things which exist are real enough.
we can measure them.
they are just this big and no bigger or smaller.. they are here and not there.. imaginary things have the luxury of being any size.
I just wonder how come they were breeding pigs in Israel.....dgp....
He was either in Samaria, or the Decalouge.........good as always Terry......hope I never meet a devil of any size....hmmmm, may have married one though, be very quite she can hear the key strokes.........
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/bach-bwv-1004-chaconne-violin-solo-viktoria-mullova-1/40f66a64c9f409f0eac740f66a64c9f409f0eac7-874690183195?q=bach+violin+chaconne&form=vire1.
with mucho love, admiration, and appreciation.
sylvia.
I remember that story....what a grand thing it is to write, eh?
Never hid my ID....maybe should have, as Blondie expressed the net can be scary....especialy for women...
there are at least two major religious movements contained within the wtbts, as shown below.
probably evangelical as well.
seems the pastor reached his hand into anything and everything he could, terry and others have made a very good case for russell's cherry picking.
Thjat's the thing about Russell, nothing new, all repackeaged things from Adventist, Dispensation, Evangelical [ coleporter's ], Pyrimidology, is there nothing he "took" from? Rutherford built an empire on all that.
The Rain Man
will rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash, was one of the greatest wits this country has ever produced.
here are just a few of his many witticisms:.
there are two theories to arguing with a woman.
......The only person I can think of who comes close to Rogers, with wit and satire, is George Carlin......Graucho Marx was not shabby either...
there are at least two major religious movements contained within the wtbts, as shown below.
probably evangelical as well.
seems the pastor reached his hand into anything and everything he could, terry and others have made a very good case for russell's cherry picking.
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there are at least two major religious movements contained within the wtbts, as shown below.
probably evangelical as well.
seems the pastor reached his hand into anything and everything he could, terry and others have made a very good case for russell's cherry picking.
WOOF woof woof Woof......designs.....cute, down boy, down.....
mongrel.......Lozhasleft....spell check has that as correct?
transhuman, references are from Wikipedia.....
Good advice Lostgeneration.....since I am attempting to get lurkers in this discussion.
Satanus that would be a study, commentary on church history in general. Had hoped to keep this confined to Russell, Bible Students, Adventist and Dispensationist.....Russell created the International Bible Students Association for use in England. Don't know if wts continues to use the term, or not, it being years since seeing any wt literature.
there are at least two major religious movements contained within the wtbts, as shown below.
probably evangelical as well.
seems the pastor reached his hand into anything and everything he could, terry and others have made a very good case for russell's cherry picking.
There are at least TWO MAJOR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS contained within the wtbts, as shown below. Probably evangelical as well. Seems the Pastor reached his hand into anything and everything he could, Terry and others have made a VERY good case for Russell's CHERRY PICKING. Can YOU think of anything else, that would add to the Cherry Picking of Russell? Lets see what WE can come up with.
Adventism is a
Christian movement which began in the 19th century, in the context of the Second Great Awakening revival in the United States . The name refers to belief in the imminent Second Coming (or "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ . It was started by William Miller , whose followers became known as Millerites . Today, the largest church within the movement is the Seventh-day Adventist Church . Protestants . [1] While they hold much in common, their theology differs on whether the intermediate state is unconscious sleep or consciousness, whether the ultimate punishment of the wicked is annihilation or eternal torment, the nature of immortality, whether or not the wicked are resurrected, and whether the sanctuary of Daniel 8 refers to the one in heaven or on earth. [1] The movement has encouraged the examination of the New Testament , leading them to observe the Sabbath .
The Adventist family of churches are regarded today as conservative
Dispensationalism
is a nineteenth-century evangelical development based on a futurist biblical hermeneutic that sees a series of chronologically successive " dispensations " or periods in history in which God relates to human beings in different ways under different Biblical covenants . As a system, dispensationalism is rooted in the writings of John Nelson Darby (1800–1882) and the Brethren Movement . [1] :10 The theology of sensationalism consists of a distinctive scatological " end times " perspective, as all dispensationalists hold to premillennialism and most hold to a pretribulationrapture . Dispensationalists believe that the nation of Israel (not necessarily the same as the state of Israel ) is distinct from the Christian Church , [2] :322 and that God has yet to fulfill His promises to national Israel. These promises include the land promises , which in the future result in a millennial kingdom where Christ , upon His return , will rule the world from Jerusalem[3] for a thousand years. In other areas of theology, dispensationalists hold to a wide range of beliefs within the evangelical and fundamentalist spectrum. [1]:13
With the rise of dispensationalism, some conservative Protestants came to interpret the
Book of Revelation as predicting future events ( futurism ), rather than predicting events that have taken place throughout history ( historicism ) [4][5][6] or predominantly associated to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 ( preterism
learning the truth about the watchtower society can be very painful for a number of reasons.
first, it is so disconcerting to realize that the core of your existence and the foundations of your beliefs are false that it can throw you for a real loop.
as witnesses we are so confident in all of the answers we have been given, to questions that we never asked, that we mentally put ourselves up on a pedestal above the masses of poor, blind, wicked humanity.
Aptly put stuckinamovement, as is your moniker. Somewhere inside, what we know, we don't, what we don't know, we do, thus many wander the halls living wasted lives.
Watchtower Penitentiary, never thought of it that way. Tragedy is, even a regular publisher knows you cannot up and leave when you wish, without suffering penalties. A lie they tell converts. A born in knows better, another sad thing to carry round, as you shuffle round and round the hallways.
Wish you well on your personnel venture.
Before you pull the plug, please get back from the JWs any items that they may have borrowed. Further, wrap up any financial dealings, if possible. Once you are an 'apostate', these people have official backing and support to "hate" you. They will seek creative ways to do so. Don't, for a second, think you'll be treated as a DF'd adulterer or smoker -- someone they wish will come back. You will be hated. Make your practical plans accordingly......leavingwt....solid advice and VERY true about being hated.
