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  What do you think about this quote from the 2003 District Convention talk "Beware of the Voice of Strangers"?

  by LUKEWARM in

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  [23:23] so friends, hypothetically, and i repeat, hypothetically, even if an angel were to come down here and land on this platform, today, at this moment, and to present something to us that didn't fit into the pattern of truth, what should we be ready to do?

  we should be ready to say, " hold on there, that doesn't fit into the pattern, and i am not going to listen to it!

  " yes, even if it were one of jehovah's angels.. .

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  Its a carefully crafted message like most religions and politicians put out: Power stays with us.
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  Christians explain? Jews never believed in a Trinity even today so how/when did it start?

  by Witness 007 in

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  jews for thousands of years have believed in their "one god" so i always wondered if in jesus time this was the view, how and when did the trinity start?

  did jesus start it off?

  are you saying jews were trinitarian?

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  Russell, Rutherford, and F. Franz all showed the influence of their upbringing in Calvin's teaching on Election of the Elect and Limited Atonement.

  They were never able to shake it from their world view and it helped Rutherford, Knorr, and F. Franz develop their power structure.
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  IRAN-Deja vu all over again?

  by JWdaughter in

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  any of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?

  wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?

  (or the justification for it, anyway?

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  Its all about money, politics and who gets to rule the world.

  A good read- 'The Bright Shining Lie'
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  Christians explain? Jews never believed in a Trinity even today so how/when did it start?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jews for thousands of years have believed in their "one god" so i always wondered if in jesus time this was the view, how and when did the trinity start?

  did jesus start it off?

  are you saying jews were trinitarian?

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  Nice research Quest.

  An afternoon spent with a Orthodox Rabbi from one's community can be most enlightening on monotheism and the faith of Jesus the Jew.
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  Christians explain? Jews never believed in a Trinity even today so how/when did it start?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jews for thousands of years have believed in their "one god" so i always wondered if in jesus time this was the view, how and when did the trinity start?

  did jesus start it off?

  are you saying jews were trinitarian?

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  Just the opposite!
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  Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

  by jonathan dough in

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  2. beliefs

  can anyone add to this list of links?.

  20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

  37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

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  avishai, narkissos-

  Silly in some ways but there is a correlation between what people believe and their actions. We were willing to see that connection as Witnesses, and we should just as easily see it in other religions...And then of course there is the whole ethical issue of what this says about a Supreme Being.
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  Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

  by jonathan dough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone add to this list of links?.

  20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

  37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

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  Allah Akbar baby, take no prisoners. You're a riot DD.
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  Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

  by jonathan dough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone add to this list of links?.

  20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

  37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

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  PS, yes, most books of the Bible have labels or key phrases to help the reader know a hyperbole and symbolism from a literal meaning.
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  Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

  by jonathan dough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone add to this list of links?.

  20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

  37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

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  PS, yes! Thanks
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  Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

  by jonathan dough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone add to this list of links?.

  20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

  37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

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  Narkissos, do you see the silliness of this whole punishment routine. All of these concepts of punishment floating through various religions reducing the Supreme Being to the pettiness of what humans conceive and desire.........