like in the video said: you dont need higher education because god will care. basically a guy who has no education and criminal conviction BUT serves as a pioneer will more likely get a well paid not exhausting job which just suits his needs perfectly as a graduated college student.
i think i dont have enough faith to try this.
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Video based on DC talk on "Superiority of Education by Jehovah" It's short
by Wasanelder Once init's only three minutes or so, let me know what you think.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctu6zjasupa.
thanks,.
w.once.
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Birthdays and Job
by emptywords inthe societys stance on birthdays is either blatantly a lie, or a lack of bible knowledge on the part of the governing body!
while still attending at the kingdom hall i read job 1:4 where jobs childreneach had celebrations in his own day.
then read in job after his kids died and all his possession were lost where job cursed his own day.
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*** w68 5/15 pp. 318-319 Questions From Readers ***
• Does Job 1:4 indicate that Job’s children celebrated their birthdays?—F. D., England.
No, that verse does not apply to birthdays. A little examination of the matter will show this. The verse reads: “And [Job’s] sons went and held a banquet at the house of each one on his own day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them.”
In the English Bible the word “birthday” appears in Genesis 40:20, where we read of the birthday celebration of the pagan Pharaoh of Egypt. Consulting Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, one will see that “birthday” is a compound of the two Hebrew words yowm (meaning, a day [as the warm hours], whether literally or figuratively) and hullédeth from yalad (meaning, to bear young). However, in the Hebrew Scriptures the word “day” (yowm) is often used alone, referring simply to some day. This distinction between “day” and “birthday” may be noted in Genesis 40:20, where both expressions appear: “Now on the third day [yowm] it turned out to be Pharaoh’s birthday [literally, ‘the day (yowm) of the birth (hullédeth) of Pharaoh’].”
At Job 1:4 hullédeth does not appear; only yowm is used in the Hebrew text. So it speaks of Job’s sons’ doing something “each one on his own day,” not ‘each one on his own birthday.’
The Bible does not go into detail as to what occasioned the banquets. It may have been that at a particular season, such as harvesttime, the seven sons held a family gathering, and as the feasting made the week-long circuit, each son hosted the banquet in his house “on his own day.” Or the feasts could have been of the nature of family reunions held at different times in the year. This picture of a warm and happy family gathering, in contrast to the wild celebrations marked by dissipation and overindulgence in food and drink on the part of ones who have no respect for God, is further indicated by the fact that the sons considerately invited their sisters.
of course that doesnt forbid birthdays. there is not a single scripture in the bible which forbids birthdays.
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Has JWD made you more or less Spiritual?
by PEC incompaired to before, being active on jwd, are you more or less spiritual now?.
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atm: less
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As a JW, did you ever stand for the national anthem ...
by Frequent_Fader_Miles inmy conscience wouldn't allow me to do otherwise.
after all, this is the country that schooled me and fed me.
i use all the infrastructure here, and am entitled to all rights and benefits that any other citizen was entitled to.
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i never did and i never would. its disgusting.
anthems and standing up for them is not simple "showing respect" for your country. its some kind of religous worship and no human institution deserves this (not the WTS nor any country). after all, you cant pay the COUNTRY itself respect since its only rock and stones (you could sort your garbage instead). you worship the leaders, the ideology and stuff.
in my opinion being a good citizen and work hard is WAY more better.edit: seems to be a great deal in the US, right?! it always scares the hell outta me that there are still such countries on earth. havent we learned something in the 20th century?
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Critical Times Hard to deal with??
by BluesBrother infor many decades the watchtower has hammered home the message of 2 timothy 3.1 - 7 .
but know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.
2 for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of god, 5 having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away.
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i believe 2 Timothy 3.1 - 7 could be used in ANY time and on ANY society ever and still being succesful.
in many many points our todays society is way better than ones in the past.
death penalty is not common anymore.
europe is way more united than ever before.
united nations.
no witch burnings.
way better medical treatment in large portions of the world.
no slavery.
no gladiators which kill themselves in stadiums.
the concept of human rights and its increasing enforcement in many parts of the world
etc.
of course there are horrible things. which make the scripture seem to be for our time.
but of course the same would have ppl of the past thought.
even the first christians 2000 years ago thought it.
basically, today we live in a world with better conditions in many parts but also with new problems.
since humans are NEVER satisfied with their situation and tend to do bad things that scripture is a evergreen.
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259 seconds. What is it's Biblical significance?
by nicolaou inwell 259.2 to be exact.
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top prizes to be won for the first correct answer!
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sacrifice? of course yes!
even if you take it literally and god really missed his son for a couple of minutes only JESUS was human and endured the time like a human did. and even the pain jesus feeled was the pain of a human.
so the question would be: is it a sacrifice for you to let others torture your child as they wish for 48 minutes? i think no parents could live with that. and it that case its different. is it a sacrifice to let others torture your child as they wish for 48 minutes and apply the same pain like in several years of torture in that time.
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JW Private Investigator Inc
by sparrow inthere has been a few posts regarding happy marriages and the 2 witness rule which reminded me of an experience you might find funny.
i'd like to know if anyone else has done anything like this.... there was a married couple with 3 kids in our cong.
he was an ms but a nasty piece of work.
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gestapo Oo
ive never thought of something like this.
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Let the stones cry out!
by WTWizard inhow often have you heard the phrase "if we don't preach, the stones would cry out"?
this is in regard to the ministry.. what i cannot figure out is (1) this is so urgent that we have to be out 18+ hours a day doing it, (2) we have to endure all sorts of conditions to accomplish our ministry, and (3) we are supposed to get it perfect so people can be drawn in.
so, why don't the stones get to help us out?
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since stones are everywhere they dont need to carry briefcases and go from door to door. thats a human task.
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Religion Makes Good Men Evil?
by zack ini watched chris hitchens last night on a show with tim russert.
while i disagree strongly with most of what hitchens says, he did say.
one thing that struck me as profound.
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there was a quote some days ago on jwd...
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Ex-JWs, does the WTS still teach this?
by A-Team in"when jesus was on earth as a man, he was a hebrew, and now in his capacity as jehovah's royal executioner he is called by the hebrew name abad'don, which mean destruction.
in the greek in which the inspired christian scriptures were written his similar title is apollyon, which means destroyer" (watchtower, 12/1/1961, pg.
abaddon (hebrew:????
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its taught in the revelation book in chapter 22 and its not changed with the latest change-script.
the revelation book is studied by jw worldwide atm.
its a nice thing to think about. another thing the jw teach without any backup.
"Apollyon" was known to the early christians as the devil and why would john name jesus with the name of the devil. doesnt make sense.
of course its required for jw logic that "Apollyon" is jesus.
maybe thats a hint whos REALLY behind the jw theology.
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15) 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light. 15 It is therefore nothing great if his ministers also keep transforming themselves into ministers of righteousness. But their end shall be according to their works.