We all have the same thoughts. It's all about control. But I find it ironic, we sit through meetings 3 times a week, over 5 hours. And most of what we hear is how bad "worldy" people are and we should limit contact or plain stay away but then it shifts to love the "worldy" people, seek them out and talk to them. Just a strange change in thinking, in hind sight.
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the real purpose of field service
by what_Truth? ini've been racking this around my brain for a minute now.
you've got people puttin in an average of 10 hours a month, giving away countless publications, and still only converting one or two families every 20 years or so.
this raises an obvious question, "if the door to door ministry doesn't bring in converts why do it?
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jula71
Boa and Mayor, the dream .......
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Birthdays?
by jula71 in*** job 1:4-5 ***
4 and his sons went and held a banquet at the house of each one on his own day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 and it would occur that when the banquet days had gone round the circuit, job would send and sanctify them; and he got up early in the morning and offered up burnt sacrifices according to the number of all of them; for, said job, ?maybe my sons have sinned and have cursed god in their heart.?
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jula71
*** Job 1:4-5 *** 4 And his sons went and held a banquet at the house of each one on his own day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And it would occur that when the banquet days had gone round the circuit, Job would send and sanctify them; and he got up early in the morning and offered up burnt sacrifices according to the number of all of them; for, said Job, ?maybe my sons have sinned and have cursed God in their heart.? That is the way Job would do always.
Call me crazy, but that sounds alot like a birthday. If I remember, Job and his sons were a pretty wholesome bunch. Has any one ever asked an Elder about this?
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PURPOSE
by myelaine inwhile looking for and answer to a question this morning i came across a scripture that really made me think about the role that the wbts might play in gods plan.
the scripture is: .
romans 9:17... .
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jula71
"For the scripture says to Pharaoh," Even for this same purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared in all the earth."
Here's what I got out of it. Once again the topic of freewill comes into play. God raised Pharaoh up to be like that just so God could beat him up to show how powerful he is? Could Pharaoh have gone along with God?s plan from the beginning? If so, would there be a display of power? Did Pharaoh even have a choice?
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are we god's imaginary friends?
by Bas inor is god our collective imaginary friend?
which one is it?
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What if I said, God is one of my imaginary friends?
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Bible Reading Leading to More Doubt Than Faith... :(
by jeanniebeanz inok, it?s taken me longer to get my thoughts together on this than i expected, but here is the reason that i have come to have doubts in the divine nature of the bible; its failure to show that the god it describes is abiding by "his" own standards.. for example, according to 2 peter 1:20, the entire bible is inspired of god.
the main attributes of "god" are that "he" is love (1 john 4:8), "he" is just (deuteronomy 32:4), and "he" has all of the power (revelation 7:12).. with that in mind, my first problem with the bibles authenticity is that this ?loving god?
murdered the entire world of men at one point in history by drowning them.
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jula71
The Bible makes a lot more sense if you read it with the idea that it is NOT inspired, but rather the writings of people who were trying to justify what they had already done.
Excellent point, that the same feeling I have when I read certain verse in the Hebrew scriptures. It is much easier to kill when the people believe you have been ordered to by God.
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Which Translation of the Bible would you say is most accurate?
by researcher inwhich translation of the bible would you say is most accurate and was not influenced by any 'religious group' in the translation?
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jula71
Damn ....defd beat me to it....april fools....
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Who wouldn't you let near your computer?
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lets say you were inactive, and an elder came over to encourage you, and he saw that you have a computer, would you let him near it?
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jula71
although i did have some naughty pictures when I was still sort of in.... but.. I had them pretty deeply buried..
Sassy......You can't just say that with-out elaborating, naughty pictures of???????
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"There's A Great Influx Coming In!".....per the Circuit Overseer
by minimus in"there's a great influx coming in and it's all those that left us".......so said the co when visiting my mother.
what a crock!
i know of no one wanting to go back "to the vomit".
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jula71
Oh...April fools...............
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Avoid Cancer Risk: Things we may take for granted
by prophecor inthe following comes from my sister, who's a cancer survivor.
she sent this to me as an email to warn about the health risk concerning simple things we may take for granted regarding microwaving foods, and freezing bottled water in plastic containers.
just something i wanted to share and others can take the information and do their own research.
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jula71
I also read a while ago, grilling food with charcoal poses a threat as well....
