Posts by Greenpalmtreestillmine

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Do JWs really grieve?

by undercover in

jw
friends

a strange thing happened to me while watching a television movie on the life of the late nascar star dale earnhardt; i got choked up remembering a close family member who died at an early age.. .

for those of you who aren't familar with earnhardt, his father died when dale was a young man and this movie portrayed him pretty much living his entire life trying to live up to his father's ideals.

of course he died on the race track having some of the same issues with his own son, now a superstar on the track.. .

Greenpalmtreestillmine

I've been to funerals of JW children, mothers, husbands, old and young. JWs do grieve. They grieve as hard and as long as any other Christian.

Sabrina

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Commentary Press - Trinity

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

there's a new essay on commentary press discussing the trinity.

http://www.commentarypress.com/eng-onetruegod.html .

for any interested in that topic.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

There's a new essay on Commentary Press discussing the Trinity.

http://www.commentarypress.com/eng-onetruegod.html

For any interested in that topic.

Sabrina

21

The Human Face

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

the human face is unique.

it is the window to the mind.

dogs wag their tales when they're happy and down their ears when they're afraid or puzzled but people, by their facial expressions, are able to transmit much more subtle and/or complex messages and are capable of doing so at will if we so desire.. .

Greenpalmtreestillmine

Narkissos,

...if God is the creator of everything, including every living being, why should the specific human difference (unprecedented development of the symbolical function in speech, facial expressions, gestures) be more a proof of creation than, say, the spider's web or the bat's "sonar"?

Because the spider's web and the bat's sonar are needed for survival. Just as we and all animals must assimilate food to survive and we must excrete wastes to survive and reproduce for the species to survive and sleep to survive etc., but only we have a face that transmits emotions to a degree unprecedented among the other creatures. The communicative abililty of the human face is not something necessary to the survival of the species, it is an enigma. Its muscles and nerves transmit the emotional responses of the brain. Have you ever tried smiling while thinking of something extremely sad? It feels very uncomfortable, unnatural. The human face and human mind are connected in an extreme way not found in other living things. But those emotional responses are not necessary for our survival. They are an unexplained bonus!!!

The human face is unique and its so called "evolution" does not fit in with the models and mechanisms put forth by evolutionists.

Sabrina

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Question for Christians on this board!

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

do you believe the bible is the word of god?

i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.

i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

I would like to thank each and every person who responded.

I am truly grateful.

Sabrina

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The Human Face

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

the human face is unique.

it is the window to the mind.

dogs wag their tales when they're happy and down their ears when they're afraid or puzzled but people, by their facial expressions, are able to transmit much more subtle and/or complex messages and are capable of doing so at will if we so desire.. .

Greenpalmtreestillmine

Hi Missy04,

Thanks so much for your reply on this thread and on the Bible thread. Keep going and do not let anyone take away your faith or your love for God. So glad to meet you!

Sabrina

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The Human Face

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

the human face is unique.

it is the window to the mind.

dogs wag their tales when they're happy and down their ears when they're afraid or puzzled but people, by their facial expressions, are able to transmit much more subtle and/or complex messages and are capable of doing so at will if we so desire.. .

Greenpalmtreestillmine

The human face is unique. It is the window to the mind.

Dogs wag their tales when they're happy and down their ears when they're afraid or puzzled but people, by their facial expressions, are able to transmit much more subtle and/or complex messages and are capable of doing so at will if we so desire.

The transmission of emotional states through the human face is uniquely human and is not something that can be accounted for by evolution.

Sabrina

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Question for Christians on this board!

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

do you believe the bible is the word of god?

i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.

i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

That's silly. Why would any Christians at all believe that the Bible is the word of God?

You're kidding me right?

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Question for Christians on this board!

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

do you believe the bible is the word of god?

i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.

i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

Do you believe the Bible is the word of God?

I ask because I believe it's important for searching JWs who come here to not only learn if there are Christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the Bible are.

I believe the Bible is the word of God, do other Chriatians here also believe that?

Thank you,

Sabrina

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Is Jesus Christ and Michael the ArchAngel one and the same person?

by booker-t in

i must admit that as a jw i never really swallowed this belief maybe because i was so young when i was really a staunch jw.

i would have born-again christians tell me that it was impossible for jesus and michael to be the same person and that jw's invented this doctrine.

fast forward to 2004 while i was reading a book on jesus i noticed that some of the early church fathers thought michael was jesus christ i almost fell out of my chair.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

Frank,

Please don't try to read my mind. I am sincerely interested in what LT believes. Is that some big taboo here?

Sabrina

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Is Jesus Christ and Michael the ArchAngel one and the same person?

by booker-t in

i must admit that as a jw i never really swallowed this belief maybe because i was so young when i was really a staunch jw.

i would have born-again christians tell me that it was impossible for jesus and michael to be the same person and that jw's invented this doctrine.

fast forward to 2004 while i was reading a book on jesus i noticed that some of the early church fathers thought michael was jesus christ i almost fell out of my chair.

Greenpalmtreestillmine

LT,

I too partook of the emblems. I too suffered for it. What t want to know now brother is, what do you believe!? Plain and simple, what do you believe, brother.

Sabrina