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  "Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

  however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

  justification is a present possession (rom.

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  cofty I like and respect your ministry also.

  I think the eternal torment in hellfire is the everlasting cutting off that we willingly make from God.

  If you are right and there is no God, you don't have to worry about it.

  I don't know.

  Sientifically you make a good argument, Cofty.

  And you can decontruct religion, No argument about that.

  I hope there is something more.

  Perry seems to belong to a much differnt faith and belief system than the watchtower.

  While those who profess to belief in Jesus have done a lot of evil.

  Others who believe and put works behind their beliefs have done a lot of good.

  It's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I am just looking for a happy ending.
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  A God from Nothing? Wait...

  by suavojr in

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  forget jesus, the stars died so you could be born.. lawrence m. krauss, a universe from nothing: why there is something rather than nothing.

  we can get a god from nothing and have no idea how this entity came into existence, but it is impossible for the believer to accept a universe from nothing.. .

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  It's a possibility.

  I don't know what the probabilities are.

  I know where to look them up though,

  Either way they are astronomical.

  Higher than I can count.
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  "Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

  however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

  justification is a present possession (rom.

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  Keep up the good work Perry.

  Don't let them grind you down.
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  Any tips for safe web surfing?

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  greetings to all who surf shark-infested internet waters.. after i was hit by ransomware the other day, i did research on so-called safe sites.

  it seems more and more sites are being infected deliberately by hackers.

  i went to a legit-looking site on a famous artist and -- wham!

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  Not to offend. You probbalby don't go to porn sites but they will get you.

  I use kaspersky anti virus. This runs always.

  And malware bytes. Run this every day or at least every week.

  If you go off the beaten path, something will try to get you. Then you have to be careful

  not to infect yourself.

  If you go to MSN.com the main page seems to be safe but when you start clikcing on the pages off the main page it might get dangerous.

  Craigs list and ebay seem safe if you stay on the main page.

  You tubes safe on the main page

  google main page.

  wikpedias safe I have gone to web pages listed on wikpedia with no problem.

  Amazon. safe

  Facebook safe

  Legitimate businesses. I go to home pages for soccer clubs, music stores, autoparts stores.

  You never know when something will get you.

  You kind of have to have an eye for con men.

  A trait many Jw's are deficient in.

  If something sounds to good to be true and you go to the site advertising it.

  You are probably going to get stung.
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  It's Foolish to Believe the Watchtower Will Always Be Around.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  september 11, 2001. riding the bus to school that tuesday morning we discussed the implications of the monday night football game between the broncos and the dolphins.

  by lunchtime our entire world have changed dramatically.

  america had passed into a new era that would lead to major changes.

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  JB- when congregation picknics were banned by the Wt. was like the day the music died.

  Designs, I was gone by then. I started fading in 76 and have been out since 83.
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  It's Foolish to Believe the Watchtower Will Always Be Around.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  september 11, 2001. riding the bus to school that tuesday morning we discussed the implications of the monday night football game between the broncos and the dolphins.

  by lunchtime our entire world have changed dramatically.

  america had passed into a new era that would lead to major changes.

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  The Watchtower today, is not the Watchtower I grew up in in 1952.

  They believed armedgeddon would come by 1975.

  They did not have a governing body, they had a president.

  They believed millions who saw 1914 and were of a discernable age in 1914 would not pass away.

  The Sunday talks used to be an hour.

  Pioneering was 100 hours a month.

  You couldnt take organ transplants or bloood transfusions.

  The United nations was bad not something that they would belong to.

  They had a piano player play the piano before, during and after the meetings.

  They had a band/ orchestra at the assemblies.

  They cooked good cafeteria food at the assembies.

  The congregatations had pick-nicks often and played sports together every week.
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  Grandma's Fried Chicken

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. family

  one of my favorite memories growing up was to visit my maternal grandmother in san bernardino california and have sunday fried chicken dinners.

  i can still remember the smells of her peppery chicken frying in the kitchen and sitting down on their enclosed patio to a meal of mashed potatoes, peas and that best of all her fried chicken.. my grandmother was a special person, loving and generous, one of the early bible students in california.

  before my time her home was known for helping the poor during the great depression.. i don't remember the recipe for her delicious chicken, maybe my mother knew and tried to copy it.

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  My Great Aunt for a treat would make me kidneys, onions, gravy and French Bread and butter when I was a youth.
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  the green mile?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering.. do you agree/disagree with capital punishment?.

  are there any circumstances that would justify it?.

  or is taking any human life unacceptable, regardless of the crime?.

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  If you want to be a first tier country you have mothballed your gas chambers. Education and a better standard of living combine to lower murder rates.

  The USA will continue to have no moral authority as long as it continues to execute it's criminals - including plenty innocent ones.

  Most of the world has moved on. Religion contines to hold the USA back.

  In theory, I agree.

  The USA has exported all its jobs and its main economy is war and the military.

  I don't see where a better standard of living and a better education is in the cards.

  The criminal element derives from single family welfare moms. Most of the inmates in jail come from single parent homes. There is no male

  present. Many of the male parents are in jail/penetentry and the boys follow in the fathers footsteps.

  There is no simple answer in America, to many people are making money off crime. And to many people are dedicated to maintaining

  the status quo from the criminals to judges and lawyers.
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  the green mile?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering.. do you agree/disagree with capital punishment?.

  are there any circumstances that would justify it?.

  or is taking any human life unacceptable, regardless of the crime?.

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  Yes, I believe in capital punishment. I was a detention officer and would have inmates in my jail who shot people

  for the fun of it.

  There are lots of animals out there.

  At the same time, I dont think the police always get the right guy and a good number of cops

  are criminals.

  A lot of times people who they absolutely know killed somebody get away with it.

  And people fry based on circumstantial evidence.

  If you got a rap sheet a mile long and they decide to pin something on you, you are going to fry.

  Maybe that is karma.
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  Evidence For Life After Death

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure if i believe in life after death but i thought of something that has me leaning toward that direction.

  unlike other living beings, humans have a consciousness that is separate from our brain.

  two prime examples of this are addiction and dieting.

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  "Journeys Out of the Body" by Robert Monroe. Amazon books.

  I don't know of any evidence for life after death that can be put under

  a microscope.

  I am just posting this because it fits the topic and 300,000 people have read the book.

  My brother a former JW used the techniques and has met with and conversed with

  many of my dead realatives.

  Its anecdotal evidence at best not scientific.

  I have read the book and heard my brothers stories.

  Personally I don't know as I have said. I hope there is something.

  This book is for those who are looking for crumbs of evidence.

  It also tells you how to have your own experience.

  But your own experience is always in your own brain and unprovable to anyone

  but yourself.