During my Bible study, in the process of getting sucked into the cult, I was taught more about Satan than Jesus.
That he is more powerful, may present himself beautiful, crafty, cunning .....Blah blah blah....
over the past several months, i have been assembling a study dealing with the life and times of satan, the devil.
it is my intention to release the first draft in a few weeks.. i have provided the draft of the last chapter at:.
http://www.jwstudies.com/pages_174-200.pdf .
During my Bible study, in the process of getting sucked into the cult, I was taught more about Satan than Jesus.
That he is more powerful, may present himself beautiful, crafty, cunning .....Blah blah blah....
made the mistake of opening the front door today...i was expecting someone to service our central heating...oh dear, it was a sister instead :(.
she tells me jehovah misses me.
it seems god only sees me if i go to the meetings.
I had left Jah 10 years ago. Seems he is not missing me as he had never spoken to me face to face as he did to Moses.
Exodus 33:11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend
avon lake ohio.
while new mega church being built right down the street!.
Its like the Solomon temple was put for sale !!
The worship place of the Most High in the Universe is put for sale.
you start listening to music deemed "unsuitable for christians".
you pretend to knock on the doors.
you explain a jw teaching to someone and realize how ridiculous it sounds.
Everything that is said positive about the WT, would sound too good to be true.
Anything the WT condemns would sound silly and ridiculous.
Field Service would seem silly and reporting that time even sillier.
i'm watching the new netflix movie "come sunday".
it's one more film about a person who has turning point in life that demands the person to reevaluate his own faith and belief system.
in this case, the man is a petencostal bishop that gets very famous and has a big church preaching about salvation to heaven and punishment in hell.
JWs refuse to watch any Cult related movies/Documentaries, as their own cult paranoia kicks in and makes them run.
Even if they watch, they would view it as one among the false religions.
i actually had a neighbor ask me that the other day (she knows i'm an "ex" jw) and i didn't really know the answer.
i know there's a bit of cart witnessing going on (small town) and a lot of driving around to return visits.. but are they actually doing territory, not-at-homes, all of that?
the neighbor said that eight years ago, when she bought her house, the jws were by "all the time".
If the D2D Territory witnessing is down, it seems the Good news has been preached all over the World and the end is near, any time soon.
Repent folks and return to Jehovah,
(Ehhh...Umm.... Pardon Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Singapore and all those banned countries and pretend as if they don't exist)
some doubt about the bible completely, some partially.
what if the bible turns out to be a product of humans, nothing divine.
would you still believe in a creator?.
Why Equate Bible to GOD as if the Bible is a perfectly divine book ?
Even if there is a God, he/she/it hasn't revealed itself to Earthly humans so far.
we were taught sickness and death is a result of the sin inherited from adam and eve, so why do animals get cancer?
they are supposedly still as big j intended, so therefore cancer is a creation by the big fella himself?.
just an exercise for one's who believe in the whole bible story thing.. (not me)... any others anomalies you can think of ?
Seems the animal's Ancestors also sinned and inherited imperfection.
Of course the Bible never mentions about this but we can get an answer in the new world. Just hang in there.
picture 185,000 people on the streets attending the biggest event in long beach.
there is a main downtown street which is the only way into the grand prix.
it’s chaos because it is not private property that can be contained; these are working boulevards with cars and people vying to get where they want to go.
Seems Jahs Chariot is on a race with those speeding cars.
my belief in prayer was once bolstered by my strong attachment to what i had read in aid to bible understanding.
my having a part in its initial prep in the factory and, later, a detailed proofing of thousands of references to it made this bible dictionary an influence in my former life.
please note this extract on jehovah's seeming delay in the answering of prayer.
When I was a DUB and whenever I came across a soul that is suffering, a quick flash would hit my mind. Why does Jah permit this and remain silent? Why can’t he alleviate this suffering?
Very soon the usual Celtic thinking kicks in. "Jah permits suffering to prove his Universal Sovereignty" What a crap of a belief.