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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

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  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  John Aquila

  Caleb, I know you showed us that the Catholics officially teach a New Earth which I wasn't aware of, but do the Protestants officially teach a New Earth as well? In other words do they take the Lords prayer literally, "Thy Kingdom Come thy will be done on "Earth" as it is in Heaven?
  
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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  John Aquila

  Hey Caleb, thanks for this information, I can sure use it.

  BTW I want to go back to Kansas now.
  
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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  John Aquila

  I can only quote the Wicked Witch of the West:

  "All in good time, my pretty. All in good time."

  Lol, it took a while to get that, I thought it was some type of revelation.
  
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  JW Hatred and Elders Apathetic Manners Drove Me Here! Why are JWs fooled in to thinking the WTS Cares?

  by Judas Maccabee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for years i've been screwed with by some very bad people, people satan would kick out of his organization because even the devil might let up on evil just to allow someone to catch their breath.

  with the jwism's bad people move up while good people move down or leave the kingdom hall for good.

  i was talking with two elders who said "you know if you return to the kingdom hall, jehovah will bless you and these people will stop screwing with you.

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  Welcome Judas

  Don't let your wife drive you to poverty. You need a woman that will work "With You" not against you. You know there are billions of women out there to choose from right? And some real good ones that have the same goals as you.

  And wasn't Judas in charge of the money box?
  
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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  John Aquila

  Explain the importance the book of Ecclesiasticus played in Christian history

  Caleb, I've never heard of this book playing a role in Christian history. Is it the same book as Ecclesiastes?
  
  
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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  stillin an hour ago

  Of course the smug witness answer is, " Jehovah chose not the high-minded ones, but the lowly ones

  And yet, who did God use to write most of the N.T?
  

  (Acts 22:3) . . .“I (Paul) am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Ci·li′cia, but educated in this city at the feet of Ga·ma′li·el, instructed according to the strictness of the ancestral Law, being zealous for God . . .
  
  
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  Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

  i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

  i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

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  John Aquila

  Hey Caleb, I know six terms, but I learned them "After" I left the WT. Some 40 years in the WT and all I knew was paradise earth, Governing Body, and fornication.
  
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  How dishonest was the Apostle Paul?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  may be some of you will be shocked by this question.

  however, when i was studying the bible with critical eyes i detected that paul ( or saul of tarsus) misquoted the hebrew bible in order to get false support for his arguments.

  of course, this tricky kind of use of the "scriptures" was not only used by him, but others, like the author of the gospel of matthew got unsupported doctrines misquoting verses.

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  kaik

  Roman society was very conservative. Even on the matter of sex subject.

  Hey Kaik, what books can I read that has this information?
  
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  Sorry..FASCINATING LETT (take 2)

  by Diogenesister in

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  http://chrisfugue.tumblr.com/ weirdly fascinating lett take 2 (sorry for 1st error)

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  John Aquila

  Something is definitely wrong with that man. But worse, something is wrong with all the people that believe his is one of God's chosen ones.
  
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  "Don't you love Jehovah anymore then ?"

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mrs phizzy ran into a jw lady from a neighbouring congo who has known us since we were teenagers, before we married, sometime in the pleistocene era lol.. during the conversation said lady asked if mrs phizzy was going to the r.c, to which mrs phizzy replied, "oh you haven't heard, we no longer go to meetings".. the jw lady then came back with the question in the thread title, which mrs phizzy handled well.. the point of this is though, what a god-awful, stupid, cult-minded question to ask !.

  did she think we woke up one morning and thought "we don't love god anymore" ??

  would that happen to anyone ?.

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  John Aquila

  Closer to Fine
  

  Jw's even take it a step further sometimes. Not only was I accused of not loving jehovah anymore, I was accused of worshipping satan.

  Now that's hilarious! When it first happened to me I was real upset and angry. But the last time someone told me this, i just couldn't help it but I started cracking up uncontrollably. The kids that were with the couple starting laughing to and the couple was very upset. Finally one of the kids told the brother, "Don't you see how silly you sound saying this brother worships SAtan? I believe the couple finally realized how stupid they sounded. And the brother retracted what he said. I do wonder what happen to those kids!!