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  If Christ was Divine, How Could He Have Been Tempted?

  by leavingwt in

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  how did satan tempt a person who has no wrong desires?.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  It must be clear by now that Jesus is what ever you want him to be. He is limited only by our imagination.

  He can be stretched and twisted. Turned inside out and outside in. Shrunk or expanded. Fly or walk , even on water. Be divine or human, even both at once.

  He can be invisible or visible. God almighty or just God's son. King or priest. The man in sandals or a warrior on a white horse. He can be tempted and beyond temptation all at once.

  He can dish out punishment or gifts. Trick or treat. Miracles are his speciality. He doesnt care whether you call him Lord, Jesus, Jehovah, Christ, God or just plain Michael. What a guy!

  I wish that when I was a kid, I'd had a toy like that. All I had was plasticine.
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  If Christ was Divine, How Could He Have Been Tempted?

  by leavingwt in

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  how did satan tempt a person who has no wrong desires?.

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  AGuest

  What you were trying to say is that Christ was not divine when he was in the form of man. Simple see.

  I get the impression that you are more of a slave to words than a slave of Christ.
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  Why do people profess to be very religious but they do not really live by the bible?

  by asilentone in

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  The same reason that people profess to be married but do not really live by their marriage vows.

  As humans we want it both ways!
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  The Issue is Not that God WANTS Us to Suffer...

  by AGuest in

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  dear ones.

  rather, it is our adversary who says we will do anything... anything... to avoid it.

  a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. even curse god to his face.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  It does appear that the long battle on this thread is approaching an end. Due to my experience in the arena, I know when a fight can never be conclusive, so I bowed out 3 days ago to silently lick my wounds.

  NVL you have put up a brave fight and made many good points.

  AGuest you have provided your usual avalanche of prose. To not add or take away from the bible used to be sacrosanct. We only have a few pages of the words that Jesus is credited with saying. Yet, on this forum you have spewed out enough of your personal views to create several new bibles.

  This has been entertaining but I am left wondering whether such a vocal and complicated personal view of the bible actually does more to make people turn away from the Christian message than listen?

  I am beyond redemption, but if your aim is to convince people that you have a special relationship with Christ Jesus; or that you faith is based on more than guesswork, you may need to re-examine the way in which Jesus is reported to have conducted his ministry.

  Peace to you - a slave of life.
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  Would you call this a double standard on God's part?

  by sabastious in

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  exodus 20: 13 - you shall not murder.. vs. exodus 12: 29 - at midnight the lord struck down all the firstborn in egypt, from the firstborn of pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.. i believe this is a classic case of "do what i say, not as i do.".

  -sab.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  They are just words in a biblica of ancient notes, fairy-tales and assertions.

  Who the hell is this murderous god you refer to? He doesn't hang out in my neighborhood.
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  FlyingHighNow's Nephew's shunning - tragic ending

  by Incognito in

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  flyinghighnow (heather) updated her thread last evening about her nephew's shunning treatment by his own mother.

  this story has now taken a tragic turn and because heather had updated the original thread, it has been buried and has not gotten the recognition it deserves.. the third page of the original thread is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/196991/3/my-lovely-jw-sister-just-said-this-to-her-oldest-son last evenings post is about half way down.. .

  please provide heather some kindness and support that she needs at this time.. .

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  Heather
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  The Intellectual Dishonesty of Pope Benedict XVI

  by leavingwt in

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  the pope is in britain, speaking against atheist extremism.. the leader of the roman catholic church concluded a speech, made before the queen and assembled dignitaries at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, with the argument that the nazi desire to eradicate god had led to the holocaust and a plea for 21st-century britain to respect its christian foundations.

  ...benedict was more explicit in his condemnation of militant atheism, noting that britain had fought the atheistic evil embodied by adolf hitler.. "even in our own lifetime, we can recall how britain and her leaders stood against a nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate god from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the jews, who were thought unfit to live," he said.. .

  a little commentary on the pope's dishonesty.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  It is generally accepted that Hitler was a Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic church never condemned his actions or excommunicated him; whereas Martin Luther was excommunicated for translating the bible into German! Perhaps Hitlers hatred for Jews fitted well with the Roman Catholic belief that Jews were the killer of God and in opposition to their church.

  To equate Atheism with Nazism shows that the Roman Catholic church has misguided views on most things. Others being their misuse of boys, disrespect of women, use of condoms, homosexuality, and the delusion that the Pope has a special hot line to the Christian god.

  The Roman Catholic church has a worse historical record of torture and murder than Hitler and the Nazi party. People who travel in glass pope-mobiles shouldn't throw stones.

  By the way, with humans at a critical point in their existence, needing to make major decisions about fair distribution of resources and prevention of war, among other things, what world altering advice has his god given him to pass on to us?

  His visit to the UK cost our bankrupt country £14,000,000. Money that could have been used to relieve poverty. Would a new chapter updating the ancient bible be too much to ask for? Or is his Holinesses god too busy at the moment?
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  Christians: Do you believe Jesus is the only way?

  by sabastious in

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  i was walking around town and a guy on a bike comes up to and shoves a cardboard bum sign in my face with "jesus is the only way" written in classy sharpy marker.. check out this scripture:.

  john 14: 6 - jesus answered, "i am the way and the truth and the life.

  no one comes to the father except through me.. according to this scripture the guy's sharpy message was correct.. do you believe this message?.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  The dirtiest picture I have of me is about 3 years old, 50 lbs heavier and covered in cow shit...

  That's a lot of weight for a 3 year old!
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  Christians: Do you believe Jesus is the only way?

  by sabastious in

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  i was walking around town and a guy on a bike comes up to and shoves a cardboard bum sign in my face with "jesus is the only way" written in classy sharpy marker.. check out this scripture:.

  john 14: 6 - jesus answered, "i am the way and the truth and the life.

  no one comes to the father except through me.. according to this scripture the guy's sharpy message was correct.. do you believe this message?.

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  PSacramento

  For those that find Jesus while alive, there is a special "life after death" before the "life after the life after death",

  for those that don't accept or are introduced to Jesus while alive there is the hope at resurrection.

  This is more complicated than I realized.

  Is this from a part of the bible that is inspired, or is it a personal revelation?
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  Fridays deserve a laugh: Jesus VS Terminator

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i have seen this before, but it's friday.

  have a laugh at a video about the terminator trinity trilogy:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giifgmypluc.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  This is very amusing but mocking and taking the mickey out of and the such a revered figure, who selflessly came to save the world, is in bad taste.

  A lot of people have great respect for The Terminator!