Posts by Knowsnothing

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What exactly is a relasionship with God?

by tootired2care in

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growing up and jw and being around them all my life i constantly heard the expression "a relasionship with god".

this always confused me, because how do you have a relasionship with someone that doesn't talk back to you after praying?

this was always rationalized as god talks back to you when you read the bible.

Knowsnothing

I'll be honest, Jesus feels a lot more approachable than Jehovah.

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One Lord - One Savior : Get Used To It

by Perry in

jehovah in the old testament and jesus in the new testament are one and the same.. .

3. jehovah is salvation.

5. jehovah wants only himself to be worshipped.

Knowsnothing

Trinitarian debates are useless. They are equivalent to comparing your favorite super hero powers.

Superman can fly!
Well, Spiderman can shoot web!

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1954 Fred Franz court statement:"God does not deal in Temples made with hands."

by kepler in

writing on a topic and writing an essay: are they the same thing?

i suspect that ranging too wide on a topic is an error to avoid in this medium.. earlier, while examining issues drawing from genesis, hebrews and court testimony of frederick franz in scotland in 1954, i came across a statement that only very slowly sank in.

as background on the jehovah's witnesses for the walsh petition case for exemption from government service, it was stated in the strachan vs. walsh testimony that the line of witnesses was unbroken from the time of abel.

Knowsnothing

I just ask a question. Do you still believe the bible still makes sense?

It is the bible that makes this statement.

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Fabius Maximus (or Why The Watchtower Will Lose)

by metatron in

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once upon a time, there was a military commander named fabius maximus (the name sounds silly, i know, like gluteous maximus).

he faced a more powerful enemy he could not directly defeat - and so was born "the fabian strategy".. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabius_maximus.

it worked in the american revolution.. it worked in vietnam.

Knowsnothing

Yes, the ability to re-invent yourself, or carve out a niche for yourself, can preserve you, albeit in an altered form.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-15-2012 WT Study (COURAGEOUS)

by blondie in

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be courageous.

we may think of a courageous.

others displayed courage.

Knowsnothing

WERE YOU ONCE ASSOCIATED WITH JEHOVAH'S ORGANIZATION - WT 1/15/88, PAGES 22-23:

Did You Disagree With a Teaching?

It may be that you left Jehovah’s organization because you had a different understanding of some Scriptural point. Just as the Israelites rescued from Egypt quickly “forgot [God’s] works” on their behalf and “did not wait for his counsel,” you may hastily have concluded that since the organization did not espouse the viewpoint you considered correct, you would sever ties with it. (Psalm 106:13) Perhaps the point has since been clarified, either being changed or established by further Scriptural research under the direction of God’s spirit. Would it not have been better just to have stayed with the organization, waiting on Jehovah?

Original thread.

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Worldwide meeting times and locations now available on ''jw.org''

by ThomasCovenant in

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apologies if this has already been posted, but just noticed on jw.org that as well as a 'convention' search there is now a 'meetings' search.. my hometown congregation is there along with address and times and phone numbers.

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http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=frnspnpbrtzgt .