Topics Started by Perry
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Does a Cult Background Assist Atheists?
by Perry inthe march 2009 american religious identification survey from trinity college and the march 7, 2009, national journal article on "rise of the godless" present the following data: .
when asked for their religious affiliation, 15 percent of americans say none, but only 0.7 percent say atheist ..... .
i present the above info just as a reminder that very, very few people consider themselves atheist despite decades of "scientific" propaganda suggesting otherwise.
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Where to find Publisher Turnover Chart?
by Perry ina while back someone posted a really nice chart showing the number of publishers, baptisms, estimated deaths, disfellowshippings etc.
; and came up with a projected turnover rate of publishers in the borg.. .
does anyone know where that might be?.
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Economy, Sickness, Bible Cults Got You Down?
by Perry inno weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; .....this is the heritage of the servants of the lord, is.
i know the economy is bad and many are suffering for various reasons.
it seems like things come all at one time.
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Invisible Things of Him... are Clearly Seen, Being Understood by the Things That are Made
by Perry in.
an image of the core of the whirlpool galaxy m51 (ngc 5149) taken by the hubble space telescope.. the heavens declare the glory of god; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.
psalms 19:1.
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Modern Bibles - Atonement - Part VI
by Perry inatonement over the years since leaving the wt, i have found the doctrine of the atonement to be one of the major litmus tests for determining christianity and apostate christianity.
the roman catholic church has transsubstantiation and the sacraments for salvation (among other things) and the wt simply rejects christ each year formally at the memorial.
the wt spin on the ransom negates the need for an actual exchange to take place with our savior.
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Modern Bibles - The Judgement - Part V
by Perry inthe judgment it is important to realize that we are not now living in a period of time known as judgment day as the watchtower teaches.
by them placing christ's coming in 1914 they can conveniently teach that we have been living in a sort of judgnent day since that time; and of course the judgment is swayed one way or another by how people respond to wt literature.
however, this doesnt mean that there will be no judgment as the politically correct new age do-gooders teach either.
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Modern Bibles - Scripture Preservation- Part IV
by Perry inpreservation of scripturecrimen laesae maiestatis (latin) -literally, the crime of injured majesty; an offense against the dignity, person, or authority of a reigning sovereign; high treason the ungodding of god; the unwording of the word.
it makes sense that the creator could accurately preserve his words if he chooses.
he has claimed to do this and has indeed done so.
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Modern Bibles - Sin- Part III
by Perry inin part 1, i covered some of the differences betwixt the textus receptus that is the basis for the kjv, and the wescott and hort master greek text that is the basis for the nwt.
other critical texts like nestle/aland and united bible societies (ubs) generally follow wescott/hort, as you'll see below.
the modern critical texts have many thousands of greek words missing, when compared to the tr.
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CAN OBAMA BE PRESIDENT?
by Perry ini just received this email.
i don't see this flying for this election, but if obama wins, it might open the door for changing laws in the future concerning who can be eligible for the presidency and who cannot.
old, at the time of barack obama's birth for him to have been a. natural-born citizen.
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"Modern Bibles" New World Translation - Part II
by Perry inbehold, the days come, saith the lord god, that i will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the lord .
amos 8: 11. .
most of us who have been raised as jehovahs witnesses since at least the 1960s were occasionally reminded of the scholarship of fred franz and his command of eight or more languages, including the biblical languages of hebrew and greek.