i believe the wts has completely misapplied matthew 24:1-35. .
i believe the scripture is quite clear that jesus was speaking to his own generation and not some obscure future or 1914 generation.. if you happen to be a jw and/or futurist, what makes you believe jesus was talking about events that would transpire in the 20th/21st century?.
vander.
Dear Van, I am interested to know what you think you achieve by simply ignoring the questions and observations that shoot your argument down in flames ?
Do you think you will fool someone reading on here, that they won't notice your dishonest debating method ?
Good luck with that.
adgrpid:|servtype: google_ad_section_start to the making of many books is worrisome as the bible says yet the last time we received a ypa book it was 2008 volume 1, 2 now this weekend we received volume 1 revised.
wow and so many are excited about us killing so many trees to repeat the same thing over and over again.
i need to vent a bit and could easily get on to many issues of wtbts and its goober body.
Dear Love Doctor, if you wish your "recovery" to work, you need to get as far away from the source of the disease as you can.
Speed up that fade.
A "Bro" stopped by on Sat. morning, offered me mags, I said "No thanks, I know what is in them, I can read them online."
He then went on to say that the D.C was "good", I didn't ask him in what way, I didn't want to be confrontational, so I just said how I found them bum-numbingly boring, and I slept through most of them.
I guess there was something about calling on us "Inactives" (faded) ??? That spurred him on to call?
He ended by offering to take me to the K.H if I ever wanted to go, he is a kind chap, but I said , no I will never attend again, I have educated myself since I left, and I know too much now.
We parted amicably, hopefully he will start to think and compare his life with mine, I stressed how happy my wife and I, and my 2 sons, are with our lives now.
He drove off with a cheery wave, and a furrowed brow.
So, I don't know what his take on the D.C was, but he knows how I feel about it !
theology is the study of religion and religions are human systems of spirituality.
it could then be said that theology is the study of the applications of human spirituality.
human spirituality is a chosen way of life.
Dear Godrulz, the original autographs do not exist.
All we have are copies of copies of copies which are then translated, perhaps well, perhaps poorly and twisted to fit the "translators" theology and doctrines i.e the infamous NWT.
Do you not think that a loving God , if He wanted us to put any trust in the Bible, would have furnished us proof of what was originally written ,proof in a form that does not have to be argued over by scholars of the original tongues ?
I cannot be sure of what was written originally, and I see no proof that stands scrutiny that God had anything to do with the writing , or compilation,deciding what was Canonical, of the Bible.
It is no more the word of God than any other sacred writing, Jesus may be The Word, but the bible is no proof of that.
i've just completed an interesting exercise on the price / margins etc on supplying fuel .
if i sell $1,000,000 worth of fuel per annum .
(yeah, a million bucks worth).
Hey sizemik !
you aren't inferring the petrol companies are a greedy lot of bastards who keep all their $$$billions of profit for themselves and their shareholders are you ?
A helluva lot of Fuel Stops have gone over the decades in the U.K , those that survive have amini supermarket attached, some of these stop selling fuel and just keep the shop.
Soon,as we have to travel to find an outlet it will cost to make a trip just to get fuel, crazy world.
hello everyone,.
also hello bethel, you can tell your superiors there is another one that no longer accepts your authority.. right now, i just want to say hello.. i think everyone understand what is to wake up to reality.. .
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Hi Johny5 !!
Great to have you with us ! The only downer with being Canadian is , though itis a big country, you have to share it with our very own Outlaw !
damn dangerous feller don't you know, likely to kill you with laughter !
i believe the wts has completely misapplied matthew 24:1-35. .
i believe the scripture is quite clear that jesus was speaking to his own generation and not some obscure future or 1914 generation.. if you happen to be a jw and/or futurist, what makes you believe jesus was talking about events that would transpire in the 20th/21st century?.
vander.
Van sounds like that old Peter Cook/ Dudley Moore sketch "That's a fact that is"
Those "facts" do not address the questions in my post. That is quite a long paper, full of nothing in the way of proof, and stooping to Ad Hominem attacks on scholars who do not share his views, hardly credible academic stuff.
theology is the study of religion and religions are human systems of spirituality.
it could then be said that theology is the study of the applications of human spirituality.
human spirituality is a chosen way of life.
A theologian once said something along the lines of "A Theologian is someone who watches his words and language, in the presence of God"
I didn't really understand what his meaning was till I read your post P.sac., thanks.
I like that kind of thinking, keeping my mind a blank, it is more comfortable that way.
In other words I cannot see your post. I.E 9 ? use compatability button.
i believe the wts has completely misapplied matthew 24:1-35. .
i believe the scripture is quite clear that jesus was speaking to his own generation and not some obscure future or 1914 generation.. if you happen to be a jw and/or futurist, what makes you believe jesus was talking about events that would transpire in the 20th/21st century?.
vander.
Thanks Mad Sweeney for pointing out how easy it is to make "facts" appear to support your belief, until you use your critical thinking skills.
I also found that John Gill's statement that when the Romans returned "not a Christian was found in the city" stood out as plain nonsense that cannot be proven. the Romans weren't searching for Christians, they came to suppress a revolt, out of the thousands that died, who checked to see if christians were among them ?
Utter tripe.
i was reading genesis the other day and stumbled across genesis 2: 11, 12.. the garden of eden had just been created and the surrounding areas were being described.. genesis 2.
(10) now there was a river issuing out of e'den to water the garden, and from there it began to be parted at it became, as it were, four heads.
(11) the first one's name is pi'shon; it is the one encircling the entire land of hav'ilah, where there is gold.
I came across that verse as a kid of about 12, I used to dream of an Indiana Jones type adventure (long before Indy was "born" in film, this was 1962)where I got to know the loction of this land and set off to find the gold, villains chasing my every move as they wanted the gold, and I would have to lay false trails, and shake them off, till I made myself a rich man.
Ah, the dreams of youth !
