has this verse been explained on this site? Many translations say "from house to house". Is this correct? The KIT says "in the temple and according to house"
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Acts 5:42??
by Curtains inhas this verse been explained on this site?
many translations say "from house to house".
is this correct?
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An argument against atheism: It's hopeless
by simon17 ini hear this critique against atheism a lot.
that its simply a hopeless way to live one's life.
believers give this argument, not passionately, but almost desicively, as if clearly a outlook they don't want for life is a wrong outlook.. is there anything you can do to reason with such ones?
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JuanMiguel - excellent points in post 92
Regarding post 91 - I agree that name calling is unnecessary and insulting so it is important to consider how we disagree when we want argue our points. Apart from that, I have sometimes found myself agreeing with those who find themselves approaching the edge of the sentiments expressed below. I can also be very blunt when I want to attack an argument. To clarify - where do you stand regarding people being blunt on here when they want to disagree with an argument?
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (New International Version, ©2011)
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
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What is the difference? What is the distinction? PLENTY!!
by Terry inwhat is the difference between these two renderings:.
1. all men are sportsmen; vigorous, skillful and capable of achieving substantial goals.. compared to this version.
2.all men (who) are sportsmen (are) vigorous, skillful and capable of achieving substantial goals.. .
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Terry if 2tim 3:16&17 wanted to say this
It is saying, in effect, "in cases where scripture has been breathed by God (inspired) THOSE PARTICULAR scriptures are useful for blah blah blah."
it might use the genitive case or it might use a participle. As 2 tim 3:16&17 uses neither and it uses the nominative case for both noun and adjective it does mean
All scripture is inspired of God...
Youngs translation is being over literal here as it is a convention (ellipse) of greek to leave out words that are understood to be there from the case used.
I'm saying this because I have trod this path too - however my opinion is open to question
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The secret of how Christianity spread across the world
by Terry inwhat i am going to say may sound nasty and mean-spirited.
i assure you it is not intended in that tone.. men are power seekers and control freaks.
without using women as drones to do the grunt work of religion.
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satanus - I prefer Terry's version
quentin and I are on the same page
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The secret of how Christianity spread across the world
by Terry inwhat i am going to say may sound nasty and mean-spirited.
i assure you it is not intended in that tone.. men are power seekers and control freaks.
without using women as drones to do the grunt work of religion.
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Terry
I just have to share this with you because I like it very much and it seems to add something to our discussion here
Apparently there is evidence that some women could provide a counter cultural voice. The courtesans. Indeed Plato (4th centuryBCE) according to quite reliable evidence, apparently taught at least 2 courtesans in his school. I understand that ordinary women were forbidden entry to the hellenistic schools but that courtesans could join.
Another nugget, Pericles' (5th centruy BCE Athens) mistress Aspasia is thought to have contributed greatly to his intellectual development and this in a culture in which ordinary women were very very restricted. Aspasia was highly educated. (Strangely enough though Pericles himself taught that women ought to be quiet, industrious, chaste workers at home and these ideas were oft repeated in the period under discussion, by the Roman emperors particularly).
Speaking of courtesans I am reminded of Mary Magdalen - wasn't she an adultress before she became an influential follower? or am I thinking of someone different?
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Do you let others mamke you feel guilty?
by Snoozy ini was curious over my reaction to something my brother said to me the other day.. he asked me if i had accepted christ.... i am not overly relgious since leaving the jw's and am just now starting to think there may possibly be something greater than us out there.
but.... when he asked me that i felt like i had to make all kinds of excuses and apologize in a way because i don't even think about things like that and also think people that do are a little fanatic..(jmo).. then i got to thinking, why did i feel guilty when he asked me that?
how can some poeple do that?
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snoozy
Just for an example, say you are eating a plate full of spagetti and someone with you says, "You aren't going to eat all of that are you?"..my first instinct would be to say .."No, of course not" and I would only eat a portion of it.. or say while shopping you pick oout a really nice dress you like..the other person says "You aren't going to buy that awful thing are you?"... I would say "No I was just looking at it"...and put it back.
this happens so much at the KH and yes I do find that this affects me and my children and my husband. And it is in small things snoozy like you mention. Last week my husband got back a little early from the ministry (12 instead of 1.30pm) and we decided to do so our weekly shopping. 2 elders were entering our building to do a return visit and one of the elders looked at his watch and sarcastically said "going somewhere nice". We both felt as if we'd committed a crime and felt we had to explain why he'd finished the ministry a little earlier than usual and that we were only going to the supermarket.
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Why does God permit suffering? Don't let others answer this question for you
by sabastious inwasn't the answer to this question wrapped up in a neat little package when you were young?
it was easily explainable and it made you feel so warm inside that you knew that god felt passionately bad about the suffering and that it was going to stop.. there is so much pain in this world.
people are starving, people are being torchered by others who have lost their minds, there is endless suffering on this planet.
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onemore - I think you are right
I feel that the problem of suffering presents a bigger challenge to the nonbelievers than to the believer there is a whole lot for the unbeliever to take on - the unbeliever is especially conscious that the life he/she has now is all there is. This can be hard to deal with and can call on all one's resources.
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Why does God permit suffering? Don't let others answer this question for you
by sabastious inwasn't the answer to this question wrapped up in a neat little package when you were young?
it was easily explainable and it made you feel so warm inside that you knew that god felt passionately bad about the suffering and that it was going to stop.. there is so much pain in this world.
people are starving, people are being torchered by others who have lost their minds, there is endless suffering on this planet.
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to me a world without suffering would be a world without love - If one is a believer in God then God encapsulates love and suffering. But if he occupies a narrow world of divine reason then imo this would exclude not only suffering but also love. So I would argue that for a believer God is not narrow. This works for an atheist too in that love occupies a zone beyond justice and reason and includes what seems to be unjust. However I agree that we need to try to alleviate as much suffering as we can.
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Mixed marriages - JW/non-JW - what makes you stay?
by Nickolas ini know a woman, became a wife .
these are the very words she uses to describe her life .
she said a good day, ain't got no rain .
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Nickolas
thanks for pointing out the differences between self medication, problem drinking and alcoholism. But I am already aware of this, however a witness may not and I was commenting from that point of view but I was not clear.
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Do people generally like you?
by Terry inin person, people tend to love me.
i'm told how likeable i am.. on discussion boards i have unlikeable qualities which infuriate others.. .
are you likeable in person and likeable on boards?
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If I have an opinion worth holding I will defend it - this does not mean I am angry. It always surprises me when anger is imputed to a person who strongly disagrees with something they have said. This to me reflects the imputer's state of mind.
Off of the board I find that people like and respect me even if I disagree with them. I don't like to be thought of as nice anymore.