Posts by googlemagoogle

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GENEOLOGY OF JESUS

by Mary in

i was doing some research for one of my courses and i discovered that the geneology of jesus, outlined in matthew chapter 1 and luke chapter 3, are different.

does anyone know why?

googlemagoogle

matthew-luke contradicts enough, but when you compare both to the OT genealogies, it starts to get really funny.

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who is who on here??

by holly in

i know there are mostly ex jw's on here.

i just wondered how many of you are ex jws, left or df'd, how many are still in but have lost heart?.

are there any jws on here who still believe its all the truth, go to meetings and trust the organisation?.

googlemagoogle

I believe in God The Father, Christ The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

i believe in the holy spirit, jack daniels and vodka eristoff.

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The King James Version is Perfect

by blabbermouth in

i don't know about anybody else,but i love the beautiful king james version.it contains no error and is perfect.there are no mistranslations in it,and none can be proven.i don't read or study anything else for spirituality.im like a tree that is planted by the water,i shall not be moved,amen,amen,hallelujah,praise jesus!!!!

!

googlemagoogle

hi inquirer,

it's ok to disagree, but those prophecies are just not there. just ask a jew why he doesn't think jesus was the messiah.

do a little more research on pseudepigraphic writings. you seem to only know very few of them. i've read that "poor quality" argument in some books about apocrypha, but if you read them for yourself, you'll find out that it's just not true.

and i don't know what's the big deal about jerome. btw he said (and luther repeated) that the catholic deuterocanonica are worth reading and educational.

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who is who on here??

by holly in

i know there are mostly ex jw's on here.

i just wondered how many of you are ex jws, left or df'd, how many are still in but have lost heart?.

are there any jws on here who still believe its all the truth, go to meetings and trust the organisation?.

googlemagoogle

i'm an atheist jw, inactive, but not missing any meetings (almost). i'm afraid i'll get health problems someday, because every time i come home from meeting my stomach hurts because of so much "spiritual food at proper time".

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Wanting to leave JWs & Spouse problems

by doinmypart in

jw
friends

are you trying to fade or otherwise distance yourself from the org, but have a spouse that is a loyal jw?

on various posts i read about some that are staying in the org, or having a difficult time because their spouse doesn't understand the change.

i'll begin...my wife doesn't understand how i can turn my back on all the good things i've gotten from the org.

googlemagoogle

my wife always freaks out when i say something "negative about the org". so i simply try to not talk to her about it. i can reveal a few things now and then not talking directly about the org though. but there's little chance she'd wake up. and even if she would, we couldn't leave because of the rest of the family.

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What do our handles/nicknames collectively say about us?

by AlmostAtheist in

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friends

i noticed a few prefixes/suffixes/concepts keep popping up in people's nicknames on this site.

i wish i had all the subscriber names in a spreadsheet to play with it some more, but i just did a real cursory glance around and saw some interesting bits.

notice this:prefix to handlenumber of occurrencesfree (like in "freedomfrog")35rebel 5lost 12happy 17hate 0love 14. in additon, there were 4 variations of the phrase "had enough".

googlemagoogle

and there are two occurences of google.

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I just got access to a HUGE WT library...what do I want to get?

by wanderlustguy in

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friends

my brother and his wife (still very much in) just inherited a library of wt publications dating back to the 20's.

the best part is, it's complete with both the original watchtowers and bound volumes, in many cases there are 2 of each of the bound volumes, which i can have one of.

i plan on doing a lot of research on here to figure out what all i need...still a "newbie" you know.

googlemagoogle

Stop it! You just made me do the same with at work with the above comment.

same here! oh my god. gotta get back to work.

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I just got access to a HUGE WT library...what do I want to get?

by wanderlustguy in

jw
friends

my brother and his wife (still very much in) just inherited a library of wt publications dating back to the 20's.

the best part is, it's complete with both the original watchtowers and bound volumes, in many cases there are 2 of each of the bound volumes, which i can have one of.

i plan on doing a lot of research on here to figure out what all i need...still a "newbie" you know.

googlemagoogle

If you get an extra copy of the Kingdom Interlinear let me know.
they are still in print, why don't you get it at the kingkong hall for free?

golden ages would be great... and yes, search the quotes page. there are articles about how many errors the bible contains and i once read an article in the golden age about not going to the toilet anymore in paradise!

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The King James Version is Perfect

by blabbermouth in

i don't know about anybody else,but i love the beautiful king james version.it contains no error and is perfect.there are no mistranslations in it,and none can be proven.i don't read or study anything else for spirituality.im like a tree that is planted by the water,i shall not be moved,amen,amen,hallelujah,praise jesus!!!!

!

googlemagoogle

hi inquirer,

you may have a second look at the pseudepigraphia. the thomas gospel does not contain any info about jesus being a child. what you mean is the childhood proto-gospel of "thomas". btw: most of the bible's writings are pseudepigraphical. there are just a few original pauline letters and the pentateuch was - if at all - only partially written by moses. this is true for most of the other books too.

as for your "prophecies": take moby-dick and you'll find prophecies of you'r life in there if you twist it good enough. the bible contains more pages than moby-dick, it's easy to cut passages out of context and say it's a prophecy. oh, so his bones were not broken? well, if they would have been, they would have found a passage in the bible about broken bones...

you may want to check out the following links:
http://members.aol.com/ckbloomfld
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/prophecy.html

about jesus being a false prophet, just look at the "generation"-issue. or his statement, that he'd return before they'd have evangelized in the jewish cities.

there's nothing philosophical about it - it's just about the fact that the bible aint god's word. doesn't even come close...

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Did you lie before getting married in the KH?

by Samuel Thorsen in

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as you know every young couple who is planning to get married in the kh are asked a question about "clean conduct" a week or two before the wedding.

if you admit to have been fooling around to much you can forget about the kh and go and get married elsewhere.. i'm not married myself, but i was engaged to be married once and my soon-to-be father in law (an elder) recommended a certain elder to do the marriage stuff in the kh because he was a kind of easy on the mantadory questions.. fortunatly in never got that far because me and my girl split up about 2 months before the planned wedding, but i have been to a lot of kh weddings and i know for sure that some of the couples had to lie to cover up their conduct to get married in the hall.. but how common is this?.

did you lie before getting maried in the kh, or do you know someone who did?.

googlemagoogle

they asked if we didn't commit anything considered "unclean". we said no, although we "experimented" a lot before marriage. i didn't really feel like lying, as i didn't view those things as "unclean". additionally, their definition of "lie" allows for stretching the truth.

edited to add:
we did not have intercourse as is though - but a lot of the rest of the condemned porneia-list... ;-)