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  Trinity- True or False

  by defd in

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  i know from going door to door that people are generally divided as to who god is.

  what are your thoughts?

  is jesus almighty god?

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  Oh, why can't I resist...

  : If Jesus had perfect knowledge of who he was (as per the WTS), how come he accepted it, since he was not glorified, nor king, at this point?

  I dunno. Maybe he had a lapse in judgment. Maybe it was given the thumbs-up by Jehovah. Maybe because of his perfect knowledge he knew he'd one day possess 'the divine quality' as an immortal, incorruptible god and figured hey, so I'm being 'worshipped' a little now, no biggie. Sorta like a rally for a presidential candidate who eventually gets elected. Damn it's 1:00am and I've been posting since 9:00.
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  Trinity- True or False

  by defd in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know from going door to door that people are generally divided as to who god is.

  what are your thoughts?

  is jesus almighty god?

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  : JWs generally don't think for themselves, especially concerning theology and the role of Christ in scripture. They have become so fixated on "Jehovah" and refuting "Christendom" that they miss so much.

  I guess I can't disagree with that. But in written word, Jesus is spoken of a lot and probably their best publication ever (minus the (certain and admittedly inserted) dumb JW doctrines) was The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived.
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  Trinity- True or False

  by defd in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know from going door to door that people are generally divided as to who god is.

  what are your thoughts?

  is jesus almighty god?

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  Cygnus

  Rex, quite a while ago Joe sent me a cassette tape of a debate between him and I think Rob Bowman on the trinity. Bowman kept insisting that Joe was using Watchtower logic, when Joe wasn't. When Joe snail-mailed me his writeups on Watchtower errors, and the error of the trinity, I thought they had very valid points. I also like the way he interprets passages in context, taking into consideration what is being talked about. Like Colossians 1 and creation and Jude and the exodus from Egypt. Who cares what the commentaries say? I don't know you personally, Rex, you've always seemed like an okay guy with a sense of humor, but you go off the deep end in some of your posts.

  One final thought to LT, I'm not a Christian, in fact in many ways I think Jesus was a jerk (like a lot of us can be). I'm a non-believer in any commonly understood spiritual philosophy. I would hope that we could still be 'brothers.' :)
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  Very good apologetics for honest seekers

  by Shining One in

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  are you tired of the arrogant assertions of the elite ex-jw clique here?

  here is some powerful ammunition to "demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of god"!

  http://www.carm.org/evidence.htm .

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  Cygnus

  Just my opinion, but talking to Rex now is much like trying speaking sense to a leopard.

  Rex, great learning (!) has driven to you madness!
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  To All Of The Kids Who Survived the .....

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

  they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.. .

  then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.. .

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  Cygnus

  A line from a recent movie: "Mankind survived the last ice age, we're certainly capable of surviving this one."

  Some dogs and cats get hit by cars, most don't. Kids are smarter (although I'll never forget when I was maybe six seeing my close friend Nick get hit by a car running across a busy street.... the old lady that hit him was terrified..... and probably dead now......... time for Cyg to quit thinking so much).
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  I found another internet scam: People selling used cars

  by Elsewhere in

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  i've been thinking about buying another car so i started looking around on some websites like http://autos.yahoo.com.

  i found two used cars in my area that were what i was interested in, only their prices were well below the blue-book value.

  i thought it was a bit odd but i went ahead and sent each one an email wanting to schedule a time that i could drive by and take a look at each car.

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  Cygnus

  Want to buy my 1976 Buick Skylark?
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  To All Of The Kids Who Survived the .....

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
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  first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

  they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.. .

  then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.. .

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  Cygnus

  Valis No matter what me and the rest of the other jerks say about you, I think you're A-OK for doing the best you damned well can.
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  To All Of The Kids Who Survived the .....

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
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  first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

  they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.. .

  then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.. .

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  Valis had parents..... dear God, bless their souls.
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  To All Of The Kids Who Survived the .....

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
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  first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

  they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.. .

  then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.. .

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  Cygnus

  btw brenda, hope you dont mind but i copied and pasted and emailed that to some friends, and my dad, i like nostalgic stuph. edit add: my JW parents always let me play baseball or hockey with neighborhood kids several blocks away. I bet today nine year old JWs play video games and their parents have to give them/prepare them rote answers to 2 or 3 questions at each meeting, and that probably takes a night. Totally off topic but I just remembered something else. When i was a little kid a scripture in James was asked to be read so I raised my hand and instead of using the Bible I read it out of Commentary on James. I thought I was so clever. My mom thought I was cute..... and weird.
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  Who can and can't a JW sit next to at the hall?

  by JH in

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  there are so many unwritten laws, but most witnesses know when it's wrong to sit next to someone.. name a few cases, when it's ok to sit next to someone, and when it's not ok?

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  Cygnus

  This brings back another memory. When I was dating my wife, not yet engaged, I'd go to her evening Kingdom Hall meetings since she was in a different congo and we planned on attending hers so I wanted to get to know it. I would put my arm around her and one night an elder grabbed me and threw me into the back room and said 'YOU DO NOT ACT LIKE YOURE MARRIED UNTIL YOU ARE' and I replied 'GOOD, THATS WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, WHAT THE RULES ARE AROUND HERE.' She has a brother 14 years younger than her who would sit with us and newer ones would think he was our kid. That was always funny, I must have looked like a terrible dad cause I didn't give a crap what he did during the meeting, lol.

  Maybe tomorrow I'll go to a rural kingdom hall, pretend I don't know what I'm doing, show up 20 minutes early, spot the best looking single girl there and sit next to her. If somebody gives me shit I'll say, most churches I go to don't have seating arrangements. Why does yours? You think I'm gonna rape her during the show onstage?

  On second thought........... I'll be sleeping until 3 PM tomorrow I'm sure.