If Christ is real then he and the holy spirit (if he or it is real) need to do a much better job communicating with sincere prayerful Christians, telling them very clearly what Christ's teachings are. Christianity is so very divided doctrinally, with a wide diversity of conflicting doctrines between its various churches, denominations, sects, and cults. If Christ exists, then it doesn't make sense that there are so many different churches, denominations, sects, and cults of of non-orthodox Christianity.
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Will Christ Be Ashamed To Claim P.IM.O.'s?
by IWant2Leave ini started my fade about two years ago and at present i have no intention of writing a disassociation letter.
the pros and cons of being p.i.m.o.
have been discussed on this forum many times.
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Will Christ Be Ashamed To Claim P.IM.O.'s?
by IWant2Leave ini started my fade about two years ago and at present i have no intention of writing a disassociation letter.
the pros and cons of being p.i.m.o.
have been discussed on this forum many times.
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Disillusioned JW
IWant2Leave, since you believe in Christ, why not pray to him (and/or the Father) about the matter, telling him(them) your thoughts and feelings on the matter and asking for his(their) guidance on the matter? Then pay attention to see (or hear) what guidance/answer you receive from him(them), if any. According to one of the gospels, Jesus said that 'anything you ask the father in my name I will give it'. [I also think that one verse, in at least one manuscript says "me" instead of Father".] One of the letters attributed to John says that God will give us us anything we ask him if is in harmony with his will. Certainly you requesting such would be in harmony with his will, presuming the god exists. Right?
Since you believe in the Bible, it might be helpful to consider the story in the book of Daniel (see chapter 6) about the time when the king of Medo-Persia passed a law saying that no one was to pray to anyone for 30 days except to the king. According to the story Daniel chose to openly/visibly pray to Jehovah, knowing what the punishment under the law would be.
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Isn't Canada Great, even close to a Spiritual Paradise?
by Disillusioned JW ina moment ago i clicked onto the link at https://bigglobaltravel.com/cities/funny-pictures-canada-yh/?utm_campaign=canada%20pictures%20shira1606%20dup0109%20msn%20edg%20en%20-%20desktop%20usa%20ya&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=msn_us&utm_content=msn.com&psl=g_61cd4e&network_code=cm which shows slides of canada.
viewing those slides (in combination with the other things i have seen and heard about canada) made me feel that maybe canada is about as close as one can get in the western world to a nation which is now a spiritual paradise, much like a new peaceful order now.
imagine that the usa would never have had a civil war.
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What the world needs is more love - https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/16409317/The+O%27Jays/Love+Train . I love the "Love Train" song by the O'Jays. The release date for the song is December 1972. It is from the time of my early youth. Let's make the world a better place by all of us being more peaceful and by being more loving to one another. OK?
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OMG Gretta von funberg is trying to sing
by mickbobcat inthis stupid little autistic twit is a no talent hack.
she can not dance, sing or even talk well.
the liberal idiots follow this little idiot like she is the oracle of delphi.
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For those of you who said that Greta is stupid and/or unintelligent, tell us how your grades in 9th grade compared to her grades in 9th grade. Were you an A student in 9th grade? In my prior post I provided documentation that Great was an A student in 9th grade. -
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OMG Gretta von funberg is trying to sing
by mickbobcat inthis stupid little autistic twit is a no talent hack.
she can not dance, sing or even talk well.
the liberal idiots follow this little idiot like she is the oracle of delphi.
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I'm slightly revising what I said earlier. Part of my impression of Greta probably being a prodigy is that her small size gave me the impression that she is much younger than I later realized she is. Yesterday I learned that she is now 18 years old (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg) despite being small.
Regarding how smart she is, the Wikipedia article says "She finished lower secondary school with good grades.[65] In July 2019, Time magazine reported Thunberg was taking a "sabbatical year" from school ... " and it says that "In 2019 she completed the 9th grade (the completion of lower secondary education in Sweden) with excellent grades, 14 As, and Bs in three subjects:[36] Swedish, home economics and physical education.[37]" She is thus smart even if she is not a prodigy.
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OMG Gretta von funberg is trying to sing
by mickbobcat inthis stupid little autistic twit is a no talent hack.
she can not dance, sing or even talk well.
the liberal idiots follow this little idiot like she is the oracle of delphi.
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Disillusioned JW
I don't see how anyone could think that Greta Thunberg is stupid. She has a brilliant mind, and is probably even a prodigy in regards to promoting political action about climate change and in regards to her leadership ability. I am very impressed with her.
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Question..about a picture I thought was in the old Paradise book..
by Snoozy ini have a friend that is considering going back.
i figure it is her life and maybe it is something she needs.
anyway we were talking about when she was little and she remembered a picture in one of the books where it showed teh new world with pictures of everyone around the lamb etc in paradise.
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Disillusioned JW
Are you sure you gave her the old "From Paradise Lost To Paradise Regained" book from 1958 (with an orange cover) and not the much newer book called "Live Can Live Forever in Paradise On Earth" book (with a red cover)?My copy of the 1958 book says "3,250,000 Edition" and on pages 208-209 it shows sky scrapers falling down, houses burning, people running scared, and the earth opening up with people falling into the deep hole (but I don't see fire in the hole). In that book I don't see a picture of people escaping, nor do I see a picture of people around a lamb in paradise. But page 217 shows people with a pet dog and pages 2224-225 shows more happy people, apparently in a paradise.
In the "My Book of Bible Stories" in story number 115 there is a two-page picture which shows people by a young deer and which shows a very young girl by a lion cub.
Maybe the book your friend is thinking of a book before 1958, maybe the "A New Heavens and a New Earth" or an edition of "Let God Be True" or maybe the "Children" book.
Maybe your friend is thinking of a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) volume of the 10 volume set called "the Bible Story", such as the ones that used to be (and maybe still are) sometimes in the waiting area of dentist and/or doctor offices. If your friend's memory is of the people in paradise on Earth (or in heaven?) wearing white robes then it is probably a SDA book.
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Isn't Canada Great, even close to a Spiritual Paradise?
by Disillusioned JW ina moment ago i clicked onto the link at https://bigglobaltravel.com/cities/funny-pictures-canada-yh/?utm_campaign=canada%20pictures%20shira1606%20dup0109%20msn%20edg%20en%20-%20desktop%20usa%20ya&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=msn_us&utm_content=msn.com&psl=g_61cd4e&network_code=cm which shows slides of canada.
viewing those slides (in combination with the other things i have seen and heard about canada) made me feel that maybe canada is about as close as one can get in the western world to a nation which is now a spiritual paradise, much like a new peaceful order now.
imagine that the usa would never have had a civil war.
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I am not aware that Canada has been ruined, experienced a socialist takeover, nor had a breakdown in the social contract and law and order. However, I have neither heard nor read much news about Canada.
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How did you feel after writing a Disassociation letter?
by Iamallcool ini might do it one day.
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Disillusioned JW
Update: I was slightly incorrect in saying that the "UN letter literally uses the word "disassociated" in regards to its action to the WT." I notice that the letter says the WT contacted the UN to request termination of its association with the DPI (a department of the UN). But the UN letter also does say that the DPI made the decision to "disassociate" the WT! See https://www.un.org/en/civil-society/watchtowerletter .
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Isn't Canada Great, even close to a Spiritual Paradise?
by Disillusioned JW ina moment ago i clicked onto the link at https://bigglobaltravel.com/cities/funny-pictures-canada-yh/?utm_campaign=canada%20pictures%20shira1606%20dup0109%20msn%20edg%20en%20-%20desktop%20usa%20ya&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=msn_us&utm_content=msn.com&psl=g_61cd4e&network_code=cm which shows slides of canada.
viewing those slides (in combination with the other things i have seen and heard about canada) made me feel that maybe canada is about as close as one can get in the western world to a nation which is now a spiritual paradise, much like a new peaceful order now.
imagine that the usa would never have had a civil war.
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A moment ago I clicked onto the link at https://bigglobaltravel.com/cities/funny-pictures-canada-yh/?utm_campaign=Canada%20Pictures%20Shira1606%20DUP0109%20MSN%20EDG%20En%20-%20Desktop%20USA%20YA&utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=MSN_US&utm_content=msn.com&psl=g_61cd4e&network_code=CM which shows slides of Canada. Viewing those slides (in combination with the other things I have seen and heard about Canada) made me feel that maybe Canada is about as close as one can get in the western world to a nation which is now a spiritual paradise, much like a new peaceful order now. I started getting chocked up viewing a number of the slides. I'm thinking maybe I would be happier if I lived in Canada. I have taken at least two trips to Canada and I enjoyed each of those trips.
When the USA declared independence from Great Britain and started a war with them, the USA invited Canada to join with them in the war against Great Britain. Canada said no and eventually Canada obtained their independence anyway - by peaceful means. That greatly impresses me. Imagine if the USA had used the same process. Imagine the lives that would have been saved. Imagine that the USA would never have had a civil war. Keep in mind also that Britain abolished slavery in all of their lands about 30 years before the USA civil war began.