It sure is nice God thought so much of us he made real sure he had everything put down on paper real exactlike so that there could be no confusion; you know especially since it means our lives that we get the right dates and all. How else could we pick the right religion if he didnt.
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The destruction of the first temple
by Soledad inand they ... put out the eyes of zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and carried him to babylon.
and in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king nebuchadnezzar king of babylon, came nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of babylon, to jerusalem.
and he burned the house of the lord [the temple], and the king's house, and all the houses of jerusalem, and every great man's house burned he with fire.
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End Times Prophets are BOGUS! - Matt.24, Mark 13, Luke.21
by LittleToe ini've had a thing against hearing about "end times prophecies" for some time now, no doubt as a reaction against what i had been raised with by the wts.. recently, however, i had cause to re-read luke 21 in "the message".. it suddenly struck me how we would always use matthew 24 to support 1914, but only dipped into mark 13 and luke 21 occasionally.
you may remember the "tote" watchtower in 1995 (?
) which was used to dismantle the "generation" teaching we'd all previously believed, but there was no parallel study from luke.
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Good thread!
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Letter From Society Say Going To a JW/Non-JW Wedding Has Consequences!
by minimus inmy mother called me in a tizzy saying that her friend heard that letters were read and a talk was given in 2 different congregations saying that the society's new policy is that if a elder, m.s.
or pioneer attends an "unequaled" wedding----they will be removed from their exemplary positions because they are "disloyal to jehovah god"........what do you think about this one?
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I know a man who is a baptized but a dfed fellow who went to his grandmothers funeral and then went to the reception afterwards and was asked to leave because as the elders told him some in attendance felt uncomfortable by his presence. This made him feel just sick.
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An Apology Regarding "The Voice"...
by AGuest into the household of god that is israel... and all those who go with them... may you have peace!.
i have been coming here for some time (although not in recent months, my sincere apologies) to share with you various truths that i have received from the truth.
for some of you, there has been little or no doubt as to the "authority" by which i share such things, the true source of such understandings: i have not refrained from confessing to you time and again that they are not mine, but are what has been given me by my lord, jaheshua mischajah, son and christ of the most holy one of israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, whose name is jah or armies.
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Farkel wrote:
:It is NOT about the Bible and it is NOT about Jesus. It is about who you are, as Shelby has explained to me. According to her, God knows the good guys/gals and it ain't about what they believe or don't believe.
I hope you are right.
:I hope I got at least some of that right, Shelby. Believing is the biggest bunch of bullshit in the world. Hitler "believed", for example. So did Rutherford and Russell and Franz. Look where that got people. It is who you are, not what you believe. Once you break out of that "believing" mold, a whole new set of possibibilites are open to you.Precisely. What good does it do to have to fight with your mind/logic to try to believe something that would seem to a reasonable and logical person to be absurd. What kind of God in his right mind would expect his followers to have to do that in order to be saved, if there even is such a thing as being saved, and to what are you being saved to or for.
:Whether Shelby believes what I just wrote or not, doesn't matter. That is what I believe. However, she has a more cosmic view about things than most religious fanatics. She doesn't hold that the entire Bible is inspired by God, for example. She admits to some of it being bullshit. So do I.I never would have guessed that Shelby believes some parts of the bible to be bullshit. She comes across as if she would fight tooth and nail for every word in it. YOu know her better than I so I tend to believe you. My question for you and her would be, how does she decide which is poppycock and which to believe and teach. If the bible claims to be inspired which I believe it does, and much of it is bull**** then how can we be expected to put faith in what or whom it talks about we have to put faith in to be saved.
If one starts picking and choosing what parts to believe in, that is precisely why, as you so succintly pointed out, we see all these baloney religions and beliefs. It makes no sense to me. This is why this ransom thing with all this needless killing of all these animals and then the ridiculous barbaric way in which Jesus died is senseless. If Jesus had to die for us then for Christs sake have him offered in the most humane way possible by those who loved him the most. If Jesus followers couldnt fathom doing this deed, God certainly did fathom it and worse and required it to be done. By his allowing it to be done he in effect condoned it in the same way a person seeing an innocent child being molested stands by and does nothing.
In addition the animals did nothing to deserve being sacrificed and to say they most often go willingly to the slaughter does not make a lick of sense. If there is a God he certainly likes lots of needless killing and the spilling of innocent blood.
I liked your thoughts on this DC/Farkel.
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In Reality, Are Jehovah's Witnesses A Divided Group???
by minimus injws are supposed to be a "united people".
do you believe that is true?
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It takes a long time for holy spirit to work!
Min, thats a great line! But even then the spirit/elders get it wrong more frequently than right.
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An Apology Regarding "The Voice"...
by AGuest into the household of god that is israel... and all those who go with them... may you have peace!.
i have been coming here for some time (although not in recent months, my sincere apologies) to share with you various truths that i have received from the truth.
for some of you, there has been little or no doubt as to the "authority" by which i share such things, the true source of such understandings: i have not refrained from confessing to you time and again that they are not mine, but are what has been given me by my lord, jaheshua mischajah, son and christ of the most holy one of israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, whose name is jah or armies.
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(aguest, i'm sorry your thread went off on this tangent unrelated to socrates -- but i think you started it!)
best wishes, nowisee
I too am grateful for her indulgences. Most of the time she leaves me with more questions than answers but it is nevertheless interesting.
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Letter From Society Say Going To a JW/Non-JW Wedding Has Consequences!
by minimus inmy mother called me in a tizzy saying that her friend heard that letters were read and a talk was given in 2 different congregations saying that the society's new policy is that if a elder, m.s.
or pioneer attends an "unequaled" wedding----they will be removed from their exemplary positions because they are "disloyal to jehovah god"........what do you think about this one?
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As of 4 years ago we were instructed by the elders in the congregation to attend the wedding of our relatives, one was a jdub and the other not, would be sending the wrong message and were STRONGLY encouraged to NOT attend and present a united front by not attending. If I could do it all over again I wish we wouldnt have listened.
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An Apology Regarding "The Voice"...
by AGuest into the household of god that is israel... and all those who go with them... may you have peace!.
i have been coming here for some time (although not in recent months, my sincere apologies) to share with you various truths that i have received from the truth.
for some of you, there has been little or no doubt as to the "authority" by which i share such things, the true source of such understandings: i have not refrained from confessing to you time and again that they are not mine, but are what has been given me by my lord, jaheshua mischajah, son and christ of the most holy one of israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, whose name is jah or armies.
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Shelby had wrote earlier:
The wage... or price... of sin... is death. God... MERCIFULLY... allowed animals to be substituted for human life in that regard. The animals, who also serve JAH... are even higher than us in this regard because, like my Lord... they go silently... and most often... willingly. Why? Because unlike US... but like my LORD... THEY know that this life is not all there is. THEIR minds are not simply on the things of the earth. God saves man... AND beast.
I had wanted to add this to the comments above buy the editing time I guess ran out about your saying animals most often go willingly to be sacrificed.
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An Apology Regarding "The Voice"...
by AGuest into the household of god that is israel... and all those who go with them... may you have peace!.
i have been coming here for some time (although not in recent months, my sincere apologies) to share with you various truths that i have received from the truth.
for some of you, there has been little or no doubt as to the "authority" by which i share such things, the true source of such understandings: i have not refrained from confessing to you time and again that they are not mine, but are what has been given me by my lord, jaheshua mischajah, son and christ of the most holy one of israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, whose name is jah or armies.
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Hello Shelby,
I am out of town all day today and I thank you for your reply. Some of it I understand better, some is still as clear as mud.
I was wondering if you could ask Jesus, or maybe you already know, what is going to happen to Doug C in the end. You say he is very kind fellow underneath but the reality of it is as far as Jesus and the bible goes he is much worse of a skeptic than me. I am still trying to piece it all together and he has already decided it is a load of crap. So If you are right where does that leave him, and me and the restof us who are doubters for that matter.
Animals dont know whether they are going to be eaten or sacrificed because they dont think in that regard. My point was they know death when they smell it. You are not making sense on this one. You said they offer themselves willingly to be sacrificed. I dont think so my dear one. There is more I would like your comments on but I am running extremely late. I must go. Thank you for your comments so far. Yours, ToreadorHow is that a merciful thing to allow to pay for something they had no part in?
I don't think the animals feel it's any difference to be sacrificed that way... or for the sake of feeding mankind. Either way... they die.To say that animals go willingly to the slaughter is ridiculous. Have you ever been to a slaughter house where they slaughter beef. I dont think so! They know damn well what is going to happen to them and they are terrified!!
Oh, yes... that's why they all run away screaming... break out of their pens... sneaking out in the middle of the night... because they're terrified. Sigh! It is true that they would not go if they didn't have to... to keep US alive... those of us who rely on them for food. -
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In your own opinion, what makes someone smart?
by doodle-v inin your own opinion, what makes someone smart?
is it the decisions one makes?
iq?
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p.s. In my experience, there are not many smart people.
How true!