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  Debaters: Let's have It Out !

  by Amazing in

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  this thread was going to be about the true church.

  but i simply changed the title.

  okay ... so my experience thread set the stage for what seems to be a need to debate catholicism ... maybe because in the minds of many, there is a comparison to the watchtower ... a comparison which i believe is false.

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  Rastafarian homophobia....

  by avishai in

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  any thoughts?.

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  RAF

  Rasta is a cool religion with rules (like every religion)
  
  but they too forget what is the most important (cause we have the same God)
  and one of the thing that is important is : Not judging (we can't judge we don't know everything) which is cool (but I guess they didn't get it yet)
  

  I also heard that they treat woman like shit !

  and I remember this song from B. Marley
  "I wanna love you, and treat you right" (as if usualy it is not the case)
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  Where would we be now if there was never a concept of God?

  by dh in

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  if (for the sake of argument for those who believe in god) there was no god, and no human being who ever lived had ever come up with or even had a concept of god or a higher being.

  where do you think we as human beings would be today.

  what do you think our history would be like, and our future?

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  Truly I don't know I can only think and speak from experience ...
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  Why is Europe more liberal then the United States?

  by free2beme in

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  i have wondered this for awhile and can not figure out why.

  any ideas?

  apparently being liberal does not lead to an economic power house, but it does lead to a lot of hatred of the united states in these countries.

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  OnTheWayOut : ... ... never thougt about it totally that way (it's like you've got the whole picture)
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  Tarot card in What Does The Bible Really Teach.

  by DeusMauzzim in

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  look at this illustration from p101 of the what does the bible really teach book - it's the chapter about evil spirits and stuff :).

  the guy has - of all cards!

  - the tower card in his right hand (see the other images for details of the card).

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  Certainly not coincidence tarots (every image is very representative of its meaning) So ... we know they like to tease us with images ...

  Now about the meaning for instance (when Ego is involved in the tarot it can be yours on somebody else one) it work in tarot and is related to numerology
  
  For instance :
  
  1 = Ego
  2 = Activity (also the couple)
  so 12 (what we call Le PENDU / HUNG UP?) = Ego in activity means (you can’t go further = Barrier)

  Then if about 16 and 15 for instance

  6 = Love (of anything of any kind - in quantity/a lot and also not really knowing what you love)
  so 16 (what we call La TOUR DIEU/ THE TOWER) = Ego shut you down in your expections
  
  5 = Excess
  so 15 (what we call Le DIABLE/THE DEVIL) = Excessive ego in action
  
  and so on …
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  Is the word Jehovah really a name?

  by zack in

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  i ask this because jesus referred to god as: my lord, my father, my god.

  he never used the word jehovah.

  to me that if anyone would use the name, certainly jesus would.

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  That's why the WTBS can only be wrong biblicaly in saying that Christ is a creation of God / the son in the concept of God is what make things happen (the Creator in God) and The Word or the Verb as what is answering the needs or will (Word = talking / Verb = action = the talking or will in action).

  If only they had focused on what means the tetragram as a concept before considering the name they would have know better !
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  Is the word Jehovah really a name?

  by zack in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i ask this because jesus referred to god as: my lord, my father, my god.

  he never used the word jehovah.

  to me that if anyone would use the name, certainly jesus would.

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  RAF

  To be more precise :

  If the name Jehovah (which means nothing to me in particular - it is a name from a name supposed to be God's name) is the translation YAWHE related to the tetragramme YHWH it means that :

  Y : Yod = Essence / Potential / Will

  H : He = capacity / fecundity

  W :Vav = the son (the result of Essence and Capacity) = Realisation / Action

  H : He = the result of fecundity into action (the realisation of the son with the capacity)

  So if you want it to be a name the name YAWHE includes the SON ... (by itself)

  What I think from this is that it is not what we can take for a name exactly IT ISTHE CONCEPT OF GOD biblically named
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  Is the word Jehovah really a name?

  by zack in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i ask this because jesus referred to god as: my lord, my father, my god.

  he never used the word jehovah.

  to me that if anyone would use the name, certainly jesus would.

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  RAF

  If the name Jehovah (which means nothing to me in particular - it is a name from a name supposed to be God's name) is the translation YAWHE related to the tetragramme YHWH it means that :

  Y : Yod = Essence / Potential / Will

  H : He = capacity / fecundity

  W :Vav = the son (the result of Essence and Capacity) = Realisation / Action

  H : He = the result of fecundity into action

  So if you want it to be a name the name YAWHE includes the SON ... (by itself)
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  Plan for happiness that ended up being a trap...

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  edited to change thread title: .

  so many people, mostly teenagers, but even adults, especially jw's, experience something similar to this song by tracy chapman.

  jw's are like naive teenagers in thinking marriage will be a cure all for their depression and loneliness.

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  I like this song so much ... (but I'm a fan of Tracy)

  And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
  And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
  And I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

  in this song it's all about that (but we can't count on others to be happy)
  the need to belong to someone or something is just human (spiritually it's not - you only deal with yourself - for what is about yourself even relatively to others) So when it's come to be someone ... it's all about what you think about the need to be someone for/by yourself or to be someone for/by others (in this last case ... we are very close to any trap that we will fall into ourself or make others fall into)
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  Why is Europe more liberal then the United States?

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i have wondered this for awhile and can not figure out why.

  any ideas?

  apparently being liberal does not lead to an economic power house, but it does lead to a lot of hatred of the united states in these countries.

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  RAF

  I'm with GermanXJW too on this one

  Look it's most about the fact that they are leaded by the tops (Gov/Media : which somehow works together as long as one do not desagree with the other one) but then for the citizen/audience it's only about the fact they want to know from them or get the point in being aware from others sources leaded bit hints or intuition.

  Our own Gov/Media tend to copy the US systems, it just does not work as well/as big with us, because we are aware of where it leads - you set the example and you are the pannel we can analyse from the outside in being more objectiv - we do not have the same information (but a lot get into it anyway) it's all about influence (it works or not).

  I don't like or hate the US, the US is full of americain which are not all the same.