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  Moving To Texas - Moving Day & The Cook-Out

  by Sea Breeze in

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  just to lighten things up around here: .

  episode i - moving day.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldwzn6tw5y&ab_channel=thebabylonbee.

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  Sea Breeze

  Just to lighten things up around here:

  Episode I - Moving Day

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y&ab_channel=TheBabylonBee
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  Are YOU saved?

  by JW Answers in

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  sadly today, many churches and religious organisations teach their followers that they are saved based on something the bible does not record.

  many people are following a lie, and are heading to a lost eternity and do not know it.. my question here is... are you saved?

  it's vitally important to know!.

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  saved from what ?

  @stanlivedeath - Judgment AFTER you die. Hebrews 9: 27 is a verse I never heard quoted at the KH even once in the decades I was a JW.
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  which Translation Now?

  by enoughisenough in

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  for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

  why?.

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  A Textus Receptus based bible is what I mostly use. Otherwise, you'll be missing around 3000 Greek words from the NT. These include:

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  1. King James Version - KJV

  2. King James Version ER (Easy Reader) - KJV - ER

  3. New King James Version - NKJV

  4. Modern English Version - MEV

  5. Green's Literal Translation - GLT

  6. Third Millennium Bible - TMB

  7. New Cambridge Paragraph Bible - 2005 edition of the KJV (paragraph format with modernized spelling)

  8. 21st Century King James Bible
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  2022-10-04-Documents!

  by Atlantis in

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  2022-10-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  2022-10-04-mandatory reporting training.

  2022-10-04-questions and answers concerning the online course for mandatory reporting.. .

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  Sea Breeze

  Let me get this straight - The WT is using a government that belongs to Satan to train their Elders to do the right thing regarding child abuse?

  Oh the irony!
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  JW Obession with the trinity

  by Riley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

  funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

  it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

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  Sea Breeze

  That is because in Judaism beliefs are not nearly as important as what a person does. In that respect I think Judaism is better than Christianity.

  I have to disagree with DJW here.

  In order to correct this common view, Jesus three times told Nicodemus that he must be born again.

  Belief precedes sin, not the other way around. Jesus is starting to address the sin nature from the inside, not the outside. Christianity is not about trying harder, running faster, of jumping higher. It is not wrong-behavior modification, it is wrong-behavior death.

  This is related to the topic because what actually happens when we decide to believe God and everything he says, he gives us a new identity, a new personhood - and a new spirit, which is one of the three parts that make up our beings. We are made in God's image who is also a tri-partite being.
  
  Just so people wouldn't try to foolishly work their way into God's grace through good works, Jesus made it clear that just looking a woman with lust would make you guilty of adultery.... which every Jew knew carried the penalty of death I might add.
  

  by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight - Rom. 3: 20

  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. - Gal. 2: 16

  God has made it clear in his word that we are not allowed to work in any way, shape or form for our salvation. If we persist in doing so, we are only racking up more debt that we will personally pay for on Judgment Day.

  Now to him who works, wages are not given as a gift, but as a debt. But to him who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. - Rom. 4: 4-5

  But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” - Mt. 9: 13

  
  

  God gives us a choice. In Christianity, God seeks to destroy the sin nature, not simply modify it. We merely decide if we are going to give him permission or not. He does it all.
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  If not the WT/JW relgion where else are 'we' to go? Why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism?

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  sometimes jws wonder if the wt/jw is not the truth, 'then where else are we to go?

  ' i say 'why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism and why not a secular philosophy which teaches a way of life?

  ' what do you folks say?.

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  he has received high honors in regards to his intellect. His intellect is what is relevant

  Really? I would think truthfulness would be what is most important. Otherwise, you just end up valuing smart liars who are far more dangerous than dumb liars.

  "Krauss is quoted in a 2015 Reuters article saying Epstein's “interest is in interesting people and interesting ideas,” adding that he had no idea of the accusations.
  

  However, in a 2011 article from the Daily Beast, Krauss is quoted defending Epstein, attesting that none of the "beautiful women and young women" he's seen surround him were underage."

  Are you asking your audience to just ignore this lie?

  "Several women accused Krauss of sexual misconduct, describing behavior that went unchecked for over a decade. By the time Krauss stepped foot on Stanford’s campus for the gathering, he had been banned from three universities, removed from multiple speaking events, and was under a formal investigation by Arizona State University, his primary affiliation. " Article

  Does a person's moral character not matter to you DJW? Especially someone who is described as displaying sexually predatorial conduct and who had connections to Jeffery Epstein?

  Kaczynsk (the Unibomber) was a genius, scoring 167 on an IQ test. Big deal. Morality matters... a lot.
  
  
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  JW Obession with the trinity

  by Riley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

  funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

  it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

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  I guess I just think that it should be enough to serve God

  That is where I started after the WT, and after atheism. I finally learned that believing God is far superior to serving God. Serving God won't get righteousness imputed to you, belief will. Scripture says that we are a tri-union of soul, spirit and body, each with personhood, individually or collectively. We experience the differences all the time....every day. Most of us can accept that we have three parts and yet are one being.

  We are made in God's image, who is one being with three manifestations.
  
  
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  More money and meeting with 3 elders

  by Foolednomore in

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  so, we had this meeting with 3 elders ( larry, moe and curly) my uncle who is the lawyer sat in the room and stayed quiet, and fact for 40 minutes we let them talk.

  we would just sit there.

  they went into along winded monolog about how the world is in bad shape and getting worst.

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  At this point it’s just a club and if all you know is the name “Jehovah” and “new system”, you’re good in their eyes.

  "Sister Ann Droid please".

  
  
  
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  More money and meeting with 3 elders

  by Foolednomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, we had this meeting with 3 elders ( larry, moe and curly) my uncle who is the lawyer sat in the room and stayed quiet, and fact for 40 minutes we let them talk.

  we would just sit there.

  they went into along winded monolog about how the world is in bad shape and getting worst.

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  Sea Breeze

  Excellent story.... thanks for sharing.

  LHG: I think it was smart to ask them questions about past teachings of the religion. Most Witnesses are ignorant about past teachings or scandals. Many are even ignorant about current teachings!

  I agree Long Hair Gal. I once met with an Elder and MS at a nearby KH a few years after leaving to ask them a few questions. When I asked why Jesus wasn't allowed to be their Mediator, the young MS quipped, "He is our Mediator"! I turned my head to the Elder and waited a second, then said, "Do you want to tell him or do you want me to"? The elder was forced to tell the MS that Jesus was not his Mediator. The MS looked back at me with a combination of shock and hatred. I was there with my wife and 4 and 5 yr. old boys, so they were forced to keep things civilized.

  Maybe the same thing will happen to their KH that happened to the former KH below. I just love happy endings.

  
  
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  JW Obession with the trinity

  by Riley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

  funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

  it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

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  Sea Breeze

  Dr. Micheal Heiser is described as a gnostic heretic here.