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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

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  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  Tammy...maybe now is a good time to think about Matthew 7:6. Just a thought.
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  Have you written a letter to the GB?

  by trevorbv in

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  have you ever written a letter to the wtbts asking questions?

  who did you address the letter to?

  who reads them?

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  brotherdan

  Perform the work exactly as we tell you. EVEN IF you discover a better way to do the work, don't tell us about it."

  I got the same thing. If I had any ideas I was not to bring them up. The consensus was "Your idea has most likely been tried already and we have found the best way to do it."

  I mean, we were talking freakin toilets here! It was like pulling teeth for me to reorganize our inventory system. It was a mess. But it's true that ideas and suggestions were not wanted. The only ones that are allowed to be "innovative" are the overseers. Most bethelites are just "grunts" are to do as they are told without question. It's definitely a prison like institution.

  If you questioned things and tried to be innovative, you were slapped with the "BA" stamp. "That guy has a BAD ATTITUDE!" I got sick of my crew leader saying, "We've gotta tighten things up, chief." Or "Tighten it up Bro!"
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  Sadly its also the inevitable position of millions of evangelical christians who daily pray for the immediate death of billions. "come lord Jesus"

  Actually this is not the case. If you had a proper understanding of Revelation you would see that after Christ comes, there will be opportunity for people to put faith in Jesus Christ. Amazingly there will still be those that dont. But there will be a "Great Crowd" that will come to faith in Him. Maybe you will be among those, cofty...

  So by praying for Jesus to come we are not praying for the death of billions. We are praying for Him to begin his final judgement and plan of slavation for the Jews and the "Tribulation Saints". It will be after that time where people make their stand against Christ that they will have judged themselves.

  God's mercy does not last forever.
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  The WTS is not wrong on EVERY issue. They have great articles on morals and values and staying close to God. They are fundamentally wrong in other things. But this is not a teaching unique to JWs. It is a teaching unique to Christians.

  I don't know what y ou are trying to say Jay... I do oppose the WT. But I DO NOT oppose God.
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  Feb. 15th WT - WT Society says DFed Ones are Lawless- Just Like Demons

  by flipper in

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  i would assume that some or a good number of us here as normal humans in this society - consider " lawless " actions to include murder , robbery, extortion, rape, child abuse, war , terrorism, etc.

  the wt society has their own definition of what's considered " lawless ".

  anything that's considered a disfellowshipping offense in the jehovah's witnesses is now considered " lawless ".

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  brotherdan

  I don't have anything to add to Dj's gibberish. But I do want to say that I LOVE this article.

  This is the first article that has gotten my wife to say (not to me, but to her mother) that the Watchtower poicy of DF'ing is completely cruel and unbiblical.

  I did see ONE thing about DJ's post about 2John. Read 2 John again, DJeggnogg. Where is it talking about disfellowshipping? I see it as talking to people that are PROMOTING sins inside AND outside the congregation.
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  You don't have to be God to understand that God is all wise all powerful and all just.
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  This thread is getting silly. Talk about bore. I think we both made our points and can move on, huh?
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  You aren't god. May be hard to understand....I guess.
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  I like to know who thinks it might be Godly to strike a child.

  That's absolutely retarded. I don't advocate or practice spanking. Most of my friends don't either. JWs do...though.

  Why does it seem so hard to understand that I approve of whatever God decides to do? I don't give that same authority to humans. But whatever God does is completely "good". And that cannot be said about you or me or anyone else.
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  If Armageddon came tomorrow, would Jehovah kill a billion children?

  by just n from bethel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just looked up some population statistics.

  i saw there are over a billion children under the age of 10 on the earth today.

  (didn't research too hard - just googled it.

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  brotherdan

  You can see the progression of his punishment

  1. I gave you empty stomachs in every city
  and lack of bread in every town,
  yet you have not returned to me,

  2. I also withheld rain from you
  yet you have not returned to me

  3. I struck your gardens and vineyards,
  destroying them with blight and mildew
  yet you have not returned to me

  4. I sent plagues among you
  as I did to Egypt

  5. I killed your young men with the sword,
  along with your captured horses.
  I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,
  yet you have not returned to me

  6. “I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
  yet you have not returened to me.

  So what else was he to correct them? They were HIS people. There was only so much discipline he could give before he had to punish them. Remember he is a god of love, but he is also a god of JUSTICE.