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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  Are we any closer to finding an answer to the question of - Is Jesus the Creator?

  No closer than they were 1,500 years ago, I would think.
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  WT HQ is never proactive, they are reactive to everything put out showing their blatant hypocrisy and abject stupidity

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few on here (and of course many on the ex-jw reddit forum) have mentioned that wt hq just recently (like in the past couple months) put out a video warning against the praising of jw actors, taking photos with them, etc.

  to not do it anymore.

  it was narrated by geoffrey jackson.

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  Rivergang

  No more dressing like 1950s vacuum salesmen

  LOL

  That actually used to warn people off - some character approaching your door, and who even looks every inch like a bloody salesman. The first thought that would be going through my mind would be “It’s my money they are after”.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  Halcon,

  The way you describe things, it sounds like God is a state of mind?

  That is one of the most intelligent things I have ever heard!
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  For Christians, is about the insatiable curiosity about a man who predicted that he would raise himself from the dead, while he was dead; and then did it.

  Or so they say.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  Now I feel like a burger. Just writing this produced a neuro-chemical reaction that made my mouth water. 🍔

  We are talking here about those hard-wired emotions which are related to survival.

  Electrical impulses from our sensory organs initiate the neuro-chemical reactions which produce those feelings and responses. (The sensory organs are all just what in electrical terms are called "transducers" - with a transducer being a device which converts any other form of energy into electrical energy).

  Additionally, memories (pleasant or otherwise) which are stored in the brain can likewise initiate the electrical signals which stimulate those neuro-chemical reactions. There is no black magic involved here; all these processes can be observed to occur by use of such devices as MRI scans (and the electrical signals between the neuron cells can be measured).

  Such concepts as "God" came about primarily because of the insatiable curiosity of the human species, and its early attempts to explain what was going on around it. (And in stating that, I have likely condemned myself in the eyes of many posters on this thread, but whatever!)
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  The feelings of empathy, kindness and consideration are simply byproducts of a chemical reaction?

  Almost correct! More like the end result of a chemical reaction, rather than a "byproduct" (although some here may scream "semantics").

  Furthermore, if these chemicals in the brain (known as "neurotransmitters") get out of balance, conditions such as depression usually result. Treatment for depression simply involves the correction of that chemical imbalance.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  Joey,

  The feelings we experience are caused by neuro-chemical reactions.

  Exactly!

  And when the movement of neuro-chemical transmitters is in any way hindered, conditions like depression result.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  TonusOH,

  Well said - with the key word being “measurable”.
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  How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

  has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

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  Rivergang

  Or an “Elder” barely in his twenties trying to counsel a woman of late middle-age.

  All she would have to do would be remind him that she “once used to change his nappies” . After that, it would just about be game over!
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  1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

  he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

  only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

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  Rivergang

  Ro1234,

  Your guess is as good as anybody else’s.

  (Which to date have added up to five-eights of three-quarters of seven-tenths of two- thirds of Fanny Adams!)