for tal.
JDW
one day i hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
we were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
my taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
for tal.
JDW
i finally resigned as an elder.
my conscience wouldn't allow me to continue.
i've battled for years trying to reconcile the fallacies of the wt society with my own personal beliefs.
Too bad the Org. will not allow you to be as honest with them, as you have been here.
That is the problem.
They created it, but will not solve it.
Will they even admit it?
I feel for you, brother, because I've felt the internal turmoil.
JDW
one day i hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
we were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
my taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
Was this story translated into English?
JDW
after such a traumatic experience in the jehovah's witness religion and reasoning on all other versions of religion, why do so many just jump ship into another religion offering the world but still delivering nothing!.
appreciate your comments,.
star tiger.
I don't know.
JDW
If you don't have anything nice to say.........................move your chair a little bit closer to mine.
JDW
dear friends:.
is it just disorientation, getting old...?.
i awoke this morning and really did not know where i was.
I leave for a few days and come back to this shocking event?
CoCo, my friend, you are in good hands, I'm sure.
Get better soon.
JDW
everyone has different views about life after death and whether or not it is a possibility.. as jehovah's witnesses, we were always taught that there is no life after death, that this is the only life we have now and that the wages of sin is death.. .
what are your views on life after death?.
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Who on this planet is all knowing?
Not one person.
Whatever there is, or is not, after death, is only known by the dead.
The rest is speculation.
Why do you insist on saying you know, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW?
JDW
when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?
if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.
if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.
The old guy is entitled to his opinion.
JDW
i am using this as my very own personal therapy session to express some of what has been swimming around in my head~.
it may not take much shape, i'll be letting it flow.... there is nothing like feeling understood and accepted and loved for who you are.
but that's a difficult thing to really feel when there is little or no history with a person.
Interesting thoughts.
Born-in or convert, "it" is always with you............always.
Take comfort, you are not alone in this.
JDW
when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?
if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.
if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.
What specific type of "evidence" are you asking for and for which event?
JDW