Posts by tornapart

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How Jehovah's Witnesses benefit those humble enough to study the Bible with them.

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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excellent material can be found within the reasoning book, page 328, para.2, 3. occasionally, i see posters make presumptuous comments like, "all you need is the bible", or, "i'm born-again, so there's no need for spiritual assistance from another christian", or,"i'm saved", or my favorite, "jesus talks to me directly.

" on one hand, i can't be overly critical of such ones because they do attempt to read and understand the bible on their own.

(acts 17:11) not to mention they're generally peaceable folks, just self-misguided when erroneously believing that they can go it alone.

tornapart

John 14: 16,17, 26 "and I will request the Father and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, the spirit of the truth, which the world cannot receive, because it neither beholds it nor knows it. You know it because it remains with you and is in you.......But the helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things and bring back to your minds al the things I told you."

1 John 2:27 "And as for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to be teaching you; but, as the anointing from him is teaching you about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it has taught you, remain in union with him."

Are you calling Jesus a liar?

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Feb 2014 WT Study article

by molybdenum in

the caption under the picture in the first article.

hail christthe glorious king!says:.

birds will be called on to cleanse the earth (see paragraph 18).

tornapart

ROFL!! Oub!! I had a mouthful of coffee just then and my pc screen nearly got plastered!

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Feb 2014 WT Study article

by molybdenum in

the caption under the picture in the first article.

hail christthe glorious king!says:.

birds will be called on to cleanse the earth (see paragraph 18).

tornapart

As bad as the over-flapping generation...

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Preterism vs The Rapture??

by DATA-DOG in

in the preterist view, all scripture is fulfilled.

when jesus said to his disciples, " this generation ", he meant it.

they would not pass away until they saw the destruction of jerusalem.

tornapart

Interesting point DD... never thought of that one before!

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Why I am upset with myself for my atheistic beliefs

by confusedandalone in

yesterday me and the wife were talking about how much better life has become.

she said something that got me thinking and made me a bit sad for a while.

we were discussing where we are at individually in our quest for understanding about the "super-natural" and i expressed i have no belief in it at all and how much i have changed she says, "i don't think you have changed much.

tornapart

Even as a full in Jdub, I could never understand how going to all the meetings, put lots of hours in the FS, answering up, preparing for meetings etc etc... somehow equated with being spiritual. It really is totally meaningless. Although I did all those things, it left me completely cold.

To me spirituality is sitting in a beautiful place outdoors and feeling at one with the surrounding nature (whether a believer in God or not), soaking up it's beauty, listening to birds sing and feeling your emotions soar. Having a great meal and being surrounded by all your family and just having fun and enjoying each other's company and feeling the love. Listening to an amazing piece of music and letting it capture your soul. Every human on this planet has a measure of spirituality. It just cannot be defined by religious rules!

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