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any thoughts on this?
would he create us without the knowledge of how to convince us his will and commands are for our best interest?
Is that what free will is? the ability to question, or disobey God, or earthly authorities.
Seems to me though....If you make a law to look out for the best interest of someone, you should have no problem explaining it to them, and no problem with their questions about it.
You can then choose to obey, or refuse.
osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.
bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!
is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?
Which life is more valuable? a "safe" prisoner in a 6X10 protective custody cell? Or the free man with a home , 3 kids, 2 cars, and a beautiful loving wife.
Which is going to be easier to "control" or "manipulate"?
Which is going to give his life up for something better faster?
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any thoughts on this?
would he create us without the knowledge of how to convince us his will and commands are for our best interest?
I wonder what Jehovah enjoys more, people like Richie above, or mindless unquestioning, obedient JW's?
Guess it would be like comparing your computer to your "bad" 5 year old son.
I am with Richie, I want to challenge Him, even if He does win all the time. If He desired me to be a JW "slave" I am afraid I have let Him down. I will try to give Him a good game of chess though.
It would be nice if we knew exactly what HE wants us to be.
Anyone have the ability to expand on this, with simple term and words I can understand. I am no philosopher, scientist, or bio chemical engineer. Can you translate down to a 35 year old mechanic please so I can understand better?
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any thoughts on this?
would he create us without the knowledge of how to convince us his will and commands are for our best interest?
More on this later...I am going to be late to my first meeting in 8 years, got a couple of questions I need answered
this year was going to be the first time in my life that i did not attend the memorial.
but i just thought of something that i would love to try out for a stir.
what do you think would happen if i skulled the entire glass of wine?
I would enjoy seeing all the circuits in their pre programmed brains, hiss and pop, and see what happens next. When You introduce something new, there is a moment of total confusion, while the mind searches its "law books" and "policy and procedures" when none exist for a given situation, The computer has no choice but to make a decision, shut down, or run. That is a priceless thing to behold.
osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.
bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!
is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?
Hey, I am against the "war on freedom"! Does that make me an enemy of anyone? Let me know so I can watch my back ok.
You are in Isreal....How do you know what the american way of life is? Did you read it in a book? Did you ask someone? Did GWB tell you?
In Isreal, you could live in concrete bunker, under guard 24/7, with no freedom at all, and you still wouldn't be safe from "terror".
Or maybe I am wrong....Can you please show me beyond all doubt where I am in error?
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any thoughts on this?
would he create us without the knowledge of how to convince us his will and commands are for our best interest?
Any thoughts on this?
Would He create us without the knowledge of how to convince us His will and commands are for our best interest?
Would we?
i mean, is that not like having a free pass to do as you please?
as long as you freely forgive, when people sin against you, then does that mean our father will forgive us 99 times when we sin against him?.
sure wouldn't be hard to convince people to obey that command would it?
So what you are saying is...that if sins are forgiven, there is nothing seperating us from Jehovah? What is the difference between "sin", mistake, goof, crime, wrong turn, wrong decision made from faulty information, error, etc?
What word would you use as a politician to describe your "mistake" or "crime"?
Would someone rob and kill another person if he KNEW God was real and knew about it?
Did he make the wrong decision, based on the information he had at the time?
What is going to happen when GWB finds out God is real, and has a few questions for him?
What about all the crooked preachers using Jehovah's name to steal, mislead, and satisfy their desires for power and control over the weaker people he put them in charge of. What are they going to do when God proves Himself alive and well, and well informed of their crimes?
They are going to be happy to see Him right? Or did they "make bad decisions based on limited information"?
Any thoughts? What should Jehovah do about it? What would you do if you were Him?
osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.
bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!
is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?
And just maybe GWB asked him to do just that, so we will run to him with our freedoms in hand, for more "protection". I would really like to be proved wrong on this theory to be honest. It scares the hell out of me. Could GWB prove this to be untrue, or are we supposed to trust him unquestioningly?
my poor wife has been quite stressed knowing what to do with her life.
she has never been intellectually interested enough to study whether the wts is the truth, just went because it seemed the best way of life and her family and friends are in it.
when i stopped going she did not know what to do wanting to keep both me and the congregation happy, and becamed fairly irregular at meetings and field service.
Makes me want a earring.LOL
