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  Elusive happiness teaches a hidden truth!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many seek happiness externally and many a time assign others the possession of their happiness.

  when they derive a sort of happiness from external sources, they dont feel satisfied, hence jump to the next and then to the next .... in contrast, jesus said gods kingdom (or real happiness) is within (entos) you.

  this cannot be misinterpreted as jesus being the king of the kingdom was amidst them as jws do.

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  Village Idiot

  truthseeker100:

  "He/She should be sharing his pearls of wisdom with active engaged JW's who have been conditioned, trained and are willing not to think."

  He wouldn't last a minute on a JW website. Only here would he be put up with.
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  Do you agreed with Ben Carson, Muslim should not become president??

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i do believe islam conflicts with constitution.

  your thoughts.

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  Village Idiot

  James Mixon:

  Plenty of Americans- many of whom are anything but ignorant of the scriptures of their traditions-are liberal Christians or liberal Jews, so it's not hard to find defense of the liberal versions of those faiths.

  Both sides are willfully ignorant of their scriptures. Liberals for obvious reasons and conservatives when it comes to their own scriptures' relative benevolence to the poor.

  But the idea that there is no authentic liberal Islam is fairly widespread in this country.

  The idea yes, but the reality is that every organization or group with a few thousand or more members along with multiple generations from it's founding automatically fall into liberal, moderate and conservative camps. This is most probably due to psychological reasons.

  "Islam will dominate the world", that's what I'm afraid of.

  They can't.
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  Do you agreed with Ben Carson, Muslim should not become president??

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i do believe islam conflicts with constitution.

  your thoughts.

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  Village Idiot

  James Mixon:

  "I do believe Islam conflicts with constitution. Your thoughts."

  So does the Old Testament. Does that mean that an Orthodox Jew or Christian that keeps referring to Judeo-Christian values should not be President?

  I believe that it would be all right for a liberal Muslim to be President to the same extent as a liberal Jew because both do not abide by their own scriptures and are actually much closer to Secular Humanist values.
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  More of What the Watchtower Didn't Teach You

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what kind of bible education did the governing body really give us?

  how much important information about it did the watchtower really teach us?

  how much are we missing out on if we are one of jehovahs witnesses?.

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  Village Idiot

  The Bible was written in four languages. Name all four and the two books which were both written using two.

  Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek. Don't know about a fourth one.

  As for the books portions of Daniel were written in Aramaic while the rest in, I assume, Hebrew. Matthew was also written in Aramaic.

  Which book of the New Testament did Martin Luther want removed from the New Testament canon?

  Revelation.

  The earliest copies of the Septuagint did not have the Tetragrammaton in them. What appeared instead?

  Kurios which means Lord.
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  From the practically incoherent book The Finished Mystery, a commentary on the Book of Revelation and a compilation of Charles Russell's teachings after he died, page 134*:

  7:9. After this, I beheld, and lo, a great multitude.— When the Apostle tells us In 2 John 8, "Look to yourselves that ye lose not those things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward," he Is teaching that a Heavenly reward may be gained that is not as full as If a course more pleasing to the Heavenly Father Is pursued.

  Instead of teaching that the saved of our race will all be saved to the same thing, the Scriptures show two degrees or kinds of Heavenly salvation, and two degrees or kinds of earthly salvation. In the second chapter of Genesis the stream which went forth from the Garden of Eden was divided Into four parts. This is a Scriptural recognition of the fact that from Adam, the original fountain of life, will flow four streams: The Little Flock, who are to sit down with Christ In His Throne; the Great Company, who are to stand before the Throne, having the palms of martyrdom but without the crowns of glory; the Ancient Worthies, the Jewish fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, etc., who are to be made princes in all the earth; and the world of mankind, who will constitute the subjects of the Kingdom over which the Ancient Worthies will rule. The same lesson Is taught in the division of the Levltes into four camps, each located on a different side of the Tabernacle. (Num. 3:15; F128, 129.) It Is also taught In the Apostle's statement In 2 Tim. 2:20, that In God's great House there will ultimately be found four classes of vessels to His praise.

  *Note: If you find a PDF of The Finished Mystery use the scripture cited in Revelation as a guide instead of page numbers as the numbers differ in different versions of the book.
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  prologos: "I have missing post too."

  Double strange, my post actually appears when I go to my personal list of posts.

  I'm going to try again.
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  Strange. I got my comment triple posted but it doesn't show in my window.
  
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  From the practically incoherent book The Finished Mystery, a commentary on the Book of Revelation and a compilation of Charles Russell's teachings after he died, page 134*:

  7:9. After this, I beheld, and lo, a great multitude.—

  When the Apostle tells us In 2 John 8, "Look to yourselves

  that ye lose not those things which we have wrought, but

  that ye receive a full reward," he Is teaching that a

  Heavenly reward may be gained that is not as full as If a

  course more pleasing to the Heavenly Father Is pursued.

  Instead of teaching that the saved of our race will all be

  saved to the same thing, the. Scriptures show two degrees

  or kinds of Heavenly salvation, and two degrees or kinds

  of earthly salvation. In the second chapter of Genesis the

  stream which went forth from the Garden of Eden was

  divided Into four parts. This is a Scriptural recognition

  of the fact that from Adam, the original fountain of life,

  will flow four streams: The Little Flock, who are to sit

  down with Christ In His Throne; the Great Company, who

  are to stand before the Throne, having the palms of

  martyrdom but without the crowns of glory; the Ancient

  Worthies, the Jewish fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,

  Daniel, etc., who are to be made princes in all the earth;

  and the world of mankind, who will constitute the subjects

  of the Kingdom over which the Ancient Worthies will

  rule. The same lesson Is taught in the division of the

  Levltes into four camps, each located on a different side

  of the Tabernacle. (Num. 3:15; F128, 129.) It Is also

  taught In the Apostle's statement In 2 Tim. 2:20, that In

  God's great House there will ultimately be found four

  classes of vessels to His praise.

  *Note: If you find a PDF of The Finished Mystery use the scripture cited in Revelation as a guide instead of page numbers as the numbers differ in different versions of the book.
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  From the practically incoherent book The Finished Mystery, a commentary on the Book of Revelation and a compilation of Charles Russell's teachings after he died, page 134*:

  [Revelation] 7:9. After this, I beheld, and lo, a great multitude.—When the

  Apostle tells us in 2 John 8, “Look to yourselves that ye lose not

  those things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full

  reward,” he is teaching that a Heavenly reward may be gained

  that is not as full as if a course more pleasing to the Heavenly

  Father is pursued.

  Instead of teaching that the saved of our race will all be saved

  to the same thing, the Scriptures show two degrees or kinds of

  Heavenly salvation, and two degrees or kinds of earthly salvation.

  In the second chapter of Genesis the stream which went

  forth from the Garden of Eden was divided into four parts. This is

  a Scriptural recognition of the fact that from Adam, the original

  fountain of life, will flow four streams: The Little Flock, who are

  to sit down with Christ in His Throne; the Great Company, who

  are to stand before the Throne, having the palms of martyrdom

  but without the crowns of glory; the Ancient Worthies, the Jewish

  fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, etc., who are to be

  made princes in all the earth; and the world of mankind, who will

  constitute the subjects of the Kingdom over which the Ancient

  Worthies will rule. The same lesson is taught in the division

  of the Levites into four camps, each located on a different side

  of the Tabernacle. (Num. 3:15; F. 128, 129.) It is also taught

  in the Apostle's statement in 2 Tim. 2:20, that in God's great

  House there will ultimately be found four classes of vessels to

  His praise.

  *Note: If you find a PDF of The Finished Mystery use the scripture cited in Revelation as a guide instead of page numbers as the numbers differ in different versions of the book.
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  Where did they understood the anointed ones would be before the "great crowd" "revelation"?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Village Idiot

  From the practically incoherent book The Finished Mystery, a commentary on the Book of Revelation and a compilation of Charles Russell's teachings after he died*:

  [Revelation] 7:9. After this, I beheld, and lo, a great multitude.—When the

  Apostle tells us in 2 John 8, “Look to yourselves that ye lose not

  those things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full

  reward,” he is teaching that a Heavenly reward may be gained

  that is not as full as if a course more pleasing to the Heavenly

  Father is pursued.

  Instead of teaching that the saved of our race will all be saved

  to the same thing, the Scriptures show two degrees or kinds of

  Heavenly salvation, and two degrees or kinds of earthly salvation.

  In the second chapter of Genesis the stream which went

  forth from the Garden of Eden was divided into four parts. This is

  a Scriptural recognition of the fact that from Adam, the original

  fountain of life, will flow four streams: The Little Flock, who are

  to sit down with Christ in His Throne; the Great Company, who

  are to stand before the Throne, having the palms of martyrdom

  but without the crowns of glory; the Ancient Worthies, the Jewish

  fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, etc., who are to be

  made princes in all the earth; and the world of mankind, who will

  constitute the subjects of the Kingdom over which the Ancient

  Worthies will rule. The same lesson is taught in the division

  of the Levites into four camps, each located on a different side

  of the Tabernacle. (Num. 3:15; F. 128, 129.) It is also taught

  in the Apostle's statement in 2 Tim. 2:20, that in God's great

  House there will ultimately be found four classes of vessels to

  His praise.

  *Note: If you find a PDF of The Finished Mystery use the scripture cited in Revelation as a guide instead of page numbers as the numbers differ in different versions of the book.