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  Great Tribulation and Trump

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

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  2. beliefs

  please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.

  is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.

  there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.

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  So is the Bible -and wt position for that matter.
  

  Conclusion.
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  Great Tribulation and Trump

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.

  is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.

  there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.

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  We are only trying to understand scripture. Same as one plays chess or any other game. Insulting your opponent or mocking his legal moves or how he plays the game does not invalidate his moves, and neither does calling the game stupid or a waste of time makes the game non-existent --the challenge is still there like trying to solve a puzzle and only after putting all of the pieces together can one know if they actually fit, or the pieces don't add up. Killing your opponent in a chess game does not make you a winner of the game either; your opponent's position stands against you forever until defeated governed by the rules of the game. So is the Bible -and wt position for that matter.
  

  In your attempt to understand scripture, you are ignoring everything about scripture except what the WT says. That's why it's a waste of time.
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  How about prayers being used as a talk?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
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  another thread on here made me think of it.. its a personal peeve of mine.. you bow your head in prayer and the brother says thinks like thank you for the lessons we learned today like bla bla bla and for that wonderful point about yadda yadda yadda.

  jehovah we know that etc etc etc therefore we must...well you get the gist.and on and on it goes.

  absolutely drives me mad..

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  Doesn't God know what you need at the moment? Before you ask? Even if you whisper? Even if it's silent? Even if it's in another language? Even if it's in Klingon?

  Hey, my Klingon wedding ceremony needs a prayer, too. "tlhogh. tlhogh, maHvaD qem nuq nItebHa' … DaHjaj."

  I know we should be thankful for the meeting's spiritual food, but isn't God capable of understanding that we are? Isn't his existence on a completely different time scale from our own? So, why do we need to pour our thoughts out in a monologue and require everyone else in the room to silently submit to it? Doesn't God know what's in their hearts too?

  What if they're not thankful? Does God still require lip service and perfunctory silent submission to this big long prayer? Does he want it? Why would he want it?

  What happens if you just break for it and start to leave? Does God come after you, or do the others in the congregation shame you? If it's the latter, isn't that all that happens? Then how is it the former? If it isn't the former, and it's only the latter, then what exactly is it that these people call God?

  What is this prayer but a group ritual to reinforce ideas and feelings in the congregation? Indeed, what is the entire meeting but a group ritual and an exercise in cohesion?

  But if this God is invisible, atemporal, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, then why do his people need such a group cohesion ritual to convince themselves of it?

  If we do this ritual to work out what God did in the past and what he'll do in the future, why did this omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God allow such things to go this way in the Garden of Eden?

  To quote Epicurus: "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
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  Is Satan really the bad guy in story of creation?

  by evilApostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.

  this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.

  i'm agnostic btw.

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  @jwleaks Don't forget the misogyny. Swords, snakes and misogyny. That's really the iron age creation myth in a nutshell.
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  Hi forum

  by A Believer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i proably shouldnt be on here but i feel like saying this.

  i have been for the last couple weeks been studying religion.

  i've learned the only ones who today do what the bible says to is jw.

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  Do you believe the two witness rule should apply to child molestation, believer?
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  Is Satan really the bad guy in story of creation?

  by evilApostate in

  1. watchtower
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  i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.

  this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.

  i'm agnostic btw.

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  @Pete Zahut, this was my question to my wife. Who invented the sword?

  Because if God invented the sword, what does that say?

  The alternative is that he didn't invent it, and this is just a story. Right? Right.
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  Is Satan really the bad guy in story of creation?

  by evilApostate in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.

  this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.

  i'm agnostic btw.

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  https://youtu.be/j-gbOnWj6Mw
  
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  Entertainment: What's everybody reading or into right now?

  by schnell in

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  2. entertainment

  i picked up bernard cornwell's the pagan lord at the library.

  historical fiction set in england after the death of alfred the great.

  i'm loving it, especially the between-the-lines wit and sense of timing in cornwell's writing, and the complete badassery of the protagonist.

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  Ooh, Paulo Coelho. As soon as they make that Alchemist movie, I will be there, because that was a great book. Great audio book narration by Jeremy Irons, as well. Ehhh, so how was Adultery, JRK? :P

  @Darkknight757, I should try Diablo 3. I remember when it came out, it even got a notice in the convention... sort of. "Recently a new game came out that's been in development for years, with people lined up to play it, and the game is called. . . THE DEVIL." Swing and a miss, bruh. Swing and a miss.
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  Why Is YHWH Used Regularly In OT and NEVER in NT?

  by minimus in

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  and if the name jehovah is that important why is it that jesus christ never use that name in a record of scriptures?.

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  @David-Jay, you are the hero of this thread.
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  Addiction and Belief: A comment left for me on YouTube

  by schnell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd just like to share a comment that someone left on my youtube account (which i hesitate to call a channel because i don't upload anything).

  theism is an addiction; try talking someone out of a gambling (thought), or drug (chemical) addiction (both involve dopamine).

  you will find the same pattern of cognitive biases, and circular logic that of a theist.

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  That is an excellent point and they absolutely are, StarTrekAngel. I'll keep a look out for Brainstorm, because neuroscience is one of those subjects that definitely led me away from the cult.