Slappy
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Why we can confidently say JW's are NOT fulfilling John 13:35
by yadda yadda 2 in"this is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
" - john 13:35 (niv).
a genuine christian would never totally shun a disfellowshipped family member or life-long friend who walked past them.
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Do You Expect to See Jesus?
by cameo-d indo you believe that jesus is yet to come?
do you believe that you will see him for real when he does?.
do you hope to?.
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Help me discuss the generation change with my wife
by insearchoftruth inquoted from reasoning from the scriptures, pg.
239 in the english edition:.
"to what do all these events of 'the last days' point?.
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Things I Learned From my Dog
by Satanus inif you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want.
don't go out without id.
be direct with people; let them know exactly how you feel by piddling on .
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"by their fruits"....wouldn't this mean their teachings as well???
by oompa ini urge any lurkers, or newbies, or doubter here to read...and study the proclaimers book....and read many old articles in the watchtower.
anybody who can explian to me how we could be sooooo wrong about soooo many things...........you have a willing ear here.
gods holy spirit would not allow for teaching falsehoods....period!
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On the (apocryphal?) source of 1 Cor. 2:9 and more ...
by behemot inin 1 cor.
2:9 paul states: "just as it is written: 'eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the things that god has prepared for those who love him".
(nwt).
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What does one need to interpret the Bible?
by insearchoftruth ini have posted some thoughts on this on earlier threads, but the pesky jws have approached my wife about a bible study again, but my wife has let them know that this time she wants to learn how to read the bible and then after she is able to do that, she may consider some of the other books.
i have a couple of concerns about this, firstly, from what i know, the jws consider reading thier literature on a par with reading the bible, in fact i am pretty sure that they will try to lead her back to the bible teach book and let her know that she is in essence getting the same 'food' this way as she would another way.. secondly, if she decides to study the bible, the questions from readers that has recently come out all but prohibiting independent bible study will most likely come into play.
witnessgirl provided a good course on this, let my wife know that we are going to read the bible, not study, which could be a loophole (but i doubt if she asks a jw about that they would see a difference, but my stubborn wife may), but i think my wife would say she wants to study, not read....... a pesky jw provided her with her copy of the insight books and she also has the reasoning book, but i want her to actually feel she can read the bible and take from it what the literature presents in itself, not the slant that any organization or person wants her to take from it, even though if she reads the nwt version (or really any version for that matter) there is already a man provided slant.
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Need help responding to a pioneer
by megs ini posed the question to a pioneer who had been giving me bible studies.
my question was quite simple: "in john 3:16, doesn't it say that whosoever believeth in him will have eternal life?
my understanding of this scripture is that eternal life is given to all who believe in christ and believe he died to save sinners.
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I am Agnostic. What happened??
by horrible life ini have had a continuing saga of a 25 year friendship, gone terribly wrong.
bitterness is very high, on both of our parts.
every-time i think things have calmed down, and we are dead to each other, something else is said on her part.
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Iran vs. Israel - could it be the beginning of Armageddon?
by tartarus ini have recently read in the news that an attack on iran is planned sometime after the olympics in beijing.
here's a bit of background to it:.
when irans fledgling democracy was overthrown with support of cia the shah of iran was giving israel free oil thru a pipeline that still runs thru saudi arabia to a refinery in the israeli city of haifa.