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  Acts 15:29 - "keep abstaining from blood"

  by aqwsed12345 in

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  for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.

  this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.

  for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.

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  Is eating blood and transfusion the same? Ultimately you are putting a large amount of blood into your body one way or another.
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  Acts 15:29 - "keep abstaining from blood"

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.

  this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.

  for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.

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  Fisherman

  It's what Jesus said that matters.

  You are deflecting from the subject scripture in Acts to keep abstaining from blood that cannot be nullified

  The JW belief doesn't matter.

  It sure does. It matters to JW. And to their believing and non believing family. And to every Christian that wants to obey God.
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  Acts 15:29 - "keep abstaining from blood"

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.

  this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.

  for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.

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  Fisherman

  There is no medical procedure involving blood that will bring them back.

  Your commentary is moot and assumes the Bible proscribes blood transfusions. We JW believe it does. The issue is whether or not JW belief is only interpretation subject to error. If it is, the grounds for JW ban on BT is Biblically uncertain.
  
  
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  Acts 15:29 - "keep abstaining from blood"

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.

  this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.

  for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.

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  TD crowned this by arguing that if it is arguable and only an interpretation then you must err on the side of life.

  However, other than that and if wt says the command not to transfuse blood even when facing death is clearly from God and not an interpretation subject to error then blood transfusions are not for Christians.
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  The Messianic Prophecies and Their Fulfillment in Jesus

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the belief in the messiah, which has lived in the collective consciousness of humanity since ancient times, became completely obscured among the gentiles, and only remained with the jewish people, who were later chosen by god, as the prophecies of the prophets kept it alive.

  there was only one great promise in the old testament from god, which awaited fulfillment!

  only one great desire was there in the old testament on the part of man, longing for satisfaction.

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  Obviously, if Jesus was not who he claimed he was: The “Messiah” and/or the Gospels are myths, then there is no point in considering anything at all about Jesus or the so called New Testament but given the gospels are true, the miracles, his resurrection, God’s voice from heaven, that is striking proof that Jesus is the Messiah.
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  The Messianic Prophecies and Their Fulfillment in Jesus

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the belief in the messiah, which has lived in the collective consciousness of humanity since ancient times, became completely obscured among the gentiles, and only remained with the jewish people, who were later chosen by god, as the prophecies of the prophets kept it alive.

  there was only one great promise in the old testament from god, which awaited fulfillment!

  only one great desire was there in the old testament on the part of man, longing for satisfaction.

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  I the CGS, Jesus’s message about the end of Judaism centered on Kohanic Temple worship is clear: “

  “The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.” and “Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him.

  Change was coming and change came: Sadly, God abandoned the Jewish nation to the Roman armies bringing the end to the Jewish era.

  “Because the days will come upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification of pointed stakes and will encircle you and besiege you from every side. They will dash you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not discern the time of your being inspected.” —Read Josephus

  Till this day nobody can prove they are a descendant of the 12 tribes or of Aaron. ( although modern dna tests cannot distinguish Arab and Jewish ancient paternal lineage they can however distinguish between Jewish and Arabic dna based on dna similarities of Jews.)True, elite survivors of 70CE reorganized in Javneh and created a Talmudic Judaism which is the mainstream modern Judaism practicing rabbinical Judaism of Talmudic interpretation of the pentateuch which is mostly cultural, many “Jews” being atheists ir agnostics. There is nothing remarkable about modern Judaism and it’s followers except the genetic link to the great Patriarchs the Bible.

  Interesting, temple based Judaism ordained by God came to its end in Jesus’s day. Coincidence?
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  The Messianic Prophecies and Their Fulfillment in Jesus

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the belief in the messiah, which has lived in the collective consciousness of humanity since ancient times, became completely obscured among the gentiles, and only remained with the jewish people, who were later chosen by god, as the prophecies of the prophets kept it alive.

  there was only one great promise in the old testament from god, which awaited fulfillment!

  only one great desire was there in the old testament on the part of man, longing for satisfaction.

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  Fisherman

  Why do people post so long posts? Not going to read so much..Also, takes uo so much space in a thread and spend a lot of time scrolling down past so much.
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  Do the WTBTS & JW ORG speak in Jehovah's name?

  by BoogerMan in

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  (deuteronomy 18:20,22) “‘if any prophet presumptuously speaks a word in my name that i did not command him to speak...that prophet must die.

  when the prophet speaks in the name of jehovah and the word is not fulfilled or does not come true, then jehovah did not speak that word.

  the prophet spoke it presumptuously.

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  WT proclaimed they are guided by God’s Holy Spirit and are the entity that distributes spiritual food sourced from God—I believe.
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  Tony Morris replaced - by ANOTHER teleprompter reader!

  by BoogerMan in

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  the whitewashing of tm111 from jw history continues - tending to confirm that he was booted.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ghbhv6961a.

  i'm pretty sure the cult got him to sign a nice nda - in exchange for a lifetime residency in the house bought by wt..

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  one of the small group of men who are God's channel - his only channel to mankind.

  Does wt still teach this gb special communication with God? Please show.
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  Aside from the alleged "composite Sign", what is the scriptural evidence for Christ's 1914 presence?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  my take is: 1914 is not biblical since no dates are in the bible.

  a hodgepodge of scriptures are ingeniously linked together; then stir in about 9 creative assumptions to arrive at a speculative theory on which to base wts authority.. nathan knorr to fred franz.

  "there are some things that i know.

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  In terms of a date vis-à-vis 1914, what is the scriptural evidence for Jesus’ first coming circa 2 BCE?