Yknot - well, in that case, I can see the humour of the TM! Thanks for explaining the joke ... I get it!
ixthis
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Can you answer: What is "The Truth"?
by serenitynow! ini mean can someone, preferably an active jw, explain in 5 sentences or less what that really means?.
i ask because of the long post that "20571..." made on another thread about how "the truth" is better than this, that and the other thing.. what does it really mean?.
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For people who are out but still believe in Jesus Christ...
by roxanesophia insince the bible speaks of being blood guilty if one knowing the truth doesn't tell others, i'm a bit tortured by the fact i've learned the jw doctrine is false and i've found the truth in the bible, but there's no way in hell i can talk to other jw's about it.
i would so love to just plant the seed of doubt, and turn them to the real truth, but i know how futile that can be.
i was never baptized - with good reason.
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I'm not sure I can answer your question, however, I think that I can contribute a bit to the discussion.
In the writings of Saint Basil the Great (329-379), "blood" is described as closely identified with the soul. This is consistent with the OT and later ideas of the spilling and consuming of blood.When one drank the blood of one's opponent, one literally consumed the soul of one's opponent, taking for one's self the strengths and mights. When two men mingled their blood (ie "blood brothers") they literally "mixed" their souls so that they become related. When the Hebrews were warned against the consumption of the blood of animals (hence the regulations for kosher butchering of livestock - killing by draining the blood of the animal) it was so that the person eating the meat did not also take on the bestial passions of the animal so consumed.
When we as Christians partake of the Most Holy Body and Most Precious Blood (known as Holy Eucharist or Holy Communion), we take in the spiritual nature of Christ inasmuch as we are able to bear it.
I think this identification of "blood" and "soul" might be of use here in talking about the relationship of our Lord's sacrifice and blood.
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ixthis
Oh that is beautiful!! Thank you!!!
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Can you answer: What is "The Truth"?
by serenitynow! ini mean can someone, preferably an active jw, explain in 5 sentences or less what that really means?.
i ask because of the long post that "20571..." made on another thread about how "the truth" is better than this, that and the other thing.. what does it really mean?.
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ixthis
The Truth is not an abstract idea or thought nor can it be a "trademark" belonging to the Watchtower.
The Truth is a Person.
I am the Truth, Christ announced.
He did not say, "I came to tell you a few nice things about truth to help you along"
He said; I am the Way & the Truth & the Life! (John 14:16)
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I've invited the Witnesses to my house
by maksym inim recent here and thought i would properly introduce myself.
i have posted a few times but mostly i like to read because i gather good insight into reaching the hearts of jehovahs witnesses.
the short of it is i was born into a large family of jehovahs witnesses.
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ixthis
I asked them a question that really made them uncomofortable, I said, "have you ever experienced a miracle"
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Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov:
Teach me to love Thee, O Lord,
With all my mind, all comprehension,
To entrust my soul into Thy care
And my life with each heartbeat’s ascension.
Teach me to heed and fulfill
Only Thy merciful will,
Teach not to grumble or complain
Of my toilsome lot.
All whom Thou came to redeem
With Thy purest and holiest Blood, –
With a deep and unselfish love
Teach me to love, O my God.
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From the moment your start praying, raise your heart upward and turn your eyes downward. Bring your focus to your innermost self, and there pray in secret to your heavenly Father.
Our Lord instructed us to pray in secret - this means, in our heart - and also to 'shut the door'. What is this door he says we must shut, if not the mouth? For we are the temple in which Christ dwells, for so the Apostle said, 'You are temples of the Lord' (1 Cor 3.16). The Lord enters into your inner self, into this house, to cleanse it from everything that is unclean; but only when the door, that is your mouth, is closed shut.
Before you pray, first forgive all those who have offended you. Then you may pray. Only in this way will your prayer rise up into the presence of God. If you do not forgive, it will simply remain on the earth.- Aphrahat the Persian
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I've invited the Witnesses to my house
by maksym inim recent here and thought i would properly introduce myself.
i have posted a few times but mostly i like to read because i gather good insight into reaching the hearts of jehovahs witnesses.
the short of it is i was born into a large family of jehovahs witnesses.
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ixthis
Beautiful post Maskym!
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God: the central question
by ixthis inof all the issues affecting every person's picture of reality, nothing is more fundamental than questions about god.. is there one god, creator and sovereign of all?could there be more than one god?
or no god at all?if there is a god (or gods), then what is that god (or gods) like?nothing determines your worldview-and the course of your life-more than how you answer those questions.
yet some atheists like to make light of the god question.
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ixthis
Jonathan, did you read it or just refute it for the sake of ...
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Thank you GLTirebiter, the intention of this thread is peace ... no hatred.
