No one else in the festive mood , Bah Humbug .
Jan
i don't think that it is too early to wish everyone a merry christmas and invite you all to join with me in sending festive greetings to everyone .
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jan .
No one else in the festive mood , Bah Humbug .
Jan
blondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
I don't think that l am the Jan H referred to as l doubt that l would be missed by anyone but l do drop in now and again .
Jan
i don't think that it is too early to wish everyone a merry christmas and invite you all to join with me in sending festive greetings to everyone .
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jan .
I don't think that it is too early to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and invite you all to join with me in sending festive greetings to everyone .
Jan
as spock would say " fascinating".. with 2020 being such a terrible year.
are people of the christian faith going to look at this as a sign of god, to give them hope and renew their faith?
coincidence?
No , l ( a lifelong Anglican ) for one am not looking at this as a sign or to renew my faith .
Yes the JWs are correct that Dec 25th isn't Jesus actual birthday and there is no mention of how many wise men there were and they probably didn't arrive until at least 2 years after the event . Some Anglican churches don't put the wise men into the nativity scene until after Christmas .
What the Watchtower doesn't mention is the significance of the gifts , Gold for kingship Frankincense for deity . Myrrh for death .
A few ideas have been floated as to the star including the suggestion that it may have been a comet . People who know much more about astronomy than l do have produced what l believe are some credible theories about this .
Jan
this sunday's watchtower:.
1.study every weekdevote the needed time and effort to study regularlyif possible, study twice a week2.prepare for each study sessionread the lesson beforehandhighlight key words or phrases that answer each study questionthink of how the material applies to them3.communicate with jehovah every daylisten to jehovah by reading the bible dailythink of what the bible is teaching about jehovahspeak to jehovah by praying each day4.develop a personal relationship with jehovahsee jehovah as a real personappreciate jehovah’s beautiful qualities and personalitylearn to love jehovah from the heart5.attend congregation meetingsaccept this as part of the bible study programsee the benefits they can receive by attending the meetingsmeet others whose good example they can imitate.
vs. bible:.
The word Jehovah does not appear in the original Greek New Testament , it is mostly the word" Lord ". Jehovah was added to the JW bible by them to back up their teaching that Jesus is an angel by separating Jesus and God . So Carla's point is very valid . The real translation is " everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved " as she says. That is ONE of the reasons for Trinitarians belief in the teaching that Jesus is God made man . The NT constantly refers to both Jesus and God as Lord .
Jan
i've been out of the loop for a while so some things have passed me by.
so i'm curious how jw's are affected by the covid virus.
are they still preaching or having meetings etc?.
Thank you millie210 and Diogenesister .
Jan
as the left burns loots and murders in philly the press or liberal press is doing a black out.
all over a good shooting.
the guy had a knife and refused to put it down.
A" good shoot " , am l the only Brit bemused by that ?
Jan
i've been out of the loop for a while so some things have passed me by.
so i'm curious how jw's are affected by the covid virus.
are they still preaching or having meetings etc?.
Are they actively pushing Covid as a sign that the End is Near ( again ) ?
Jan
naughty, naughty little children - going to beaches on a sunny day.. "health secretary matt hancock has "made clear we do have the powers to go back in and act"".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53190209.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5apyxku-u.
Thank you for your reply . l don't agree with all of your points but l appreciate that you clarified the ' hoax ' thinking for me .
Jan
naughty, naughty little children - going to beaches on a sunny day.. "health secretary matt hancock has "made clear we do have the powers to go back in and act"".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53190209.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5apyxku-u.
l see that l got a dislike , but no one has answered the question " how is this a hoax ? " Is EVERY government and even The World Health Organisation in cahoots lying to us ? That is one mother of a conspiracy .
Jan