Posts by ezra

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Who Wants to Write a #4 talk?

by RichieRich in

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i've got the #4 tommorrow night about why violent video games are not for christians.

if you think you can seriously write the talk well, with scriptures, write it, and i'll give it.

its tommorrow and i have no clue!!!

What do you call people who adopt other opinions without researching them?

by DavidChristopher in

i was talking to two elders yesterday..... i was confronted about the whole "bad associations" question.

i asked them what "bad associations" were.

they have no idea what bad associations are to the author, only their opinions and the opinions of their chosen leaders.

ezra

bad associations spoil useful habits,self explanatory

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Respect Jehovah's Authority, one crazy WTS Video!

by drew sagan in

a few months ago i ordered some of the videos that i didn't own.

it is a strange video that follows the drama they had a few years ago at the circut assembly.

between the digital effects, strange makeup, odd dialog, and commentary by governing body member samuel herd, this might be one of the societys strangest videos ever.

i've just read a news article that stated that in a recent international survey, britain was voted the best country in the world, but the british people the most boring.. i do wonder what people think of us brits, they seem to have some wild idea that we all drink tea and play cricket, they seem quite unaware of the loutish behaviour that many of us are embaressed about.. what do you think?

ezra

HOW ABOUT MONTY PYTHON,THEY ARE FUNNIER THAN WE ARE.of ocurse some of their stuff i have to fast forward,how about the guy on horseback in the holy grail movie that had a guy following him with coconut shells for sound effects,or how about the knight that kept fighting after all his limbs were hacked off he told the other knight ti come back and bite him in the leg

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are British people boring?

by Ellie in

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i've just read a news article that stated that in a recent international survey, britain was voted the best country in the world, but the british people the most boring.. i do wonder what people think of us brits, they seem to have some wild idea that we all drink tea and play cricket, they seem quite unaware of the loutish behaviour that many of us are embaressed about.. what do you think?

ezra

well how about the beatles,faulty towers and so forth

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'Other Sheep'

by Honesty in

do you feel that the watchtower has a few things 'right' about their two 'classes' of people, 'annointed' and 'other sheep' ?.

if so, what does this scripture mean to you?.

phil 3:18-20 for i have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of christ.

ezra

in that scripture they being focused on earthly things means not being focused on spiritual things,are you disfellowshipped have you had experience with the truth at all.if you have a question ,i can help you ,its impostant that if you have something against witnesses then it would be important to know what they know from the scriptures,your comment did not make sense,you can message me ,i get tired of going through the threads for responses

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Every personal religious experience is demonism?

by Star Moore in

have you ever noticed how in wt, every personal religious experience is demonism?

ezra

thats not true your only referring to experiences in connection with demonism and we dont have experiences with faith healings and so forth we stay away from them but we do have wonderful experiences in sharing the truth with others.next time dont make your topic deceiving and be honest

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No Place For the Devil? Why?

by Inquisitor in

"for centuries, many people thought of the devil as a horned, cloven-hoofed creature clad in red and using a pitchfork to cast wicked humans into a fiery hell...undoubtedly, however, such misconceptions have caused millions to question the existence of the devil or to think that the term applies only to a principle of evil.

" w06 jan 15 p.21 .

so the fds thinks that people no longer believe in the devil because:

ezra

the devil himself sends out influence to foster that belief ,if you are not forwarned of an enmy he can quickly defeat you rev12:9;1st peter 5:8 but throughout the scriptures consistantly christians are reminded of the dangerthe next question on the concept of evil there is a scripture that some religions believe according to their dooctrine and not according to the bible that not only is the kingdom in their hearts but also jehovah ,jesus,and holy spririt,not a bible teaching.jesus said to some people the kingdom was in their midst some renderings say within you,of course thats not possible because jesus said that the kingdom is in the heavens and his kingdom is no part of this world.but they took this manmade teaching of the kingdom being ewithin people and took it one step further by removing god from the picture and daying that the concept of good is within us and then took it another step farther and say good and evil coexists in us and there is no god or satan,how convenient then obviously at that point people have no need for religion they are their own gods.people naturally because they are not perfect resist instruction to a certain point and some resist a little more aggressively than others ,you get god out of the way and you are not personally responsible to answer to a god given consciensce you make ethics and morality as you go along ,we can see the dramatic result of that today

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So much criticism...but what's the answer?

by thankyou12 in

hi guys,.

good discussion here.

thanks.. what is real christianity?

ezra

here is the first step you asked what is truth,in the bible jesus was quoted during a prayer to his father jehovah your word is truth.so gods word the bible is truth.the next step is at john 17;3,jesus pointed out that in order to have everlasting life we need to take in accurate knowledge of who god is and who jesus is individually and in relation to each other,notice jesus said accurate knowledge,and the only place that we can find accurate knowledge of god an jesus is in the bible,i know you asked what is christianity and maybe was thinking who says what christians should and how to behave and so on......and who really is worshipping god acceptably and it seems that everyone seems to have an opinion on this matter,but whose opinion ,when looking for information about god should we look to,him,his word.i could explain to you all the answers that you requested but that would be like teaching algebra to someone who has not mastered the skills of addition,if this thread is not cancelled i will share more with you if you would like,or you can privately send a message,but there is one thing that is very important to remember,when we wish to worship god acceptably do we go with the status quo or do we look to god for instruction on how to worship him,honestly who has the right to set guidelines for worshipping our creator man or god.if we listened to other men then who would we in actuality be worshipping,i hope this tidbit of info sheds some light and helps you to think about gods point of view and what he requires of us,but also maybe whets your appetite for answers to questions like why does god allow suffering,or a very often asked question what does god think about the plight and sufferring of man,how does he feel?why do so many claim to be christian and say they follow the scriptures but yet teach different beliefs?

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Women be silent!!

by skyman in

i have been looking into the research art d. ehrman from the department of religious studies from the university of north carolina.

he makes a very convincing argument that to me proves the bible verses that make women less human was not in the originals.. paul called women by name some of the women were taking the lead at romans 16: 3-16 in verse 3 say fellow worker prisca (woman).

then verse 7 junias (woman) this is interesting some bibles including the new world translation then says who are men or kinsmen this is not found at all in the older manuscripts so the new world translation and any other translation is in error.

ezra

the head covering is to show respect for the headship arrangement,and when no brothers are available it is scriptural for a sister to take the lead in teaching,but when brothers are available it is jehovahs arrangement that the brothers do the teaching not the sisters