@Frank Apisa,
Frank Apisa wrote:. . . .Without regard to any of that, Neo...my statement stands. I can easily understand how Blue or anyone else can conclude that you seem to be looking forward with relish to the violence seemingly prophecized.
It has nothing to do with "knowing" you...it has to do with reading what you write.
I do not know you...but I have no trouble concluding that you are a Jehovah's Witness...and that you think the teachings of the Watchtower are of value in life.
So...my comment was just an observation based on what you write.
There may no be any gods...and if there are, the gods may not be as barbaric as some of you who hold theistic views suppose. If there are, the gods may not be as disposed to "punish" people (or refuse reward) for the kinds of reasons you deem important.
But some of you who fall into the latter category seem almost delighted with what you suppose is going to happen.
I've been scratching my head for the last few days, trying to figure out how your opinion and, even more so, the opinion of Blue, could be so completely at odds with the substance of my own opinion. Then I thought of an old story.
Lots of folks have heard it, but remember only a part of it.
But, back in the day, someone wrote a story about a man named Jonah. Perhaps is
was Jonah?
Never mind.
It's the end of the story that's important.
Jonah spent many days warning the people of Nineveh that God was about to destroy them for their sins. But, they repented and God relented.
Anybody remember that?
Well, how did Jonah react? . . . . He became angry that Nineveh had been spared.
Read the story if you don't recall the rest.
God was not pleased with Jonah's attitude and corrected him. The message is clear to me. We should take no delight in the punishment of others.
I understand God's viewpoint and consider it my own. I question the sincerity of anyone who cannot accept that.
BTW, there may be more meaning to the repent/relent part.
