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  10 good reasons why celebrating birthdays should be allowed

  by bluecanary in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i cannot take credit for any of the gems below but i did want to polish and organize them.

  much of the information was borrowed from this thread.

  if you can come up with any more, please post them.. the bible does not ban birthdays.

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  I don't understand why people celebrate them. What's the point? What is the accomplishment?

  You survived another year?
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  Why did Jesus tell the convict on the cross next to his, that he would be joining him in Heaven TODAY??

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  maybe a silly question, but i'm curious about this part of the story of christ's crucifixion, when the 1 thief challenges jesus to save himself and "us too" from their deaths, but the 2nd thief rebukes him and pleads with jesus... .

  luke 23:42-43: and he said unto jesus, lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

  and jesus said unto him, verily i say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.. .

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  No, Jesus was just dead when he expired. Nothing to do with reading a Watchtower or punctuation.
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  Why did Jesus tell the convict on the cross next to his, that he would be joining him in Heaven TODAY??

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  maybe a silly question, but i'm curious about this part of the story of christ's crucifixion, when the 1 thief challenges jesus to save himself and "us too" from their deaths, but the 2nd thief rebukes him and pleads with jesus... .

  luke 23:42-43: and he said unto jesus, lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

  and jesus said unto him, verily i say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.. .

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  "Since Jesus took this guy with him to heaven immediately, would he be considered "annointed" and qualified to sit as a judge with Christ, even though he was a criminal who "deserved" the death penalty?"

  I missed this part of the OPs comment. Jesus did not go to heaven immediately. He was dead. If he went to heaven immediately, then why was he resurrected on Sunday?

  If people would even think, they would understand things.
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  How many here (believers) believe in the Hell fire doctrine and why??

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's obvious the bible is very clear on a actual hell of fire.

  "cursed into the eternal fire with the devil and his angels", rev.20:15.

  "lake of fire", rev.21:8 "fire and brimstone".

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  Jam posted scriptures, but they are not of hell. The lake of fire is not hell since hell gets thrown into the lake of fire.

  Basing one's beliefs off of scripture is bad.

  Why do people focus on Hitler? did he acturally kill anyone? throw anyone into a furnace? He just gave orders. People could have ignored them or shot Hitler.
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  Blood transfusion refused by parents of a 6 month old!!

  by outforever in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this was in the paper wednesday - in south africa - durban.

  which is quite surprising as our papers usually do not carry stories like this.. this is a prem baby - now 6 months.

  the dr's had to obtain a high court order to allow the procedure.. the baby had to have a blood transfusion as it could not absorb the mother's milk and supplements cannot be used because of his tiny body.. the parents refused to give their consent and was on life support so the dr submitted to the court that this was an infringement on the.

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  So they are baptizing babies now? That is the only way that a 6 month old would be bound by God's law.
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  Movie coming out for Easter 2014 release: "Heaven Is For Real"

  by adamah in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  with a release date of easter 2014, coming soon to a theatre near you: hollywood (tristar pictures) is capitalizing on the near-death-experience theme with a movie starring greg kinnear.

  here's a hd trailer:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih8hmfinsbg.

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  "What more evidence do you need?"

  Evidence that it happens to everyone and not to just relatives of people.

  The problem I have with this is: People died in the hospital and are brought back. They report that they see themselves and/or family. How can they see? They are lying on a table. Oh, it's their spirit. How can spirits see? Do they have retinas that absorb the visible light spectrum, and then that light gets converted to electrical signals to get transferred to a processing center and then those pictures are compared to memories. Do spirits have memories? Where are they stored?

  Why is it always seeing or communicating with relatives? Why hasn't anyone seen Elvis or Abe Lincoln or others in history?

  How can this kid report that he saw his grandfather at a young age when he would not know what he looks like?

  How could Colton explains how he saw Mary, Samson, Peter, John, etc in Heaven, when he does not know what they look like?
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  Why did Jesus tell the convict on the cross next to his, that he would be joining him in Heaven TODAY??

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  maybe a silly question, but i'm curious about this part of the story of christ's crucifixion, when the 1 thief challenges jesus to save himself and "us too" from their deaths, but the 2nd thief rebukes him and pleads with jesus... .

  luke 23:42-43: and he said unto jesus, lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

  and jesus said unto him, verily i say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.. .

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  Jesus was dead for the rest of that day, then Saturday, until Sunday morning. Jesus was not in any paradise.

  Thus he could not tell anyone "today you will be with me in paradise"

  KJV and its derivitives mess it up.

  Villagegirl, what is your point?

  Jesus was dead later that day. Why do people bank on words? As if words mean something.
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  Please explain God's wisdom in Judges19;22-30

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the just of the account, two people enter a city and can not .

  find lodging.

  an old man invite them to stay with him (levite).. this is so weird, all the men of the city come to have sex with.

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  Can anyone explain God's wisdom in anything?

  Wisdom would be self evident and not need any explaining.
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  136th Gilead Class Graduates-JW.Org

  by Brother Mike in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just found this video they released on their official website.

  sorry if this was already posted.

  (if not i thought some might have some thoughts about it).

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  " 25 years a JW and I always used to look at the gilead photo and article annually in the magazines when bored on a Sunday morning."

  I would always look at the picture and the cute chicks and think "Rats, they are all married".
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  Circuit Overseer says the Theocretic Ministry School may become a thing of the past

  by Brother Mike in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my congregation was in charge of host week where the d.o.

  spend the week with a congregation the week before an assembly.

  didn't show up because he was "sick" so the c.o.

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  "the organization is moving rapidly and we need to keep up"

  Like water going down a drain rapidly, or rather a toilet.