according to this, jesus is not just the mediator of the 144,000 -- he's the mediator of mankind!!
and apparently "dear jesus" prayers are okay!
the watch tower says i can say, "dear jesus, you are my mediator as you are for all mankind..." "the bible clearly says that jesus christ is mankind's redeemer, so he is mankind's mediator.
But there is a more recent quote that specifically states that Jesus is not the mediator for all mankind, correct?
If so, wouldn't this be a more impressive bit of new vs. old light? Especially considering that htey "realized" the seperate classes (annointed vs. other sheep) in 1935?
from awake!, january 22, 2004, pages 19-23.. "why i believe the bible - a nuclear scientist tells his story".
read how a nuclear physicist reconciled his knowledge of science with his belief in the bible.. -- page 19. .
why i believe the bible.
Am I the only one who caught this:
I was ordained as a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses
Unless a lot has changed, this is a rather strange thing for a witness to say...
Perhaps this particular "Nuclear Scientist" has decided to use a pseudonym to protect his true identity of "Homer J. Simpson".
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well my weekly bible study is coming up this week and i am being blessed with the cuircut servant and his wife.i was told last week to save all my questions for them,(beacause of my difficulty with believing in 1914).
does anyone have a question that they would like me to ask.. .
"Have you been visiting Apostate Internet Sites? "
you'll have to ask them to prove that the Internet is explicitly forbidden in scripture, and have them prove what an "apostate" is...
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well my weekly bible study is coming up this week and i am being blessed with the cuircut servant and his wife.i was told last week to save all my questions for them,(beacause of my difficulty with believing in 1914).
does anyone have a question that they would like me to ask.. .
There are so many questions you can ask them... but you have to be prepared with your reply for thier answer...they do seem to have an answer for everything...
As for 1914, ask them:
1. how they arrived at that date for Christ's return.
2. Was it the original date for Christ's return?
3. Has the teaching(s) regaurding what would happen upon Christ's return ever changed?
4. If the WTBS is led by "Holy Spirit", why do certain teachings need updating? (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, the return of the saints in 1925, etc...)
5. Would the Studies In Scriptures be a good set of books to own/study? After all, this is what the Organization believed/preached up until 1916.
6. has the Organization ever updated text in existing publications in order to hide/change an existing teaching?
i bought my copy yesterday.
i liked the movie in theater, cant wait till the weekend to pop it into the dvd player.
i like scary movies, missed out on a lot of them while in the borg.
I just watched American Psycho 2... very funny movie....
i bought my copy yesterday.
i liked the movie in theater, cant wait till the weekend to pop it into the dvd player.
i like scary movies, missed out on a lot of them while in the borg.
Hated 28 days later.. probably because I went into it with way too many expectations based on the hype...
Blair Witch... Absolutely one of the best, most original creations I ahve seen in a long time... but it only "works" the first time you see it, and only if you know nothing about it...it just doesnt work the 2nd time thru... much like "Signs".
Freddy vs. Jason... a great flick, even more so if you are a fan of those 2 series... I like the fact that there was a bit more background to both Freddy and Jason... Hell, I even liked Jason X.
"Why won't you die?!!?"
Best one I have seen recently at the theaters has to be a tie between the remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Rob Zombies "House of a thousand corpses"... While not particularly scary, I liked the obvious homage to the genre itself.
Another surprisingly good one is "Wrong Turn"...
I like scary movies... but Scary Movie 3 really bit... trying to be way too obvious in its spoofs...
I'm not a proffesional movie critic, but I did stay at a holiday inn express once...
the following is from the official jw media site.
http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm
conscience.
It's not a lie, it's "Marketing Spin"... Just like the 0 percent financing at car dealerships (for "well qualified" buyers)...
After all, it is primarily a book publishing and distrabution company.
on a recent thread about the year of the destruction of jerusalem, i learned from "scholar" about rolf furuli.. i looked up his name in google, and came with a few interesting links.
all i can say is that i am glad there aren't too many witnesses going to universities, especially those claiming to be researchers.
first they must take their blinds off.. a review of rolf furuli's book "the role of theology and bias in bible translation".
scholar,
You make many assertions without any proof to back them up.
For starters, Jonnson's "bias"... prove that his research was biased against the WTBS chronology... More importantly, prove where his puported bias had an affect on the results of his research. Prove that he intentionally ignored evidence that would have supported the WTBS chronology. Remember, just because the result of the research inevitibly proves something wrong, does not mean that the researcher was biased against that something.
Also, remember, that ignoring the WTBS research is required for it to be unbiased. If the WTBS chronology was correct and founded in "abundant secular evidence", then Jonnson's research would have presented that case as well.
(for the record, my recollection of Jonnson's GTR preface was that he was in fact trying to prove the WTBS Chronology correct, and found that the wieght of secular evidence proved it wrong.)
You continually call Jonnson's work a "hypothises", this is incorrect. Jonnson's work is a "proof" of a hypothesis. Surely you can see the difference. Furthermore, it is up to the reader to determine wether or not Jonnson's proof is accurate. Since you are so adamant that Jonnson's work is incorrect, perhaps you can show some bit of evidence to that affect?
Have a pleasant day.
i know that this has been talked about already under a different context, but i had another question about it.... .
the december 15 wt claims that genesis 6:3 started a 120 year countdown to the flood.
our watchfulness takes on greater urgency .
Yahweh said, 'My spirit cannot be indefinitely responsible for human beings..."
ok, so I thought yahweh was omnipotent, and here he states he "cannot" do somehting? or is it he will not? Or that he no longer wants the responsibility?
Talk about a "deadbeat dad"....
during my eight month long study with "elder bob" (moms husband) we have batted around many subjects to say the least.
but the one that really stands out is the dreaded date of 607 bc.
im sorry i just will not let up with this date, and him having to prove it can stand.
simwitnessI challenge you to provide secular and biblical evidence for 586 or 587 and I do not want round about computation but direct evidence for either of those years marking in your opinion the Fall of Jerusalem.
firstly, I would ask you to pre-define exactly what you mean by "direct evidence", since any evidence I would provide would most likely not meet your loaded definition. If no "direct evidence" exists, where does the weight of the "abundant secular evidence" point?
Secondly, Plenty of evidence, both secular and biblical, has been presented to you regaurding these dates.
You have seen this evidence because you have participated in several recent threads regaurding them.
Do you need assistance with these links, or can you find the threads on your own?
I will not play this game with you... you were challenged to back up your statements about 607 and failed, even you realize that at this point with your other recent post. My challenge is easy, since the evidence has already been posted time and time again.
Have a pleasant day.
