Topics Started by Zico
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Predestination?
by Zico inpredestination is something ive been thinking a bit about of late, mainly due to a wt article on the subject printed in the may awake, which i read after skimming through the magazine at the weekend.
i believe the wt reasoning on the subject is that god has the ability to see into the future, but that he chooses not to look into the future, as it would negate our free will, although the recent may article was more a criticism of predestination, and although they didnt assert their own position, what struck me from reading the article, and contemplating the wt article in general is that they seem to focus on time a lot, and its this part where the wt idea of predestination seems to fall down to me.
if god created the universe and everything in it, as a jw would assert, this would also mean he would have had to have created time (which is a product of our universe) and so before god created time, it, obviously, wouldnt have existed, and without time, there cant be a past, present and future.
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It's my 1 year JWD anniversary!
by Zico inyay me!
i've come a long way in a year, for proof of this, here's my first ever post on this board:hi all, i have just joined this site after having been visiting as a guest for a few months.
i am searching for answers so please be patient with me.
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I have a talk!
by Zico inabout 7 months ago i asked the school overseer to take me off the school, as i was 'busy with work exams' things have been good since then (well, sort of...) no talks for 7 months!
but then, my wonderful father, decides to ask the school overseer to put me back on!
he puts me back on!
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How do JWs explain John 20:28?
by Zico inmuch is made of john 1:1 in trinitarian discussions and there's a lot of debate over how it should be correctly translated, depending on your particular bias on the jesus god issue, but surely there is no scripture more clear that jesus is god than the one where thomas directly calls him god in john 20:28?
27next he said to thomas: put your finger here, and see my hands, and take your hand and stick it into my side, and stop being unbelieving but become believing.28in answer thomas said to him: my lord and my god!
how do jehovah's witnesses deal with this scripture?
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Massive increase in baptisms
by Zico ini had my special assembly day last saturday, i missed this part as i was on a walk, but my family told me about it, and i've confirmed it with 2 other witnesses.
in one of his talks, our 'special' speaker, who is also a do, said: 'baptisms this service year have already exceeded baptisms for the whole of last year, and that's before the conventions!
' obviously this can't be verified until the figures are released next year, and it wasn't clear whether he meant worldwide or just britain, but either way it's concerning, and i would guess that the 'bible teach' book has been very effective.
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Minimus
by Zico inminimus has broken the 20,000 post mark, congrats minimus!
that's a lot of posts.
:)
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Matt 24:14 NOT fulfilled
by Zico ini had my special assembly day today.
(yay!
) i actually missed most of it because i went for some long walks :) but i was present during the last talk, which was given by a speaker from bethel.
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Jehovah's great justice
by Zico inin the beginning .
jehovah created millions and millions of angels.
jehovah created 2 humans.
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Jesus
by Zico inif he came back tomorrow, would he be allowed to do talks, or would he have to shave his beard off first?
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