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  Our Sins

  by radar in

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  why the ransom?.

  when you think of all those suffering today and throughout the generations, and all this happened just because two inexperienced people went up against a powerful spirit creature and lost.!.

  now, if someone is in jail, lets say for something like stealing, someone can perhaps pay for their release on bail.

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  julien

  So, God was confronted with a dilemma. On one hand, He had already decreed that only those who are perfectly righteous are deserving of eternal life. Thus He had, in effect, demanded that a very high price be paid for billions of unrighteous human lives. That price was billions of eternal human deaths. On the other hand, God wanted to give every human being the gift of eternal life, even though none of us deserved it, and even though His own high standards prohibited him from giving us that gift.

  I don't know why God didn't just lower his standards for who deserves to live? Especially considering the fact that he created us in such a way that it was completely impossible to meet his standards in the first place. The entire thing seems primitive and contrived, IMHO. Sitting here trying to reason it out is about like trying to work out the exact location of Santa's house based on patterns of present distribution.
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  Our Sins

  by radar in

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  why the ransom?.

  when you think of all those suffering today and throughout the generations, and all this happened just because two inexperienced people went up against a powerful spirit creature and lost.!.

  now, if someone is in jail, lets say for something like stealing, someone can perhaps pay for their release on bail.

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  julien

  Adam and Eve already had a knowledge of good.

  aChristian are you saying A&E had knowledge of good so they should have known it was good to obey, but no knowledge of bad so as to satisfy the written implication (since they hadn't yet eaten from the ToKoG&B)? If so I don't know how you can seriously hold such an opinion.
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  Any other churches call themselves the 'truth'??

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  old habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.

  does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??

  also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?

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  julien

  You really must have blinders on if after all the info you've seen posted here on these boards, you still think that the WTS has the "truth".

  Yadirf is able to ignore the mountains of evidence against the WTBTS by clinging desparately to the following:

  So for those who believe Jesus' words, and yet think the JW religion isn't "The Truth", they have a question to answer --> Then which "Christian" religion IS?

  It boils down to "there must be one true religion and I can't see anyone better than JWs despite all the problems".. This is how my ex-roomate (who learned everything I did) decided to stay a JW. (aside: in reality he didn't want to disappoint his family and didn't want to lose his huge JW party network).
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  Make your predictions here.What will happen...

  by sleepy in

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  make your prediction here.. so what do you think will happen to the society in the next ten years.. theres a big prize waiting here for anyone who gets it right.

  a gaint chocolate cake!

  which can only be eaten in ten years time.. so i make my prediction first.. 1.the society will have had a major doctrine change as to 1914 and 144,000.. 2.most will leave the org due to disillusionment.. 3.there will be a breakaway group of more fanatical witness they will be the orthodox witnesses.. there will also be a group of the liberal witnesses but will not last as long while the other group will grow.. do i win the cake?

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  julien

  my prediction:

  "Business as Usual" indefinitely...
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  Why no monkey stories?(evolution)

  by sleepy in

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  (the title is hyperbole bt the way as is the use of ape, i just didn't know the name of the creature that is supposed to have developed speech)).

  something is puzzling me about the history of humankind and the stories that have been passed down through generations as fact.

  the various histories of how man came to be.. which leads me to the question,.

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  julien

  Well I have to admit I am beat. Since we have loads of stories about everything else that happened 40,000 years ago, but no stories documenting the retarded ape men, evolution must not have happened.
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  The New World Fantasy

  by metatron in

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  witnesses repeat the promises of a "new world" like a mantra,.

  but can never really appreciate what 'perfection' would offer.

  in real life.. do witnesses rejoice when world peace moves forward, when .

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  julien

  xena I just noticed your sign up date was 9/11/01
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  The New World Fantasy

  by metatron in

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  witnesses repeat the promises of a "new world" like a mantra,.

  but can never really appreciate what 'perfection' would offer.

  in real life.. do witnesses rejoice when world peace moves forward, when .

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  julien

  Welcome to the New Order [tm]! we got no 'lektricity, no runnin' water, no weather forcastin', no trash pick uppin', no music (ceppin kingom melodies) or art or movies or books or tv, no gas fer our pickups or tractors, no airplanes, no trains, no ships, no internet (or as we like to call it the sinnernet).. none o that stuff... but we do eatch got our own tiger and lion, and we got tons of clean swimmin pools, clean windows, fully stocked vending machines, you name it. We all thought that the door to door work would end after Armageddon but it didn't turn out that way.. everyone was so bored without any decent movies to see that the society told us to start going door to door again just to keep us busy. that ok though, we were all just happy to be here, and not be dead like all those worldly peeple and their childrin.
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  Why no monkey stories?(evolution)

  by sleepy in

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  (the title is hyperbole bt the way as is the use of ape, i just didn't know the name of the creature that is supposed to have developed speech)).

  something is puzzling me about the history of humankind and the stories that have been passed down through generations as fact.

  the various histories of how man came to be.. which leads me to the question,.

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  sleepy,
  First of all the transition from apelike to humanlike likely took place over hundreds or thousands of generations. Each generation only saw themselves and a few before and after perhaps. It is most likely that by the time speech developed (and hence oral record of history) they were quite humanlike already.

  But more importantly, do you have any idea what sort of man your great great great grandfather was? How about any of your ancestors before grandparents or great-grandparents? I'm guessing no.
  So why would you expect early man to have reliable information about theirs?
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  When you reach the end of the universe...

  by speechless in

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  this thought often crosses my mind.... what happens when you reach the end of the universe?

  if you believe god created the universe, then surely there is something more than the universe.

  if anybody knows of any links to articles on the subject, please post.

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  speechless,

  Sorry my analogy wasn't specific enough. As stated, clearly the bug is outside of the balloon. As such it is a 3d bug outside of a 2d world. In reality the bug must be 'in' the skin of the balloon. From such a 2d bug's perspective, the world is a 2d flat plane extending in all directions. However it is not infinite, it is closed. Now extend the concept to 3d space. Go in any direction and you will get back to where you started. Read the book Flatland to understand where I'm coming from.
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  How many hours are falsely reported?

  by badboy in

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  in the january 1 issue of each year, they harp on about how many hours the jws did last year etc etc.. how many hours are possibly falsely reported?.

  discuss,please

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  julien

  I report a non-existant family study every month. My wife is also present at this fictional event. So you can deduct 8 hours, 4 rv's, 1 bs, and 2 publishers from the list.

  It's about damn time they got a category for bullshit on that slip.