Posts by opusdei1972

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The Man Who Interviewed the Apostles

by TerryWalstrom in

meet papias.

if you had lived in the time of the living apostles of jesus would you have personally investigated stories about.

or, would you simply read whatever was written instead?.

opusdei1972

I agree with you Terry. I have also done my own research on that subject. For instance, Papias said that Matthew wrote in Hebrew language a collection of sayings. This seemed to be the Gospel used by Nazarenes and Hebionites, who were christians that rejected the divinity of Jesus, regarding him only as the Messiah. Nevertheless, Jerome, an "orthodox" church father at the end of the fourth century wrote that most christians believed that that Gospel used by these sects was the original one written by Matthew. And if you read Jerome's and Eusebius' quotations from that Gospel you will notice that many statements differ from that of the greek version of Matthew's Gospel. So it means that many christians of the fourth century were not convinced of the authenticity of greek version of the Matthew's Gospel that we currently have.

But we have only to read the current version of Matthew's Gospel to know that Matthew could not write it. For instance, we read in Matthew the following:

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)

Jesus could not command that, because if it were true, gentiles would have been baptized as early as Jesus died, and we know that it happened after some inner debates in the Church. And we read from the book of Acts that Peter was primarily reticent for baptizing Cornelius. So it shows that the author of Matthew 28:19 could not be a direct disciple of Jesus. This is also an example of the many words that Jesus did not say which appear in the Gospels.

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

.......Indeed

JeffT

To call a local TV station is a good advice !!,...I would do it.

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

....may be the use of past publications for showing the flip-flops is being considered a new heresy for the Watchtower elders.

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

Thank you for your comments,...

......I called to my sister again, and she told me that when the elders came to her house, they told her that there will be a judicial committee this friday because they have been visiting her many times to convince her that she must attend the meetings, but she always resists this advice and she show them past publications...., so the procedure now is to reunite with her in a judical committe. ..........

Accordingly, ...I told her that she should call to the elders to tell them that she is following the advice of his attorney, so they have to write a letter specifying the charges on which that judicial committee will be accomplished, due to her reputation is being questioned by them. So, without that letter she will not attend that private meeting.

I hope she can tell them that.

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

Indeed she has talked with them in other meetings and she has pointed out that she does not support the Societies' policies.

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

...but they told her that it will be a judicial committe with ad hoc named elders....

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

She does not want to be disfellowshipped because she wants to continue to talk with other witnesses, but she no longer attends the meetings, because she does not believe anymore in Borg......And yes, may be if she mentions them that she will ask an attorney, they will be scared.

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Biblical scholar claims to have found the oldest known Gospel — inside a mummy mask

by opusdei1972 in

it would only add evidences for what many scholars on textual criticism affirm, namely, that mark was the earlier gospel, and that it was most probably written after or around 70 a.c.. .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/20/biblical-scholar-says-hes-found-the-oldest-known-gospel-inside-a-mummy-mask/.

opusdei1972

...As I said before, it does not prove that Mark told us accurate facts......

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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

by opusdei1972 in

today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

opusdei1972

Today I called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday. She told them that she will confirm if she will go. However, I have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?) in a judicial committee. If they don't want to write it, it means that they don't want to produce any prove of their intimidatory practices.

Of course, my sister most probably is being judged for apostasy. But I don't want her to be humiliated by attending such stupid committee.

Any thoughts?

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WT's subtle attack on Wikipedia!

by Wonderment in

did anyone notice this wt's subtle attack on wikipedia?

they wrote (from the 2011 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, pp.

9-10. source: 'tracing all things with accuracy'):.

opusdei1972

Thus, the Writing Department looks to standard reference works, articles written by recognized experts, and books produced by respected publishers."

Respected experts and publishers consider many accounts of the Bible as mere myths, and the Watchtower's writers as intellectualy dishonests.