Why hasn't anyone dropped any aposta-bombs in the Facebook comments? Im tempted to shine some light on these peoples!
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88jw.org store in Rouen, France
by breakfast of champions inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvcvnhohno4.
naaaahh.
we're not a business.
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'God's Word is Truth!' District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses 2013 - SATURDAY AUDIO
by mindnumbed in9:30 song no.106 and prayer.
11:00 song no.
12:10 song no.
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frankiespeakin is right. How could a corporation do this? I mean there are laws and provisions made to protect people from harassment and abuse at the work place, but not at the church?
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Bart Ehrman: Paul Viewed Jesus Christ as an Angel.
by Emery inin his upcomming book, "how jesus became god" bart ehrman has a new view on how paul viewed jesus.
since i am a huge bart ehrman fan i am a member of his blog site, http://ehrmanblog.org link to direct blog entry: http://ehrmanblog.org/pauls-view-of-jesus-as-an-angel-for-members/.
there he made a recent blog entry where he argues that paul viewed jesus to be an angel according to galations 4:14. .
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@sir82, that's exactly what I thought as soon as I finished reading it. This will feed their confirmation bias for sure. The Watchtower will still have to reconile the epistle to the Hebrews where there's a detailed argument for Christ being greater than the angels, however. Ehrman agrees that the author of Hebrews was reacting against and correcting an earlier angelic christology, such as the one held by Paul.
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Bart Ehrman: Paul Viewed Jesus Christ as an Angel.
by Emery inin his upcomming book, "how jesus became god" bart ehrman has a new view on how paul viewed jesus.
since i am a huge bart ehrman fan i am a member of his blog site, http://ehrmanblog.org link to direct blog entry: http://ehrmanblog.org/pauls-view-of-jesus-as-an-angel-for-members/.
there he made a recent blog entry where he argues that paul viewed jesus to be an angel according to galations 4:14. .
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In his upcomming book, "How Jesus Became God" Bart Ehrman has a new view on how Paul viewed Jesus. Since I am a huge Bart Ehrman fan I am a member of his blog site, http://ehrmanblog.org link to direct blog entry: http://ehrmanblog.org/pauls-view-of-jesus-as-an-angel-for-members/
There he made a recent blog entry where he argues that Paul viewed Jesus to be an angel according to Galations 4:14.
"Even though my bodily condition was a test for you, you did not mock or despise me, but you received me as an angel of God, as Jesus Christ."
To preview his argument, he writes:
" I had always simply read the verse to say that the Galatians had received Paul in his infirm state the way they would have received an angelic visitor, or even Christ himself. But in fact the grammar of the Greek is suggesting something quite different. As the Gieschen has argued, and has now been affirmed in a book on Christ as an angel by New Testament specialist Susan Garrett, the verse is not saying that the Galatians received Paul as an angel or as Christ; it is saying that they received him as they would an angel, such as Christ. By clear implication, then, Christ is an angel.
As I indicated, the reason for reading the verse this way has to do with the Greek grammar. When Paul uses the construction “but as … as” he is not contrasting two things; he is stating that the two things are the same thing. We know this because Paul uses this grammatical construction in a couple of other places in his writings, and the meaning in these cases is unambiguous. For example, in 1 Corinthians 3:1 Paul says this: “Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.” The last bit “but as…as” indicates two identifying features of the recipients of Paul’s letter: they are fleshly people and they are infants in Christ. These are not two contrasting statements; they modify each other. The same can be said of Paul’s comments in 2 Cor. 2:17, which also has this grammatical feature."
Of course he continues to add to this argument on his blog site. Anyways, I was very surprised that Bart, along with several other scholars (which he mentions) are in agreement that Jesus was a Pre-existent angel according to Paul.
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GoneAwol, looks like a shoulder to me.
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Its a shame those Bethel artists don't actually get paid what they deserve for this kind of artwork.
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SIAP: Kingdom Hall Cartoon
by Emery ini found this today and thought it was brilliant.
it definitely captured everthing perfectly.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy.
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I found this today and thought it was brilliant. It definitely captured everthing perfectly.
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Do Animals Have Souls?
by Cold Steel ini know most jehovah's witnesses believe in the soul sleeping doctrine.
by this, given that neither man nor beast has a spirit, but that they do possess souls (or "intelligences" unique to themselves).
where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?
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Ginger: A human, characterized by pale skin, freckles and bright red hair.
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Do Animals Have Souls?
by Cold Steel ini know most jehovah's witnesses believe in the soul sleeping doctrine.
by this, given that neither man nor beast has a spirit, but that they do possess souls (or "intelligences" unique to themselves).
where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?
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The only animals that do not have souls are gingers.
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Watchtower tricks and deceptions
by slimboyfat inone of the first things that shocked me when learning the truth about the truth was how the organisation uses tricks and deception to fool their own membership.
i guess we all have our own favourite examples, like the quotes in the publications that make outside sources look like they oppose the trinity/support the nwt/disprove evolution, when in context the intent of the original source is quite different.
or the grossly exaggerated experiences delivered at conventions: if we happen to know the person or were present at the events described we know it's often garbage what they say on stage, more closely resembling a desired script emanating from headquarters than anything that actually happened to real witnesses in the circuit or district.
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What about the Watchtower Society showing support for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries to maintain tax exempt status on sold publications? Then when JWM lost the case they made it appear to the rank and file that it was a provision from Jehovah now that they stopped selling publications. Jehovah now only accept donations at the door.