this is a question a sincere christian may agonize over after learning that some books of the bible were rejected by certain early christian groups,while other books that did not make the canon were accepted.
also,when one realizes that so called inspired writers of the greek scriptures quote from apocrypha,that most christians reject today,one wonders if these writings that include these quotes should even be in the bible.. it is true that when it comes to the christian greek scriptures the canon has been closed for many centuries.
also, these books have been accepted by christians ever since the second,perhaps first,century.
The Biblical Canon was directed by God IN ETHIOPIA.
When James Bruce returned to Scotland from Ethiopia with a copy of the complete Book of Enoch, it was the biggest news for Churchmen in ages! but it didn't change the Presbyterian Canon. A change in Canon necessarily involves an admission of not having had the whole truth. The biggest challenge for any Organized Religion is for it to admit it was wrong about anything. Who wants to pay their tithes to a Sorry Chirch?
"what was the actual significance of that year, then?".
if jw's were overly zealous, what was the exact amount of zeal encouraged by the wts for a non-event which took up.
over 7 years of every jw's time?.
If a prophet utters a prophecy, and that prophecy doesn't come to pass, that false prophet has spoken presumtuously and you have nothing to fear from that prophet!
this is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of god.
they are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, jw's don't and they are the only one's who carry god's name and preach.
nothing else matters.
Bahais go door to door and discourage (but don't forbid) military service.
while these idiots think beheading innocent aid workers journalists who have the welfare of the people at heart in these circumstances and then butchering them in such a barbaric manner is going to swing public opinion in their favour is beyond me .. if their is ever a reason to go on the ground including going into syria to rid this pox off the face of the earth this is the last straw and needs to be done now.. no more now pussyfooting around with barbaric medieval murderes , go in and annhillilate the bastards.
in the air on the ground and whatever it takes.. smiddy.
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The Afrikaners in their wars with the British and to protect Apartheid often quoted the Bible. Their favorite ethnic slur, Kaffir, was a direct loan from the Arabic Kuffar, meaning unbeliever. And the Jehovah's Witness practice of dismissing the faith of other Christians can be described in one Arabic loanword Takfīr.
Jehovah's Witnesses is just Islam without Muhammad, the Quran, Beards, or Swords. Beards and Swords might make Jehovah's Witnesses a little less gynocentric if you ask me.
nimrod and the tower of babel-is this history or biblical myth.
god confused their lauguges?.
sounds quite comical when you think about it.
Maybe at that time God was more of an anti-imperialist and an environmentalist. God as an evil vegan in the pre Abraham days makes a lot of sense, especially when you see what man has done now
i have seen that some say if a man has 3 beers per day or a woman has 2 glasses of wine per day, that they may have .
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Try Kava Kava as a cold pressed tea the Pacific Islander way. A little Kava and you will be too faded to want to drink. Its bitter and ugly, has no calories, and doesn't mix well with alcohol. It won't get you out of control like alcohol, and the buzz won't be as sweetly exquisite as marijuana but it might make you even lazier than a stoned person. It is a muscle relaxer and as far from caffeine as you can get. Just remember to drink a lot of water the next day as it will dehydrate you.
waisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
one foundation by the wailers pretty much sums up my marriage to a JW
got to set aside them organization
got to set aside them denomination
or there will never be a single drop of love
you won't have no freedom
there will never be no love at all....
religion is a trap and a snare!
dear jw,.
on october 2, 1914a hundred years ago todaycharles t. russell announced, the gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day.
for almost 40 years, among other predictions for that year, 1914 had been looked to as the end of armageddon, false religion, and all governments, and the beginning of paradise on earth and the resurrection.
The Gentile times have ended. Colonialism is dead, Zionism is nearly dead, the Rastafarians are going back to Ethiopia, and Isis is trying to reestablish the Caliphate. Christendom will soon be apologizing to the Rastafarians for persecuting them, and to the Orthodox Church for not listening to its timeless Wisdom, and Ethiopia will be the front line between Al-Islam and Christendom, which both need to grow up and fight in scholarly debates, not with guns and bombs. American Christians have it all assbackwards. Christian Fundamentalism is Babylon with its ridiculous literalism. Listen to some Bob Marley and read some Augustine and Chrysostom and a little Enoch, not just the Bible. Come out of her my people.
if i ever get the threat of being df'd i think i will say :.
" the religion i left a few years ago no longer exists, you can't disfellowship me from a religion that i never had fellowship in !"..
i know this will make no difference at all, as would whatever i said if they had made up their minds, but it would point out how very very silly the whole idea would be.. any other ideas to briefly sum up what a stupid thing dfing is ?.
Just bring a hi-fi speaker when they say you arent one of Jehovah's Witnesses and counter "oh yes I am" and play back the minutes of your meeting in the middle of services. They are a bunch of wimps, they won't do anything. And them keep coming to services and saying hi to people as if nothing happened.
it has been a while since i've seen a witness, either in person or virtually.
searching for someone on facebook took me to the profile of a ministerial servant that i know.
i scrolled through his wall to see who is still around and found this gem:.
I want to make a JW.ORG Flag, since copywright laws don't apply to parody.
