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judster:
Hello!

My name is Jud and I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself.

 I was raised a Jehovah's Witness and stayed in that scene until my late 20's. I got married in my 30's and my wife was a Methodist, so I joined, we never went to church much, except on Christmas and maybe Easter. We have a couple of children, but have since divorced.

Anyway, I never had believed in the hellfire doctrine, but the idea that the majority of humans would   be  annihilated forever , never made sense to me. I remember as a kid looking at a picture in one of the books that the Jehovah's Witnesses had ,that was suppose to be of Armageddon. All the so called evil worldly people were being destroyed. I remember going to school and thinking that they were not any worse that me. I would try not to sin, fail, feel guilty and wonder why I could not do it. I finally got tired of the controlling hypocritical organization and left.

A few years back I was searching for info on universal reconciliation, and came across Bible-truths.com. At first I read a little and stopped, and did not want to read anymore, but God has kept pushing me back. Universal reconciliation, no problem. No immortal soul,check. Etc.. but then I came to the part about Free will, God being responsible for all ,including evil, and Satan not being a rebellious angel, but part of God's plan and a tool that God uses. Now that was hard to accept. I prayed studied the scriptures. Read more. Got a copy of eSword, started looking up the strong's numbers( Wow, end of the  world really means end of the age!!!) etc.

Now I have to say that the the teachings that bothered me the most are what brings me the most comfort.

 Due to God blessing us, with the insight that he has given to Brother Ray, I am able to understand more each day.

Jud

Stevernator:
Hi Jud,
I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. Thank you for sharing your story. There are some helpful transcripts from some of Ray's audio teachings that are very valuable so I encourage you to check those out if you have not. Also, if you go on google video and search "l ray smith" you will find some videos. There is also a video on free will that was posted on the forum.
Steve

WhoAmI:
Welcome,

 You bring out a great point in that the things that troubled us then give us joy when we see them.

 Is it not amazing how we kick against the goads.


 But thanks be to God, I am happy to hear you have been given much freedom!

 

Beloved:
Welcome Jud:


You are certainly right, God has made Ray a good teacher and he has made it possible for many of get pat mans rubble.

We all must study to show ourselves approved and learn to live our lives in Christ.  It is the only way to following the Father's will.

Hope you enjoy the fellowship,

beloved

Rene:
Hi Jud,

Welcome to the forum.

I, too, was once a "practicing" JW.  I can now look back and see how necessary that experience was in my life.  I appreciate even more now the joy of being taught the real truth of His word as revealed through BT.  It has been an amazing journey, and I'm glad to know that the Lord is directing it all and not me!

René

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