J. Hofer

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  QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ASKED AFTER ARMAGEDDON

  by sieborg in

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  where can i plug in my i-pod to read my downloaded publications ?

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  sister bathsheba next door is like an angel in heaven but still generates those down to earth feelings when i see her in her whirlpool. how can i supress those feelings whithout reverting to sign language?
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  Apocripha -What is it good for?

  by EdenOne in

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  2. friends

  besides the usual suspects that appear on some bibles (1 and 2 maccabeans, wisdom, judith) what are some other apocripha books that exist out there?

  i mean besides the so called gnostic gospels.

  why have they been ruled out from the cannon?

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  the wet/dry fleece is a metaphor
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  Apocripha -What is it good for?

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  besides the usual suspects that appear on some bibles (1 and 2 maccabeans, wisdom, judith) what are some other apocripha books that exist out there?

  i mean besides the so called gnostic gospels.

  why have they been ruled out from the cannon?

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  the book of enoch is in one of the ethiopian canons as well as 3. maccabees.

  there's a whole ton of apocryphal scriptures, for a time the book of revelation was regarded as such as well. read up about the selection of the books. also read up on some of the early church father letters (some of them are dated earlier than canonic ones - of course there's a lot of debate on dating those scriptures).
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  What are the best questions to ask an elder?

  by DarkFireWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my parents cannot answer my question and are pretty much pushing me to go to the elders for an answer so i'd like to know what the best questions to ask an elder are.my first question is going to be the mediator one..and if he tells me it's the 144,000 or the anointed, i'll ask him to show me where it says that in the bible.what are some other tough questions for an elder to answer?assuming we can get past the mediator one of course.i'm going to hold off on asking about new light or 607... also, has anyone ever asked about how satan can cause wwi in july if he wasn't expelled from heaven until christ became king in october?i haven't gotten much of an answer to that either..

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  for what i gathered he doesn't live at home and just wants to tell his parents that the elders couldn't give satisfying answers to his questions either. so it's more of an alibi situation.
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  Angela Trimbur. Homeschooled Jehovah's Witness

  by I quit! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across this video featured on yahoo of a girl dancing at lax over the holidays.

  i looked her up and found out that she is a former jw and even did some sort of play about it.

  i was wondering if anyone else has heard of her.

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  nice
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  Something weird from my mom

  by doublelife in

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  earlier today, i posted a picture on facebook of me reuniting with a couple of my childhood friends.

  we all grew up together in the kh.

  i, unfortunely, was the only one stupid enough to get baptised.

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  i love those "is this or that christian", or "can you imagine jesus doing this or that"

  is playing tennis christian? can you imagine jesus playing tennis? how about cooking chili con carne, is that christian and can you imagine jesus doing that? wearing glasses, is that christian? could you imagine jesus wearing glasses?
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  Anyone Else See Les Miserables?

  by BizzyBee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to see it today - by myself (mr bee is on a golf junket).

  i was glad that that i was by myself because i cried so much at the end, i wouldn't have wanted to be with anyone who wasn't crying - and that would not have been mr bee!.

  les miserables the current film is adapted from what is considered one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the past 150 years and one of the longest novels ever written.

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  movies with sung dialogues make me cringe.

  i like the one with liam neeson and also enjoyed the one with gerard depardieu.
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  What are the best questions to ask an elder?

  by DarkFireWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my parents cannot answer my question and are pretty much pushing me to go to the elders for an answer so i'd like to know what the best questions to ask an elder are.my first question is going to be the mediator one..and if he tells me it's the 144,000 or the anointed, i'll ask him to show me where it says that in the bible.what are some other tough questions for an elder to answer?assuming we can get past the mediator one of course.i'm going to hold off on asking about new light or 607... also, has anyone ever asked about how satan can cause wwi in july if he wasn't expelled from heaven until christ became king in october?i haven't gotten much of an answer to that either..

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  indeed, some people are bothered by a topic, some are not. i for example was never bothered about that UN NGO thing until later, when i didn't believe in all that crap anymore. 607 was my topic all the time. pick what you know best and what bothers you most.

  new light on stuff like blood would be a topic - people died because of the "truth" that blood fractions are not allowed. now they are allowed. how can we be sure that current "truth" isn't going to change? how does truth change at all? and it's not about some understanding and human error, it's about life and death!
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  What are the best questions to ask an elder?

  by DarkFireWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my parents cannot answer my question and are pretty much pushing me to go to the elders for an answer so i'd like to know what the best questions to ask an elder are.my first question is going to be the mediator one..and if he tells me it's the 144,000 or the anointed, i'll ask him to show me where it says that in the bible.what are some other tough questions for an elder to answer?assuming we can get past the mediator one of course.i'm going to hold off on asking about new light or 607... also, has anyone ever asked about how satan can cause wwi in july if he wasn't expelled from heaven until christ became king in october?i haven't gotten much of an answer to that either..

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  if you want to keep it in a biblical frame (which in this context is probably best, as you want to show your parents the truth about the truth and the more of their belief you try to shake at once, the harder), the mediator topic is a good one. stick to one topic if possible. make sure you know the topic well, including their take on it.
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  YouTube Series on Salvation and what it actually is for JW's, Mormons, SDA

  by Ticker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thank you for taking the time to check out my post,.

  i wanted to bring a series of youtube videos to anyones attention that has interest in learning about salvation through the lord jesus christ in contrast to what the watchtower, mormons, sda, baha'i and other similar legalistic works based relgions teach.

  i think it would be beneficial for ones who may be questioning or want to be better equiped in reaching jw's with the gospel message.

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  so what are you trying to achieve? luring some misled JWs into some misled vanilla christian cult?