Posts by defender of truth

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What do you really know about "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"?

by Terry in

pay attention to what you are told and how you are told it.. what is the actual message being communicated?

what is the intention behind it?.

this 128-page book millions now living will never die, was placed with the people on a contribution of 25c a copy.. .

defender of truth

Can we keep bumping this excellent thread to the top?
This weeks service meeting requires the section from the Proclaimers book mentioning Millions Now Living WILL Never Die, to be READ.
If we could bump this and similar well written threads to the top for lurkers...

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The King of the North is getting Angry...

by rhodesboy in

this topic is of a theological nature.

if you have some scriptural insight, please share.

grievances are not welcome!.

defender of truth

Rhodesboy said:
"Here are some of my musings...I am confident this is plausible....I believe that verses 40 through 43 are...I believe Russia and her allies...Russia and her allies could...If Russia feels...she may...tensions between Russia and Ukraine stoked by Western interference could provoke...The possibility exists that...could be attacked and invaded if Russia..."etc. (lost the will to live by that point)

Go back and count these words in your post: could, possible, may, if.
Did you really come here expecting that anyone would care what your incredibly vague, dull, and unfounded speculations on future events are? In that massive block of text, you haven't actually said ANYTHING. Please don't waste our time in future.

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Rhodesboy said: "In my opinion, it’s possible that global war will break out in 2017 or shortly thereafter but maybe it starts this year (2014) and is a protracted affair lasting several years."
Ooh, be careful. Making such bold and specific claims could really leave you looking silly if they don't come true.(!)
In my opinion, it's possible that I could get hit by lightning before I read your next post. And I'm not sure which event would be less painful..
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"I feel it is unwise to speculate on who Edom, Moab and the Ammonites are –...However, it is possible these foreshadow modern day European countries that escape the reach of the invading Russian forces (Spain or Northern Europe) or in a Middle East context, allies of the United States such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq."
Read this part back to yourself and imagine that someone else wrote it. What would you think of their state of mind, seriously?
Speculating seems to be an obsession for you, you are so unwell that you can't stop it.

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Rhodesboy said:
"Your constructive criticism is welcome."

Very well. Your spelling and grammar seems to be fairly good, but you may need to work on getting a hobby, leaving the house more and making new friends. How's that for constructive?

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That's it......

by whathehadas in

this might be my last post.

i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.

i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.

defender of truth

Having looked at some of your vids on Youtube, you seem like a nice, normal guy to me.
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http://m.youtube.com/user/whathehadas/videos

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Being in an organisation that constantly tells you that you're nothing without them, not to mention all the backstabbing and gossiping, can leave you feeling hollow and empty as a person.
Just talking to a co-worker with no idea what you've been through, and no training in any potential anxiety or self-esteem issues, probably won't help much in the long run.
A therapist will have that training, and they won't make you feel weird at all.
Compared to the severely disturbed people they no doubt deal with at times, you'd just be another run-of-the-mill person.
They will probably be like ' why does this guy think he has something wrong with him? He seems like a really cool dude.' ;)

Seriously, I have a lot of issues myself, and if I had the freedom to pour it all out to a therapist, I'd jump at the chance.. Can't really, family has no idea of my mental issues and I'm stuck at home with a wacky family that thinks Satan ruins people's holiday reservations and Jehovah stops it raining so we can go out leaflet pushing. Now THAT is weird ;)
YOU are not weird. You are free, and free to get the help if you choose to.

Anyway, please let us know how you get on.

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If you don't believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible, you are willfully ignorant.

by defender of truth in

ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).

post 741 of 741. .

"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".

defender of truth

He said 'objective morality', not subjective morality, BOTR. He didn't say that believers are without morals.
Do you have a comment to make on the topic?: 'Is willful ignorance required, in order to not believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible?'

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ABLEBODIEDMAN and RJHarris, please see the previous page with responses and questions for you, from quite an interesting discussion up to now. <<

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What was YOUR First Worldly Experience?

by Yondaime in

while i was in florida during the spring visiting my oldest sister.

i had the time of my life with my brother in law.. you see my sister married a non-believer and my parents viewed him as the scum of the earth, so i was terrified to ever talk to him.

turns out he's one of the coolest people i have ever met.

defender of truth

Being born ;)
Hopefully one day we will all be past the point of using the cult language, such as 'worldly' and 'brothers and sisters'. Not having a go, honest, just pointing it out :)

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If you don't believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible, you are willfully ignorant.

by defender of truth in

ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).

post 741 of 741. .

"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".

defender of truth

ABLEBODIEDMAN, I hope you will reply to my questions?...

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"Active Topics" button opens a wml file

by rebel8 in

when i press the "active topics" button this morning, it tries to open a .wml file instead of taking me to active topics.. oh, the humanity!.

defender of truth

Ok, I've changed browser settings..
Would someone PLEASE be kind enough to, once having opened up this topic, let me know if they had the wml thing happen to them? And also try to open the last topic I posted on and say if anything goes wrong? I'll keep away if I still cause errors... Thanks.

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If you don't believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible, you are willfully ignorant.

by defender of truth in

ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).

post 741 of 741. .

"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".

defender of truth

[I just had to reply to this..]

RJharris said:
"Everything in this book called by men "The Bible" did not come out of God's mouth.
Since Jesus is The Word of God, anything he says is Scripture since he is simply God's spokesman.
Nothing else said by anyone else in the book called by men "The Bible" is Scripture. "

Question for RJ...
So you are saying that, of the entire Bible, only Jesus' words recorded in the Gospel accounts are the Words of God?

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Rjharris said:
"Christianity is intolerant,...divisive, and extremely condemnatory. Christ was none of those things."
You've got to be kidding me. Bear those three traits in mind as you read the following quotes from the Word of God himself...

Matthew 10
New International Version (NIV)
5 "These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions:...
14 "If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
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Luke 9:59
"He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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Matthew 10:34
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to turn “a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother- in-law —
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me."

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Matthew 12:30
"Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."

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Matthew 23:24
"You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."

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John 7:7
"The world...hates me because I testify that its works are evil."

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John 3:18
"18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."

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Mark 16:14
"Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."
[All quotes taken from NIV for convenience, use any Bible you like though].

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"Active Topics" button opens a wml file

by rebel8 in

when i press the "active topics" button this morning, it tries to open a .wml file instead of taking me to active topics.. oh, the humanity!.

defender of truth

It may be my fault for posting with an old phone. Goodbye.
"The WML file extension is...intended for devices that implement the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) specification, such as mobile phones, and preceded the use of other markup languages now used with WAP, such as XHTML and even standard HTML (which are gaining in popularity as processing power in mobile devices increases)."
http://www.file-extensions.org/wml-file-extension

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If you don't believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible, you are willfully ignorant.

by defender of truth in

ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).

post 741 of 741. .

"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".

defender of truth

Also ABLEBODIEDMAN, would you kill the child if, after being absent and never seeing or speaking to it for its whole life, it denied that you exist?
I know this is a lot to answer, but please try to reply to each one when you get chance.