are there any current jehovahs witnesses here?.
what are your reasons for being here?
to find like minded people?
I'm a current jw, I go to this board to keep myself awake, I work graveyard shift here in the Philippines.
I like the discussions here, very informative.
I have doubts about the organization, but my love for Jehovah keeps me in.
Everytime I read a post, that mocks God's name, I am pierced to the heart.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading through this forum. Keep those topics coming.
it's kind of hard to love and trust someone who will off thousands of persons merely because they bitched becaused they were bored of bread...and that's just for starters.. .
i tried to rationalize it as jw saying, "well, we are jehovah's possessions, he created us and, by killing us, he is just reclaiming what is his.".
that is not a very firm foundation for true love.
MATTHEW 22
The Greatest Commandment
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' [2] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' [3] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
the gospel of salvation -- the good news of jesus christ:
plain and simple, according to the holy scriptures
if you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me at [email protected].
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I would not do that.
But God DID just that.
He allowed His son, Jesus, to SUFFER and DIE.
So God in his due time, would put an end to that. (Revelation 21:4)
the scriptures are some of the oldest books in the world known to man with dates included now how do you suppose that can be, that these books have survived this long, many thousands of years ?
hmmmmmm i don't see any other book on the shelf as long as this book not even any other history book as far as that goes, now i wonder why a book that supposedly is nothing more than a lie or uninspired as some of you put it would survive that long.
i wonder how christianity has lasted as long as it has if it is all just a lie.
the scriptures are some of the oldest books in the world known to man with dates included now how do you suppose that can be, that these books have survived this long, many thousands of years ?
hmmmmmm i don't see any other book on the shelf as long as this book not even any other history book as far as that goes, now i wonder why a book that supposedly is nothing more than a lie or uninspired as some of you put it would survive that long.
i wonder how christianity has lasted as long as it has if it is all just a lie.
Catholics are notorious for trying to dictate(so are the jdubs)......they are getting more adept in their old age though,Catholics that is.
I believe that it is an understatement.
Maybe a more appropriate statement is:
Catholics are notorious for trying to annihilate.
the gospel of salvation -- the good news of jesus christ:
plain and simple, according to the holy scriptures
if you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me at [email protected].
How come a loving god has allowed billions of people to suffer and die for thousands of years with no end in sight and keeps people gropng for answers to this question?
GOD ALLOWED BILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO SUFFER AND DIE SO HE CAN PUT AN END TO THAT.
the scriptures are some of the oldest books in the world known to man with dates included now how do you suppose that can be, that these books have survived this long, many thousands of years ?
hmmmmmm i don't see any other book on the shelf as long as this book not even any other history book as far as that goes, now i wonder why a book that supposedly is nothing more than a lie or uninspired as some of you put it would survive that long.
i wonder how christianity has lasted as long as it has if it is all just a lie.
Speaking of time.....don't you find it strange that up until the printing and mass distribution of the bible, there was basically one 'universal' christian religion (catholic)? All of sudden any Russell, Rutherford, Franz, could come along and invent their own religion........stange how that all worked isn't it?
You are so right, before the bible was translated and printed into different languages there was only one 'universal' christian religion - catholic.
There was no way common people could read it.
And the Popes did a good job in keeping the bible in the language that the common people could not understand. I wonder why.
Then came the likes of William Tyndale, Martin Luther, etc. They risked their lives to translate the bible to the language that common people would understand.
And they were persecuted, excommunicated by the catholic church.
People were burned for owning a bible. The burnings were led by the catholic church. (Inquisition)
Nevertheless, the Bible still fluorished in different languages.
Now why would the catholic church hinder the translation of the Bible to the common language?
Were they hiding something?
this was the first big thing i had issues with.
i had always been taught i had to preach to inherit gods kingdom.
i had memorized both scriptures at an extremely early age.
Matt 24:14 states that this "good news" should be preached in all inhabited earth until the end arrives.
Has the end arrived yet? I doubt it. Therefore we shd keep on preaching the good news.
this is hilarious!
i am so surprised that the society has counsel on learning the klingon language.
*** g95 12/8 p. 8 a look at todays science fiction ***.
Considering that the info is almost 8 yrs old it's probably been forgotten by most Dubs. Or conveniently forgotten by those who are Star Trek fans.
And the reference that drwtsn indicated was g95 which from my reckoning stands for Awake1995 which is precisely 8 years ago.
never having been a jw...i really wish i could understand this better.
shortly after my dad died, mom starts her "bible study" with the nice ladies from the hall.
fastforward a couple of years...she's now a baptised jw...and a totally different person.
Why not talk to her and make her explain the motives behind her actions, instead of dismissing her as a "freaking nut".
