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Was the Apostle Paul the Rutherford of his day?
by nugget ini was doing reseaerch on early days of the society and remembered a radio programme about the apostle paul from earlier in the year.
the gist of the programme was that paul had remodeled the early christians in his image and that many of the restrictions and edicts from that time had little to do with jesus earlier teaching.
for example the vilification of homosexuals and the denegration of women.. this made me think about how rutherford changed the early bible students and added restrictions to them as well trying to remodel the organisation into something he could control.. jesus spent time teaching about the kingdom, preaching the need for love, forgiveness and acceptance.
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The annointed/elect AND holy spirit
by EndofMysteries inlater i can post tons of scriptures to reference, but no point if nobody has run into this.
have you seen what appears to be 2 different groups of annointed?
perhaps one selected/predestined by jehovah and another not predestined by invited by jesus?
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The Great Crowd Don't Even Inherit the Earth.
by cantleave inthis came up on another thread i started, but think it desrves it's own, as it is a complete revelation to me.. .
the mild-tempered ones are happy because they will inherit the earth.
jesus, who was mild-tempered and lowly in heart, is the appointed heir of all things and is therefore the principal inheritor of the earth.
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Predestination and the 144K
by cameo-d inromans 8:29. for whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.. .
so according to this, only certain people are chosen for a predestination.. how are their images conformed?
have they been genetically manipulated?
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When did the new watchtower setup take effect?
by EndofMysteries ini forgot, and doing some comparisions on things, i know this was probably talked about much so the date is probably fresh in someones mind.
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Is the book of Job anti-humanist? Zizek's alternative reading.
by slimboyfat inthe book of job has sometimes been read as an anti-humanist reply to the notion that the creator is a god who takes a personal interest in humanity.. job was stricken with illness and various trials.
his three "friends" suggested that he must have done something to offend god for these terrible tribulations to have befallen him.
job protested his innocence.
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A question for all ex jws AND JW's here, btw I'm new too
by EndofMysteries inso far quite dissappointed from what i've seen.
this is very very important, first i"ll address the non/ex jw then i'll address the jw's (jw's scroll down if don't wanna see the first part).
i see so many who have concluded that it was not 'god inspired', a lot of what is being done, and their conscience told them that many things conflicted with jesus teachings and the bible.
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I need your opinion, helping a love one see the light
by tjlibre inill have a long weekend this week because of the thanksgiving holyday.
i made plans to have the entire weekend off with no activities in order to have time to begin to awake my wife.
i dont plan to lay everything out in one day, nor take the approach of we are living this organization, rather, im taking the approach of here is some information that we should consider and think about.
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Male and Female temple prostitutes
by ssn587 inthe following verses make me wonder just how prevalent prostituion at the "temple" was in ancient times.. the verse in deut.
23: 17 about becoming temple prostitutes didn't they israelites have a tabernacle until solomon built the temple during his reign?.
deuteronomy 23:17 none of the daughters of israel may become temple prostitutes neither may anyone of the sons of israel become a temple prostitute.