I am a JW and have been for sometime. If it wasn't for JW I would be lost. Maybe a drug addict. Most of my memories were filled with pain. When I was born, I was a three pound baby due to the fact that my father kicked my mom at six months. Guess where?

Growing up, I felt out of place & my mom beat me. At times she would place my hand on a hot stove. Instead of giving me spankings, I got hit right in my face with the belt. Growing up I was wishing my mother would die. In fact, when I prayed I asked GOD to kill her. She didn't die and thus I turned my focus and worship to Satan.

I prayed to him for money, love, and for mom to die. Crazy so far huh. I was about 10 or maybe even 12. I'm 30 now so forgive me if I don't remember the age. As I got older, my father still beat my mom. I didn't care how much my mom beat me. I needed to defend her.

My mother got away from him even though I was very close to my father. When my mother kicked him out he was homeless and he stayed homeless till he died. He was a heavy drug user. As a matter of fact. The drug that killed him was the very last drug I seen him take. I wasn't there when he took the fatal drug but days before I seen him shooting up in the bathroom while my mom was gone.

That picture stays in my head till this day. I joined a gang and they were my family. I got into drugs. I was about 14 or 15. I met the women who would become my wife. She was about 12. Again I was 15. In our relationship I messed up. I hit her NO I beat her and even almost killed her twice. I was a time bomb waiting to explode.

One day my wife answered the door after we got into again. It was a JW. She allowed her to come in. She took a bible study. I came around and I felt like I was so closed off and distant from Jehovah God for all the years growing up. I don't have to share this much of my personal life with those who read this forum but I feel like I must.

I have had a trust in God since I was young and as a matter of fact, I was raised a Catholic. As I type this I can with all my heart say that being a JW has changed my life for the better. My girlfried at 12 more than ten years ago became my wife and we have two children getting raised as a JW.

GRR said:

stymie said:

By the way, there were two more earthquakes this week.

SensualMelody said:

Also interesting is at this same prophetic time, the scriptures say
that the "wild beast" (believed to be the UN) will turn on the "harlot"
and devastate her.
This "harlot" is believed to be the collective world religious empire.

In other words, The UN and its members will destroy organized religion as we know it.

I used to find that so hard to believe, but in my lifetime,
I have witnessed this "religious" empire fall from grace.

Now the governments are collectively poised to wipe her out.
Just look at recent events...especially in Paris.
Well, look here in the US...prayer outlawed in schools, churches lost tax exempt status
...ten commandment scandal...the uncovering of rampant child abuse
by the ones once considered most holy...
It goes on and on.

Watch and see...BABYLON THE GREAT continues to fall!!!
Revelation chapter 17: 15,16.

And this makes me believe we are in the time period that the
prophets refer to as the "time of the end".
This is not a frightening thing in itself.
Better times are prophecied as a result of these developments.
(Luke 21:28).


Melody

SpcMs said:

SensualMelody said:

Also interesting is at this same prophetic time, the scriptures say
that the "wild beast" (believed to be the UN) will turn on the "harlot"
and devastate her.
This "harlot" is believed to be the collective world religious empire.

In other words, The UN and its members will destroy organized religion as we know it.

I used to find that so hard to believe, but in my lifetime,
I have witnessed this "religious" empire fall from grace.

Now the governments are collectively poised to wipe her out.
Just look at recent events...especially in Paris.
Well, look here in the US...prayer outlawed in schools, churches lost tax exempt status
...ten commandment scandal...the uncovering of rampant child abuse
by the ones once considered most holy...
It goes on and on.

Watch and see...BABYLON THE GREAT continues to fall!!!
Revelation chapter 17: 15,16.

And this makes me believe we are in the time period that the
prophets refer to as the "time of the end".
This is not a frightening thing in itself.
Better times are prophecied as a result of these developments.
(Luke 21:28).


Melody

U always play nice and and i like u and stuff, but between u and me, u really r a , rn't u? Seriously.

Number23 said:

SpcMs said:

SensualMelody said:

Also interesting is at this same prophetic time, the scriptures say
that the "wild beast" (believed to be the UN) will turn on the "harlot"
and devastate her.
This "harlot" is believed to be the collective world religious empire.

In other words, The UN and its members will destroy organized religion as we know it.

I used to find that so hard to believe, but in my lifetime,
I have witnessed this "religious" empire fall from grace.

Now the governments are collectively poised to wipe her out.
Just look at recent events...especially in Paris.
Well, look here in the US...prayer outlawed in schools, churches lost tax exempt status
...ten commandment scandal...the uncovering of rampant child abuse
by the ones once considered most holy...
It goes on and on.

Watch and see...BABYLON THE GREAT continues to fall!!!
Revelation chapter 17: 15,16.

And this makes me believe we are in the time period that the
prophets refer to as the "time of the end".
This is not a frightening thing in itself.
Better times are prophecied as a result of these developments.
(Luke 21:28).


Melody

U always play nice and and i like u and stuff, but between u and me, u really r a , rn't u? Seriously.

You're a Michael Jackson fan, motherfucker.

FreeChild said:

Ardeo said:

i sure hope the UN do wipe out religion, it's been nothing but trouble since some brightspark invented god and religion

the French are on the right track

SpcMs said:

SensualMelody said:

Also interesting is at this same prophetic time, the scriptures say
that the "wild beast" (believed to be the UN) will turn on the "harlot"
and devastate her.
This "harlot" is believed to be the collective world religious empire.

In other words, The UN and its members will destroy organized religion as we know it.

I used to find that so hard to believe, but in my lifetime,
I have witnessed this "religious" empire fall from grace.

Now the governments are collectively poised to wipe her out.
Just look at recent events...especially in Paris.
Well, look here in the US...prayer outlawed in schools, churches lost tax exempt status
...ten commandment scandal...the uncovering of rampant child abuse
by the ones once considered most holy...
It goes on and on.

Watch and see...BABYLON THE GREAT continues to fall!!!
Revelation chapter 17: 15,16.

And this makes me believe we are in the time period that the
prophets refer to as the "time of the end".
This is not a frightening thing in itself.
Better times are prophecied as a result of these developments.
(Luke 21:28).


Melody

U always play nice and and i like u and stuff, but between u and me, u really r a , rn't u? Seriously.

So...how's everybody doing?

SensualMelody said:

Hello Abrazo...Thank U for these wonderful questions!

Here we go...

(1)How does this you wrote about "wipe out" religion?

What I wrote were observations on the change in attitudes of authorities toward religion.
Once held as sacred, they are no longer held in such high regard as evidenced by the things I mentioned.

SensualMelody said:

(2) If churches really "lost" tax exempt status you gonna have to back that up with some information, because I can't believe that would truly and fully be the case in the US. Perhabs you mean that churches have less benefits now than before. In any case, I feel that when churches make money they should pay taxes like every other citizen, company and institution that makes money does.

no disagreement here.

SensualMelody said:

Christian with no tolerance of other religions or convictions, which makes him IMO a danger to society when he is a judge. Because he, of all people, should know how important it is that government institutions try to stay neutral in religious affairs ...

Total agreement here too.
Jesus was neutral to "state" affairs.
Christianity as instututed by Christ was neutral to political/state affairs.
Scripturally, Christians are told to be "no part of the world"
...meaning its political affairs. There was to be no mixing of church and state...
a stand still held to by at least one religion.

And yes...a judge should know...

Melody

SensualMelody said:

Now, after the churches have lost much of their moral superiority status and thanks to the separation of church and state these awfull cases can be brought into daylight where the so-called "holy men" who abuse children can be seen as what they are.

Precisely!
This is what I am saying...there has been a definite change in attitude...
To quote U..."the churches have lost much of their moral superiority status..."

The churches are also losing their credibility among people all over the world
and they have failed miserably in carrying out the function they claim they have...
that is to help people.

So to restate...the position of states in reference to the religious harlot
is "Get off my back! I'm tired of your prostitional acts."

Revelation 18:9,10 show the ones who used to profit from her...mourning her demise.

Melody

FreeChild said: