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  How does God communicate with us?

  by JH in

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  in the past, god spoke to humans through angels, prophets, and jesus.

  today, there are no prophets, angels don't show up anymore, and jesus isn't there to speak to us.. we can talk to god through prayer, but how does god talk to us?.

  so, other than the bible which is pretty outdated, how can god communicate with humans?

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  Are the JWs ===THIS === Freaky ??

  by Lampokey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if anyone perceives the jehovah's witnesses as a strange bunch , then please do take a look at this site:.

  http://www.landoverbaptist.net.

  regrettably, a condition of registration is that their beliefs are not to be questioned on the forums.. i will find a way around this by careful syntax .

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  My Thomas : Why did Jesus not rebuke him ?

  by Lampokey in

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  jw doctrine teaches that jesus was not god.i do not know if is doctrime , but i also get the idea that jws believe the bible to be completely and literally correct.. luke 18:19 : jesus asks a ruler "why do you call me good?

  nobody is good , except one , god".. how , then , do jws explain john 20:28 , where thomas says "my lord and my god!".

  if jesus was not god , he would certainly rebuke a disciple for blasphemy.so , why did he not set thomas straight ?

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  Selling of Magazines and literature

  by Ticker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking the other day that the watchtower society used to sell the mag's and books to people at the doors for a set price.

  i know that realisticly they need to cover costs but everyone knows they made profit off of their sales and still do through the donation method now in place.

  what i wonder is how did they justify selling for a set price when it clearly says in the bible "you recieved free, give free".

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  JOHN - The Lazy Apostle ?

  by Lampokey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the gospel according to john , 21:25 new world translation :.

  "there are , in fact , many other things which jesus also did , which , if ever they were written in full detail , i suppose , the world itself could not contain the scrolls written.".

  well , john , here you are , charged with the responsibility to relate the life and times of jesus , and you do not tell us what these "many other things" are.. why not ?

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  Mentally ILL People : Will they be saved ?

  by Lampokey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the sake of argument , i will presume that respondents believe in the concept of salvation.. broadly - very broadly - i would put the mentally ill in two categories :.

  the retarded and the criminally insane.. an argument is made that the retarded will be saved : http://www.gotquestions.org/mentally-challenged.html.

  but this does not , imo , properly address the issue of salvation for the criminally insane.. will they too find salvation - because they do not have the capacity to understand the biblical message (although some may believe they are doing god's will) - or will they be damned - due to their evil actions?.

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  Blood and Food

  by Lampokey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am well aware of jw doctrine concerning blood and its foundations in acts 15:20.. i am also well aware of how much discussion this has provoked.. could ex , or current , jw's comment on one aspect of this please :.

  the ban on blood seems unequivocal and would seem not to leave any room for compromising.. in that case , would eating a piece of red meat be in violation of jw's beliefs?

  presumably , it would , as even a well-cooked piece of meat would contain blood molecules.have any jw's raised this point with their congration's elders?.

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