Tater,
I am baffled.
Where is that scripture? I cannot find it.
Checked Strong's and two bibles.
Are you sure that picture isn't from the FDS?
Maeve
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Do you think Jesus WANTED to be turned into a religion?
by humbled instuff that has happened to me and people of other religions that i've met and read about--it makes me wonder if the caretakers of "holy writings" haven't bent us with their theology and pedantry.. i don't think jesus wanted us to make a religion.. he offered an experience of faith that was first and foremost an invitation.
the gospels--even if half diluted with error can't dispel the experiences we feel if we accept these words at face value: john 7:17-18.. i can't stay on- going to doctors today.. thanks.
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Jesus didn't care about chronologies and bible knowledge--why should we?
by humbled inwhen i read the gospels, i don't find a bunch of numbers.
i loved that jesus talked in a way that left me wide open to respond to god.
"love god with your whole heart, mind, soul and strength and your neighbor as yourself".
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LongHairGal--
Just in from 1st long day of cancer treatment, skimmed the comments and LAUGHED MY CANCEROUS ---OFF at your comment.
Bottom line for me on this "taking in knowledge" of this stuff was I was s'posed to get the accurate studying done and nurse a baby, do laundry (outdoor wringer machine-funky at that), raise-at that time-5 kids, and help my husband on the farm AND show up clean for meetings miles away.
I had a hard time with doctrines that made me responsible for all this and that study, formal field service stuff.
Now I wasn't as bad off as a lot of people on earth, but I saw the hierarchy implied in a world based on superior knowledge instead of love.
I just love how you said it, Girl!
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Do you think Jesus WANTED to be turned into a religion?
by humbled instuff that has happened to me and people of other religions that i've met and read about--it makes me wonder if the caretakers of "holy writings" haven't bent us with their theology and pedantry.. i don't think jesus wanted us to make a religion.. he offered an experience of faith that was first and foremost an invitation.
the gospels--even if half diluted with error can't dispel the experiences we feel if we accept these words at face value: john 7:17-18.. i can't stay on- going to doctors today.. thanks.
maeve.
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Stuff that has happened to me and people of other religions that I've met and read about--it makes me wonder if the caretakers of "holy writings" haven't bent us with their theology and pedantry.
I don't think Jesus wanted us to make a religion.
He offered an experience of faith that was first and foremost an invitation. The gospels--even if half diluted with error can't dispel the experiences we feel if we accept these words at face value: John 7:17-18.
I can't stay on- Going to Doctors today.
Thanks. Maeve
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Does anyone think there was a great deliverance of the Hebrews from Egyptian captivity?
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I won't get to follow up or read any comments til I get back from my cancer treatment
tomorrow morning. It's my first day.
Orientation, Chemo and then radiation in the afternoon.
I know this info is off topic, kinda, but just because I won't get to follow up on stuff oesn't mean I just threw this out and walked away. I look forward to some thought-provoking comments.
G'night.
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Does anyone think there was a great deliverance of the Hebrews from Egyptian captivity?
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Yea, Fink, I think something must have happened.
It is hard to believe that somehow a bunch of people that disagreed about SO MUCH suddenly got it together for a national passover.
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Do you think that any part is true?
I personally find oral traditions very interesting. Like flood stories--something happened.
That a huge group of people ritualisticly observe a date that was of national significance that they learned from father to son rather than from a priest--well I find it hard to dismiss.
Like the Jews fight not to have the Holocaust forgotten. It takes tremendous human memory to carry even a great event forward. I tend to think there is something to the Jews getting out of captivity.
But I'm wondering about any one else--thanks for the input.
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(Sorry--I started so rough.)
Well, the post title says it--I mean the long ago deliverance that was supposedly the real launch of their national identity.
Do you think they escaped all together? Why is it a central observance for faithful Jews to commemorate?
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In what sense does Jehovah feel regret - Why the Bible never means what it plainly says.
by Lore infrom this weeks watchtower study:.
in what sense has jehovah felt regret?.
on a number of occasions, the bible mentions that jehovah felt regret.
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The WT writing department has to speak definitively, with authority on all bible subjects. It is impossible for them to NOT KNOW anything. They would be out of work in a jiffy if the magazines and reference materials allowed for the contradictions and ambiguities that come up in the scriptures.
They should let this question of what this passage about "regret" just hang there like a bit of poetry that you can't/shouldn't nail down. But instead they'll crucify every word-----(OOPs! I meant to say "impale".)
They have the TRUTH don't you know.
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Is Jesus Christ a big failure and that is why we need a Governing Body?
by Terry inis jesus just not good enough as a mediator between god and man?.
is jehovah running a nightclub or something?
is that why we need a governing body as a gatekeeper?.
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Isn't it amazing that we gained "accurate knowledge" of God then learned that he and Jesus had a big sign placed on them:
DO NOT TOUCH