Couple of clingers in my de-converting
May 1, 2015 at 11:33 pm
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2015 at 11:33 pm by Won2blv.)
Hello all, I have a nagging thought that does bother me when it comes to walking away from my faith. I have been raised since childhood that the point of the bible and everything we see in the world comes down to this, "we're better off without god is what Satan taught and Gods sovereignty is what will prevail." Please, oh please, for the sake of argument lets leave out whether or not the god of the bible is benevolent or not. If you're an atheist and you're asserting that you're more moral than god it seems like a poor argument to prove he doesn't exist and has nothing to do with what I am asking. So, anyway... I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and we believe that mankind as a whole cannot direct their own step (Jeremiah 10:23) We believe that we live in the last days as described in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. I have read conflicting reports on this subject. Some say that we live in the most peaceful time in history. Or some say that news just travels more quickly and easily and bad news gets more coverage. I am not going to argue that either of those are false but... 100 years ago humans didn't have the capability to blow up the whole earth ten times over. We weren't killing our planet with Co2 emissions and so on. I hear about how fracking is causing 800-900 earthquakes in Oklahoma year, up from a whopping 1 or 2 a year before fracking. Really, there are other subjects that you could go on about that or more subjective, like the internet. An awesome tool that has connected the whole earth but also in my opinion has made humans more insular to beliefs that are not their own. Maybe even just less socially normal. That is more subjective but you get the point.
So, TLDR how can I feel confident that what is going on with humans is not a right on track of biblical prophecy but really just business as usual? And please please please, I could tell you about how much I care about hearing on the different dates of the JW past but I am not sure what the rules are on cursing.
So, TLDR how can I feel confident that what is going on with humans is not a right on track of biblical prophecy but really just business as usual? And please please please, I could tell you about how much I care about hearing on the different dates of the JW past but I am not sure what the rules are on cursing.