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  Somebody wants me to study the bible with her.

  by cognac in

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  not sure i really feel qualified to teach her anything about it.

  i'll tell her that i can discuss my viewpoint, but, i may get things wrong.

  it's really weird that somebody wants me to study with them.

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  cognac

  No, she doesn't want me to study JW stuff with her, lol. Thanks for the link chickpea!
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  Somebody wants me to study the bible with her.

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure i really feel qualified to teach her anything about it.

  i'll tell her that i can discuss my viewpoint, but, i may get things wrong.

  it's really weird that somebody wants me to study with them.

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  cognac

  Not sure I really feel qualified to teach her anything about it. I'll tell her that I can discuss my viewpoint, but, I may get things wrong. It's really weird that somebody wants me to study with them. Especially now that I don't believe in the JW religion anymore...

  What are your thoughts about this?
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  JWs quote Lenski multiple times throughout the years even though Lenski calls them the Anti-Christ

  by cognac in

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  rch linsky stated the russell movement was part of the anti-christ in his commentary of 1 john 2:18. not sure what moved him to do that but thought it is pretty funny that jws quote a person who calls them the anti-christ....

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  http://www.evanglibrary.info/ - That link works. Under commentaries/ rch linsky/ 1 John 2:18

  Here is the quote: The way in which John writes “antichrists many” appears to mean that other leaders of his type besides Cerinthus had already come to be. In the following ages new kinds of antichristian leaders arose. Church history describes them and the extent and the duration of the various movements. We are acquainted with those of recent times: Dowie, Russell, Mrs. Eddy, modernism, etc. As they have multiplied, many of the old antichristian falsehoods have been taken up anew, have been dressed up in new verbiage and have paraded as new discoveries. Thus Cerinthus made Jesus the son of Joseph, which is only the modernists’ rejection of the Virgin birth. He denied that the blood of Jesus is the blood of the Son of God with power to cleanse from sin (1:7; 2:2), which the modernists likewise deny.
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  Excommunication in the scriptures...

  by cognac in

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  it seems to me that the following would be reasons for excommunication in the scriptures as long as the person was flagrant and unrepentant in this regard:.

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  5:10 a brother who is a:.

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  Paul's attempt in the Corinthian congregation almost destroyed that congregation. His admonishment at 1 Corinthians 5:9, 10 literally divided the congregation and caused a rift between him and the 12 that lasted 14 years.

  Thanks for all this info!!! I'm still reading through it. But, how do you know he caused a rift with the othe Apostles because he did this? Hoe do you know the other Apostles didn't agree with him on this?
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  JWs quote Lenski multiple times throughout the years even though Lenski calls them the Anti-Christ

  by cognac in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  rch linsky stated the russell movement was part of the anti-christ in his commentary of 1 john 2:18. not sure what moved him to do that but thought it is pretty funny that jws quote a person who calls them the anti-christ....

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  cognac

  And if you want to see the Borgs quotes of Lensky, just search "Lenski" on the WT cd...
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  JWs quote Lenski multiple times throughout the years even though Lenski calls them the Anti-Christ

  by cognac in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  rch linsky stated the russell movement was part of the anti-christ in his commentary of 1 john 2:18. not sure what moved him to do that but thought it is pretty funny that jws quote a person who calls them the anti-christ....

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  cognac

  It's on this link:

  http://www.evanglibrary.org.uk/

  under commentaries/ rch linsky/ 1 John 2:18

  Evidently the library is offline right now though...
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  I've got two weeks worth of clothes

  by John Doe in

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  laying in my laundry baskets and in my floor, but i don't want to wash them.

  what do you suggest?

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  cognac

  Buy new clothes.
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  JWs quote Lenski multiple times throughout the years even though Lenski calls them the Anti-Christ

  by cognac in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  rch linsky stated the russell movement was part of the anti-christ in his commentary of 1 john 2:18. not sure what moved him to do that but thought it is pretty funny that jws quote a person who calls them the anti-christ....

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  cognac

  RCH Linsky stated the Russell movement was part of the anti-Christ in his commentary of 1 John 2:18. Not sure what moved him to do that but thought it is pretty funny that JWs quote a person who calls them the anti-christ...
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  Excommunication in the scriptures...

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems to me that the following would be reasons for excommunication in the scriptures as long as the person was flagrant and unrepentant in this regard:.

  1 cor.

  5:10 a brother who is a:.

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  cognac

  I didn't think these ones were, but I'll go reread it...
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  Excommunication in the scriptures...

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems to me that the following would be reasons for excommunication in the scriptures as long as the person was flagrant and unrepentant in this regard:.

  1 cor.

  5:10 a brother who is a:.

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  cognac

  It seems to me that the following would be reasons for excommunication in the scriptures as long as the person was flagrant and unrepentant in this regard:

  1 Cor. 5:10 – A brother who is a:

  Fornicator

  Greedy

  Idolater

  Reviler

  Drunkard

  Extortioner

  And 1 Tim. 5:20 –

  Blasphemer

  Then, in 2 John - anti-Christ

  How do we know how far the 1st century Christians took excommunication back then? As far as the Anti-Christ goes, Christians would not receive them into there homes. However, in the case of the person who had relations with his fathers wife in Cor, was he allowed to say a greeting with the other members? Did "mix in company with" mean he wasn't allowed at the meetings, or that they weren't supposed to talk with him at all?

  After how long was the excommunication ban lifted? Was he even repentant when the ban was lifted?

  Also, it seems that the entire congregation made the judicial decisions. On what scriptural basis does JWs form a committee instead of the entire congregation?

  If excommunication is used in the scriptires, would we not be getting the scriptures principles if we then didn't pass the same judgement on a murderer or rapist? And then, if judgement was passed on them, where would a line be drawn? Which sins would be fall under the excommunication rule?

  And if sin is breaking a law according to the scriptures, which law shows the sins we are to stay away from - Noahs law or the Mosaic one?