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  Why doesn't the Holy Spirit know the day and hour of Jesus return?

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  everytime you talk about the trinity to born-again christians and bring up the verse where it says of the day and hour only the father knows they will immediately say jesus was in his "human nature" that is why he does not know.

  but my question is why don't the holy spirit know the day and hour?

  is the holy spirit in human nature as well?

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  Stephanus

  I have yet to have a trinitarian answer me on this.

  Here's one: Demarcation.
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  What I Learned at the at the 2 Day Assembly...

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1- "jehovah does not want us to be rich".

  other religions teach that god helps us to become prosperous.

  jehovah does not do that.

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  Stephanus

  But becca1 is from the US and so I assume the assembly was in the US. No I vote for a singularly dense CO or DO.

  I suppose if he watched a lot of 60s TV where every laboratory is filled with flasks of bubbling coloured liquids, he might think "scientist" and "chemist" are interchangable terms.
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  What I Learned at the at the 2 Day Assembly...

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1- "jehovah does not want us to be rich".

  other religions teach that god helps us to become prosperous.

  jehovah does not do that.

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  Stephanus

  No chemists and no teachers............I wonder what the "rationale" was behind that. I can imagine the guy is a dolt and has no idea how much chemistry is behind the daily items and processes he uses every day. As to no teachers, are children going to be born being able to read and write and to math? Are the resurrected people all coming back with those skills? Or is this going to be a home-schooled paradise?

  And I had JWs saying that there would be gasoline in the new system....I wonder who is going to know how to process it if there are no chemists?

  In Australia (and I think Britain and NZ) a Chemist is a Pharmacist (it can also refer to a scientist in the field of chemistry)

  Maybe he's making a point about "no sickness in the New Order"?
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  What I Learned at the at the 2 Day Assembly...

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1- "jehovah does not want us to be rich".

  other religions teach that god helps us to become prosperous.

  jehovah does not do that.

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  Stephanus

  The DO said he was told this by fellow DO's at a DO meeting.

  All I can see is a bunch of Dodos. Dododododododo

  Damn, MrsJones! You beat me to it - I was going to say something like DO DO DO DEE-YO
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  anyone in Brisbane, AU?

  by Calliope in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  please let me know.. .

  thanks muchly.. happy new year.. .

  and peace,.

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  Stephanus

  i have a friend stranded in Brisbane

  Sounds rather dire!
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  What I Learned at the at the 2 Day Assembly...

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1- "jehovah does not want us to be rich".

  other religions teach that god helps us to become prosperous.

  jehovah does not do that.

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  Stephanus

  3- We do not contribute enough to the World Wide Work. Example: If you are going to put something in the contribution box and you look in your wallet and have a five dollar bill and a twenty dollar bill, what will you do? You may think the twenty is a fortune and put in the five. Then you go to Wallmart and see a new DVD for 18.95 and you pull out that twenty and purchase the DVD. "But we are not milking you for money". The DO

  JW mental note to self: Have only $5 bills in wallet for assembly attendance.
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  What I Learned at the at the 2 Day Assembly...

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1- "jehovah does not want us to be rich".

  other religions teach that god helps us to become prosperous.

  jehovah does not do that.

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  Stephanus

  1- "Jehovah does not want us to be rich". Other religions teach that God helps us to become prosperous. Jehovah does not do that. The CO

  For a cult so hung up on Old versus New Testament scripture, it's surprising they'd conclude that - hasn't he read Proverbs?
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  What do women REALLY want?

  by Abandoned in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ok, i've heard it all: sincerity, honesty, security, money, love, romance, flowers, poems, promises, and more.

  but, in my arguably limited experience, i've been shot down while doing all of these (at differnt times obviously).

  so, what do women really want?

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  Stephanus

  A man who is good with his tongue is essential.

  "Well spoken"?
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  What do women REALLY want?

  by Abandoned in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ok, i've heard it all: sincerity, honesty, security, money, love, romance, flowers, poems, promises, and more.

  but, in my arguably limited experience, i've been shot down while doing all of these (at differnt times obviously).

  so, what do women really want?

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  Stephanus

  I think I've done enough people-pleasing with the jw so from now on, i'm doing what I like and if someone wants to tag along for the ride, maybe we'll hook up.

  Here's a tip: if "doing what you like" involves model trains or Star Trek conventions, don't expect too many women to "tag along".
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  anyone in Brisbane, AU?

  by Calliope in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  please let me know.. .

  thanks muchly.. happy new year.. .

  and peace,.

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  Stephanus

  Hippikon and Syn both live in Brisbane - do I win anything?