if you were a jehovah's witness have you "reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom"?.
"from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.
but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago...".
I think that at the end of days I will declare myself a believer in the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
I do find Catholicism very interesting but it's also quite dark so I'm not sure about that.
The Baptist Church always appealed to me even in my ministry days so we'll have to see.
I do have some friends who are Baptists.
I'm in no hurry though!
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the service meeting for this week was almost entirely made up of questions based on the dvd faith in action pt1.
Great links Cedars. Thanks!
Firstly, it's truly amazing what you can do with Photoshop. All these worldly tools they have at their disposal! Where would they be without them?
As for the second link, well, a very good example of how we can be picked up by the JW$ and carried along as if in a strong wind, only to be left stranded. Run aground. Yes, I've been there too.
I found it to be a very genuine and enlightening account.
How encouraging to see that people at Bethel are, even now, seeing through it all.
Great stuff!!!
the other thread got me to wondering if people who are studies ever even learn about the current generation teaching.. is the current generation teaching part of the book that is used with studies now?
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I do wonder if even the person who wrote that muck believes it.
And however they dress it up, a generation does not last 100 years.
Not even in Watchtower land.
Overlapping indeed!!!
Who the hell do they think we are?
what if a powerful government were to hatch a plot to exterminate jehovah's witnesses as an organization?.
they ask this question at the bottom of page 23 of the july wt, and i thought the wording was kind of strange.
the target is not jws "the people" (as in nazi germany) but the org alone.
Dont worry NC.
Tartarus is nowhere near as bad as I was led to believe.
No regrets;)
finally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.
we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.
apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.
Wow, thanks!
That's the most information on this subject that I've ever seen in one place-or indeed ever seen.
Thankyou for sharing it with us.
Do you think the WT$ would read it?
Or have it read to them perhaps!
what if a powerful government were to hatch a plot to exterminate jehovah's witnesses as an organization?.
they ask this question at the bottom of page 23 of the july wt, and i thought the wording was kind of strange.
the target is not jws "the people" (as in nazi germany) but the org alone.
Don't laugh.
I can see the horsemen of the apocalypse on the horizon. Even now they approach.
Why me first?
Bye folks:(
wachtower dec 1 2011 p.10 "french village faces influx of apocalypse believers...they believe the world will end 21 december 2012 when the end of....ancient maya calander...despite predictions by calamity-howling religious leaders, pseudoscientists, and any other prognosticators, earth will be in existence for a long time...when will this occur?
no human knows.
jehovah's witnesses do not try to predict when god will destroy the wicked...{really?
They are obviously compulsive liars.
It never ends does it.
sleep eludes me.
she plays coy, then retreats, laughing as she looks back at me.
i vacate my disheveled bed with less than quiet resignation.
Hi Co Co.
No I didn't know that.
I'd choose FP any day. They used to show it on Ch 4 a lot. How I loved watching it!!!
By the way, I do enjoy your writings.
They add a nice creative element to our little forum here.
Don't stop!
"jesus did not die on the cross" .
a new doctoral dissertation in theology from gothenburg university claims that the bible has been misinterpreted when it comes to how jesus died.
gunnar samuelsson who wrote the dissertation has studied the original texts and sees no explicit references to crucifiction.
Hang on a minute. Don't jump the gun. This can be very misleading.
Firstly, yes victims were made to carry a torture stake (Stauros) to the place of execution. BUT, once at the place of execution, a cross beam was used to crucify the victim/prisoner.
We know that Crassus crucified thousands of slaves.
Why would the WT$ have us believe an exception would be made in the case of Jesus?
To avoid using a pagan symbol?
Of course the Romans used crosses, they were after all.......Pagans. And a cross is the obvious shape to nail a man to.
I think that Black Sheep has put it quite succinctly. Being impaled and being crucified are two completely different things.
Come on, we all know what's involved in being impaled right?
Right?
Just look at Black Sheeps picture.
sleep eludes me.
she plays coy, then retreats, laughing as she looks back at me.
i vacate my disheveled bed with less than quiet resignation.
Yes, I too love The Forbidden Planet.
What a great, but disquietly dark concept.
