Posted by Ginny Tosken [GinnyT] on April 09, 1999 at 21:35:38 {qzNMJDwJ.2ZVkmusePk.Fbqv3I7Em.}:
In Reply to: ****My Assignment From Jehovah posted by You Know on April 09, 1999 at 13:20:43:
As far as presuming to know what you might be thinking, I don't. I merely posted a verse in response to the fact that you seemed to cavalerly embrace death rather then bow before Jehovah. Volunteering to waste your life by donating your remains to a compost pile is hardly a "noble fate" if it means being annihilated by the God of love who has repeatedly offered you a stay of execution.
For once, You Know, will you pause and listen? My comment about being content to be compost was not meant to express rebellion, but rather humility. If the essence of what makes me a unique human being lives after death, I will accept that. I've also considered that perhaps I will only dance on this earth for a short while. Perhaps my contribution to eternity is made in other ways -- by sharing what I've learned during my lifetime so that the next generation may use the knowledge, sharing my genes with my son, or in other small ways.
Everything is constantly changing, dying and being renewed, molecules forming, dissolving, and regrouping. If instead of giving me wings and a harp and placing me on a cloud in heaven, God decides to recycle my atoms into a daffodil, I consider that just as beautiful.
My comment was not about cavalierly embracing death rather than bowing to God's will. I have no choice but to bow before the forces that move the universe in a constant cycle of death, birth, and growth.
Do you realize how laughable this sentence is?:
. . . being annihilated by the God of love who has repeatedly offered you a stay of execution
How can you use the phrase "God of love" in the same sentence with annihilation and execution? By these standards, any dictator is a loving man. He offers people the choice between obeying his will or death. How very kind!
What I do long for though, is that Jehovah set matters straight concerning all the lies and controversy concerning him and his word, and organization. That will require that a lot of mouths must be silenced in death.
You make Jehovah sound like a mafia godfather. Are any controversies truly settled when the opposing voices are silenced? For example, what if The Australian grew tired of controversy in H2O and decided it was time for a "new H2O" in which only people who bowed to his will could post? What if he symbolically dealt you a death-blow by banning you from H2O? Would you have more respect for him or less?
I cannot believe that God could be more petty, brutal, and unreasonable than humans.
Unfortunately, because most opposers are obviously hardened in their course . . .
You confuse people who oppose your opinions with people who oppose God. You seem so eager to unleash the powers of oblivion on anyone who does not bow before your eminent opinions.
Though you may find it soothing to dismiss my words as the ravings of a hate-monger, my words are nonetheless based on the judgments of Jehovah---judgments which you know, but choose not to believe.
Your words are based on your interpretation of an ancient book which claims to be inspired of God. This may be difficult for you to grasp, but your interpretations may be wrong. Your concept of God may be wrong. I choose not to believe your interpretations. I choose not to believe in your concept of God.
Ginny