Darkknight said: So basically if the wife and I fall off the earth today, does that mean we would never have the chance to see our babies again???!!
Darkknight... just FYI... most of the people in the world are not Christian.
so i decided yesterday to give my wife's full disclosure.
not sure it was the best decision considering she holds very firmly to the resurrection hope so we can see our babies again.. anyways she is agreeable to begin a study to find a better truth.
where is a good place to go to get some good reliable biblical info on the web that we can consider together?.
Darkknight said: So basically if the wife and I fall off the earth today, does that mean we would never have the chance to see our babies again???!!
Darkknight... just FYI... most of the people in the world are not Christian.
so i decided yesterday to give my wife's full disclosure.
not sure it was the best decision considering she holds very firmly to the resurrection hope so we can see our babies again.. anyways she is agreeable to begin a study to find a better truth.
where is a good place to go to get some good reliable biblical info on the web that we can consider together?.
on the news today - pew research center study on religion.
(sampling size about 40,000. us samples.
margin of error +/- 0.6 %)americans who say that are "absolutely certain" that god exists2007 = 71% 2014 = 63%americans who say they are "religiously affiliated"2007 = 83% 2014 = 77%americans who consider religion is "very important"2007 = 56% 2014 = 53%i just thought it was interesting to see.
It is an interesting exercise to step back and look at Religion's history.
As our knowledge and technology have increased, the instances of God actually interacting directly with mankind has dwindled off to those who suffer from auditory hallucinations.
paleontologists have discovered the cause of small holes that have frequently been observed in ancient eukaryote fossils.
please check out the source even if you only look at the amazing picture.... they were being sucked dry by other predatory species.. forget about a "fall" from a disneyesque utopia.
creatures have been consuming each other since the very beginning of life.. reality is far more exciting than fantasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09wzqof4zi.
ha!
that is supposed to make people go back?!
"Sadly 'some' of Jehovah's people have drifted away...become inactive...no longer attending meetings or going out in the ministry."
Yeah... dementia has a way of doing that to a person. And my Dad will never be returning.
i very seldom receive a call from my jw siblings, i mean seldom.
i can count them on my hand in past 10 years.
while we talk about mom a lot and i am in touch with her, i was very surprised when i received this call.
So the OP was posted a month ago... and STILL Armageddon has not arrived. Over 100 years and they're still swallowing this clap trap.
i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?
was it the wts and all its crap?
was it something you read?
StarTrekAngel said: Wether you belief in God or Karma, does believing requires one to have tangible evidence for the existence of the thing you believe in?
StarTrekAngel, in my opinion, tangible evidence is a requirement if one is trying to convince others of one's beliefs and threatening these 'non-believers' with harm if they don't agree or comply.
i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?
was it the wts and all its crap?
was it something you read?
last night our congregation read a letter for the global assistance arrangement combined with the traveling overseer assistance arrangement.
the "recommended" amount was $15 per publisher, which was well over $1000 for our hall.. it seemed steep.
our congregation does not have this type of money.
i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.
we both served as elders for years.
he is in his late 70s.
WingCommander said: The attitude of "to hell with this sh*t, I'm not living my life like this," is not new to the newer teenage "Facebook Generation."
You are correct WC. Me and my brothers had exactly the same reaction back in the 1970s and '80s.