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  Did Jesus Die On a Stake or a Cross?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  dominic enyart exposes watchtower deception regarding their demonization of the cross.

  information packed.

  interesting take on paganism as well.

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  Sea Breeze

  I think the early Christians knew, and they wrote about it. What the early Church Elders believed:
  

  Lipsius quotes Iraneus (Bishop of Lyons in 177AD):

  "The construction itself of the cross has five ends, two on the vertical and two on the horizontal, and one in the middle where the person attached with nails rested".

  Also on page 661 Lipsius has an illustration of a cross with a cross-beam and a foot-rest, upon which a man is nailed, arms outstretched. This is under the heading "De Cruce Liber Secundus".

  Irenaeus (early 2nd century – AD 202) remarks that "the very form of the cross, too, has five extremities, two in length, two in breadth, and one in the middle, on which [last] the person rests who is fixed by the nails".

  The same remark is made by Justin Martyr (100–165) when commenting on the Book of Deuteronomy 33:17: "For the one beam is placed upright, from which the highest extremity is raised up into a horn, when the other beam is fitted on to it, and the ends appear on both sides as horns joined on to the one horn. And the part which is fixed in the centre, on which are suspended those who are crucified, also stands out like a horn; and it also looks like a horn conjoined and fixed with the other horns".

  To the pagan jibe about Christians being devotees of the cross, Tertullian (c. 155 – c. 240) responds by saying the pagans no less adored images of wood, with the difference that they worship what is only part of a cross, while the Christians are credited with "an entire cross complete with a transverse beam and a projecting seat". He then adds that "the very structure of our body suggests the essential and primal outline of a cross. The head ascends to the peak, the spine stands upright, the shoulders traverse the spine. If you position a man with his arms outstretched, you shall have created the image of a cross."

  Justin Martyr also states: "That [passover] lamb which was commanded to be wholly roasted was a symbol of the suffering of the cross which Christ would undergo. For the lamb, which is roasted, is roasted and dressed up in the form of the cross. For one spit is transfixed right through from the lower parts up to the head, and one across the back, to which are attached the legs of the lamb.
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  Depression & Isolation

  by TxNVSue2023 in

  1. watchtower
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  i've been recently reinstated & am very happy about it.

  i do love righteous (love & justice) and i do hate wickedness ( selfishness & sin).

  i do love jehovah and the bible truths & wisdom.

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  Sea Breeze

  Have you tried celebrate recovery? It's non denominational, relaxed, encouraging and free. There are 30,000 chapters.
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  Shaking Down Satan - WT Sues Norway

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder how many witnesses are aware that the wt and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of norway for millions of dollars?

  i thought that the wt taught that all the governments were run by satan.

  when i was a witness, this would have really bothered me.

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  For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. - Romans 13

  I have been waiting for something like this for a long time to happen. I was forced to leave home when I was 14. My crime? Aside from believing that the WT leaders were all idiots in the aftermath of the failed 1975 prophecy and having a bucket mouth about it; I visited someone in the neighborhood who was not a JW.
  
  My dad put everything I owned in the front yard (bed mattresses included) so that all the neighbors could see that my JW Dad had rejected me.

  It is really bad if you wake up too early as a JW kid. The perverts, druggies, and abusers are all lined up waiting for you. It is evil for JW parents to abandon their children or mentally abuse them until they are forced to leave when they point out false prophecies and other gross hypocrisy. People died during the 20 years that organ transplants were banned. A lot of kids are simply not as gullible as their parents and are discarded for it.
  
  Children have rights.
  
  
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  Shaking Down Satan - WT Sues Norway

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder how many witnesses are aware that the wt and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of norway for millions of dollars?

  i thought that the wt taught that all the governments were run by satan.

  when i was a witness, this would have really bothered me.

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  Sea Breeze

  This is one of the WT training videos shown in court instructing members how to shun their teenage daughters. Notice how young the girl is and that she appears homeless on a street somehere.

  The world knows what happens to pretty young teenage girls who find themselves homeless. This is criminal.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v7ZqOA89Dk
  
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  Did Jesus Die On a Stake or a Cross?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dominic enyart exposes watchtower deception regarding their demonization of the cross.

  information packed.

  interesting take on paganism as well.

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  Early Christian prayer desk found in Herculaneum. It was buried under 50 ft. of ash in 79 A.D.

  
  
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  "Other sheep" JW's are NOT witnesses & should NOT be preaching!

  by BoogerMan in

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  only those who think that they'll soooooooon be king/priests, can be called "witnesses" and do preaching work.. w98 2/1 p. 17 par.

  16 - in 33 c.e., the israel of god (not r/f jw's!

  ) replaced fleshly israel and became jehovah’s “servant,” his “witnesses.”.

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  Sea Breeze

  Christian believers have a gift waiting for them at the Great White Throne Judgment regarding the "annointed" who claim to be Jews of "spiritual Israel". A litle gift of acknowledgement for all the trouble this group has caused them:

  Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. - Jesus (Rev. 3: 9)

  Thank you Jesus.
  
  
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  Shaking Down Satan - WT Sues Norway

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder how many witnesses are aware that the wt and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of norway for millions of dollars?

  i thought that the wt taught that all the governments were run by satan.

  when i was a witness, this would have really bothered me.

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  Sea Breeze

  To the right of Noomi, in the picture, is a woman in a blue skirt, with a disapproving look on her face. I’m guessing she’s a PIMI?

  She's got that look on her face: "I'm not moved by your tears, this is what you chose".

  JW's are the coldest-hearted people on earth.

  and a groping hand

  Stan, I think it is more of a protective gesture to prevent his wife from getting too close to a diseased mind speaking against their organization. Wouln't want any of her poison to rub off on his wife.
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  Shaking Down Satan - WT Sues Norway

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder how many witnesses are aware that the wt and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of norway for millions of dollars?

  i thought that the wt taught that all the governments were run by satan.

  when i was a witness, this would have really bothered me.

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  I wonder how many witnesses are aware that the WT and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of Norway for millions of dollars? I thought that the WT taught that all the governments were run by Satan. When I was a witness, this would have really bothered me. So, who is supposed to be funding the preaching work? Jehovah or Satan?

  Apparently, Norway has decided they will no longer fund an organization that destroys families and shuns children.

  #JWvsNorway

  
  
  
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  My parents did not really shun me when I left but I am now breaking their hearts…

  by sinboi in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if they have shunned me and chase me out of the house when i leave the cult, i would not give a damn.

  i can still feel their love and concern for me even now.. though i have moved out voluntarily when i joined the army, i am afraid that the life i am living now will break their hearts.

  i am now a bartender in a bar and am cohabiting with a woman.

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  Sea Breeze

  My advice is to read up on co-dependency and boundaries.
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  Did Jesus Die On a Stake or a Cross?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dominic enyart exposes watchtower deception regarding their demonization of the cross.

  information packed.

  interesting take on paganism as well.

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  Sea Breeze

  The Crosses of Pompeii presents a good case for the presence of Christians in Pompeii prior to AD 79. The apostle Paul visited the area. Jehovah's Witnesses who maintain that Jesus died on a pole should be especially interested.