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resurrection
by confused and lost inthe wts denies the bodily resurrection of christ.
here is a verse i have found which , to my way of thinking, adds weight to the bodily resurrection.
read john 20:6,7.did you notice that the face cloth,napkin or shroud from jesus burial garments was folded up and was lying seperate from the rest of the bandages or linen strips.if ,as the wts teaches,god had simply evaporated jesus body in some way then surely all the bandages would be lying in the same place,the place where jesus body lay.i visualize the scripture this way.jesus body is restored to life.he sits up and undoes the bandages from around his head.he then lays these to one side,stands up and divests himself of the other linen cloths.i may be way off with this but it seems to fit with other scriptures relating to the bodily resurrection.
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Divine plan of the ages
by confused and lost inwhilst reading the chapter entitled "our lords return" in russells book "divine plan of the ages" i came across these interesting quotes :
to this last view the majority of christians of all denominations assent (notwithstanding the creeds of some to the contrary), from a feeling that any other view would be irreconcilable with justice on god's part.
but do the scriptures support this last view?
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Three tribe division/banner
by confused and lost inin the nwt those "scholarly" translators have rendered the hebrew word-degel- as "three tribe division" when its literal meaning according to strong and vine is flag,standard or banner.why do this.did it have any connection with the flag salute issue in the usa?
i know the israelites camped in groups of four around the tabernacle, so yes,they would have been in a three tribe division but the nwt rendering seems to have been done for some other agenda.
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What Bible do you use?
by OMG! Now What? inin my new search for truth, i'm back to my old routine of getting my 7+ different bibles out and comparing them all.
which one have you chosen, if at all, and why?
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Romans 8
by confused and lost ini have just finished reading the book of romans and i have a question ?
a person cannot please god unless he is controlled by the spirit.
(rom 8:8,9) nor can he put to death the misdeeds of the body except by the spirit (rom 8:13) the next verse (v14) then tells us that all who are led by gods spirit are gods sons.in fact they are adopted as his children.however,according to the wts , these verses only apply to the annointed.so,my question is this.if only the annointed are led by gods spirit,whose spirit leads the "other sheep" ?
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Reading between the lines in the January 2008 "Our Kingdom Ministry"
by TooBad TooSad ini like to read the km to see what the wtbts is saying, and then to think about what they really mean.. information appears in the km when problem need to be addressed in the organization.
the article on.
the front page "make the most of your time in the ministry" was insightful to me.
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My wife FINALLY quits Witnessing and Meetings admits I was right!!!
by Witness 007 infor afew years a have been fading and telling my wife how i feel about such false doctrines as blood transfusions, 607 b.c.e date etc.
at first she would say "don't talk to me about discouraging things!!
" since i haven't been attending meetings or field service for over 2 years she has slowly quit 1. witnessing, then 2. theocratic school which she hated anyway but was forced to do.
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How do you spot a doubter ?
by confused and lost inhi all,i would like to know how to spot any doubters in my cong.the problem,as you are all well aware,is that everyone is to damn scared to openly say anything critical about the wts.so how can i ferret out any "would be doubters".any hints?
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They should pay
by dinah injust reading this board and seeing the effects of this religion makes me sick.
sure those who stay in, who are spiritually asleep (imho) are okay--but what about those of us who woke up?
what about those of us who have anxiety issues?
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Monster on the streets!
by confused and lost ini've just been browsing the silent lambs website and there i find a photograph of pedo porter (ministry bag over shoulder) brazenly walking the streets,apparently unsupervised by the "supportive congregation elders".if hell doesnt exist jehovah should create it for "men" of his kind.