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Did Jesus say the God of the OT is not the same God as mine??
by Diogenesister inbart erhman states, in this you tube short presumably taken from the video series he has been doing with megan lewis*, that jesus said the god of the ot, the god of jeremiah, is not the (same)god as jesus.
bart continues "jeremiah's god killed (the children) - jesus said let the children come to me.
jesus' god said turn the other cheek" - the ot god was war-like etc (paraphrasing bart here a bit).. it's always been the thing that stopped my fully embracing the bible after leaving watchtower.
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2022
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | december 2022.
6 jehovah has created us to find enjoyment in our work.
(eccl.
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Samson kills 1,000 Philistine military men with a donkey's jawbone...I think not!
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 37. rely on jehovah, as samson did.
4 consider an example of samson’s trust in jehovah and of the support that god supplied.
on one occasion, a philistine military force had come to capture samson at lehi, evidently in judah.
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Chat AI shows Jesus was not god
by enigma1863 intitle: jesus' perception of himself: a nuanced view of equality in a patriarchal society.
introduction:.
the perception of jesus christ's divinity has been a subject of theological debate for centuries.
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The Last Days?
by ozziepost intoday's issue of time magazine bears the front cover headline "the last days of the taliban".. the urgency of these "last days" is re-inforced in the magazine's articles by the use of words such as "final reckoning", "last sanctuary", "rule unraveled for good", "endgame".. words and phrases such as these may seem familiar to regular readers of the watchtower magazine which regularly describes the present time as being the "last days" of this "system of things".. interestingly time describes the "last days of the taliban" as occurring just two months after the commencement of the "time of the end" for the taliban.. i wonder how many witnesses will give this some thought as they consider the watchtower's latest declaration of urgency for the last days of this system of things.
at what stage will these "last days" cease to be the last days?
can they last 100 years?
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Ecuador jw kills baby
by carla infrom https://avoidjw.org/world/ecuador-jw-woman-locked-between-silence-murder-baby/.
and https://www.extra.ec/noticia/judicial/mujer-encerrada-silencio-asesinato-bebe-70076.html.
lett and his 'enemies of god' video has something to do with it or added to post partum?
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Why infant baptism in Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Antonio_Madaleno in"adult baptism was not simply a question of religious dogma; it was an issue of power.
if baptism was delayed until adulthood—thus allowing a person to make a decision based on faith—some might not get baptized at all.
and individuals not baptized would, at least to a degree, remain outside the control of the church.
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dailly text 6/26
by pokertopia inbecome imitators of me.—1 cor.
11:1.. when paul said this, did he ask us to imitate his preach activities?
it is not a new verse that starts anew, but a verse that ends the previous chapter, so what paul says to imitate is shown in the previous chapter.
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Is a belief in GOD only found in the Bible ? Of course not .what about all of the other religious sects? Do they not count ???
by smiddy3 inthe world is made up of many religions christian and otherwise .. whose to say which religion is more superior than another religion ?
or has the approval of a god ?.
none that i can think of.. since humans have been on earth god has kept silent as to who represents him , if any at all..
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Resolution in Korean assembly in 1971
by pokertopia into jehovah's witnesses.
we express our position on [jehovah's witnesses] under the [watchew tower bible and booklet association] as follows.. .
1. jehovah's witnesses claimed that jesus christ was brought back in the fall of 1874 rather than 1914 and planned people to come out of the established church, so this organization is regarded as a false prophet.