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  Maybe some truth to JW being Scientology for Black people, singer Omarion a JW now..

  by miseryloveselders in

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  sorry if i'm late on this........... http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2010/02/16/22125881.aspx.

  allhiphop.com: what scares you the most?.

  omarion: i am not afraid of anything.

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  Blue Grass

  Sorry, kiddo, your "I'm liberal" racial shaming pass isn't redeemable here.

  I have not the slightest clue of what you mean by this statement.

  Never in my life have I ever heard anyone being accused of being white for "critical" thinking. I have no idea what type of friends you hang around but they are very unique for all the wrong reasons.

  Also I still don't know the definition of "black culture". Jamacians, Hatians, Nigerians, Ethopians, Somalians, etc. all have different cultures, yet they're all "black", so how can you say there's a "black culture"?
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  Christians: Is Military Service Wrong?

  by leavingwt in

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  christians: is military service wrong?.

  imho, there are times when individuals/famlies/communities/states/nations must take up arms to defend themselves.

  otherwise, they will cease to exist.. .

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  Blue Grass

  There are certainly specific engagements that we could point to and agree would be unjustified/wrong.

  Wars are never justifible. You can make a case for World War 2, but even then the Americans ended during just as much evil as the axis by dropping 2 atomic bombs on innocent civilians who had nothing to do with the war. That doesn't sound very Christ like to me. Joining the military will only put a Christian in place to do bad, never good.
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  Christians: Is Military Service Wrong?

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  christians: is military service wrong?.

  imho, there are times when individuals/famlies/communities/states/nations must take up arms to defend themselves.

  otherwise, they will cease to exist.. .

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  Blue Grass

  Well, the NT is pretty silent about the subject.

  I could of swore I read something about turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, and not taking revenge.

  How many are living in a country that would exist if nations hadn't fought?

  This is a foolish argument. Every country that exsist today would still exsist without war just under a different name. For example the United States would still be a part of England and would be doing a lot better.
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  A Problem With General Christian Beliefs

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  first of all, lets head off some potential problems before they start.

  i am not doing this thread to argue.

  if you would like to, thats fine.

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  Blue Grass

  Christianity as a percentage is somewhere in the 12-15% range depending on the numbers you choose to use. Hardly an overwhelming number for the one true religion.

  Actually there are 2 billion professed "Christians" worldwide so the number is closer to 30%.

  While on the one hand, they feel their way worship is best, their god superior.

  So why believe that you have the best religion, the best god, ...

  I just want to point out that "Christians",Jews, and Muslims all believe in the same God. Which means 53% of the world's population believe in the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
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  Maybe some truth to JW being Scientology for Black people, singer Omarion a JW now..

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry if i'm late on this........... http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2010/02/16/22125881.aspx.

  allhiphop.com: what scares you the most?.

  omarion: i am not afraid of anything.

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  Blue Grass

  It's because usually in black culture, critical thinkers are seen as being "too white thinking".

  I have no idea who told you that BS. What the hell is the "black culture" anyway?
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  The two stories of "The Flood"

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in genesis, the two stories of "the flood" have been combined into one.. each story was created by separate groups for their own theological purpose, and with very different attitudes towards god.. i have provided a scan from a book that untangles these two accounts.

  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=160b02654b38df6311d38f4932294874.

  you need to wait for 20 seconds before the "download" button appears.. doug.

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  Blue Grass

  Even the gentile Luke was a convert to Judaism.

  I hear people all the time say Luke was a gentile, yet I see nothing in the Bible that implies this.
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  The two stories of "The Flood"

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in genesis, the two stories of "the flood" have been combined into one.. each story was created by separate groups for their own theological purpose, and with very different attitudes towards god.. i have provided a scan from a book that untangles these two accounts.

  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=160b02654b38df6311d38f4932294874.

  you need to wait for 20 seconds before the "download" button appears.. doug.

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  Blue Grass

  Damn you Doug!!! That sample you posted was so interesting I just purchased the book from amazon.com. I was trying so hard to save money but there goes $15.19 sucked right out of my already slim checking account.
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  V And Watchtower Comments

  by KingDavidwasframed in

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  has any one heard what happened or if there will be more?.

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  Blue Grass

  He's still an active witness so he might of had a change of heart and is a believing witness again. Either that or his cover got blown. Or worse case scenario he could be dead, and sense no one knows his true identity, we would have no way to confirm if he's dead or alive.

  P.S I just checked his YouTube page and hasn't logged in in over 9 months so I'm starting to lean more towards him being dead.
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  March WT: Dumb That Takes Your Breath Away?

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  the cover article is "the bible-is it really god's inspired word?"..

  this has got to be a new low in watchtower superficiality.

  how do we know that isaiah and daniel were authentic despite the claims of critics?.

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  Blue Grass

  It doesn't matter when they were written, they are both part of the Bible.

  Apparently you don't know what a compilation is so there really is no need for me to argue with you.
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  March WT: Dumb That Takes Your Breath Away?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cover article is "the bible-is it really god's inspired word?"..

  this has got to be a new low in watchtower superficiality.

  how do we know that isaiah and daniel were authentic despite the claims of critics?.

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  Blue Grass

  When one character (Jesus) from the Bible says another character from the Bible (Daniel/Isaiah) existed and someone uses that as proof, that is circular reasoning.

  You completely missed my point. The gospels and Daniel/Isaiah were not originally part of the same book. They were written hundreds of years apart by different authors. Just because they were compiled into one book hundreds of years later doesn't change the fact that they are historically two different writings.