Cygnus

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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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  Cygnus

  LT, were Thomas' words in Jn 20:28 recorded in Greek in a vocative sense or an exclamatory sense?
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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

  I'm just happy to believe that none of these conversations actually took place, so it's just a little fun to look at them and have a scholastic interchange of ideas.

  I personally think Joe Malik's ideas make a lot of sense. St. Augustine and Athanasius would have course disagree but they were jerks and long dead.
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  My JW mom and dad

  by Cygnus in

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  i'll make this short and sweet as i've been napping all day and need to get some stuff done.

  as you know, as of 2000 i am disfellowshipped.

  well guess what.

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  Cygnus

  Thanks, everyone. I got some very sad news yesterday though, my choco brown lab, full of life and vibrancy, that went with my girlfriend to Pittsburgh got hit by a car and died. I'm trying to concentrate on the positives in my life, which are many, but the negatives are many too. This is not the time to f**k with me or mi familia.

  Edited to add: This board software is f**ked up. I want to start a new topic and it says I have to wait 21 hours. I have PM'd Simon the last couple of days but he's either ignoring me or too busy to get a handle on his board.
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  How many people have you "unwitnessed" since you've been out?

  by mkr32208 in

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  i was thinking about this the other day.

  in 25 (ish) years of being a witness... well i guess i became a publisher at like 12 or 13 so actually only 13 (ish) years of service... (i could be a doctor in less time... ugggg) i went out in service lets say an average of ten hours a month... so were talking 120 hrs a year lets call it 1500 total hours.

  in that time i brought no one into the truth!

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  Cygnus

  Hopefully, none. I don't want any misplaced credit to be attributed to me. I firmly believe that people should make up their own minds regarding such things
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  Are there any songs that remind you of some posters here?

  by JH in

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  just about every person i like(d), i have a song that reminds me of them.

  this song reminds me of a certain female that posts here .

  mandy moore "only hope" and many songs of gino vanelli .

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  Cygnus

  Yeah, Jethro Tull's 1970 release "Nothing to Say" fits AlanF to a T. NOT!
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  Shining One's Link To A Dishonest ICR Article

  by AlanF in

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  2. bible

  in the thread "the skeptic's worst nightmare" ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/96102/2.ashx ) shining one gave a link ( http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&id=2464 ) to an icr (institute for creation research) artcle titled "evolution--impossible to embarass its believers" by the icr's founder henry morris.

  why was the soft tissue preserved?

  all it means is, "we don't accept what real scientists say.

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  Cygnus

  Odrade, I'm not "wrong," what did I say? I said some lurkers would benefit from Alan's post then you substantiated that by tellng of your husband. Even Alan said I was right.
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  Personality Defect Quiz

  by the_classicist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's the quiz: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=4741219933576750506.

  robot.

  you are 71% rational, 0% extroverted, 42% brutal, and 42% arrogant.

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  Cygnus

  Hi there, rust-girl. Wanna hook up, you little braggart you.

  It's funny, when I was 17,18 I got the nickname "Pompous" for being an arrogant prick. I'm a lot nicer now, as many of you will attest, but yeah I've been through a lot by age 33 and I do like to share my experiences to I guess I am a Braggart.
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  My JW mom and dad

  by Cygnus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'll make this short and sweet as i've been napping all day and need to get some stuff done.

  as you know, as of 2000 i am disfellowshipped.

  well guess what.

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  Cygnus

  
  I'll make this short and sweet as I've been napping all day and need to get some stuff done.

  As you know, as of 2000 I am disfellowshipped. Well guess what. My mom is over here right now helping me, cutting the grass in my backyard. My dad just called 20 minutes ago, just to talk. When it comes to Watchtower rules about shunning, my family says "Up yours, Watchtower!"

  PS my wonderful father also reads this forum, as a lurker
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  Personality Defect Quiz

  by the_classicist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's the quiz: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=4741219933576750506.

  robot.

  you are 71% rational, 0% extroverted, 42% brutal, and 42% arrogant.

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  Cygnus

  BraggartYou are 100% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 71% Arrogant.
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  New Testament Paradise Earth

  by TheListener in

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  2. bible

  one of the things that bothers me is the very little or almost non-existent way the paradise earth is talked about in the new testament.

  i've never heard a dub even think about that for one second.. the only occasions i can think of that the dubs use to show the new testament does in fact talk paradise earth is the scripture at matthew 5:5 (about mild tempered ones, or meek inheriting the earth), revelation 21:3,4 (about no more sickness, sorrow, suffering nor death) and jesus on the cross saying that the guy next to him would be with jesus in paradise.. none of these are overly convincing.

  why didn't the apostles talk more about the paradise.

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  Cygnus

  Rev. 5:10 isn't mistranslated in the NWT. There's plenty of arguments to use either "on" or "over" but a spacial element is definiely not applied.

  One thing that, I suppose, deserves consideration is that after Jesus was resurrected he spent 40 days with his disciples in an intensive teaching of the Kingdom of God, and in Acts 1:8 they still viewed it as earthly/political. Did they goof up after all that or would Jesus literally return to earth from heaven and drink real wine with his disciples again?

  Edited to add: Speaking of which, where's the clear wording in the NT that Christians are heaven-bound when they die and/or are resurrected? I think it's Ephesians that says "our citizenship resides in the heavens" but that doesn't say heaven is their final destination, just as a person could be conceived in Paris but born in Germany (in relation to the 'new creation' business). Joe Malik addressed John 14 where the word "heaven" isn't even used.