tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093121680966100375.post4920447393522051385..comments2023-03-23T03:08:41.928-07:00Comments on Always on a Saturday: The Tale of Two JW TwitsBurgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440772644802439895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093121680966100375.post-32191993750275052812009-08-28T13:00:37.202-07:002009-08-28T13:00:37.202-07:00LOL.... Brian, well said.. i just hope Anonymous r...LOL.... Brian, well said.. i just hope Anonymous reads your post, because he/she has posted in the other column I wrote (Things No JW Would Ever Tell You)<br /><br />Cheers!Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440772644802439895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093121680966100375.post-43281419564096509242009-08-28T11:48:20.412-07:002009-08-28T11:48:20.412-07:00"Maybe you have determined there is no creato..."Maybe you have determined there is no creator/supreme being that has a right to tell you what to do! If so, tell us how you have achieved your personal peace and happiness."<br /><br />Are you really arrogant enough to think that NOBODY can have personal peace and happiness without believing in God? What do you mean by "personal peace and happiness" anyway? Life is full of ups and downs and JWs are definitely NO exception. Where I was growing up, you couldn't throw a rock in a crowded Kingdom Hall without hitting 5 people on anti-depressants. So what makes me happier?<br /><br />I can live life NOW, instead of wasting it waiting for a paradise that probably won't come.<br /><br />I can live without being afraid of armageddon every time the president comes on TV.<br /><br />I'm not wasting my Saturday mornings trying to push magazines on people who don't want them.<br /><br />I'm not afraid of dying in a hospital because the Old Testament says I can't eat blood (which is what Paul was talking about in Acts)<br /><br />I can love whoever I want, whenever I want. I can go to the f'ing movies with a girl without having to spend 3 hours on the phone procuring a chaperone.<br /><br />I don't have to go to the guilt-trip conventions and assemblies every year so I can hear all about how I'm not doing enough because sister Iron Lung is getting 150 hours a month.<br /><br />Those are just a few I could think of off the top of my head. Now I know what you're thinking "ooooh you're so SELFISH!!" Well you asked for my reasons for PERSONAL peace and happiness.<br /><br />Finally, I have to ask you this: how does having personal peace have anything to do with how true your beliefs are? Plenty of people in other religions claim to have complete peace and happiness. People on heroin have personal peace and happiness. One of my favorite quotes is by Carl Sagan, and it fits with this topic quite well: "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."<br /><br />Do you <i>honestly</i> believe that bad things happen because a talking snake told a naked lady to eat some fruit?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846531917173170897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093121680966100375.post-30136451108377048572009-08-28T10:30:26.008-07:002009-08-28T10:30:26.008-07:00Well said! The Watchtower has wasted too many youn...Well said! The Watchtower has wasted too many young lives through its erroneous teachings! I was lucky to have got out of it relatively early!Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440772644802439895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093121680966100375.post-47288471712273366612009-08-28T10:16:18.536-07:002009-08-28T10:16:18.536-07:00Great story. So true in many congregations. Althou...Great story. So true in many congregations. Although I believe that most young me today have better things to do then compete in a congregation. True there are always going to be some. But that number is dwindling fast as more and more young people fade away from the Watchtower organization.<br /><br />That is why the trumpet blast for more men is here and both you and I know that may cause an increase of men but very likely, (one tenth of one percent of memorial attendance menldrnomonoreply@blogger.com