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  Lead us not into temptation

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  'lead us not into temptation': why pope francis is wrong about the lord's prayer.

  m j c warren, lecturer in biblical and religious studies, university of .

  pope francis recently announced that he thinks the common english translation of the lord’s prayer is mistranslated.

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  waton

  This might be all wrong. Jesus was led into the wilderness by the H. Spirit. Now people are confronted, inducted into the Spirit Directed Org. If Jesus can be [mis] led. how about jws? very tempting!
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  Dinosaurs in Paradise

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  i'm so thankful for sites such as this.

  i realise it's our imperfection but god's organization is not always open to 'outside the box' thinkers such as ourselves.

  i've been researching dinosaurs and god's reason for not preserving these beasts beyond the flood of noah's day.

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  waton

  Personally I have my serious doubts about the Pterodactyl being resurrected as an airworthy conveyance. Those flapping wings are a flop. I think they were more of a kind of umbrella. Or an early prototype of the angels in revelation with their 6 wings.
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  “...in the name of our Lord Jesus” explanation please?

  by Jules Saturn in

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  i am looking for someone to please clear this up.

  there are scriptures like in the 1 corinthians chapter 5 that refer to jesus as “our lord jesus”.

  the lord is jehovah, why does that scripture in 1 corinthians refer to the lord as jesus?

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  waton

  "The Lord said to my lord."
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  Is Trump the President of Jerusalem too?

  by tor1500 in

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  your thoughts...how is it that trump can dictate what goes on in other countries?

  can anyone from another country come here and tell us what to do...trump is now the president of the world now, uh?.

  i'm not really savvy regarding politics but i'm no dummy either...what the heck is going on in the world.... again, any thoughts ?

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  waton

  Imagine if the Capitol were in any smaller city than the capital, Washington DC. It is likely (not liable), that all the foreign embassies would not fit there either. The historic character of Jerusalem would be totally altered, if every claimant bodily moved their embassies there, embarrassing.

  ps. Security would be at least three times harder (not 3 times as much) to maintain than in more centrally located Tel Aviv.
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  Really? All black decor on the Assembly Hall stage.

  by longgone in

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  i've seen some depressing color schemes at the kingdom and assembly halls in my lifetime, but this one could be the worst.. a family member just sent me an email to tell me she had nice day at the assembly.

  she attached a picture of the stage to show me a friend of hers who had a part.

  other than the platform itself which had cream carpeting it was nothing but various shades of black!

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  waton

  watch for the LDC, or what [wt] ever, swoop down on that place and have it rebuild, upgraded to become a potentially saleable property. Iron railings? does it have a sloping floor? replace both, volunteers, donations wanted!
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  WT property confiscated in Russia...

  by mikeflood in

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  russian court seizes $15mn worth of assets from banned jehovah’s witnesses ‘extremists’.

  published time: 9 dec, 2017 02:44.

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  waton

  Just like Magdeburg times. Gorby

  not connected, but was not Magdeburg the place where the Russians hid and buried Hitler's remains?
  
  
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  Please explain the Watchtower's "Ransom" for me

  by Doug Mason in

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  according to the watchtower:.

  who received the ransom payment?.

  why did the ransomer need to be paid?.

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  waton

  JWdeepthinker: how about the "children of the resurrection"? they are not children of Adam, inheriting and carrying those dented, faulty bread pan genes forward!

  The whole ransom idea is based on the snake talking to the naked lady. Are you seriously believing that kid's level story impinging on humanity?

  ps.The wt ransom is complicated, because they insert a class of people, the Armageddon survivors, into the equation. A group that never personally pays the ultimate price, death, therefore needs to slave 1000 years to earn life. For us, the dormant ransom effect, we now live under, extended another < 10058 years. yikes!
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  Heinrich Himmler and the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by OrphanCrow in

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  this is a letter written in july 1944 by heinrich himmler, one of the most powerful men in nazi germany.. i have encountered quotes taken from this letter before but i have never read the letter in its entirety.

  this is a translated copy from a russian website:.

  http://www.k-istine.ru/sects/iegova_witness/iegova_witness_himmler-02.htm.

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  waton

  July 1944? That was 8 month away from the Russians storming the Reichstag. At that date, The Thousand Year Reich was starting to implode. Delusional to make plans how to govern, pacify the not -any -more -conquered real estate. They concentrated on the East, thought they could let the Crown take care of the rest of the world.

  Wt is not alone in making plans about hoped for, but unrealizable planning goals.
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  Sign of the times

  by recovering in

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  oh i have waited for this for many years.

  it used to really irritate me when i looked out my office window at long island college hospital.

  dang the witnesses presence in brooklyn even out lasted a117 year old hospital.. https://nypost.com/2017/12/06/iconic-brooklyn-sign-taken-down-after-70-years/.

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  waton

  spd: "Always wondered why they chose that garish red for the colour.

  Red of the same wattage can be seen the farthest through fog, smog.
  
  
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  And the capital of Israel was ...

  by Doug Mason in

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  the capital of biblical israel was samaria.. jerusalem was the capital of judah/benjamin.. the modern state of israel is not named after the biblical nation of israel.

  it is named after a man.

  it is named after jacob, the lion of judah, who was later given the name of israel.

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  waton

  And remained the official capital even after the break away, because the law-making-defining body was really the priesthood, centered in the temple there. Judah = rule, Benjamin, Moses= Law.

  The population of all of Jacob=Israel were supposed to pilgrim to Jerusalem for the festivals.

  Knowing what we know about the certainty of bible promises. I would not want to be there.