it seems that after rutherford's death that every wts publication was anonymous.
that was done to create a subconscious belief in the reader of divine authorship.
the watchtower is written by the fds and they are god's only channel of communication.
Gday Yaddayadda,
Im an SDA and the real reason we have information about the authors of our magazines is so we dont waste valuable time reading the articals of people that are teaching heresy in our magazines. If they teach heresy once, likely they will push their point of view again. Thats where the WT society is very tricky in being anonymous. Barry
in an unprecedented case, an irish judge overruled an adult woman jehovah's witness objection to blood transfusions.
in the past, only children had been forced to have transfusions where deemed necessary.
when the story first broke out, there were several ambiguities and questions unanswered.
I would suggest the hospital should remove the offending blood from the womens body taking the exact amount.
what is the difference between religion that benefits its members and one that harms them?
most people would agree that a religion that resorts to terrorism is damaging.
most here would also agree that the wts is a damaging religion.
I remember at the SDAs a top delegate held a meeting and admitted SDAs have in the past used the scarey bits in the book of revelation. Many religions are guilty of this. While SDAs dont have an everlasting hell the scare mongering can still be acheived.
i beleive doctrine has a big part to play in reguard to guilt just like the Roman Catholics the traditional Adventists have used this method to the detriment of their members. As I recall the reformation was all about how a person would be saved by God. Is a person saved by works and is it possible for anyone to be saved if it is by works? This proposition results in an impossible task for anyone and results in a life of not knowing if they are accepted by God. Imagine not knowing if you are a child of God because youre acceptance is based on you being perfect. It is a terrible way to live.
Therefore good religion is based on good doctrine the doctrine of the reformation that we are saved reguardless of our keeping of the commandmants.
if, as quoted in ecclesiastes, 'the dead are conscious of nothing....', then how come they cannot be separated from god's love.
(as mentioned in another scripture which my ass is too lazy to get up and look up)?.
supposedly, the dead are non existent according to the sadduceic interpretion, so how can they 'feel the love?
The SDAs have the same doctrine as the JWs on this doctrine. In SDA lingo it it is called the doctrine of the stste of the dead. Funny how both churches use the same proof text method and ignore the history of the Saducees and Pharasees in their interpretation.
I once wondered how anyone could beleive any different but i have printed this out to show some church members.Thanks everyone including Leolaia and Narkissos
as i said in another post: actions speak louder than words.
muslims were angered by the pope's quoting a 14th century writer who said that muslims are violent in nature.. in order to disprove this statement many muslims took too the streets shouting violent slogans and burned an effigy of the pope.
still more muslims demonstrated that they are not violent by firebombing random churches.. yup... actions speak louder than words.
The Catholic Archbishop in Sydney has announced that the actions by muslims proves the correctness of the quote by the Pope.
Some Muslim leaders have gone on record and said the Muslim community does have a problem.
I beleive the straight talking political leaders in Australia may have had an influence on more moderate muslims here in Australia.
Is some of the problems with the Muslim people actually caused by the BS political correctness.? And to many Muslim people isnt Political correctness just confusing to them?
I propose the best solution is one of honesty and they have to accept what we say, while we have to accept their opinions without threats or violence.
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i bought the daily telgraph today and in the political cartoon section there is the heading 'who will pass the true blue test.. you see australia is very lax with immigrants and now wants them to learn english and to learn about australian values.. in the telegraph we have two arab men doing the test.the second arab is the aussie one.. first arab "stone the infidels ' second arab 'stone the crows'.
first arab 'strike the unworthy' second arab'strike me lucky'.
frist arab 'blow me up'.
I bought the Daily Telgraph today and in the political cartoon section there is the heading 'Who will pass the true blue test.
you see Australia is very lax with immigrants and now wants them to learn english and to learn about Australian values.
In the Telegraph we have two Arab men doing the test.The second Arab is the Aussie one.
First Arab "stone the infidels ' Second Arab 'Stone the crows'
First Arab 'Strike the unworthy' Second Arab'Strike me lucky'
Frist Arab 'Blow me up'. Second Arab 'Blow me down'
First Arab 'Tremble when I shout'. Second Arab '"your shout? you beauty, sport?
Seems like its not going to be too difficult to teach these people to become Aussies just a slight re adjustement.
not sure if this is the right forum for this, but....anyone want share any recent stock purchase?
if you own stock, please make an argument as to why you purchased it.
this is my hobbie, i look for undervalued companies to buy and wait for wall street to recognize it's true value (anyone heard of warren buffett?
I use Technical annalysis to trade the other approach is Fundamental annalysis. Have any of you herad of the Turtles. These were people taught to trade they were called the Turtles because only half of ordinary people obey the trading rules and so lnly half survived. The Turtles consistently made 70% profit per annum trading simply by obeying the guidlines of trading.
For the small trader Technical Annalysis provides the best comparitive advantage. Trading on news events or relying on reccommendations is fraught with grief.
in somalia, gunmen shot to death an italian nun, who worked in a hospital which serves mothers and children.
this came only hours after a leading cleric condemned pope benedict for his remarks on islam and violence.
some think there may be a connection.
The Pope read from a 13century scource . The pope con not appologise for what is written in history. Do these Muslim people want the Pope to apologise for what was written 7 hundred years ago it seems to me only person who wrote what they are so offended about can appologise.
i often ask myself that question, just in case i ever do win ozlotto or powerball (.
another thought is to start an art materials supply shop.
i actually did a year at art school, believe it or not!
A gold mine would be my objective Ive heard about Lassiders Gold somewhere in the outback if i only knew where it was and it would be a great adventure too.
