You not hear yourself? The 4the century Catholic church used its own 'discernment' in selecting works that 'maintain doctrinal purity' as taught by the Catholic Church (what you euphemistically call 'the Christian community', 'Apostolic tradition' and 'Christianity'). Works that 'heretics' (ie non-Catholic) used were rejected to suppress. 'contradictory forms' and show only a 'unified message that aligns' with the Catholic church.
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How did JWs arrive at a clearer understanding of what the Bible teaches than other Christian denominations?
by slimboyfat infor jws who believe that jehovah had a hand in reviving the truth in the nineteenth century this is enough explanation for how jws managed to achieve a closer approximation to early christian beliefs and practices than other groups.
but is there an explanation for this phenomenon that doesn’t rely on supernatural intervention?
new testament scholar james dunn explains the difficulty of interpreting the biblical texts in this way:.
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Trump wins
by gavindlt ini am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.
i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.
how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!
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Why do most Ex jW W‘s seem to be liberal?
by JaredScott-1977 ini’m just curious about this dynamic i don’t care personally one way or the other but i do have friends who have chosen to be conservatives and they get totally destroyed on social media pages for their choice.
it’s almost like a lot of ex jw w become as toxic and his judgmental as jehovah’s witnesses themselves what’s up with that?
i also know conservative ex jw’s that can do the same so again i’m not leaning one way or the other i’m just noticing factual observations.
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peacefulpete
In my circle of friends that are former JWs, we have all the above. I am decidedly center (as is Biden and Harris) but the recent sharp turn to the right for many Americans has us labeled 'leftist extremists' lol.
I have no problem with the label 'liberal'. Loving liberty means being liberal.
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Trump wins
by gavindlt ini am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.
i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.
how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!
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peacefulpete
Riley, you are absolutely correct. The independent Fed accomplished what some thought impossible, a soft landing. Biden's people were professionals and did an honorable job keeping the ship aright. I don't have to have agreed with everything said or done to know that things would be much worse under Trumps stated policies. Hopefully Congress will again reject his aims to capture the Fed governors to do his bidding. He called Powell the enemy of the people when he rebuffed Trumps call for lower, even zero, interest rates to make him appear a hero. This mirrored Nixon and Reagan. Reagan was rebuffed Nixon was successful and initiated a decade of inflation. Interest rates cannot be controlled by politicians and political ambition without serious consequences.
Trump can never actually do half of what he said, because the consequences would be catastrophic. He will do enough damage even so. If allowed to control the Fed, impose broad tariffs like he has promised, and deport a large segment of our workforce, we can expect hard times ahead. The bond market already is picking up on that. Stocks are a populist greed-driven animal short term, but realistic long term. The Trump bump will center on a handful of sectors like energy and banking that are eager for less oversight and regulation and will reverse strongly in a year or so when inflationary pressures from populist fiscal policy start to show. The money Biden committed to much needed infrastructure will hopefully not be captured. Congress would have to be complicit in that., so who knows.
If he actually allows emotionally autistic Musk to cut spending as he promised to do at the rally ($2 Trillion), we will be returning to an era of seniors eating cat food. Musk himself said it would likely cause markets to tumble and cause hardship on the common people, not him of course, but you and me. Somehow, I think Trump will put Musk back in the closet now that he is done with him. Trump showed no interest in heavy handed cuts the first time.
Trump's promise to disband the Department of Education and supporting funding will collapse school budgets and further put America at a scholastic disadvantage in the world. He has proposed fining and suing private colleges for teaching history, civil rights, and politics he disapproves of. He wants compulsory patriotic propaganda in the schools. That just doesn't play. He's a social liberal who never had a patriotic bone in his body. I again suspect that was 'hyperbole' as he called it in his book.
There are far too many pieces of his agenda that would take years to push through, if he really intends to, it just won't happen before the midterm elections. If he starts out aggressive, he will do damage to the economy and people's lives, but most Americans, even some of his supporters, will push back if he implements some of what he promised.
Lara Trump wants him to change the Constitution to give him a third term, I doubt he will try, he's too freaking old.
I have faith that responsible public servants and the voting population in two years will contain the worse of his impulsive nature. We will get through it.
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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry inmy only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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peacefulpete
I voted my conscience. We will get through this.
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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry inmy only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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peacefulpete
The overturn of the reasonable and longstanding Chevron deference does not mean agency interpretations of policy is unconstitutional. It means it becomes open to judicial review. Until this is restored every agency policy decision involving science, medicine, military, education and finance can be overruled by activist judges. -
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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry inmy only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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peacefulpete
Tell me, why didn’t you go to the actual source. The Unites States Department of Defense?
Apparently, you did not bother to read the links. All of them in fact direct readers to the DOD directive. It is discussed in historical context and it's purpose and role.
“The provisions in DoDD 5240.01 are not new, and do not authorize the Secretary of Defense to use lethal force against U.S. citizens, contrary to rumors and rhetoric circulating on social media,” Sue Gough, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, told VERIFY.
"Department of Defense directives are not laws or executive orders – they are policy statements. In other words, these directives can’t make something legal if it isn’t authorized under federal law or by the Constitution." Nunn and Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice explained.
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Searching
by Striker injude 1:9 (kjv) yet michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, the lord rebuke thee.. matthew 4:10 (kjv) then saith jesus unto him, get thee hence, satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the lord thy god, and him only shalt thou serve.
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.....my understanding is that you all believe jesus is michael the archangel....... the two verses above describe two different personalities..... the archangel in jude rebuked satan in the name of the father, because he knew it was not his place to rebuke him, he knew that he didn't have the authority to do so, that the only person who possesses this authority is god himself.... while jesus, in matthew 4:10, does not need to invoke the name of the father to rebuke satan, because the father and jesus are one, not michael and jesus..... .... because michael the archangel is not jesus christ our savior.....
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peacefulpete
The book of Job, doesn't know of the name Yahweh, Michael or angels. The sole exception is Job 4:18 where the word 'angels' is likely substituted for 'sons'. It appears in the LXX Greek forms and the MT but unfortunately, we do not have witnesses from Qumran of this verse.
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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry inmy only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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Searching
by Striker injude 1:9 (kjv) yet michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, the lord rebuke thee.. matthew 4:10 (kjv) then saith jesus unto him, get thee hence, satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the lord thy god, and him only shalt thou serve.
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.....my understanding is that you all believe jesus is michael the archangel....... the two verses above describe two different personalities..... the archangel in jude rebuked satan in the name of the father, because he knew it was not his place to rebuke him, he knew that he didn't have the authority to do so, that the only person who possesses this authority is god himself.... while jesus, in matthew 4:10, does not need to invoke the name of the father to rebuke satan, because the father and jesus are one, not michael and jesus..... .... because michael the archangel is not jesus christ our savior.....
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peacefulpete
Duran, Any response to my post? The Hebrews text applies the passage addressed to Yahweh to Jesus. Is the author being dishonest with the text or did he genuinely understand Jesus as Yahweh?