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Some resurrection thoughts by CS Lewis
by bebu intoday's entry from "the business of heaven", a book of daily readings of cs lewis, regards the resurrection account of christ, and how the account of christ eating fish with the disciples after he resurrected raise problems.
how could a ghost eat?
the disciples did not expect jesus to come visit, and their worldview did not hold to ghosts with working stomachs.
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JW Light just went crazy...Interfaith and the Catholic Church
by Krystal inbeen doing alot of reading on this new pope and i read something that made my little jw alarm bells go off:.
" pope benedict xvi outlined goals for his papacy today, including the unification of all christians and reaching out to people of other faiths.".
http://www.cnn.com/.
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unforgivable sin
by MerryMagdalene intijkmo's post on watson's "hypothetical" thread got me wondering again...just what the heck is it to sin against the holy spirit according to jw beliefs/teachings?
for something so important as to be "unforgivable" it has always seemed awfully vague to me (so vague that i was sure as a kid that it must be masturbation and for years i felt the great weight of ultimate doom heavily upon me).
is it intentionally vague, do you think, just to keep everyone on their toes and hyper-paranoid or am i missing something?
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1874 vs. 1914
by mnb77 inin my study of the history of the jws, i have come across a piece that says the jw's story keeps changing.
the book i am reading says, " it is one thing to claim that christ returned invisibly in 1914, but another thing to make that caim after you have already sopent 50 years telling people that he returned invisibley in 1874-- and then changed your mind.
yet the jw org has done just that.
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Lack of evidence in "Insight" *gack* book supporting stake theory.
by kwintestal inafter a short discussion regarding the cross vs. stake theory with my grandmother i decided to refresh my memory of the wts doctrine regarding this and it's supporting arguments.
i was surprised to find that they only used one supporting reference to their claim.
it's a quote by john denham parsons written in 1896 (interesting that it took over 30 years for god to mention this to his mouthpiece).
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What do I tell my children?
by Nellie ini have four kids - ages 18, 13, 10 and 6. .
first some clarification: i have been in the "truth" for 35 years, and although i have never been particularly active in the ministry .
for example: my 18 year old son really wants his ear pierced.
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YHWH another pagan god
by homme perdu ini have read several post in the past that claim that yhwh(jehovah) is of pagan origen.
i never bothered to research this until now.
can someone give me some info?
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"How Do We Know the End if Near?"
by Bonnie_Clyde inthat was the talk yesterday.
the speaker started by asking for a "show of hands" of who thought the end was very near?
i was sitting in the back row and believe i was the only one who didn't raise my hand.
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DOES THE BIBLE CONTAIN ANY VALUABLE OR USEFUL FACTS AT ALL???
by Terry infact: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
i've read the bible many times in many ways with many methods.
but, i don't really see in it any information that contains factual material that benefits anybody.
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Questions about JW
by Evanescence inhi i'm just interested in the jw's.
i'm not a jw i just want to know more about your doctrines and stuff.. do you get disfellowshipped by talking to a worldly person if so why?.
how can u jw's live without speaking to people you love who r not jw?.