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  John 5:28,29.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we used to use this scripture to show that there was going to be a future resurrection.

  but recently i got to thinking about it.

  if the apostle paul was right in saying that the righteous on death would be changed in the twinkling of an eye from earthly life to heavenly glory why would there be a future resurrection needed for the righteous?

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  JoenB75

  I support the view that soul sleep was a thing or thang until AD 70 and that Matthew 25:31-45 portrays the meditorial reign of Christ going on from AD 70 until when ever the Son hands over the Kingdom to the Father ☺️. This view has been promoted by various dudes like JS Russell, Ed Stevens and Duncan McKenzie who died recently way too young 😧
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  Rolf Furuli New Book

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who haven't come across furuli before , he is a 77 year old norwegian professor and is ( or was ) one of the few "scholarly" jws used by the society and used as a source on various matters ( especially 607 bce ).. however recently he has fallen out with the gb and has published an interesting book - like many recent scholarly apologists , he seems to be going down the road of disagreeing with the authority of the gb but still holding that the jws is the one true religion.

  kind of "lions led by donkeys".

  whether this view will continue is anyones guess.

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  JoenB75

  slimboyfat, shocking story and tells you a lot about the woeful state of human nature. Why did the JWs not revolt against such? Most obey and shut up and watch the bad things happen.
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  If You Have A Choice To Listen To Any Music, Any Artist —what would you like??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love rhythm and blues and soul music.

  i love funk but i also enjoy music of the 60s and 70s.

  just not really into classical or country western although some country is pretty good..

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  JoenB75

  I like much different songs from The life of a Pioneer to Doomed by the Living Dead. It has to come across to me as beautiful in some way
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  I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.

  one person yesterday said he lies.

  another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.

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  JoenB75

  I watched a Trump rally and got teary eyes although I dont live in the US. It is beautiful to see a Western leader who is not a puppet for the multicultural marxist agenda and yet brings together Americans of many colors
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  Was Mary Magdalene an apostle?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new article about mary magdalene says:.

  the catholic church calls mary .

  “the apostle of the apostles” because she was the first to bring news of jesus’ resurrection to the apostles.

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  JoenB75

  Revelation 12:1 makes us think of Eve and Mary but you could certainly argue we honor Paul more. Of course thinking biblically, both are vessels of Jesus carrying forth the Word into the world ☺️
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  PURITANS - why we need them right now

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  puritans!.

  we need them to help us become more righteous.we need to feel the sting of their whiplash and suffer the tongues of flame, branding irons, and denouncement.why?gosh - we aren't as pure as they are, that's why!.

  8th century christian orthodox iconoclasts smashed statues used by catholic christian worshipers - to save them from idolatry.let us us cheer that intervention!

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  JoenB75

  Peaceful protesting is a good thing. In Europe this usually performed by right wing nationalists socalled while left wing protesters yell at them, treathen spit and attack them only occassionally interrupted by halfhearted police interference. That is how peaceful protesting goes on here ☺️
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  Noah’s flood

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.

  one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.

  later another talk was about noah etc.

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  JoenB75

  of course Noas global flood happened but not in the sense imagined by JW and other literalist fundamentalist. ANE prophets had their peculiar writing styles
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  Removing Historic Monuments and Statues - Does the Term "Historical" Make it Right or Wrong?

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after further review and thought, i really don't see how removing a monument or statue that may be truly offensive to a large group of people is in some way rewriting history.. i think of germany or other parts of europe.

  you don't see swastikas on buildings or statues of hitler or mussolini or other upper level generals in public.

  would it be good for a person (think jewish) to drive around a city and see hitler in a public park, even though it is "historical?

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  JoenB75

  Wasanelder,

  Sounds a bit like the UK being traitors for leaving the EU. I think Merkel might agree with you
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  why did jehovah create corona virus?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  why did jehovah create the strains of corona virus ?.

  is it part of the great tribulation that is closer than ever now ?.

  what if lots of his people die from it ?.

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  JoenB75

  Suffering is excellent at teaching us to depend on God, tsunamis are effective ministers, memento mori. This is also why there are so many believers in Africa and Philippines and fewer in the West. When people have it all and things run smoothly they tend to forget God, when people suffer they either turn to God or to depression or sometimes both. I dont think JW teaching accounts for this. Suffering is not seen from a greater spiritual perspective but only something that reminds us we are not in paradise. All hardships are simply things that suck, there is no deeper spiritual meditation in JW.
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  Lloyd Evans exploitation videos.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i used to watch his videos on the monthly gb talks.

  he has went over the top a few times doing one video on why being liberal idiot is a good thing.

  he has made comments on the usa not knowing shit about what he was desperately trying to talk about.

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  JoenB75

  It is good some out there resist the Frankfurt school and the destruction of Western civilisation. Go Trump ☺️☺️👍☺️.