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Why bring God when you can do it yourself?
by elbib in
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when under temptation, one can easily deflate it by simply changing his thoughts and choosing his associations wisely.

(philippians 4:8, 9; 1 corinthians 15:33) then why did jesus teach us to pray to god: “lead us not into temptation”?

(mathew 6:13) .
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Common mistake of almost all religions
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common mistake of almost all religions is that they presented religious founders with superhuman abilities.

they thought people would care for one another if someone with superhuman abilities told them to be good.

this has been proved wrong repeatedly because people would feel ‘he can say whatever he feels like, he is superhuman whereas we are puny human beings.’ it is like gold trying to inspire iron saying: ‘look at me, and learn from me: i never rust out.’ on the contrary, if an iron piece remains intact, this can inspire other iron pieces..
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Writing Department stumbled over Lord’s prayer!?
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thoughtlessness of jw writing committee can be seen in building their “great” teaching of universal issue.

they took lord’s prayer as the basis for this teaching.

they thought god’s sovereignty was challenged by satan, thus his name was tarnished, hence jesus taught his name to be to “be sanctified.”—mathew 6:9..
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I was disfellowshipped because of Satan
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during co visit, i took him for a bible study i was conducting.

during the session, the householder said he believed satan was not a person, but personification of evil within us.

i left co to handle householder’s doubt.
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True God would not seek praise nor worship from us
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when asked: “why there is so much of suffering here if god exists?” buddha responded with silence because he knew the following:.

1) even though living in heaven, anyone can live as though he lives in hell and vice versa which means how a person thinks is the key.

experience show that whatever a person does with 100% involvement (totality = beauty), it is like he lives in heaven.
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According to the Bible, GB is committing an unforgivable sin
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“the soul that does something deliberately [footnote says “with uplifted hand”] whether he is native or an alien resident, he speaking abusively of jehovah’s word, in that case that soul should be cut off from among his people.” (numbers 15:30).

according to this verse, acting with “high-handedness” and “speaking abusively of jehovah’s word” constitute disfellowshipping offence.

1) “high-handedness” is something that jws themselves silently experience from jb, hence require no witness or proof.
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How much do you think GB enjoy their lives?
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many who have watched the gb know that they seem to be desperate to be admired, to be looked up to…….

now the question arises—do they really enjoy their lives?

does their superiority complex make them feel good?.
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Two types of religions
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one is religion of terror (in its gross and subtle sense) which can be identified by their divisiveness which is actually violence.

all those religions which divide people into chosen ones and pagans come under this category.

those who teach eternal destruction or eternal hell for those who do not support a certain belief-system also depend upon terrorizing people.
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Evolution of theology
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when jerusalem was captured and its temple was burned by pagan king in 586 bce (or 607?

), it was a theological crisis for the jews.

then a concept of messiah (king-priest) who will restore everything was evolved.
Instantly reinstated!
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when fr.

tom for next day’s special dinner with pope and asked fr.

now, please sit for confession.” and pope had his confession with this instantly-reinstated priest fr.