a while back there were some postings asking if miracles still happen today, so i thought this latest story from my life would be appropriate.. my husband's friend from work lost his father to cancer, shortly after that he lost his wife, also to cancer.
a few months ago his teenage son was diagnosed with bone cancer and not given a very good chance of survival.. i don't know this man, only met him once, and i never met his son.
but something inside me just made me so angry, and my heart so heavy -this could not happen.
funkyderek:
Even the mainstream press, that bastion of rational thought and objectivityI agree with your sentiments...however, the point I was making was that secular as well as religious people can provide "evidence" that there is a "power" in prayer
yes sir ree bob tail, i had a big one.
i had four hours into my brand new job making $18.00 and hour which would have topped out at $25.00 in two months when i got this quezzy feeling in my chest and became light headed and weak kneed.
one of the girls looked out her office door and said, "do you need help?" raising my head off the the lumber pile i answered, "yes, i think i'm having a heart attack?" the pari-medics arrived within minutes ushered me to dessert spring critical care center in las vegas, nv.
my chest hurts just reading your story!... I happy everything turned out A-ok.
a while back there were some postings asking if miracles still happen today, so i thought this latest story from my life would be appropriate.. my husband's friend from work lost his father to cancer, shortly after that he lost his wife, also to cancer.
a few months ago his teenage son was diagnosed with bone cancer and not given a very good chance of survival.. i don't know this man, only met him once, and i never met his son.
but something inside me just made me so angry, and my heart so heavy -this could not happen.
Dawn:
Don't let anyone "rain on your parade".... they were't there, they didn't experience what you experienced. I believe you because I believe in the power of prayer from personal experience. Even the mainstream press has printed articles on how medical professionals believe there is evidence that there is a "power" in prayer (call it what you may).
i am looking for more scriptures that can prove to a jehovah witness that god is jesus, and jesus is god.i found only one verse so far in 1jo:5:20: and we know that the son of god is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his son jesus christ.
this is the true god, and eternal life.. if you know more scriptures that say directly that god is jesus please tell me the verses the jhw will see plainly that jesus is no way an angel, and he is jehovah god almighty.. my friend said if i can prove by the bible only that jesus is god he will leave the jhw society, and he will know that they are teaching lies and they would be to him a dogma religious sect.
my friend gave me a booklet called should you believe in the trinity?, and is jesus christ the almighty god.
It seems like there are more scriptures to indicate God and Jesus are two distinct beings - Jesus's baptism when God spoke from the heavens, Jesus praying to the Father in Gethsemane, etc. - look at the Book of Hebrews:
[QUOTE}
Hebrews 1
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? [/QUOTE]
Since I've never been a JW, is it their belief that he is not the Son of God?
who viciously attack the teachings and beliefs of their resigned religion?.
i was thinking of this last night....i have never in my life seen a movement so big as the apostates against jw's..... no other religion has displayed this....usually people just quietly leave and get on with their lives and there is no anomosity...even if they have been wronged by their religion.... but with jw's it's different...it's an all out and out attack on anyone and everyone who has something positive to say.... makes me believe the bible and the jw's even more...being here is setting the doubt in my mind right....
re the word Apostates:
Mormons use the term frequently, as do Seventh Day Adventists
I don't believe they use that word for people who just leave the religion, become inactive or uninterested...I think they use it for people who leave and go around publicly bashing the religion via books, lectures, etc. IMHO
well, to bring you guys up to speed, here is what happend this weekend.
i told my wife how i was feeling and why i didn't believe the wt was not god's org.
it went pretty bad.
So I guess this means Truthseeker is gone?...... dreadful sorry clementine
by "religious experience" i mean a moment, an incident, where you felt that god was directly addressing you thru a public talk, a watchtower article.
did god give you a "sign" that convicted you of the truth of "the truth"?.
my mother told me about one she had.
Kep, I enjoyed your story.... I'm sure only you can truly appreciate how special it was, but I believe it that there are moments like that when we can look back during trying times and say "ah yes, there was that time......."
hello, i am new to this website, but have to be straightforward and say that i do not agree with most subjects and contents.
i am an active jehovah witness, but i am very lonely so i am looking for others with the "hope" or to speak to those that know someone that does.
it has been a long , hard road for me.
well said pandora.
http://www.gettysburg.edu/~dobala01/fun/jehovah_witness.html .
how to get rid of a jehobah's witness.
when they ask, "can i talk to you about god?
how about telling them "We're celebrating a birthday, come in an join us, we're just about to sing the song"!
since we are all in such a giving mood... i certainly could use $50,000.
i'm trying to pay off a failed business attempt; it would also make a nice down payment on a house!.
"as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .
do you want that in 10's or 20's
