Posts by Carol1111

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What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

by Doug Mason in

with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

Carol1111

I don't know why I put that. I agree there was only a block between God man when sin entered the world. I think that was what I really meant. Sorry.

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What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

by Doug Mason in

with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

I think the link between ransom and covering has been missed. Adam & Eve felt the need for coverings as they recognised that they could not stand before God without something to hide behind, but their leaves were not good enough, so animals had to be sacrificed to provide skins as a substitute.

Later on, Moses had to wear a covering on his face after he had talked to God.

The holy of holies was protected from view by a curtain, and the arc had to be covered when it was moved.

There was always a block between God and man.

The temple had a curtain to keep the holy of holies from view, but when Jesus died this curtain was torn from top to bottom showing that the way to God was now open through his death. Christ is now the door to the kingdom.

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What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

by Doug Mason in

with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

Carol1111

In the old testament, according to Strong's dictionary, redeem seems to mean release or rescue. Ransom means to cover as in covering a roof with pitch to stop it leaking. There are few incidences of these words in the new testament, interestingly, and they seem to mean to pay a price.

I don't know how the JW's interpret these words.

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What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

by Doug Mason in

with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

Carol1111

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/redeem

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ransom

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Circumcision....Perfect Adam....Uncircumcised....1st century Christians...circumcision ont required

by blondie in

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i know this has been discussed many times, but i was watching a news story about female genital mutilation (not female circumcision) and segued mentally into why the hassle about male babies having to be circumcised, christians especially.

even the wts flipflops on this...... if adam, the first perfect man, not under the jewish law code, was given a foreskin by god as an aspect of his physical perfection, why then do so many "christian" people have their boy babies circumcised?.

if a health issue....why did god create the perfect man, adam, with a foreskin?.

Carol1111

Circumcision started with Abraham and was for his descendants only. Why would Christians want to do it?

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The Russian letters

by purrpurr in

so all the jw's i know are practically wetting their pants in excitement over the russian letters they are sending out.

they seem to have this insane idea that putin's office will be pulled sky high with all these letters and they have this image in their imaginations of him having to open and read every letter (!).

also all the jw's i know have all put their name and address on the letter... which couldn't have any repercussions of course (!

Carol1111

What do they put in these letters?

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NEW LIGHT Regarding the feet of Iron & Clay. Can someone confirm?

by pale.emperor in

this appeared on my facebook today.

can anyone confirm if this has official gb bullshit approval?.

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Carol1111

It might be a general anxiety problem. I used to dream about exams for years after I left school.

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I need help understanding my moms decision!

by Holzy86 in

first of all i'm not a jahovas witness, my mother is.

i've asked my mother for some help over the weekend for my sons birthday, i understand jw do not celebrate birthdays.. every year i take my son out for a treat day, this year he has asked me if he can bring friends too so i said i only have enough room for one but he has asked for two, so i said i will ask nanny if she will help out to take my other son in her car with my netphew and older sister, but as soon as i mentioned it was for a birthday treat she refused to help me.. i just need to know if jahovahs witnesses will refuse to help family out when asking for help, i feel i've asked and made sure all the people she will be giving a lift to that it is not there birthday.

his birthday has just happened to have fallen on the weekend when we would have been taking him because he is at school monday to friday.

Carol1111

Jesus went to a wedding where there was wine and even provided some.

Why don't they read and understand their Bibles? No answer needed for that question!

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My new answer to an annoying question we have all been asked.

by doubtfull1799 in

well new to me anyway, i'm sure someone smarter than me has thought of this before.

the next time i get asked the perennial (and tired old) question: “but you do believe that the gb are god’s channel of communication, the organisation he is using, don’t you?” or some variation thereof, i am going to reply with two verses and reason as follows:.

the matter to be established: have the gb of jehovah’s witnesses received divine appointment to act as god’s representatives and channel of communication on earth?.

Carol1111

I Timothy 2 v 5 says that Jesus is the mediator between God and man, so you don't need anyone else.

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a question for your JW friends

by Carol1111 in

the earth is to wear out and cease to exist.. hebrews 1v11, isaiah 51v6-8.

what will happen to those living in paradise earth?.

Carol1111

I agree that they don't seem to listen.

My favourite is to point out that according to the gospels Jesus rose bodily from the dead. They don't seem to accept that despite the fact that it is clearly stated.

I think they believe that he gave up his bodily existence as a ransom and so could not have it back again.

I don't understand how they can't see that the two ideas are not compatible.