This subject always baffled me as a witness as well. What would happen if someone fell and cut their head off on something (ewwwww I know) Would they grow a new head? Or would Jehovah keep them in a protective bubble at all times to prevent decapitation? Or would our perfect brains never allow us to stumble? Complete nonsense!
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Earthly Resurrection Belief is INSANE
by PopeOfEruke ini know this topic gets mentioned a lot, but it still upsets me whenever i think about it.
its so insane, and i get so angry that i never questioned it or used my own brain to see the absurdity in it when i was still "in".. what got me started today is the sheer numbers involved.
the dubs believe only they will survive the big a. but not all of them - because those leading double lives etc will be killed as well as the rest of the 6 billion people on earth.
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Do You View Your Fellow Posters As Your Friends?
by minimus inis this just a board to you?
do you really care about the people here?
have you made "real" friends here??
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I absolutely have made real friends here! I've also had the honor of meeting some of them personally :)
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I just passed my written test! Woo-hoo!
by gilwarrior inwell, i have taken my written test for my taxi job five times already.
this morning i took the test for the fifth time.
out of fourty questions, you can only miss eight.
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YAY!!! That's wonderful :) congratulations to you!
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Soul vs spirit. How do JW's explain these scriptur
by betweenworlds ini know there must be a way that they explain these scriptures.
genesis 35:18 and the result was that as her soul was going out (because she died) she called his name benoni.
1 kings 17:21 and he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to jehovah and say" "o jehovah my god, please cause the soul of this child to come back within him.".
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Something that has always bothered me about the idea that the bible is the inerrant word of God is that fact that so many of the words that we read in todays bible don't have the same meaning as they did when they were written. If in fact this bible as we see today is God's ONLY means to reaching salvation why would he allow certain meanings to be lost or changed? It seems to me (with my simple-unscholarly brain) that this would be the equivilant of a parent giving his desperately ill child a map on how to get to a hospital for lifesaving treatment and closely watching this child the entire way there. On the way a stranger jumps in, grabs the map from the child and proceeds to change parts of the map and puts it in a language the child cannot understand. The parent is overseeing the whole journey and could at any time jump in and stop this, but he just lets it happen instead. And it doesn't happen once, but several times. by the time the strangers are through the map no longer resembles the original, leaving the child confused and wandering aimlessly. I as a mother cannot imagine doing this to my children. I would take them by the hand and lead them directly from point A to point B and God FORBID anyone get in the way of me getting my children to saftey. Then there are those who would say, well it is only those who really study and search out the deep things of the bible that are deserving to gain life. I remember hearing this more than once as a Jehovah's witness. It always puzzled me because Jesus said that the ones that were like children would enter into the kingdom, not those who are the most intelligent and able to discern secret mysteries. In my opinion if there there was only one message from God, by which man might be saved he would put it in bold, easy to read print, and NEVER allow it's meaning to be changed. I personally don't feel that any book written by man is the pure unadulterated word of God and or Goddess and that there is much to be learned from works written by people of different belief systems and cultures. It's a great big beautiful world out there and it's so sad that so many are afraid to step outside of the box to experience all it has to offer because of an ingrained puritanical belief that if you don't believe the way this one book tells you God is gonna take you out! (And how )
Just my 2
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Are You Afraid Of Anything???
by minimus inafter reading many posts on this site, it seems we all share the same types of fears.while witnesses, some were petrified to give a talk in the theocratic ministry school.
others were sick to their stomach to go out in door to door work.
if the elders said that they wanted to talk to you after the meeting, fear would set in throughout the whole night.
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My mothers evil eye. She could stop my brothers, sister and I dead in our tracks with one glance! (shiver) I think that look could frost over hell. She's 5' nuthin and can be sweet as pie but lordie lordie don't cross the woman
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Soul vs spirit. How do JW's explain these scriptur
by betweenworlds ini know there must be a way that they explain these scriptures.
genesis 35:18 and the result was that as her soul was going out (because she died) she called his name benoni.
1 kings 17:21 and he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to jehovah and say" "o jehovah my god, please cause the soul of this child to come back within him.".
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Mr. Penton,
Thanks for the information. I shall have to see if I can find a copy of the book to which you
refer. A friend showed me these scriptures the other day and it surprised me. I had always been
taught that the soul as mentioned in the bible always referred to the physical body. Not being a
scholar in either Hebrew, Greek or the bible for that matter the scriptures that my friend brought
to my attention appeared to show the soul behaving as I had always been taught that the spirit did.
Thanks again for your input
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Soul vs spirit. How do JW's explain these scriptur
by betweenworlds ini know there must be a way that they explain these scriptures.
genesis 35:18 and the result was that as her soul was going out (because she died) she called his name benoni.
1 kings 17:21 and he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to jehovah and say" "o jehovah my god, please cause the soul of this child to come back within him.".
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Thanks Neon!
I was raised as a JW but never thought about the twisted logic until I was out and able to see from the outside in! I'll tell ya, you need a slide rule to figure some of these doctrines out
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Soul vs spirit. How do JW's explain these scriptur
by betweenworlds ini know there must be a way that they explain these scriptures.
genesis 35:18 and the result was that as her soul was going out (because she died) she called his name benoni.
1 kings 17:21 and he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to jehovah and say" "o jehovah my god, please cause the soul of this child to come back within him.".
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I know there must be a way that they explain these scriptures. Does anyone know how?
Genesis 35:18 And the result was that as her soul was going out (because she died) She called his name benoni
1 Kings 17:21 And he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to Jehovah and say" "O Jehovah my God, please cause the soul of this child to come back within him."
Matthew 10:28 And do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna
If the soul is the physical body as the witnesses say, how do they explain these scriptures which have quoted from the New World Translation.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks :)
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Tornado hit my brothers home
by Tinkerbell4125 inmy brother and his family are just thankful to be alive!
sunday night with tornado warnings out through the state of tn.
about 7:30 that night, my brother went out on the porch to look at the lightning.
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Oh dear! How incredibly frightening. So glad that your brother and his family made it through safely. So sad about the little boy across the road :( I've had recurring nightmares about tornadoes since I was a little girl. They terrify me. My heart goes out to all those who are suffering because of this disaster
The kindness of those strangers helping with the roof brought tears to my eyes!!
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