Thankyou all for the kind and sincere words.

Funny thing, I have this non-JW friend who I have known for 18 years and he has shown himself to be a better "Christian" than any of the ones in the Org ever thought about being, yet they would judge him as a bad associate. He has been there for me through my ups and downs, never criticizing me, but giving his honest opinion about everything. Some things he said really struck home and gave me great courage.

What I meant by quoting Paul when he said "we have partial knowledge and therefore we prophesy partially" is the scriptures and the Holy Spirit and also "But when he that comes is complete (Jesus Christ) we will have complete knowledge". I should have clarified.

In my opinion, we do not need complete knowledge, for if we had it, there would be no room for faith, which is what everything is built on. Without faith, Noah would have never built and Ark, David would have never thought that he a lowly shepherd boy could ever defeat a giant like Goliath with a mere sling and so on down through the ages up til present day. Having full complete knowledge may cause us to sit back and become lax, because we know what's going to happen next. But Faith causes us to keep working and endure what thrown our way and builds up trust, not only in God, but in ourselves. When we have faith we have trust and with trust Love is naturally the outcome when things work out okay.
Think about people you hold dearest, first you had Faith (Hope) that they would treat you kindly, then when they do, you have trust and after many times of this, you eventually Love them. So it is the same with us and God and each other..

So incomplete knowledge is okay, so long as it's backed up by Faith.

Solace