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  Identity of 'Spiritual Israel'

  by Jr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in order to qualify as spiritual israel there has to be certain fundamental characteristics or basic truths.

  these basic truths are revealed in the law covenant given by moses.

  and can be traced down from the nation of israel, down through the 1st century congregation, and further down until our day and time.

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  James,
  
  I must applaude you. Your analysis and writings are very clear and logical. I think you have explained very well how we should address "our Father." I think Jesus made this very clear in the Lord's prayer. (I can't remember if you mentioned that or not.)
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  ok. i'm registered now. the party can begin.

  by RedhorseWoman in

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  welcome, riz, glad to have you with us.

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  I will volunteer my wife's home made beer. She makes the best honey brown I have ever tasted. I used to make home made wine, 50 gallons at a time, but haven't done that for awhile.
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  new jehovah's witness?

  by tiawani18 in

  1. jw
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  i am deceiding on becoming a jehovah's witness, but i need for information on the whole religion.

  i need to talk to someone and ask questions.

  what do i do?

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  Some advice,

  I might be useful to read the whole thread. He never had any intention of becomeing a witness. He is doing this for a school project.
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  God's will or free will?

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard many people tell me about bible prophesy.

  if the bible can predict future events then it stands to reason that those events are predetermined and man has no choices in this world.

  think about all the choices you've made in your life and how different life for you would be if you had done things differently.

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  Ianao,

  I was using the word fundy, to apply to those who believe that all of the Bible is true. You are right that some of these aren't into end of time predictions. I guess I should refer to the subset as "the sky is falling fundies."
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  Ecce Homo -- John 19:5

  by rabotnik in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  are there any former jws who have come out as gay or lesbian?

  if so, were you disfellowshipped?

  and how did your family react?

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  RHW,

  Although I have not done extensive research, my observations agree with yours. I know one gay man and one lesbain. I have had many long conversations with both of them and have a pretty detailed understanding of their lives. Neither made a choice; it was the way they were from the beginning. Both are well accepted within the heterosexual world where they live.
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  Teaching Tolerance

  by LDH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:.

  57 asians.

  21 europeans.

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  LDH,

  You are right. We have a lot to be thankful for. Also, even though there are bad conditions in many parts of the world, things are improving. Being an optomist, I think they will continue to improve. The history of mankind, up until the last 200 years has been one of unspeakable misery for the vast majority. We have great improvements when we compare today to our total history. Of couse, we do have a way to go yet.
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  Ecce Homo -- John 19:5

  by rabotnik in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  are there any former jws who have come out as gay or lesbian?

  if so, were you disfellowshipped?

  and how did your family react?

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  Old Testemant Law,

  I guess the younger ones today are very lucky. In the old days, they would have been killed for mocking the older ones, even if they thought the older ones were wrong. Praise the Lord for the modern era!
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  God's will or free will?

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard many people tell me about bible prophesy.

  if the bible can predict future events then it stands to reason that those events are predetermined and man has no choices in this world.

  think about all the choices you've made in your life and how different life for you would be if you had done things differently.

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  Psychologists view of religion,

  Psychologists functioning in their role as scientists, can not prove anything about God. However, they can and have studied the effects of different beliefs on the believers. At one extreme, those who believe that God is a vengeful killer and that people are worthless sinners have a high rate of suicide, depression, and other forms of both mental and physical illnesses that make their lives miserable and tend to shorten it. Those, at the other extreme, who believe that God is love and is a source of support and comfort through prayer have much happier well adjusted lives and live much longer. As a result of these beliefs, they tend to love themselves despite their own imperfections. They also, are less judgemental of others and demonstrate more love towards them as well. They tend to follow the advice of St. Augastine, "Hate the sin, but love the sinner."
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  God's will or free will?

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard many people tell me about bible prophesy.

  if the bible can predict future events then it stands to reason that those events are predetermined and man has no choices in this world.

  think about all the choices you've made in your life and how different life for you would be if you had done things differently.

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  larc

  PS,

  I forgot to mention in my last post, that the long list of scriptures that I posted had to do with the subject of love.
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  God's will or free will?

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard many people tell me about bible prophesy.

  if the bible can predict future events then it stands to reason that those events are predetermined and man has no choices in this world.

  think about all the choices you've made in your life and how different life for you would be if you had done things differently.

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  larc

  Thoughts on the fundys,

  I have read with great interest, the words of the fundies over the past several months here on the DB. It was an opportunity to see how their minds work. It seems that they believe that they, for the first time since Christ, have been able to unlock the keys of ambiguous scriptures. This has been a result of either God's holy spirit or their own keen intellect or a combination of both. Now, when their prophesy fails like all such have failed for 2,000 years, they have one of two choices. One, they can reinterprete the scriptures and change the dates, like the Witnesses have done or two, they can admit they are wrong like Miller, the founder of the Seventh Day Adventists did, although his organized religion continued to believe.

  Also, the fundys seem to have a supreme arragance stemming from their self percieved perfect knowledge system. This is logically coupled with a distain for others who do not share their view. When asked a reasonable, logical question, they hurl insults thick and fast. Love and mercy is not in their vocabulary, at least not on this board. Awhile back I posted a large number of scriptural quotes. Not a single fundy responded to them, while a number in the nonfundy class expressed appreciation. As far as fundys go, "by their fruits you shall know them".

  To the fundys, I have a suggestion: set up a good retirement plan.