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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

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  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  snowbird

  4-28-17

  Good morning!

  Sylvia
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  What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

  by Doug Mason in

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  with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

  (1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

  (2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

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  My limited understanding:

  Through sinning or falling out of favor with God, the first human pair, and by extension the whole human race, was condemned to a life of despair, ending in death. This was due to the influence of a certain Evil One.

  Redeem - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, chose to Redeem or buy us back from the Evil One's hold.

  Ransom - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, paid the price or Ransom for this redemption with His Life.

  First Adam sold himself and us

  Threw everyone under the bus

  Second Adam came to redeem

  Those who choose to be on His team

  He paid the price with His own life

  As a loving husband would for a wife

  This may all seem needless and foolish

  But, it is God's way for evil to abolish

  The WT teaches that Adam and Eve sinned willfully; therefore the Ransom doesn't cover them; no redemption, no resurrection.

  I do not believe this teaching.

  Sylvia
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  If an elder decides he wants to report child molestation to police.

  by poopie in

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  can he be sued for violating clergy pertinent privilege by the person that confesses to him?.

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  What happened to ecclesiastical privileges?

  Sylvia
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  Confused trying to understand JW GF or soon to be EX

  by James87 in

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  i dont know where to start so why not at the beginning.

  i was seeing this girl and we hit it off great chemistry.

  it went from a physical to a deeper relationship.

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  Casie and Dresie Williams

  by snowbird in

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  just had to look them up last night.. they seem to have done all right for themselves.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  Village Idiot.

  Kept staring, knew I remembered something about them.

  Sylvia
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  The Governing Body WILL be sued in America collectively and individually in the near future!

  by notsurewheretogo in

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  so lloyd evans aka cedars says on his facebook page when he attended a reveal jw child abuse event.. .

  interesting stuff but no details!.

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  snowbird

  I hope it happens, too.

  Sylvia
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  Circumcision....Perfect Adam....Uncircumcised....1st century Christians...circumcision ont required

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  i know this has been discussed many times, but i was watching a news story about female genital mutilation (not female circumcision) and segued mentally into why the hassle about male babies having to be circumcised, christians especially.

  even the wts flipflops on this...... if adam, the first perfect man, not under the jewish law code, was given a foreskin by god as an aspect of his physical perfection, why then do so many "christian" people have their boy babies circumcised?.

  if a health issue....why did god create the perfect man, adam, with a foreskin?.

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  snowbird

  This circumcision requirement, along with the Red Heifer, is a head scratcher.

  I love trying to get to the reasoning and symbolism behind them.

  Sylvia
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  Casie and Dresie Williams

  by snowbird in

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  just had to look them up last night.. they seem to have done all right for themselves.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  Just had to look them up last night.

  They seem to have done all right for themselves.

  Sylvia
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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

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  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  snowbird

  Good afternoon, Bugbear et al.

  Sylvia​
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  Circumcision....Perfect Adam....Uncircumcised....1st century Christians...circumcision ont required

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know this has been discussed many times, but i was watching a news story about female genital mutilation (not female circumcision) and segued mentally into why the hassle about male babies having to be circumcised, christians especially.

  even the wts flipflops on this...... if adam, the first perfect man, not under the jewish law code, was given a foreskin by god as an aspect of his physical perfection, why then do so many "christian" people have their boy babies circumcised?.

  if a health issue....why did god create the perfect man, adam, with a foreskin?.

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  snowbird

  I am searching extra-Biblical writings to try to understand God's command that Abraham, his servants, and his descendants be circumcised.

  Sylvia