Posts by myelaine

the great day of god the almighty certainly is a fit description for the destruction of men, women, children, grandmothers, infants and puppy dogs in the days of noah.. why didn't destroying everybody on earth except a remnant of 8 count as armageddon?.

i mean, if you are starting all over by genocide--shouldn't it count for more than bad temper?.

what are we missing?.

myelaine

"Saving...killing...resurrecting...is this really a PLAN?

Why the Rube Goldberg nonsense?"

jude 9

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The "Flood" in Noah's day--why wasn't that Armageddon enough?

by Terry in

the great day of god the almighty certainly is a fit description for the destruction of men, women, children, grandmothers, infants and puppy dogs in the days of noah.. why didn't destroying everybody on earth except a remnant of 8 count as armageddon?.

i mean, if you are starting all over by genocide--shouldn't it count for more than bad temper?.

what are we missing?.

myelaine

dear Cold Steel...

you said: " Not all were equally as wicked in Noah's day, but my point is the God "wipes out" no one. He just...ummm...changes their scenery. Even those destroyed at Jesus' coming will be very much alive in spirit. And though they may be punished, it will not be forever. Some believe that Hell is both temporary and remedial. And ultimately men will be their own tormentors. "

the flood in noah's day was to destroy wickedness. God said that those with purely human DNA were wicked too(genesis 6:6). God also said that there would be a resurrection of the just and the unjust (acts 24:15)

"And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Those who are wise shall shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
And those who turn many to righteousness
Like the stars forever and ever. daniel 12:2-3 (at the time of the end, daniel 12:4)

In this resurrection it is seen that there are those who turn many to righteousness.

THEN Jesus, the living Word, came speaking the law and the prophets and turned many to righteousness (jeremiah 23:5-6).

Jesus raised lazarus (a jewish son) from the grave. The account of the rich man and lazarus from the mouth of the living Word, Jesus Christ:

“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

“Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’” (luke 16:19-31)

please note that both of these men had the law and the prophets. One son believed (had faith, like abraham) and one son did not. It can be said that because lazarus had been resurrected...so had the rich man been. The place that this rich man had gone was not temporary or remedial in the sense that it was a cleansing place, it was a perminent place where God sends people who aren't turned to righteousness. Jesus illustrated that there is a great "FIXED" golf between the two and there is no going back and forth. The people who are not turned to righteousness are not undergoing a cleansing period. they stay there being tormented in a flame (not tormenting themselves)...so, who will you believe, Jesus or "some" (acts 24:14)

the flood wasn't enough because the resurrection and final seperation was still in the future.

love michelle

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PERFORMANCE: the role of the Governing Body of mystical magicians

by Terry in

the truth about magic.

the truth about magic is that a magician jealously guards his secrets for a different reason than you might at first imagine.

it is the art of misdirection combined with the concealment of the important element or fact that sets you up to be fooled.. both a magician and a religious authority change the rules of reality.

myelaine

dear Terry...

I sincerely apologise.

I found these statements. " I prayed almost continuously from morning until night for Jehovah's will to be done in my life". " I bowed my head and prayed before every meal much to the embarrassment of others."

love michelle

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PERFORMANCE: the role of the Governing Body of mystical magicians

by Terry in

the truth about magic.

the truth about magic is that a magician jealously guards his secrets for a different reason than you might at first imagine.

it is the art of misdirection combined with the concealment of the important element or fact that sets you up to be fooled.. both a magician and a religious authority change the rules of reality.

myelaine

O please...I'm only going by what you've said. You have stated that you were pretty hyped about knowing "the truth" and that you enjoyed a sense of superiority in that "truth"...you got what you wanted from the WTBTS. With everything you've said it sounds like the "relationship" was symbiotic until it started to go downhill with the draft. And even then you felt you could become a "better" JW by studying. And then others weren't up to speed when you came out of prison caused what feelings in you?

I'm sorry, I don't remember...have you ever indicated that, back then, the knowledge you had gained of the WTBTS "truth" humbled you...

love michelle

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Has the feared and much anticipated,'Jehovah Witness Great Tribulation', now started in earnest during this year of 2013?

by Sol Reform in

the watchtower states that the great tribulation.... will start when the united nations attacks babylon the great.

it appears individual states of the usa are starting to get that ball rolling right now.. .

with the world wide child sexual abuse cover-ups across the globe getting special attention from the media.. legislators across the usa seem to have lost the fear of getting the nod of disapproval of 'clergy', especially from the younger members.. law professor marci a. hamilton writes, "across the country, the movement for justice for child-sex-abuse victims is finding that conversations that used to begin with a discussion of the catholic bishops' opposition (and then often ended abruptly) are now started by a member's saying, "they don't deserve deference on this issue.

myelaine

dear a watcher...

Jesus said that He would keep His own from the GT. They are "sealed" against satanic attack.

love michelle

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Has the feared and much anticipated,'Jehovah Witness Great Tribulation', now started in earnest during this year of 2013?

by Sol Reform in

the watchtower states that the great tribulation.... will start when the united nations attacks babylon the great.

it appears individual states of the usa are starting to get that ball rolling right now.. .

with the world wide child sexual abuse cover-ups across the globe getting special attention from the media.. legislators across the usa seem to have lost the fear of getting the nod of disapproval of 'clergy', especially from the younger members.. law professor marci a. hamilton writes, "across the country, the movement for justice for child-sex-abuse victims is finding that conversations that used to begin with a discussion of the catholic bishops' opposition (and then often ended abruptly) are now started by a member's saying, "they don't deserve deference on this issue.

myelaine

the WTBTS is indeed the hypocenter

love michelle

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Over 184 million served ...

by Simon in

topic pages that is (not counting home page, active or subject pages).

holy crap, you lot like to talk and read a lot !.

we're currently getting about 1.8 million page views (across all pages) and ~ 150k unique visitors (275k visits in total) per month.. glad i have a plan to move things to the cloud soon!.

myelaine

rats!...I don't even know anyone there to ask them to stop by for you

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Over 184 million served ...

by Simon in

topic pages that is (not counting home page, active or subject pages).

holy crap, you lot like to talk and read a lot !.

we're currently getting about 1.8 million page views (across all pages) and ~ 150k unique visitors (275k visits in total) per month.. glad i have a plan to move things to the cloud soon!.

myelaine

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