i remember when friends would say something like "you wouldn't want to lose out on everlasting life over something so small, would you?
" this would usually be said to you when you were doing some little thing you weren't supposed to be doing as a jw... like watching an r-rated movie... having a beard.
i'm sure we've all heard it.. the thing that i've realized is that it works both ways.
Right! I have thought the same thing. I can live forever if I _____ (fill in the blank) and if I don't ______. Why would anyone want to live like that? And forever?
When my conscious has had a twinge I would tell it "if God is so hard to please, I really don't care what God thinks".
(ezekiel 9:4) .
.pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of jerusalem, and you must put a mark on the foreheads of the men that are sighing and groaning over all the detestable things that are being done in the midst of it.. pedophilia.
rape.
Sighing and groaning I think means a person's personal perspective. I have never heard the society outlaw personal perspective. As a matter of fact, many JWs know I have a huge difference of opinion from them, but I am not disfellowshipped. Yet LOL!
(ezekiel 9:4) .
.pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of jerusalem, and you must put a mark on the foreheads of the men that are sighing and groaning over all the detestable things that are being done in the midst of it.. pedophilia.
rape.
Is the sighing and groaning that gets the mark the same as the complaining on JWN?
No, I don't think so.
JWN is more like
21 He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. Genesis 9:21,22
verse 23 better describes "sighing and groaning over all the detestable things" because Shem and Japheth were concerned with their father's righteousness
23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
No, I'm actually not saying the sins of the Watchtower should be ignored. Love is a powerful force. The sins might have been covered with LOVE but they were publicly exposed. We do not know what would have happened. It's gone.
this scripture made me wonder, since they reject the "gospel of grace" and consequently cannot be granted faith (eyes that see and ears that hear):.
(romans 14:23) .
.indeed, everything that is not out of faith is sin.. what's your take on such a far out notion?.
Faith in Christ causes a walking in the way.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". John 14:6
Only with faith can a person go to the Father through Jesus for life.
So anything else is sin because it doesn't lead to life.
how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.
how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.
in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.
Mankind is so evil --- yet that's all or nothing thinking because probably more good exists than bad --- sociology reveals this.
I do not believe mankind is evil. I think the problem lies in the reality that most of humankind do not recognize the power of righteousness. But heaven's wish is that along with finding righteousness one must find meekness. Because with rightousness comes power. And we all know power in the wrong hands is bad bad bad.
how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.
how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.
in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.
And I'm sure a billion people suffer from EATING TOO MUCH in the world today. The world is spiritually broken. God did not break it. Why won't God fix it? I believe it is in the process of being fixed.
how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.
how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.
in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.
LOL Yes.
I was thinking of that picture. I pray that one picture does not take you away from your search for the best you.
The WTBTS uses propaganda to draw people in.
Other agencies do to. Do you know how that picture got on the internet? It doesn't come with it's true story.
It does not take long fpr a body to get in that condition. Maybe only days without water. Maybe weeks or a month without food.
how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.
how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.
in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.
thecrushed you are right! But it was funny while it lasted.
i am blatantly plagiarizing this from a 20th century email that claimed this was an open letter to laura schlessinger.
snopes has the real scoop on it's origins.
i'm sure it's been posted on jwn more than once in years past.
He knows what he's talking about! OMG it's too true. LOL
how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.
how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.
in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.
Obviously my thoughts are not needed here
We don't know where the original poster went.
