Posts by NeverKnew

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What on earth is going on with this woman's hair?

by JeffT in

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this ad popped up a minute ago.

i have to wonder if going out in public on a bad hair days is a crime in her town.

maybe it should be.

NeverKnew

She just left an Amy Winehouse look-a-like contest.

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My mother wants to see my kids

by mrsjones5 in

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i decided to call my mother more often at the request of my brother (the parental units have been driving him crazy and my calling more hopefully will decrease the craziness my brother has had to deal with).

so i called her last tuesday and the first thing that pops out of her mouth is she recovering from a weekend of babysitting her "substitute grandchildren" (her exact words and actually my nonjw cousin's children) since she doesn't get to see her own grandchildren.. wonderful .

there are reasons why i don't take my children to my mother's house.

NeverKnew

It sounds like all the judgement made it such that your parents have missed the lives of their grandchildren.

doesn't make any sense.

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The Bible - Which books get to stay or go decided my men - cut & paste old school

by HarryMac in

western traditioneastern orthodox traditionoriental orthodox traditionassyrian eastern traditionbooksprotestant.

[o 1]roman catholicgreek orthodoxslavonic orthodoxgeorgian orthodoxarmenian apostolic.

(part of 4 esdras)no.

NeverKnew

I'm a little late coming to this conversation - didn't notice it but I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Lets not get things twisted here. The NWT wasn't translated leveraging anything of ancient origin. Even if the adherents are given that fakeout story of the translation committee choosing to remain unnamed, the writers of the NWT told the rest of the world not only who translated but what they knew of ancient languages during the Scotland trial. That book they wrote is just a remix of a Bible written in English with a little bias strewn about.

Now on to my opinion:

I'll grant you that in thousands of years there HAVE been opinions introduced into that which some of us now accept as our guide. Oh well... Suck it up. There were many re-writes and sincere attempts have been made to reconcile discrepancies and sometimes decisions had to be made that may have discredited other manuscripts. Oh well... suck that up too. Guess what?... Same goes for the inclusion of the books. Read 'em. Food for thought darn it.

As a believer, I'll also make the appalling statement that with that knowledge, anyone who believes that one must accept ONLY the literal interpretation of every story in the Bible isn't using sound judgement. Yep, I said it. Suck it up.

Can I tell you which version is most accurate? Absolutely not. No man today has enough information to make that determination. It is said that the devil is in the details anyways... :) Read as many translations as you can get your hands on and remain neutral realizing that there may still be a piece that is unknown to you. Here, I will honestly admit that until I looked into the background of the NWT, in ignorance, I may have included it in my verse comparisons but now I won't even call it a Bible.

We are told that early Christians had a heavenly hope. They didn't even have a compiled New Testament for crying out loud so I have to ask, did the detail matter? I suspect not.

Have you ever thought how this famous statement of Jesus: “NO MAN HAS ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN BUT HE THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, EVEN THE SON OF MAN WHICH IS IN HEAVEN”? (John 3:13)

Not all versions read that way. As an fyi, the WTS KI seems to leave off the "in heaven" part.

HarryMac: Love your chart. :)

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Crazy! I'm related to a TERRORIST!!

by ThisFellowCheap in

so, mum called this this afternoon and asked if i had heard of the london terror attacks, i replied that i know of it.. then she asked, don't you recognise him?".

so i answered, "no".. mum: don't you recognise tobi?.

mum: tobi, aunty juliet's son.

NeverKnew

wow.... just wow.

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Will Jehovah's Witnesses ever follow the lead of Roman Catholics in New York and encourage members to report child sex abuse to police?

by Sol Reform in

and will they copy catholics by banning all child molesters from serving in kingdom halls?.

a spokesman for dolan (cardinal timothy dolan, head of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops ) said in an e-mail that the archdiocese of new york has had a policy for years that encourages those with allegations of abuse to report them to civil authorities, and that here are no known abusers serving in the dioceses.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/208528911.html.

NeverKnew

I completely agree with Vidiot on this one.

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Why Do Christians today need a "governing body" of elders to be their spiritual "teacher"?

by I_love_Jeff in

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...........and to provide direction for their lives?.

since the bible reports that jehovah led first-century christians individually through instruction directly from the holy spirit, with no accountability to a "governing body" in jerusalem, why do christians today need a "governing body" of elders?.

here are some examples of non governing body activitiy:.

NeverKnew

Are you a non-JW? Act stupid like I do....

Ask him what you should do with the New Light in the New Testament:

1 John 2:27 " But the anointing that you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in Him."

Let me know his thoughts.

If he has time to address another question of mine, ask him about James 3:1 - the verse that tells us that not many of us should be teachers... since that's the case, why are ALL JWs required to knock on doors? If he says that's how to serve ask him when the other service roles were thrown out that were presented in Romans 12:4-8.

Don't ask it like I posed. I'm annoyed tonight - can you tell?

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