http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=aquuntl1rtw8yezsxghq7fdd7br.
should i have linked back to one of the good discussions here?
check out some of the answers i am getting.
Thank you Leolaia, very instructive. I had the same thought like keyser. btw WTS does not quote Plautus but says that nails could refer to hands and feet (which is not what the scripture says).
Somewhere else I read in support of the cross argument matthew 27:37 (they posted above his head the charge...). I guess one could argue that technically above the hands would also be above the head
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=aquuntl1rtw8yezsxghq7fdd7br.
should i have linked back to one of the good discussions here?
check out some of the answers i am getting.
the best answer is this one:
With all due respect, it actually makes little or no difference whether the Lord Jesus Christ died on a cross or a stake. The important thing is that He sacrificed Himself to pay the penalty for our sins, and that through faith in His sin-atoning death and resurrection, TRUE Christians are FREELY justified in God's sight, as the Bible teaches (see Romans 3:23 - 26, for example).
The fact that organisations such as the Watchtower spend so much time with theological hair-splitting on issues such as this is symptomatic of the cult mentality, which often majors on minors. Straining out gnats, and swallowing camels...
Ephesians 2:8 & 9.
Amazing how the WT spends time and energy on issues like this one, and are superficial on other more important ones such as 607...
comments you will not hear at the 7-1-07 wt study (may 15, 2007, pages 21-25)(suffering soon to end).
where is the love?.
17) "god is love.
I could never thank you enough blondie. You do an amazing work!
The real highlight was this one (I quote gopher):
Q6, 7) Why might we rightly commend a sincere person who raises a troubling spiritual question?
6) Second, we may commend the sincere person for raising this question. Some people conclude that because they struggle with such questions, they are faithless or disrespectful toward God. They may even have been told as much by a clergyman.
Anybody JW (and JW's are the majority of the readers of this study article) that raises "troubling" questions about Watchtower doctrine is not commended. They are treated as faithless or disrespectful toward Jehovah (i.e., the organization). They may even have been told as much by the elders, and may even be told to just shut up about it (have faith in Jehovah, wait on him, i.e. do NOTHING).
last i read is that he (sirnose) dad.. i don't know about tbl..
I was wondering the same.
I also noticed the absence of Arthur lately. Always enjoyed their posts. Hope they are fine and will be back with us soon.
it seems to me there may be some of you out there who have not had kids due to the situation where you are not of the same mind as your partner in wanting to bring them up as witnesses.
thinking back to besty and i before we had the two boys, i remember being of two minds - do i?
i was concerned that besty wasn't a spiritual head and he had even categorically stated that if we did have kids they wouldn't end up being witnesses.
I still remember that DC and subsequent WT about not having children in the time of the end... what an idiot I was at the time :-(
Luckily we eventually decided to have them. If you want any, I would not recommend to wait for too long (you do not want to be to parent and grandparent at the same time ). It was a whole new world and experience. They were instrumental in my questioning the WTS.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070621b1.html.
thursday, june 21, 2007. .
jehovah's witness shuns blood, dies.
there was a time when many of us would have acted in the same way, which makes you think how our mind is easily vulnerable to control. That is where the effort is to be put, to help people use their brain in a rational way.
i am interested if at all possible in ordering the court documents showing the wtbts indeed settled out of court, and placed a gag order on the 14 victims in california.
are those documents considered public record?
if so can someone point me in the right direction?
I doubt they are available, once there is an out of court settlement confidentiality becomes a must. You may ask Jim Whitney (posting here as Amazing) as he was directly involved in some of the trials.
here you can read some interesting info:
he's been fantastic the whole week-end (and the whole season so far). Great performance in an incredible race.
Let's hope he wins the championship. Alonso il already nervous
i must have missed this on my travels thru different x-dub sites, but i think i read something on here about their "new light" regarding the timing for armegeddon.
since its been over 30 years since 1975, how do they predict armegeddon now?
what do they tell new converts regarding the 1975 debacle?
2034 is the strongest date the WTBTS has "hinted at" Noah like work , 120 years ; 1914 +120 years = 2034
I agree. OTOH it could be argued that the work Russell started well before 1914
indeed, when we read the bible and let it guide .
q8) what scriptural principles help us to reason on the matter of associations?.
god's word be a lamp to our foot.
Great. Now my folks are going to pester me because I went to see the Padres play last Wednesday night...
did they offer you the tickets or did you provide them? the articles talks only about being invited, not about inviting
