one thing that surprised me shortly after joining this site was the number of individuals who, after experiencing the deception of being a jw and the hypocrisy of the “truth”, switched to being catholic or “born-again” evangelists.
it seemed to me like jumping from the hot pan into the fire.. i don’t want to piss anyone off for his or her choices.
i feel everyone is free to believe what they may.
the idea of switching to Catholisism or Evangelism after being a Witless. That will never make sense .
agree, since most converts come out of those systems that they rejected, all based on the talking snake story.
My belief in deism ( while I am currently under attack by pathogens that end most seniors lives) is the extraordinary build-in capacity of life to be ready to , evolve,exploit, adapt, succeed.
one thing that surprised me shortly after joining this site was the number of individuals who, after experiencing the deception of being a jw and the hypocrisy of the “truth”, switched to being catholic or “born-again” evangelists.
it seemed to me like jumping from the hot pan into the fire.. i don’t want to piss anyone off for his or her choices.
i feel everyone is free to believe what they may.
Etude, my world view seems to be callous to you, but you and I, living today as the temporary carriers of life, passed along like a baton, in a billion year long line of survivors, would prove to correct? Of course there are the heartaches of those that did not make it, and if they did not, there is a reason, and hopefully not to be repeated again,
sick example: guinea worm?
http://watchtowerdocuments.org/did-you-know-having-children/#comment-474.
here's the short article found in the "did you know?
" series found on watchtower documents, and, underneath it, is the unusual comment:.
Around 1975 a soon to be Circuit overseer, said: " anyone trying to having children now is displaying a lack of faith" . I believe he died childless, and feel sorry for his wife's lost fulfillment.
one thing that surprised me shortly after joining this site was the number of individuals who, after experiencing the deception of being a jw and the hypocrisy of the “truth”, switched to being catholic or “born-again” evangelists.
it seemed to me like jumping from the hot pan into the fire.. i don’t want to piss anyone off for his or her choices.
i feel everyone is free to believe what they may.
He offers not explanations and He doesn't indicate via His creation the reason for his indifference
How can you call the creator indifferent when he endowed us will all the tools to succeed.?
Success is rewarded within the bounds set by the rights of the rest of creation. keep doing it in science, constantly.
one thing that surprised me shortly after joining this site was the number of individuals who, after experiencing the deception of being a jw and the hypocrisy of the “truth”, switched to being catholic or “born-again” evangelists.
it seemed to me like jumping from the hot pan into the fire.. i don’t want to piss anyone off for his or her choices.
i feel everyone is free to believe what they may.
etude, bien etudie' try deism. belief that the universe did not create itself, but looking at the works left behind teach us about the possible maker.
yes, you heard right.
this morning, jehovah's witnesses in gatineau were preaching door to door when parts of their city are under water.1500 volunteers (not jws) showed up to help their fellow citizen in need.
meanwhile, jws were knocking on the doors in areas that were not flooded talking about how the weather is messed up and how it is a sign of the end.
Even Noah is depicted by wt to have the weekly family worship night, with flame illumination, while the innocents drowned outside. wt has a long history of moral inertia.
i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.
anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.
they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?
they dont want a mature woman secure in her own thoughts.
t-badu,thoughts??? -- you can not imagine how important a firm, young female is to men, no matter their age, but particularly older, but viril ones. Evolution at work. Mind control? yeah, matrons like to control each other. males like the glory of their youth re-lived. with none of the hang-ups of being a teenager.
Life is cruel to "single sisters of a certain age group", and in the grip of the second law of thermodynamics. (increase of disorder)
quick answer: way too much!.
this is something that really gets to me, all the way back to my childhood.
twenty minutes each way, three times a week.
plus going to the field service meeting and then into the territory, and drop of companions and home. at least 2 times a week unless you were pioneering, then a daily privilege.
Jehovah (the gb really), was always generous with the time devoted to him, in a useless work.
god has never been just one idea.god is always changing in the mind of true believers to fit the current situation.it's like a virus.
adaptation is part of evolutionary principles.change is powerful.superstition has almost always played a part in manipulating public opinion around the exploits of ruling powers.however...in the 20th century, the hold of superstition was sorely tested and found wanting.
"god is with us" became threadbare.communism promised a worker's paradise.
Terry, there is a lot thought in that post.
Good thing the Nazis did not have the undisturbed material and industrial might of the Americans. would that different result have been proof of their better doctrine? ideology? Can our individual contributions here even be compared to an all out war?
We all will become old[er], but whether we become losers would depend on our purpose , goal; so, define it well.
If there is a creator of this great place we live in, religions have not define him adequately.
i just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant.
the recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities.
considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning i wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be df'd for adultery?
It is actually a blood & volume issue. Past wt articles have pointed out that in a whole blood transfusion/exchange the life, some personality traits are transfused too. so,
that newly attached penis, particularly during erection, is fully infused with the new owners blood, with that fluid making up the biggest percentage of the volume inside the married partners organ, how could it be a dultery? certainly not a dull moment.
