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“Evil,” according to Jesus
by venus injesus defines “evil” in mathew 7:21-23: .
“not everyone who says to me, ‘lord, lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven.
many will say to me on that day, ‘lord, lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ then i will tell them plainly, ‘i never knew you.
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Bible adds to confusion
by venus inwhen we become confused, we would naturally look to god’s guidance.
see what happens if we turn to the bible.. .
1) noah became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
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An organization to dispense spiritual food?!
by venus inseeing the existence of an organization of god (appointed to dispense spiritual food at the proper time) in the parable of mathew 24:45-51 is like trying to discern who the good samaritan is!
parable of good samaritan is all about how to be loving toward our neighbors whereas parable of mathew 24:45-51 is all about alertness as bringing good returns and carelessness as bringing bitter returns [which means everyone should learn from experience].
god’s ways are not like the ways of humans (unlike humans who responds to honor and dishonor, god is least bothered when he is honored or dishonored by humans).
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“Worldly” people also can teach spirituality
by venus ini was listening to an interview of a hollywood actress.
when the interviewer brought to her attention a criticism somebody made against her, she replied in sheer dispassion: “he doesn’t need my permission to criticize me.”.
i rated in my mind this as the height of spirituality because spirituality is egolessness.
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Satan exists only in the minds of people
by venus inscripture writers knew that satan had to be created as part of a game.
just like hero needs a villain, police needs crooks, politicians need masses, day needs night … god needs satan, hence they created a satan with human thinking—for example:.
1) satan thinks shape of earth is flat (because he believes that he can see the whole world if he climbs a “high mountain.” (luke 4:5).
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Russia's Supreme Court is due to resume considering ban on Jehovah's Witness activity on 12 April
by venus inrussia's supreme court is due to resume considering a total ban on jehovah's witness activity on 12 april.
already police in several towns have disrupted their worship.
they have reported intimidation, harassment, and the disruption of worship by law enforcement agents in several towns as a result of the justice ministry's 15 march order summarily suspending most of their activities.
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JWs are more at fault than those Bible writers
by venus inbible writers were somewhat naïve with regard to many subjects.
through old testament, bible writers paint a god who exalts one nation over others.
and through new testament, they paint him who exalts one of his children over the rest (something god cannot do—deuteronomy 10:17; romans 2:11).
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God will not lay down any commandments
by venus inin scriptures we find god laying down commandments.
in genesis 2:16, 17 god is shown as commanding humans to avoid “a tree of good and bad.”.
this is impossible to happen for the following reasons:.
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Seed of mind-control could be seen in the word Amen
by venus injust like naming of days of the week and months are of astrological/pagan origin, the widely used word amen too is pagan, and has contributed to mind-control.. each time we say “amen” at the end of prayer we may think that we mean only "verily" and "truly".
unfortunately, we overlook something very important.
amen, amen-ra is the "most high" egyptian solar archetype [egyptian sun god, known as amun/amin/amen ra, meaning "the hidden god" and thus, the phrase "amen" would originally mean "let it remain hidden/secret."].
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JW setbacks (such as in Russia) is foretold in the Bible
by venus inzechariah 11:16 speaks of emergence of a self-styled organization whose specialization is shunning, and it happened in global proportion.
zechariah 11:17 foretells its consequence: “woe to the idol shepherd … the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up (completely withered, niv), and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”.
shunning and being shunned are like two sides of a coin.