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  the pope has died

  by stan livedeath in

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  most people on the planet have heard of the pope.. most people on the planet have never heard of the governing body..

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  Sea Breeze

  I would ask respectfully, "but then why don't people just send themselves to heaven earlier?"

  @Blondie

  
  Because you wont have a physical body in heaven until the resurrection (at the Rapture). Members of God's family who die will be disembodied spirits/souls, awating the resurrection of the body. Being in the presence of the almighty and previously deceased loved ones in a place of pure love and peace is a wonderful alternative to separation from God and all good things he made. But, people would nonetheless like to get back into their bodies as soon as possible.

  Phil. 3: 21 - Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

  Also, some people don't think that their work here on earth is done yet. Perhaps they have children they are still mentoring and helping.

  
  
  
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  Is anyone watching The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu?

  by Biahi in

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  after finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.

  picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.

  i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.

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  Sea Breeze

  Watched about 20 minutes of the first episode before turning it off. Depressing. The religious figure (a combination of a woman Nazi officer and Catholic nun-like figure) took out a electric shock stick and shocked a girl in the neck with it during class.

  Not into human suffering entertainment. It looked like a total atheist hit-job propaganda piece. Seen it all before.

  The Soviets established an Anti Religion Commission in 1922, which advocated and enforced the suppression and elimination of religious beliefs. During their first years, the Bolsheviks executed 1,300 Russian Orthodox priests and killed an estimated 15-20 million Christians.

  What do you all think drives atheists to attack people of faith, especially Christians?

  
  
  
  
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  the pope has died

  by stan livedeath in

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  most people on the planet have heard of the pope.. most people on the planet have never heard of the governing body..

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  Sea Breeze

  in decades such as the 360s (when the Trinity doctrine took shape)

  @SBF

  This Watchtower doctrine has been refutted over and over and over on this forumn. Why do you continue to say something that you have repeatedly been proven wrong on?
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  Happy Easter!

  by Sea Breeze in

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  wishing everyone a happy easter!

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  here’s to new beginnings 🥂.

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  Sea Breeze

  The world has never been the same since.... thank you Jesus!

  
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  Is anyone watching The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu?

  by Biahi in

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  after finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.

  picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.

  i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.

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  Sea Breeze

  Never heard of it. Will check it out....thanks!
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  the pope has died

  by stan livedeath in

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  most people on the planet have heard of the pope.. most people on the planet have never heard of the governing body..

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  Sea Breeze

  @Duran

  The scriptures I cited provide more than enough evidence to answer your questions. Why did you not comment on any of them?

  Putting aside for a moment that all you said is nonsense, I want to at least engage in your reasoning.

  Probably close to 90 % of my post were just scripture citations. All nonsense?
  
  I can see why you would want to characterize the bible as nonsense and approach this topic with WT reasoning, because it threatens your hope of nothingness and unconsciousness when you die.

  Imagine being conscious for eternity, alone, abandoned, forgotten forever, and ever and ever and ever. It is this reality that is driving your supression and probably full on repression of the word of God in regards to your tripartite nature.
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  Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia

  by Listener in

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  i was doing some research on the taxable status of money being gifted to co’s and travelling missionaries and was surprised with what i found.

  i had assumed that it was not taxable income in australia.. it is taxable income in australia and it‘s likely that the same rules apply in some other countries.. a registered religious institution only receives tax free status on donations because they have been endorsed by the australian tax office.

  travelling overseas and missionaries are not in this category.. there’s a tax ruling that goes into great detail.

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  Sea Breeze

  This image demonstrates the proper way for JW's to discreetly perform a green handshake:

  
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  the pope has died

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  @ Duran

  When believers find themselves "absent from the body", where are they? Scripture says they will are "present with the Lord".

  "whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord". - 2 Cor. 5

  There are lots of dead souls in heaven, thinking, feeling, remembering, talking etc.

  I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? - Rev. 6: 9-11

  The bible says that death happens when a person's soul leaves their body.

  Gen. 25: 18-19 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

  No one is "resurrected to spirit life". That is a Watchtower scam.... attributing new definitions to commonly understood words. All the dead souls in heaven (or elswhere) are dead. They will not be alive until their bodies are resurrected and they are made "whole" again.
  
  Jesus recognized that a dead girl needed to be made whole again:

  Luke 8 - While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

  50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

  Jesus made her whole again when he resurrected her a short time later.
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  the pope has died

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  Sea Breeze

  Your message is a sad display of precisely the kind of arrogant, crude, and confused rhetoric that exposes the spiritual poverty of your worldview. You dismiss not only Catholicism but every form of religion, then hypocritically wield the Bible like a weapon — as if you were its sole, self-appointed guardian... mocking the dead, and congratulating yourself for insulting people who mourn. That’s not biblical authority. That’s blasphemous pride.

  I really couldn't have said it better myself. This almost perfectly describes how I felt growing up JW. Jehovah's Witnesses pionered this type blunt force mental abuse.
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  Jephthah's Daughter

  by cantleave in

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  i have read somewhere that jephthah's daughter did not really go into temple service but was a victim of ritual sacrifice.

  the bible says that after weeping over her virginity that the maidens would visit her annually.

  how could they visit her if she was killed?.

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  Sea Breeze

  From Got Questions:

  The Bible does not explicitly state that Jephthah sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering. Since his daughter was mourning the fact that she would never marry instead of mourning that she was about to die (Judges 11:36-37), this possibly indicates that Jephthah gave her to the tabernacle as a servant instead of sacrificing her. However, again, Judges 11:39 does seem to indicate that he did follow through with the sacrifice: "He did to her as he had vowed."
  
  Whatever the case, God had specifically forbidden offering human sacrifices, so it was absolutely not God’s desire for Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter (Leviticus 20:1-5). Jeremiah 7:31; 19:5; and 32:35 clearly indicate that the idea of human sacrifice has "never even entered God’s mind." The account of Jephthah and his daughter serves as an example for us to not make foolish vows or oaths. It should also serve as a warning to make sure any vow we make is something that is not in violation of God’s Word.