Posts by marsal

i do remember that as a jw, i was not allowed to donate to the salvation army because technically it is a church, but i don't remember anything about the red cross.. if jws are not allowed to do so, why not?

as far as i know, the red cross is not a faith-based organization.. marianne

marsal

I do remember that as a JW, I was not allowed to donate to the Salvation Army because technically it is a church, but I don't remember anything about the Red Cross.

If JWs are not allowed to do so, why not? As far as I know, the Red Cross is not a faith-based organization.

Marianne

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Scriptures about apostates/Christendom that ACTUALLY apply to the WT?

by ithinkisee in

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i personally like:.

(matthew 23:13-15 nwt) 13 woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!

because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for you yourselves do not go in, neither do you permit those on their way in to go in.

marsal

(John 5: 39-40 NWT): You are searching the Scriptures, because you think by means of them you will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me, and yet you do not want to come to me that you may have life.

The WT does not apply this scripture to Christendom, but I thought it applied to the WTS perfectly.

Marianne

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Tell me about the "Kingdom Interlinear Translation Bible? Same as NWT?

by hubert in

i was talking to a friend, who said that the j.w.

's used (or wrote)?

a bible called "the kingdom interlinear bible" before they wrote the "new world translation bible".. she also told me there were differences in the translations of some of these scriptures.. can anyone tell me which scriptures are different?.

marsal

hubert,

The NWT translates John 17:3 as "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."

Other translations (in this case, the NIV) translate it as "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

The difference is "knowing" which is personal and intimate vs. merely "taking in knowledge".

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What movies make you think of the Borg?...

by Hecklerboy in

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i was watching a great sci-fi movie the other day (chronicles of riddick) and there was a phrase in the movie that jumped out at me.

a soldier was being promoted and he said the phrase "obedience without question, loyalty till underverse comes".

i thought "wow, just replace underverse with armageddon and that sound just like the witnesses".

marsal

The Truman Show

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What does it MEAN, to be Baptised....

by LittleToe in

a few years ago, while i was still a jw, i started a topic on baptism:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/14060/1.ashx.

i wasn't aware of the in's-and-out's of the subject, just that i felt that my own baptism as a jw was somehow invalid, and wanted to do it properly.

marsal

I was also told that in baptism, a believer also identifies with Christ's death, burial and resurrection.

Romans 6:3-4: "Or don't you know that all of us baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life".

It was explained to me that the action of being immersed in the water pictures being buried with Christ. The action of coming out of the water pictures Christ's resurrection.

Marianne

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What does it MEAN, to be Baptised....

by LittleToe in

a few years ago, while i was still a jw, i started a topic on baptism:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/14060/1.ashx.

i wasn't aware of the in's-and-out's of the subject, just that i felt that my own baptism as a jw was somehow invalid, and wanted to do it properly.

marsal

I was baptized a JW, but later, as a Christian, I knew I should be re-baptized when a pastor explained the following to me: baptism is an outward expression of what has already occured inwardly in a believer (accepting Jesus as Savior). Thus, baptism is a step of obedience in publicly proclaiming your faith in Christ.

Marianne

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Did you learn anything from the bible?

by JH in

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did reading the bible change anything in your life?

marsal

Qcmber,

You wrote that the bible "hints at" life before earth life.

Where is that found in the bible?