Posts by kwintestal

much trouble... or, things to do at the mtg that will raise eyebrows but won't get you into to much trouble.. i've been thinking about this since i still go.

i'm surprised at how much a person can get away with if they are in a hall that they have no family in that particular kingdom hall.... at the memorial i put on so much dark eye make-up i was shocked my husband didn't say anything walking out the door.

instead, i got compliments, lol, not exactly what i planned on.... one of my friends who faded went to the memorial and she had a pretty low cut shirt on.

kwintestal

I got talked to when my wife wore too short of a skirt for thier likeing.

Kwin

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"Real one" threatens athiests with Jugement Day! Why do Christians do this?

by Witness 007 in

"real one" is a christian on this site and gets involved in many debates with athiests.

on my thread "jesus was just a man" he said:"non-beleivers will see jesus one day and you will not be happy.

" on my trinity thread:".....oh his {gods} existence is established.

kwintestal

Ah ha! You used an upper "R" in his name. Even 'real one' thinks he's a lower case "r"

Kwin (awaiting the judgement, and waiting, and waiting ... any millenium now)

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Door to Door Atheists Bother Mormons

by CPiolo in

jw
friends

applies equally well to jws.

pretty interesting to see the tables turned.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-a1vmz6y8.

kwintestal

I love that one!

Kwin

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Paul's belief in Christ - Lets get it STRAIGHT this time!

by lovelylil in

i need to vent.

i am sick and tired of people claiming that paul did not believe in the jesus christ of the bible.

there are many articles on the web (someone sent me one today) that claims that paul's writings deny that a historical jesus existed.

kwintestal

Argument from silence, Kwin? Paul was writing letters to groups of Christians to address specific issues. He was not writing an account of Jesus' life.

You may be right, however as there were no gospels written to date and Paul obviously had authority over the congregations (otherwise he wouldn't have been writing letters if he didn't) wouldn't his mentioning at least one "good deed" that Jesus did been the norm? Why did he mention his birth, death and resurrection if he was just addressing specific issues? Did those have anything to do with the issues he was addressing? No more then him healing lepers or the blind, or his teachings on treating your neighbour as yourself, forgiveness and so on. Paul had no idea of these things or he would have used them to his (and the churches) advantage to increase the number of believers.

Didn't Paul say that he never let an opportunity go by where he didn't preach? I'd say that he let several get by him by not mentioning Jesus' teachings and miracles.

Anyway, I don't want to argue as there's no way of knowing either way for sure, we just have what we individually believe. I just wanted to express my opinion

Kwin

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Paul's belief in Christ - Lets get it STRAIGHT this time!

by lovelylil in

i need to vent.

i am sick and tired of people claiming that paul did not believe in the jesus christ of the bible.

there are many articles on the web (someone sent me one today) that claims that paul's writings deny that a historical jesus existed.

kwintestal

I don't have any doubt that Paul believed in Jesus, however I would say that the Jesus he believed in was a different person then was written about in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And if it wasn't a different person, then the authors of those books exagerated or made up stories of this Jesus person's life.

lovelylil, what is your opinion as to why Paul never mentions any of the acts of kindness, or miracles that the gospel writers mention? Wouldn't their use be a great opportunity to expand the message, that is after all why the other authors used them (years later). Yet Paul only mentions his birth, death on a cross and reserection. This leads me to the question, did Paul know about them? And if he didn't, how could he not know? And if he did know, why didn't he mention such important facts?

Kwin

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