John Aquila

Joined

• started 112 topics
• posted 1,098 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by John Aquila

• 
  25

  Did you know that President Jimmy Carter used to be a Jehovah's Witness?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.christianpost.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-jesus-would-not-support-abortion-revealing-only-conflict-between-his-politics-and-christian-faith-141881/.

  carter said that as a young man he used to be a jehovah's witness before he was a baptist christian.. .

  "it's hard to grow up with such a foundational system and just let it go.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

  The writers from Christian Post should learn how to read a NY Times article.

  The writer was probably a former Watchtower magazine writer.
  
• 
  10

  Circuit Overseer Removed in Texas

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a friend at the convention told me that kenneth williams, a co in the houston texas area was recently removed and taken off the road.

  does any one have any details?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

  ToesUp

  I don't know anything about it but I do know that there a quite a few that should be removed.

  I think they should all be removed.
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  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?
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

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

  BTW I want to go back to Kansas now.
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  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.
  
• 
  35

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

  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?
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  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?
  
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

  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 . . .
  
  
• 
  62

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  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.
  
• 
  63

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  John Aquila

  kaik

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

  Hey Kaik, what books can I read that has this information?