for those of you interested in getting to the bottom of the watchtower's teaching on sheol, hades, condition of the dead etc.
; this information is about as good as it gets.
the idea of consciousness after death was widely accepted from israel's earliest times, contrary to what the watchtower would have its members believe.. the lexicographical evidence is so clear that the great princeton scholar, b. b. warfield; stated that with modern hebrew scholars, there is no hesitation to allow with all heartiness that israel from the beginning of its recorded history cherished the most settled conviction of the persistence of the soul in life after death.
Here is how scholars reconstruct ancient Hebrew cosmology. Sheol is labeled "Underworld".
Not shown in this image is how the sun travels from west to east during the night. There was supposed to be a tunnel with an opening on both sides at the left and right (west and east) extremes of the dome where the sun would drop in and travel back to the east. That tunnel would have passed underneath "Sheol".
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
Simon:
"Do people know the reason for needing a marriage license in the first place?"
I take it that licenses formalize the marriage so that benefits and divorces could be easily handled. Otherwise couples who separate and have property disputes might simply state that they weren't "married" in the first place.
this may sound like a silly question, but do jws even door-knock any more?
the few i know only speak of "manning the cart" at some public location, and because they get defensive if i even ask an innocent question like this i thought i'd ask it on the forum.
thanks!.
I live in a large apartment complex where 90% of all residents are or used to be JWs. I thought that would mark this residence with a don't bother to call label. I did get one of my neighbors, an elderly lady ready to drop dead, at my door a couple years ago. I also got, within the past 10 years, two Spanish Witnesses asking me if I could direct them to Spanish speaking neighbors.
I'm surprised that as a "demonized" apostate they haven't marked my home but I don't care one way or another.
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
DJS: They should not have to go anywhere to get a license other than the county in which they live.
Fisherman: Where did I say that?
Even if it isn't what you meant to say it could have been interpreted that way.
Viviane: Why in the world do you imagine their license would be invalid?
Fisherman: Judge Bunning said so.
All the more reason to fire her and replace her with another clerk. I realize that's not possible for legal reasons plus it would broaden the court's power.
I personally would have given her the stiffest fine possible and upon her refusal to pay after one warning would have put a lien on her bank account and property. It would have lessened her martyrdom.
There are no easy answers but then no one anticipated a martyr's fanaticism when they wrote the principles of governance.
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
Villabolo: Why should they have to go to another county?
Fisherman: If you mean now, to not risk their licenses being invalid.
I mean at anytime. They should not be inconvenienced in the least.
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
Fisherman:
"As it was posted previously, all they had to do is go to another jurisdiction to get their license and this woman would not have been punished by the government."
Why should they have to go to another county?
scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
i was sent a list of places i could contact in my part of wa.
i was cautious.
i always ask if they are jws.
SimonSays,
"It reminds me of hypocrisy just like all those that pretend to care about a worldwide problem only because it involves JW’s, as if they were the only ones. Why didn’t you ask the RC rep if they were Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Muslim, Jew, or Protestant."
Would you say the same thing to a Catholic who's working against child abuse in the Catholic Church? We care about JW issues precisely because we were JWs.
Also, Prime Minister Abbott's actions do not necessarily reflect that of all Australians.
