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  Male Martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens, what can female suicide bombers expect???

  by James Mixon in

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  female martyrs will be chief of 72 virgins the fairest of the women, and plus she will made beautiful , happy and without jealousy .."whoopee" their paradise is worst than jw's paradise..

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  What I want to know is where on earth or heaven are they going to find 72 Virgin maidens ?
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  Why Jehovah witnesses don't say, "Bless you" ?

  by Issa in

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  bless you, that was a big sneeze you let out sister.. sister- ah, what does "bless you" mean?.

  oh, it's pagan.

  because people bless the soul of the person so they don't escape from their physical bodies.. sister- right, it is difficult to change the little things, but we can please jehovah by staying away from those things.. .... this is a scenario that happened when i accidentally (naturally) said "bless you" to the jw sister.

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  Jw`s just HAVE to be different from anyone else .
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  The God of This System Of Things 2 Cor.4:4 is the same God of Rom 13:1-7

  by smiddy3 in

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  aren`t these two scriptures talking about the one and same god ?.

  2 cor.4:4 speaks about the god of this system of things blinding the minds of unbelievers .. this scripture has always been attributed as to applying to satan the devil.

  he is not blinding the minds of believers but unbelievers and i think that is a critical point about 2cor.4:4. rom.13:1-7 states that christians should be in subjection to the superior authorities under the arrangement of god and whoever opposers the authority has taken a stand against god.

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  Aren`t these two scriptures talking about the one and same God ?

  2 Cor.4:4 Speaks about the God of this system of things blinding the minds of unbelievers .

  This scripture has always been attributed as to applying to Satan the Devil

  But is it ?

  He is not blinding the minds of believers but unbelievers and I think that is a critical point about 2Cor.4:4

  Rom.13:1-7 States that Christians should be in subjection to the Superior Authorities under the arrangement of God and whoever opposers the authority has taken a stand against God

  It goes on further to state :13:4' for it ( The superior Authorities) is gods minister to you for your good ,but if you are doing what is bad be in fear for it is not without purpose that it bears the sword for it is Gods minister to you for your good but if you are doing what is bad be in fear of the authority'.

  Doesn`t this scripture show that God Jehovah is the God of this system of things ? and not Satan the devil ?

  And couldn`t the scripture of 2 Cor.4:4 be applied to Jehovah God because he is blinding the minds of unbelievers and not believers.?

  What do you think ?
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  Male Martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens, what can female suicide bombers expect???

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  female martyrs will be chief of 72 virgins the fairest of the women, and plus she will made beautiful , happy and without jealousy .."whoopee" their paradise is worst than jw's paradise..

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  J.M. I liked that ,LOL , Allah could have added they also have sheep in heaven .
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  I wonder if their are any parents of theses children on here now .May 22 1994

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know it could be a sensitive subject however we were all once firm believers and could have very well let one of our loved ones die due to what we once believed.. and not to be judgemental on what we would have done or did do in the past ,i sometime wonder if any of the parents or even one parent of the children of the may 22nd 1994 magazine of "youths who put god first " have now regretted their decision to let their children make this decision on their own.. after all these years i find it hard to believe that not one of them have no regrets to what happened to their child.. i can also accept that it would be extremely hard to admit that you allowed your child to make a decision to die on a belief you instilled in them that you no longer now believe in.

  i think that would be very hard to live with and come to terms with.. if any of you are here my heart goes out to you because you have gone through hell and my thoughts/vibes are with you..

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  Thanks guys for the comments and experiences of what we might have done under the circumstances.

  Eyeuse2badub I have no words to express my sadness here beyond it being so tragic.

  Diogenesister ,This religion has a lot to answer for,thank you for your input.

  Reopened mind:You dodged a bullet here thank you for your candor

  In the 1960`s here in Melbourne Australia when I was a new convert their was a sensational case being played out in the media about a couple ,JW`s who had refused a blood transfusion for their baby who died.

  I heard years later he was Dis-fellowshipped and that their marriage had broken down and I always felt that it was such a sad ending for them for what they had gone through as a couple so many years before.

  I often wonder what became of both of them after all these years.
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  Pale.Emperor Meets A Born Again Christian

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  of all the religions out there one religion that's always filled me with exasperation was the born again christian belief system.

  to make matters worse, the street preachers i see and hear here in liverpool always tend to be crack pot, loud mouths, attention seeking and just plain annoying.. this idea that "im going to heaven, you're going to hell" is enough to make me not want to worship their god even if he did exist.

  but today i met two.

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  There are things you "just know" are wrong isnt there? That was put in there by God. We were made in his image.

  I think i would have said something like :Maybe that`s why their are so many wars on this earth ,the God of the Bible was constantly instructing the Israelites to exterminate this nation or that Nation ,man woman and child mind you, when he wasn`t destroying all life on earth except for a few species in the flood.

  The God of the Bible is guilty of killing or having sanctioned the killing of more millions of people either directly or indirectly than Satan has ever been guilty of I think his last count was about 10 individuals.
  
  
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  I wonder if their are any parents of theses children on here now .May 22 1994

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know it could be a sensitive subject however we were all once firm believers and could have very well let one of our loved ones die due to what we once believed.. and not to be judgemental on what we would have done or did do in the past ,i sometime wonder if any of the parents or even one parent of the children of the may 22nd 1994 magazine of "youths who put god first " have now regretted their decision to let their children make this decision on their own.. after all these years i find it hard to believe that not one of them have no regrets to what happened to their child.. i can also accept that it would be extremely hard to admit that you allowed your child to make a decision to die on a belief you instilled in them that you no longer now believe in.

  i think that would be very hard to live with and come to terms with.. if any of you are here my heart goes out to you because you have gone through hell and my thoughts/vibes are with you..

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  I know it could be a sensitive subject however we were all once firm believers and could have very well let one of our loved ones die due to what we once believed.

  And not to be Judgemental on what we would have done or did do in the past ,I sometime wonder if any of the parents or even one parent of the children of the May 22nd 1994 magazine of "Youths Who Put God First " have now regretted their decision to let their children make this decision on their own.

  After all these years I find it hard to believe that not one of them have no regrets to what happened to their child.

  I can also accept that it would be extremely hard to admit that you allowed your child to make a decision to die on a belief you instilled in them that you no longer now believe in

  I think that would be very hard to live with and come to terms with.

  If any of you are here my heart goes out to you because you have gone through hell and my thoughts/vibes are with you.
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  Radio Ministers explain Satan's actions

  by days of future passed in

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  2. humour

  as i was driving home last night, i happened onto a radio station that had two "ministers" answering questions from the listeners.. they were just as clever as the wt in twisting explanations.

  i had to laugh as well as shake my head over the manipulation of the scriptures.

  the last question was, why does satan attack god's holy city after he is let loose at the end of the 1,000 years.

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  It`s not enough that humans have gone through thousands, 6 at least of human suffering disease ,pain and death ,that after another thousand years of Jesus Christ rule they would be put through it all again when Satan is let out of his prison to wreak havoc again on humans on earth.

  God Jehovah doesn`t sound like a loving father to me what about you

  Why is Satan even given a say in anything here ? Why is he given so much power and authority in the first place ?

  If you believe the Bible Satan is still running around free doing whatever he wants to and not suffering anything ,

  from the outset he could still flik between Heaven and Earth according to Job and was able to amass many followers according to the book of revelation.

  Whereas

  Humans, the victims of Satan have suffered sickness ,disease, death for thousands of years ,where is the justice in that ?
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  Scientology opens up H.Q. in UK

  by The Fall Guy in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41697303.

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  What`s your point Fall Guy ? without you making a comment ?

  Cults have the right to exist anywhere they like in western society ?

  They certainly don`t have that freedom to exist in certain other political/religious Society`s.

  Lets hear it.
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  New World Translation Vs. Kingdom Interlinear Translation ... your thoughts

  by Ianone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  8: 58 footnote 1985 ed kit blue (01).

  8: 58 footnote 1969 ed kit purple (02).

  jesus, himself tells us just how important it is.

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  I was thinking along the lines of word for word translations of the scriptures and how they may influence our beliefs or non belief and not rely on religious interpretations into modern English by translators who may have their own agenda.

  I was also thinking of the Old Testament as well as the New Testament in word for word Translations.

  And then I came upon this post.

  I was surprised to learn in this post that their were two versions of the "Kingdom Interlinear Of The Christian Greek Scriptures " published by the WTB&TS I never knew that.

  I hope their are some knowledgeable people out their who can throw more light on this post after 13 years since it was first posted .