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  1. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    Responding to this from the point of view of a long-time JW who has left the organization, a JW believes that because they are "God's people" they WILL be persecuted and they often revel in what they perceive as persecution because, to them, the "persecution" proves that they are special and the...
  2. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    So, then, you believe that God is merely guessing about what a person would do because that person could choose to do something different? God is not all-knowing and omnipotent in your opinion?
  3. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    If God knows what you will do, then you really can't choose anything different without causing God to be imperfect and his "foreknowledge" to be merely guesswork.
  4. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    In this instance, Deeje stated that tiny babies and little children deserved to die because God knew that they would be evil. Those babies and children never had a chance to exercise free will because their fate was foreordained and they were slaughtered without ever getting a chance to choose...
  5. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    Has something radically changed in JW teachings? Not that that would be particularly unusual, though, I suppose. While it is true that JWs have always believed that Jehovah CAN see the future, we were always taught that he chose NOT to exercise that foreknowledge with regard to humans. If he...
  6. RedhorseWoman

    The Power Of Circular Reasoning

    What is really sad is putting your life on hold while waiting for that "something better" and devoting the life you've been given to serving as a slave to a religious publishing company. There are so many comments from JWs fantasizing about what they will do "in the New System" while they spend...
  7. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    Let's consider things logically here, okay? If the major "sin" of Sodom was that all its inhabitants were homosexuals, then why were there young males in that mob? Obviously, those supposedly "homosexual" men and women had to have engaged in "heterosexual" relations and most likely were...
  8. RedhorseWoman

    Could you be wrong?

    Oh, definitely. When I was staunchly religious, I "knew" that I was right and everything my religion believed was correct...and, of course, we were the ONLY ones who had the correct understanding about anything Biblical. Since leaving that religion, and learning that many of the things I was...
  9. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    Thanks for the update. That makes sense, though. The two groups, from what I've seen, are pretty similar, hence my confusion.
  10. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    I'm not sure if you realized this or not, but all of the quotes you presented about Sodom mentioned nothing about homosexuality. "The people of Sodom who acted arrogantly, who were notorious for their vices" doesn't indicate that any vices involved homosexuality, and "acting arrogantly"...
  11. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    Oh, Scott, you are posting as if you came to your conclusions all by yourself, but I don't believe you did that at all, did you? If I'm not mistaken, you are a JW, is that correct? If so, then your "beliefs" are actually the pronouncements and beliefs of the leaders of the JWs, and those...
  12. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    Probably because gay and bisexual men in the U.S. are 44 times more likely to engage in unprotected sex? It's not the sexual orientation that's the problem, it's irresponsible, unprotected sex, whether it's hetero or homosexual.
  13. RedhorseWoman

    Anti-gay bigots are the ones with the problem

    And let us not forget the HIV victims who are intravenous drug users.
  14. RedhorseWoman

    Strangest religions

    Not familiar with too many religions, however, I can unequivocally state after having been a member for three decades before realizing exactly how strange the religion I was brought up in actually was--the Jehovah's Witnesses. Believing that "this old wicked system of things" would soon come to...
  15. RedhorseWoman

    Have you had a psychic reading and did it come true?

    I had a similar experience. I had a tarot reading once because I was curious, and it turned out to be a big nothing. I have, however, used runes and occasionally tarot for myself, and, as you said weren't so much "psychic" or "predictions" as they were a means gain insight on issues and bring...
  16. RedhorseWoman

    Evidences Supporting the Biblical Flood

    I've frequently suggested a test that Flood apologists could try that, if successful, would give them (I believe) a very good argument to use to support their beliefs, but for some reason, none of them has ever attempted it or even acknowledged it. I guess they know exactly how things would...
  17. RedhorseWoman

    Evidences Supporting the Biblical Flood

    That "small mountain" argument is something I've run into myself, as well, when debating on the former Topix forum. What a JW stated at that time was that the mountains were very small and only became the mountains we see today as a result of the Flood, when water that had been underneath the...
  18. RedhorseWoman

    Pro-Life by most really mean Pro-Birth

    Thank you for this post. You have summed up my beliefs on this issue much more succinctly than I was able to. When I became pregnant at a very bad time financially, I chose to reject the idea of abortion, but I vehemently support the right of other women to choose what they believe is best for...
  19. RedhorseWoman

    Pro-Life by most really mean Pro-Birth

    Unfortunately, this is true. It would be wonderful if there were no cases of pregnancy due to rape or incest and that every unborn child could be born without serious defects and into a loving family that could afford to cherish that child and raise them without worrying about finances. Sadly...
  20. RedhorseWoman

    Pro-Life by most really mean Pro-Birth

    I personally do not like the idea of abortion, but I also believe that a woman should have the right to decide what is best for herself and her family.
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