Posts by justhuman

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Request from Atlantis "Bible Students Monthly" ~1917

by jgnat in

can you get me a scan of this?

the bible students monthly.

this four-page tabloid-sized tract was entitled "the fall of babylon," and it bore the subtitle "why christendom must now suffer--the final outcome.

We Should Give Newbies the Benefit of the Doubt

by flipper in

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considering what has gone on at this board the last couple months, i thought this would be good to discuss !

it's true that some here are somewhat jaded and untrusting of others because of the deception pulled by " trevor" and the whole " trevorgate " thing.

that being said and acknowledged however , think about what makes us not trust others as ex-witnesses.

NEED HELP WITH 'NEW LIGHT' & THE GENERATION DOCTRINE

by Mary in

i was talking to gumby today and he told me that one elder that he knows said: "...he heard a gb mention of some new light about the "generation".

he said the gb member said they now believe that scripture applied to only the annointed...".

have we had any discussions on jwd about this?

Shocking info I am adding to announce my dissasociation to fellow jdubs

by What-A-Coincidence in

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http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007may10/0,4670,jehovahaposswitnessessexabuse,00.html.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccpcxtjzxymhttp://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/ http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf

Sensitive Child

by Bobbi in

so... my condo complex is getting some badly needed new lighting.

finally, the tall new lights are installed and they are removing the much shorter older lights.

they left them laid on the ground for a few hours while they dug up the old bases.

10 countries with highest populations have practically no JW's

by fukitol in

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here are the 10 countries with the biggest populations.

the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th make up about half the world's population but have only a tiny number of jehovah's witnesses in them.. 1 china 1,286,975,468 .

2 india 1,049,700,118 .

The Orthodox kissing icons, is it paganism?

by greendawn in

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do you think the orthodox that kiss the icons are in fact worshipping idols?

their claim is that they are simply showing respect to the saint pictured in the icon and that it is by no means an act of worship.

it's only a little more than having photos of your beloved ones to be reminded of them.

As a Greek Orthodox my answer to it is simply NO...We respect them and not worship them. The reason that in the Orthodox Iconography Saints are portraided like that is because we do not seek for the human form, rather we look to glorify the spiritual form of man. In the Orhtodox Church we do not have any icon of God, because God was manifested through Jesus.

It is interesting to see how Icons started. The first Christians the used to paint Bible scenes in the wall of their Early Churches, and Martyrs that died for their Christian faith. A look at the catacobs all over mediteranean you will see what it is painted today in the Orthodox Church. Look at this links bellow to see what I'm telling you

http://bibleprobe.com/catacombs.htm

http://www.jesuswalk.com/christian-symbols/

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/witnesses_300kW.html

We have Saints their bodies are not desiccated, because they have lived a holy life, and even some they perform miracles. For it is a sign that in Gods Kindom mankind will be glorified with uncorrapted nature. In Acts we see that people were trying to reach Paul's shadow to heal themselves, and in other occusion they used touch his garments. So the Holy belongings of the Saints are also importand to us. Again it is the grace of God through imperfect nature to perfection.

That is why we honor them, not worship them. That is why for a faithfull Orthodox Christian faith hasn't changed for 2000 years. As for my self when I looked the Christian History I ended up an Orthodox. I couldn't believe it, but Christianity remains the same as it was delivered from the Early Apostolic Church, that was right under my nose!

Now I can walk to tombs, catacombs, see Holy Relics, see the places that Saints lived and with their lifes they have glorified God. I can go to the place were Apostle Paul preached in Pafos and Salamis. I can visit the place were Apostle Barnabas lived, since he was the first Bishop of Cyprus. I can go to Lazarus tomb the first Bishop of Kition(he find rescue here because of the Jews that wanted to kill him) were a Church of 1200 years old is build upon.

Yes we do honor them

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Do Witnesses Care About Chronology Anymore?

by minimus in

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let's say christ threw the devil out in 1914, so what?

does 1914 have any real signifance to a jehovah's witness anymore?

all i can see is that "this proves we're living in the last days of the last days".

justhuman

the end is near thats all it matters

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Will Linda be resurrected?

by Nathan Natas in

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comments?.

justhuman

actually there is no such as thing as dead...nothing dies

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JW's have been around since Adam and Eve???!!!

by tribalgirl in

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i was wondering if this was being taught in the congregations.

my sister who is still a jw told me this the other day when i said that the wtbts has only been around for a short time, relatively speaking.. my mother, who hasn't been to a meeting in years, agrees with her.

what is being taught now with regards to this, does anyone know?

justhuman

Actually they have been long before that..they have been since the Neanterdalls, and Homo Erectus, and they were around when in first ice age 45.000 years ago...