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.. .
"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.
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".
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.
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.
So they are baptizing babies now? That is the only way that a 6 month old would be bound by God's law.
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.
"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?
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.. .
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.
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.
Can anyone explain God's wisdom in anything?
Wisdom would be self evident and not need any explaining.
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).
" 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".
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.
"the organization is moving rapidly and we need to keep up"
Like water going down a drain rapidly, or rather a toilet.
i was thinking today about how i no longer have to fear the attack of satan against the jws.
i used to fear being rounded up and beaten by mobs.
seeing my family tortured.
@Band of the Run - I'd take an AK47 and blow everyone away.
That's what I didn't like about the stories in Nazi Germany. They say they were peaceful and didn't hurt the guards. I'm not impressed. I'd be impressed if they blew away Nazis. The Swaztika is good for target practice.
if a witness tells you that jesus commanded you to go to the memorial, how would you respond?.
The bread was a symbol of his body and the wine of his blood.
But he said to keep doing that in remembrance of him. But we never knew him. We only read stories of him.
The way to keep remembering someone whom we read stories of, is to reread the stories.
It made sense for those back then, but not for us today.
