Posts by raymond frantz

Well his mother was the only normal member of the family always complaining about his dad always being out of work and finding a million reasons to be lazy around the house, he had a "great" lazy narcissist example to look up to

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Revelation book

by Gorb in

jw
friends

do you remember the jw.org book of revelation and how many times we had to study it?

in retrospect, all those hours turned out to be for nothing, the explanation of the prophecies is now completely outdated..

raymond frantz

They say that the mark of the beast is symbolic, neuralink or a form of it sounds more accurate

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Revelation book

by Gorb in

jw
friends

do you remember the jw.org book of revelation and how many times we had to study it?

in retrospect, all those hours turned out to be for nothing, the explanation of the prophecies is now completely outdated..

raymond frantz

Thankfully that gave me an incentive to research and get a better understanding of this book says

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Rich Man and Lazarus

by Ding in

i have never understood the watchtower's explanation of the rich man and lazarus story jesus told in luke 16. of course, they don't believe jesus is talking about what happens in an "afterlife" after people die.. but from the watchtower's point of view:.

1. who are the five brothers?.

2. why can't lazarus go witness to them?

raymond frantz

The account speaks of Hades not the Catholic Hell. Hades is the realm of the dead.I don't think Jesus is dismissing the idea here to the contrary this is a silent acceptance that there is life after death something Jehovah's Witnesses erroneously dismiss

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Colossian 1:16 - "all OTHER things"

by aqwsed12345 in

due to their apparent theological bias, the watchtower shamelessly inserts the word "other" in order to "make room" for their own idea that jesus is also a created being.

it is clear that jehovah's witnesses try to avoid having to admit that christ created everything because "the one who constructed all things is god" (hebrews 3:4).

instead, the society teaches that "christ was the only one created by god," and that then he "created everything else with jehovah.

raymond frantz

John 1:1 :"Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος"

If Jesus wad the Almighty there would be an "ὁ" before the word "θεὸς" but there isn't which means that Jesus is just a small god.

You can quote all day long I'm giving you a simplified explanation of all you need to know about this verse.

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Colossian 1:16 - "all OTHER things"

by aqwsed12345 in

due to their apparent theological bias, the watchtower shamelessly inserts the word "other" in order to "make room" for their own idea that jesus is also a created being.

it is clear that jehovah's witnesses try to avoid having to admit that christ created everything because "the one who constructed all things is god" (hebrews 3:4).

instead, the society teaches that "christ was the only one created by god," and that then he "created everything else with jehovah.

raymond frantz

Couldn't agree more Journeyman ....Despite all the centuries of convoluted theorising, the simple fact is that there is no support for the concept of the trinity in scripture from an honest reading of the text, nor from the history of the Jews and first century Christians.

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Colossian 1:16 - "all OTHER things"

by aqwsed12345 in

due to their apparent theological bias, the watchtower shamelessly inserts the word "other" in order to "make room" for their own idea that jesus is also a created being.

it is clear that jehovah's witnesses try to avoid having to admit that christ created everything because "the one who constructed all things is god" (hebrews 3:4).

instead, the society teaches that "christ was the only one created by god," and that then he "created everything else with jehovah.

raymond frantz

You won't find many exjws's especially Greeks to have embraced the Trinity. The word can not be found in the Bible neither it is well defined as other central teachings like the concept of RESSURECTION or GRACE.

I find Trinitarians as obstinate and dogmatic as Jehovah's Witnesses with ZERO knowledge of the history around it. Start with the history, explained to me how such a central doctrine took over 3 centuries to be embraced and 3 different synods and hundreds of thousands if not millions of Christians persecuted for nor believing in it. Good luck trying to convince others here.