the new testament talks consistently of a heavenly hope, not an earthly one and the idea that humans are to live forever on earth is not supported scripturally at all.. however, what would have happened if adam and eve had not sinned.
the watchtower likes to make the point that it is only sin that caused adam and eve to die.
romans 5:12 that is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.. what do christians believe regarding this scripture?
Going back a little into JW mode, if the biblical account is true, then what was the purpose of Jesus bringing back to life Lazarus?
If he was demonstrating that people went to some other place apart from the earth, why would he bring back someone to life on earth?
What point was he proving?
Having breakfast looking out the window with LOADS of snow UGH!
No sympathy Mouthy. You left the luxury of London long ago.
Surprised that you don’t remember how to "warm your cockles".
call me Bonnie and find me a Clyde
So while you are "hit the stores" you want me to "hit on the boys"??
I don’t think so Bonnie!!!!!
enjoying my coffee before I have to hit the stores
Hit the stores?? Doesn’t that mean robbery?
The other one is "How do" in the deepest tone you can muster up.
The polite reply to that remark is "not so bad" or "ney so bad" as you northerners would say.
Double Dimond!! Can't remember the last time I saw a can of that. Been a while since you've been here then?
It’s the Ozzies that say "gday".
We would be more inclined to say "have a pleasant day", usually in a real pompous snooty English accent.
I would like to know if we are known by the Ozzies as "poms" because we are so pompous? Be nice to think so.
a 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class.
she presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
it's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders.
I would just love to have met the kids that wrote these. 6 years old is such a wonderful age.
These really made me laugh. Thanks for sharing.
(mods - if this post is better suited to another section of this forum please move it - i'm new here and i don't know the structure too well) .
hello you guys, .
i am new to this forum having been linked here by a member of the jref forum who was passing on his experiences as an ex-member.
The book "captive of a concept" has a very good suggestion. It suggests that you become the student, the only way that a JW will see you anyway, and that you ask him appropriate questions that will slowly undermine his beliefs. This will take a long time though and you will have to look into the beliefs yourself and know what he is going to say next. A very good site to get the low down on JW's is Jwfacts.
No guarantee that this will work though. JW's belong to a cult. Not the best odds to fight against....
Let us know how you get on…..
Mr.M
dear friends.... "happy tuesday!
" well the saga continues!
i thought we had seen the last of the elders last friday night as most have you are familiar with the story.
since becoming disfellowshipped (wtf?
) back in july or whenever it was i've been fretting about not being an ordained minister.
this was always important to me - to be an ordained minister is a valuable thing - thats why the jw's are proud to say they have 6.9m or so ordained ministers.