wherever you stand on the god question, or, think you do, i believe god is the most influential figure in the history of human civilization.
not just any god, but the god that created adam and eve; the god of abraham, the god of the jews; the god of the christians; and the god of islam.
what sort of character does he have?
I beg to differ with those of you who say Jesus Christ. Beccause it's God. Think about it, Jesus himself said that EVERYTHING he said and thought, he learned it from His Father. So, everything Jesus did, said, and influenced other people to do and say after him, is all attributable to God. But Jesus comes in second place. :-P
justahuman - but super nonetheless
The believe in Santa Clause is for kids. If there are any adults who believe in Santa Clause, then they must be living in some kind of imagination.
justahuman - but super nonetheless
from: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/news/cano_sentenced-29jan07.htm.
cano sentenced for offering boys sex.
goshen a hamlet of wallkill man who was convicted in a non-jury trial last fall for trying to lure boys to engage in sexual activity was sentenced in orange county court monday to two to six years in state prison.. jesus cano, 50, who was a clergyman with the jehovahs witnesses, was sentenced for the felonies of attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and attempted promotion of a sexual performance by a child.. cano was charged with driving around the city of middletown last summer, handing out packets to boys with nude photos of himself, his phone number and other information.. when middletown police arrested him, they found a video camera in his car which a tape that was shot inside a mens room at ohare airport in chicago.. .
WOW! I live in NYC and I have been in these cities/towns mentioned in the article. My bf leaves close to the city of Middletown. I'm gay but pedo's are just sick!!! Ugh!!!
I've never seen JW's in the area. I have seen WT magazines that are left in the laundry room of my bf's apt complex but have never seen or come in contact with the JW's from that area. They must be few, I'm assuming.
justahuman - but super nonetheless
FCUK HOMOPHOBES AND HOMOPHOBIA!!!
GAY AND PROUD!!! :-)
justahuman - but super nonetheless
something that has always puzzled me was the descriptions of solomon's temple as well as the golden snake in moses day.
with giant angel statues in the holy of holies and the golden bulls and the countless other "graven" images in the temple that were supposedly god approved.
how was this not blatent idolatry.
Well, not really. The difference is that those "graven images" that were in the temple Solomon built were mostly for decoration or to represent what was in heaven. They were not prayed to or asked to intercede for anyone. All worship went to God not to the images at all.
I forget where in the Bible it is, but the snake that was built in the desert to heal the Israelites from snake bites was later worshiped or given undue honor.worship in the time of Hezekiah and Hezekiah, as part of him re-establishing pure/clean worship based on the Mosaic Law, got rid of it and destroyed it. God didn't punish him for getting rid of the snake because it wasn't built for the purpose of being worshiped.
justahuman - but super nonetheless
1881: tabernacle shadows p. 100-1. .
but the human female was originally a part of the man made in gods image, and is still (although temporarily separate for the purposes of human propagation) a part of the man-neither being complete alone.
as the perfect man was named adam, so, when made twain, "god called their name adam"-the headship remaining with the male, who was thus made the caretaker or preserver of the female as a part of his own body.
Not to detract from the main topic of this thread but did anyone notice the last sentence: "Either thus was Eve represented in the great ransom or by her husband as her "head"-else mother Eve was not ransomed at all, a thought which would conflict with other scriptures." You can ask any JW today and they will say that Eve was not redeemed/ransomed and that IT'S BASED ON THE SCRIPTURES. Just saying, that's all. justahuman - but super nonetheless
l****, alonzo lee.
dob 8/1719/81 visitation date 1/25/2007 sex: male.
[hivneg] no significant antibodies for human immunodeficiency virus 1.no significant antibodies for human immunodeficiency virus 2 .
Huh? I don't get this post! Did the poster just want to let us know he's HIV neg? Would he had let us know if he had tested pos? Hmmm... justahuman - but super nonetheless
after telling us that only jehovah was god, and he was our only heavenly father, this verse below really bugged me when i first saw it.. isaiah 9:5. for there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder.
and his name will be called wonderful counselor, mighty god, eternal father, prince of peace..
The meaning of names is not that important. For example, Immanuel can be applied to Jesus and ONLY to Jesus because who else in the universe is more like God than Jesus? It doesn't specifically mean Jesus is God nor does it imply it.
I am not a JW anymore and don't agree with many of their procedures/teachings but I really don't see any contradiction. I mean, even Jesus told the Pharisees that human judges were called "gods" by God Himself. And Jesus although not God, is right up there, closer than anyone else in the whole universe!
justahuman - but super nonetheless
ok, so i am in a new congregation (2 months).
the po was giving the bible highlights for isaiah 34-37. .
somewhere in there he slips in the angel that killed the 187,000 men was none other than jesus.
No, I've never heard anything like it before. This particular PO is just making it up probably to sound smart or spiritual because as far as I know, the WTS has never said who the angel was. The Bible doesn't give any details at all. justahuman - but super nonetheless
pobthespazz, Jesus is also a mistranslation too. Yet everyone uses it and no one makes a fuss about it. I think it's not that important. justahuman - but super nonetheless
