by jgnat 163 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Defd:
I respect your candor. Thankyou.
I would leave littletoe. I would go where they tell me too.
That was how I had always felt, too. Then I read John 6:67 - 69 and a light-bulb came on that I hadn't realised was there
Where did Peter go?
Leo:
For even on the laity they impose the functions of the priesthood
Sounds like the Protestant Reformers had a fairly solid basis, then, albeit they merged the "every man is a priest" idea with restraining women from service
I respect your candor. ; Thankyou.
I would leave littletoe. I would go where they tell me too.
That was how I had always felt, too. ; Then I read ;John 6:67 - 69 and a light-bulb came on that I hadn't realised was there
Where did Peter go?
Little toe Peter didnt go anywhere. He ask to WHOM, not to where. He stayed with Jesus.That is what I would do. If Jesus told me that the JWS are not truely his Congregations the he is head of then I would leave and go to where he said he was.
dfed,
and if jesus never appeared to you, why would you go on believing that he exists?
ts
edit: sorry, please continue on with LT.
Defd:Good - I'm pleased to hear that. I couldn't agree more. Scared yet?
So, what organisation were Jesus and Peter part of?
Edited to add:
Tetra:
I'm gonna cry foul, on that one. You're arguing from insufficiency of data. Besides, you know I claim I've met Him, as many of the "anointed" would.
Since we seem to have left the level of exegesis ad usum Regis...
It is quite noteworthy that the Gnostic-sounding motif "neither male nor female" occurs only in Galatians among "Pauline" literature in the broadest sense. Neither in the structurally similar "Jews or Greeks, slaves or free" of 1 Corinthians 12:13, nor even in Colossians 3:11 ("no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free") -- although Colossians has the highest concentration of Gnostic technical terms and concepts. The formulae "he who made both into one," "to create both into one new man" in Ephesians 2:14 is very likely diverted from a Gnostic meaning (both genders, cf. 5:31; GThomas 22) to an Ecclesiastic one (both Jews and Gentiles).
Where Galatians belongs in the line running down from Paul to Marcion is still an open question to me...
LT,
I'm gonna cry foul, on that one. You're arguing from insufficiency of data. Besides, you know I claim I've met Him, as many of the "anointed" would.
i know. it's all i have to argue from. i just can't help myself sometimes.
i do find it fascinating though (not being sarcastic). if i were an anthropologist, i would love to fly around the world and interview you and others like you ("anointed"?). would you grant an interview to an anthropologist?
TS
Defd:Good - I'm pleased to hear that. I couldn't agree more. Scared yet?
So, what organisation were Jesus and Peter part of?
Little Toe: You mean, before the Christian congregation was established? Well, Jesus and any who confessed him as Christ were expelled from the synagogue (disfellowshipped) weren't they (John 9:22)?
Good question!
Respectfully,
OldSoul
Old Soul, I promise not to mix you up with defd OR Shining One today.
Tetrapod, I heard God. I'd allow myself to be interviewed by an anthropologist. Plus I'm a lot closer.
You are quite welcome, Leolaia.
Rex
