Speaking of the Divine Name you guys might find the following link interesting:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/popestleo/hiding.html
Kind of ironic if you think about it.
Jeff Schwehm
Fellowship of Catholic Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
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YHWH...used by the Catholics....
by Golden Girl ini was talking to my grown ex jw daughter the other day and we were discussing the new cathedral downtown.
the old one is still there but small.
i was telling her that the hebrew letters for "jehovah's name" is inscribed on the top of the cathedral.
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Trinity Booklet Misquotes
by ColdRedRain indoes anybody have a list of trinity booklet misquotes?
i need it for a document i'm writing for a friend.
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jschwehm
Hi Cold
This link might help:
http://www.towertotruth.net/ShouldYouBelieveintheTrinity.htm
Jeff Schwehm
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Kingdom Interlinear Hides the Divine Name
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
there is a link from my website to an interesting new article on the kingdom interlinear and how the jws, ironically may actually be hiding the divine name.. here is the link to the article:.
http://www.catholicxjw.com/doctrines.html.
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jschwehm
Hi Gang:
There is a link from my website to an interesting new article on the Kingdom Interlinear and how the JWs, ironically may actually be hiding the Divine Name.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.catholicxjw.com/doctrines.html
Just click on the Hiding the Divine Name Link at the top of the page.
Jeff Schwehm
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Another Conversion Story on Catholic Ex JW. COM
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
i put up another conversion story and there are a couple of new articles too.
plus the website now has a bookstore.
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jschwehm
Hi Candidlynuts:
The last I heard it is supposed to air sometime in September. I will post the exact dates later this summer when I know them for sure.
Jeff Schwehm
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Another Conversion Story on Catholic Ex JW. COM
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
i put up another conversion story and there are a couple of new articles too.
plus the website now has a bookstore.
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jschwehm
Hi Gang:
I put up another conversion story and there are a couple of new articles too. Plus the website now has a bookstore. Here are the links
http://associatesshop.filzhut.de/shop/index.php?ID=c6ca2172a6c16137421c6b77a7ff8c9e
http://www.catholicxjw.com/saintless.html
http://www.catholicxjw.com/doctrines.html
Enjoy!!
Jeff Schwehm
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Another Newbie From Wisconsin
by pisces ini have been reading many of the posts and i can not get over how many people have similar feelings to me.
i would like to share my background.
first i was born into the organization and all the relatives that i knew were jws.
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Another Newbie From Wisconsin
by pisces ini have been reading many of the posts and i can not get over how many people have similar feelings to me.
i would like to share my background.
first i was born into the organization and all the relatives that i knew were jws.
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So What Do You Think Of The New Airbus A380?
by Englishman inlooks a real stunner imho.
22 wheels?
wow!
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jschwehm
Hi:
My father-in-law is a quality control engineer that consults for Boeing and also has had many dealings with Airbus as well.
He is an expert in dealing with what they call Rogue Computer units for these large airplanes. The problem is that the planes are getting so complicated with the computer units that the mechanics often times have a hard time figuring out what is wrong with a airplane. It is not uncommon for mechanics to put these defective computer parts on a plan that they do not realize is defective.
My father-in-law says that the new Airbus plane will be very popular for the first few years but once the parts start to get old and they start having serious maintenance issues that Airbus will probably go bankrupt trying to keep up with all of the Rogue computer parts they will eventually have to replace and airlines will not buy the plane because of the long times it will take to maintain such a complicated aircraft.
Jeff S.
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Paradox of the defeated evil
by greendawn inbefore jesus ascended to heavens he said that he had acquired all power on earth and in heaven having wrestled successfully with, and overwhelmed satan and his angels.
however the church he established had/has to make an attrocious war against that same soundly defeated enemy.
the question is if jesus defeated them once and for all why are his followers fighting a war against them all over again?
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jschwehm
Hi:
Great question Greendawn.......
In the Catholic Tradition, all creation is considered to be by its very nature good including mankind. (Unlike what the JWs and other Protestant groups teach about human nature which is that it is by its very nature evil.) However, according to Catholic Tradition, we are wounded because of inherited sin but NOT inherently evil. This means that we can take good things and use them inappropriately and make them bad. Or, to put it another way, we can choose to act in a way that is inferior to the way that God wants us to act. But we can also choose to do good although many times that is not our first inclination.
In short, God wants us to participate in His life. That, according to Catholic Tradition, should be the goal of all Christians. We can choose to start living the life of God in this world if we want to, but Satan influences our culture and encourages us to make poor choices and do evil. By the way, often times we think of good and evil as being equal. However in Catholic Tradition evil is really more of a deficiency in something that was originally good. In other words, evil is a corruption of what is inherently good.
However, all is not lost. In the Catholic Tradition, the Lord gives us sacraments through the Church to give us the grace (think power) to choose to do good and to overcome our tendency to be attracted to sin. So through the ministry of the sacraments from the Church, the Lord has defeated Satan and evil, if we choose to be open to God's assistance. In this way, Jesus defeated Satan in that currently through the Church (known as Christendom which is Christ's Kingdom) and the sacraments that the Church administers, people can overcome their tendency toward sin and receive eternal life even now. This is a major defeat for Satan who wishes not just death for us but he also wishes eternal separation from God upon us as well.
Eventually, of course, Satan will be permanently imprisoned at the end of time according to Catholic Tradition and all people who choose what is good will have the privilege of living forever in the new heavens and new earth in the literal physical presence of God. There we will participate in the life of God to its fullest. Right now we merely have a foretaste of that life through the sacraments of the Church.
I hope that answers your question.
Jeff Schwehm
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