Read acts 15 verse 21. It is the next verse after the "command" on the blood and it says why they gave it: because there were comunities of jews in every major town! They did not want the christians to come in conflict with christians.
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Need Help with Blood Transfusion Illustration
by Dissonant15 inplease, who can provide an intelligent rebuttal to the following illustration?
i always thought it was bullet-proof:.
"if your doctor directs you to 'abstain from alcohol' would you be ok to have it injected into your veins rather than drink it?
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Revolt Brewing At Headquarter and Different Branches and The Governing Body Is Losing Credibility Among It's Staff
by Brokeback Watchtower inin my mind i see this as a very real situation developing rapidly world wide as these child molestation pay out become public knowledge and can no longer be denied or kept secret from the r&f.
pretty soon the governing body will be the but of many jokes at headquarters and abroad.
they are being caught red handed while robbing the cookie jar.
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paradisebeauty
I thought of this, too. If only the uk branch would separate .... the wt. is over. Or the Germany (Selters) branch.
Everything that is printed for europe and middle east, even some parts of africa, I think is printed in uk and Selters.
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Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th
by Watchtower-Free inoctober 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
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paradisebeauty
No more freely comenting on what verses you liked from the weekly Bible reading???? -
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1975 all over again!!!
by John Aquila inwt study edition jan. 2015.
here is the bait:.
as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.
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paradisebeauty
This is how they made their fortune. Free labour!!!. And they convince people it is a "privilege" to work for them for free!!!.
Brainwashing machine. This is what watchtower is!
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Has anyone seen this video?
by vinman inabout 4 months back, apostate lon posted a youtube video entitled watchtower society broadcasts pagan symbol.
i try not to believe in conspiracy theories but that symbol just doesn't belong there...hmm.
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Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?
by paradisebeauty inthis is a question on old doctrine of jw's.
before they came up with the "great crowd" "revelation", where did they preached that the anointed ones will be?
because if they preached it will be in heaven, how did they understood that the prophecies about the earth will be fulfilled?
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paradisebeauty
I thought their doctrine was more simple when they did not have the "other sheep" class. Apparently not. I wonder how they managed to attract so many people to a doctrine like that, with classes of people being saved.
I asked because I found a book in the online congress library, a book published in 1880's, that talkes about an earthly kingdom of God. And I thought, since this was an idea preached during those times, maybe they preaches something similar, too.
Here is a link to that old book. It is very readable.
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Who or What is the Holy Spirit?
by FusionTheism intradition within christianity has long been that any time the phrases holy spirit, holy ghost, or spirit of godare used in the bible (especially in the new testament), it always refers to the mysterious third divine person of the trinity, who is fully god, co-equal to the father and son, yet somehow distinct.. i want to present a simplified alternative view: let the context determine the meaning!.
(one thing to keep in mind is that the meaning of the bible words used for spirit basically is unseen force or invisible presence.).
the holy spirit as the mind and personality of god.
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paradisebeauty
God is Holy.
God is Spirit.
It is His nature.
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Who Really is ..... The Blood Washed Multitude (Great Crowd) ?
by Perry infor jw's the issue has never been who the faithful and wise servant (f&ds) was.
that is just misdirection and sleight of hand.
it is plain from the context that this was obviously a rhetorical question meant for self introspection.
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paradisebeauty
Revelation is simbolic. The fact that them and the 24 old man, or that 144000 are in heaven, does not mean any of them will be in heaven. They will all be on earth. The king, Jesus will come back to earth, his asociates, will be on earth as immortal men. And they will rule over flesh and blood. The surprise for jw's will be that flesh and blood will continue to die in the 1000 kingdom Isaia 65:20 says people will live longer but grow old and die! People who never knew God will be reaurrected as flesh and blood and get a second chance and still die.
At the end of the 1000 years there is a second judgement. The last chance for flesh and blood to become imortals. After that there will be no chance and there will be only immortals. They will get a new earth.
The purpose of God is to make a new race of man, indestructible, imperishable and eternal. A man with whom He can have comunion and a close relationship.
The purpose of life is to have that kind of relationship with God, not to have a vain yard and a tree and a house. Those are conditions of flesh and blood humans in the millenial kingdom, but not the purpose of life!
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Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?
by paradisebeauty inthis is a question on old doctrine of jw's.
before they came up with the "great crowd" "revelation", where did they preached that the anointed ones will be?
because if they preached it will be in heaven, how did they understood that the prophecies about the earth will be fulfilled?
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paradisebeauty
But it does not make sense. They preached a heavenly hope for all chriatians. So, the same thing as the catholic church
And the faithful oness on old time to live on earth as princess. Proncess lover who?
And 144000 people to rule over a few faithful on earth?
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Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?
by paradisebeauty inthis is a question on old doctrine of jw's.
before they came up with the "great crowd" "revelation", where did they preached that the anointed ones will be?
because if they preached it will be in heaven, how did they understood that the prophecies about the earth will be fulfilled?
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paradisebeauty
This is a question on old doctrine of jw's.
Before they came up with the "great crowd" "revelation", where did they preached that the anointed ones will be? Because if they preached it will be in heaven, how did they understood that the prophecies about the earth will be fulfilled?
And, if all their hope was in heaven (because they only had the anointed class back then), how did their hope differ from the catholic one?