Posts by Mythbuster

i remember either the reasoning from the scriptures or the theocratic ministry school book used to have a list of subjects and how to come up with a convincing argument.

wasn't there one about love originating from god and that's how humans developed love.. if anyone has the pages for it or link so i can look it up, i'm specifically looking for the suggestions for the answers received when giving the presentation.. thanks everyone !.

Mythbuster

Hi, I didn't find it in the book you mentioned but I found this:

*** it-2 p. 276 Love ***
How One Acquires Love. Through holy spirit, the first man and woman were created with a measure of this dominant attribute of God, namely love, and with the capacity to extend, enlarge, and enrich that love. Love is a fruit of God's spirit. (Ga 5:22) Godly love is not a quality that one has without knowing why, as may be the case with certain physical or mental abilities, such as physical beauty, talent in music, or similar inherited qualities. Godly love cannot exist in the person apart from knowledge and service of God or apart from meditation and appreciation. Only by cultivating love can one become an imitator of God, the Source of love. (Ps 77:11; Eph 5:1, 2; Ro 12:2) Adam failed to cultivate love of God; he did not progress toward perfection of love. This is shown by his not being in union with God, bound to God by that perfect bond of union. Adam, nevertheless, even though imperfect and sinful, passed on to his offspring, "in his image," the ability and capacity to love. (Ge 5:3) Humankind in general expresses love, but it is often a misguided, deteriorated, twisted love.

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Faith complicates a young mother's life-or-death decision on lung transplant

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/ar2010021606057.html.

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Faith complicates a young mother's life-or-death decision on lung transplant

by behemot in

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/ar2010021606057.html.

Mythbuster

Ok, I was pissed at first when I started reading this but it turns out good.

Fellow Witnesses continued to visit and urged her to stay strong, assuring her that just as soldiers die on the battlefield to defend their country, sometimes Jehovah's Witnesses die to protect the integrity of God's law. Lorenzo barred the Witnesses from the house, told the children they could no longer be part of the congregation and threatened that if Perez continued to refuse the transfusion, their marriage of 19 years would be over.

Perez feared less for her eternal life than that God would punish her by taking her life if she went ahead with the transplant. "I was worried God wouldn't let me live after the operation," she said. Three days later, Perez told Lorenzo she'd changed her mind.

"I began to think how much I loved my children, these marvelous gifts from God," she explained, gulping for air as tears rolled down her face. "God loves. He does not demand that we follow rules. The rules are ours." Her heart told her that God wanted her to choose life.

Perez no longer talks to Jehovah's Witnesses, nor they to her. It is hard, she said. They are like her family. But the religion "disfellowships," or excommunicates, members who disobey its teachings. Contacted by a reporter and asked about Perez, a member of her congregation said, "She is not a Jehovah's Witness," and hung up.

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