for 9 years then I left. 7 years later I'm thinking of going back. Mostly because I've realized that dispite what I told myself, I slowly drifted back to my same old practices and away from Jehovah God. I think that those who leave the JWs and become atheists are doing it to make themselves feel better about leaving! The real truth is they could'nt hang Mt 13:20-22. I'm still not back with the JWs, but I'm not going to lie to myself, they speak the truth.

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