by moshe 160 Replies latest jw friends
So my choices are live my life however I want and die at armageddon, lights out, no afterlife?
Or... I can go to your meetings, field service, assemblies, get-to-gethers, and endure being a JW and my reward is I have to live FOREVER with more JW's?
Hmmmm....guess which one I am picking?
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False dichotomy. You can life for King Self, die, spend eternity conscious separated from the love, power, glory, presence, majesty, holiness, person of God/Christ OR you can surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ as YHWH and live with Him forever. Choosing to be a JW cultist would be a waste of life (but at least you would be a non-smoker who can drink alcohol) and eternity as would choosing to live as an atheist, Muslim, Mormon, Buddhist, etc.
There is a true God to know or reject, a heaven to gain and a hell to shun. Annihilation is not a legit option (manmade vs divine idea).
Oh goodie another Heaven or Hell nut on board...............
Jesus taught about heaven or hell. Is he a nut? Annihilationism and universalism are lies. Do you have a problem with truth (I refuse to let JWs or ex-JWs make Truth a dirty word)?
godrulz-
You nor anyone else can know for certain what passages out of the Gospels are Jesus' actual words. There are so many add-ons its like picking sesame seeds out of chop suey.
And of Course like Brother Camping found out Saturday Heaven doesn't return calls..............
The Jesus Seminar is pseudo-scholarship. The Gospels have strong manuscript evidence and are trustworthy historical sources (Luke was impeccable historian) for the life and teaching of Christ. Even if you assume they are not, at least understand what the traditional Bible teaches on these subjects. The burden of proof is on you to show why the Gospels are not His words (a harmony of the Gospels is possible with variants having credible explanations).
And of Course like Brother Camping found out Saturday Heaven doesn't return calls..............
I would never return a call from Camping... ever.
godrulz-
If you want to see how out of wack the Greek Bishops as editors were look no further than the resurrection of account of Lazarus.
Why is smoking as bad as molesting a child?
It seems one gets kicked out the kingdom quicker for smoking than for child abuse in WT circles.
What is wrong with the Lazarus accounts? Have you looked at any research that would respond to your concerns, whatever they may be? The Johannine Comma (I Jn. 5:7) is a legit issue, but the Lazarus accounts are not disputable.
