Posts by villagegirl

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

smartwater - Christ's "brothers" or sisters are:

whoever he wants them to be.

The WT doesn't get to tell Jesus what to do.

Read the Bible; Jesus said he would

dwell within his followers , sounds weird to you right ?

He also said he would be with them, be as a friend,

and he did not give a list of various classes.

Those who hear the word of God are not listening

to the Watchtower. Because, if God was with the

Watchtower they would not keep making predictions

that never come true, Example: 1925

(where are the "Prophets of Old' that Millions Now Living

Will Never Die said would be resurrected

in 1925? ) When a "prophet" prophesied,

( predicted an event as God's representive)

and it does NOT come true, that means he is a False Prophet.

Dueteronomy 18:22 The WT and governing body are False Prophets.

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

Tater-T I USED to know everything, then I woke up one day

and realized everything I had believed was WRONG and my

parents were dead, and it was too late to tell them I was sorry.

Sorry for all Christmases I missed, from my "conversion as jw"

until after their death. They had spent so much time and care

trying to make the most wonderful Christmases any child

could imagine. I see the "know-it-all' attitude here a lot.

So I guess I am a fairly standard know-it-all in this company.

Its from years of going house to house thinking we "had the truth"

and everybody else didn't. Too much fighting goes on here and too

much trying to put the other person down and too much

one-upmanship. You also see "martyrs" here and deliberate attacks

covered by some facade of "sweetness". I have had a computer since

1982 and I have a brand new 27" iMac and Adobe CS6

and that is what I do on a computer; Illustrator, Photoshop,

InDesign, using a WACOM tablet. I do graphic art and photography

and print out on an Epson 3880 pigment printer.

I never ever joined a "forum" before this one. It seems very jumbled

and disjointed but may be thats the norm ??

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Our bodies can change our mind

by jgnat in

here's an article i was inspired to track down.. http://beta.in-mind.org/issue-9/embodied-persuasion-how-body-can-change-our-mind.

i know from other reading that we can lift our mood simply by smiling.

i got to thinking of the steady cues for conformity that new book studies are fed, to get them used to the uniformity to come.

villagegirl

Jgnat - I smiled at you and you came after me with

anger and meaness. You said I was shunning you and

I invited you to email me, told you I accepted the fact

you are a Christian, then you got mad me.

jgnat - My comments about you being a moderator and

not ever having been a witnesses, you met by saying

your "hubby" was a witness and you have been to meetings,

and therfore "understand" You don't. Its OK, but you don't.

I can't explain to you how this is just NOT the same thing.

You believe in the Nicene Creed and think this is something

that will appeal to sincere believers trying to get out of the WT?

We would would have to write you a book to explain why

this creed is off-putting as a starter. So SMILE , I am.

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

LouBelle - You follow YOURSELF ???

Well; this explains why you have been going in circles.

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

and mP - If you don't stop bashing Jesus I am

coming over to your house and I am going to beat

you to death with a Bible

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

jgnat - I was making a Beowulf reference

to content not time period

jgnat - some of us had to actually

READ Beowulf in Old English

Going to Google and entering the word Beowulf,

or internet searching Plato, may impress your "hubby"

but its not real understanding, except is this virtual

flash-world of quick references that impress - who?

?Of course you remember Beowulf?

goes like this : Swa sceal geong guma gode

gewyrcean fromum feohgiftrum on faeder bearme,

paet hine on yilde eft gewunigen wilgesipas

bonne wig cime leode gelaesten.

Lofdaedum sceal in maegpa gehwaere man gepeon.

Well you know the story, read it to your "hubby"

in the Old English, which should be a snap

for an intellectual genius such as yourself.

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

parakeet - hahahaahaha sqauble sqauble sqauble

geez I spends 8 years getin' two damn degrees and

get no respect around this place, and I am poor to boot

love the internet for tidy answers though

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

jgnat I just saw your post - I am not shunning you -

I PM you a while back didn't I?

If you want my personal email PM me.

I come from a different place because I was

a child converted ( 14 year old ) and for 30 years

I made choices, believed and lived

the watchtower.

I know you have the best of intentions as a Christian.

You have a Pastor belong to a church family, subscribe

to the Nicene Creed. This is your path. I have evangelical

cousins and relatives who believe the same.

I have been to church with them. My beliefs

are not standard issue, or mainstream.

I wonder about a lot of things but I never doubted

for one minute the presense of Spirit in me, in you,

and the oneness of Christ's spirit within the

universal priesthood of all believers.

jgnat -Your above QUOTE?? From Plato ?? Greek ??

Myth of ER ?? The vision of ER by Plato

Beowlf ?? same references- Plato had access to Hebrew Writings

The Greeks believed in Hell and the River Styx and resurrection.

But the Hebrews came before the Greeks, there are arguments

the Hebrews copied the Egyptians - I majored in Literature

I did take ancient History as well - a lot of books out there

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How to Recognize Counterfeit Christian Religions

by smartwater in

by their fruits you will know them.

a good tree (religion) does not bear bad fruit, neither can a rotten tree bear good fruits.

true faith is followed by good fruits/works.. dead faith is followed by bad works or no works at all.. 30 bad fruits/works of counterfeit christian religions.

villagegirl

mP Jesus does NOT waste "pages in the gospels about taxation"

he was asked ONCE whether they should pay taxes and he said,

"render unto Caesar that which is Caesars(the coin )

and render unto God that which is God's"

I am afraid I am not who you think I am. I was a JW

for 30 years, I do not now belong to a church,

or follow the Nicene Creed, or subscribe to what

is taught to Protestant Pastors in Bible Colleges in North America.

I have no issues (mostly) with the various Churches,

I believe its all an internal Spiritual, journey, revealed

by thought, prayer, insight, spirit connecting to spirit.

Many ex-jws come from a book-magazine-word-for word- approach as if all

things can be summed up in a Watchtower, they can't.

The information in the Bible and especially the words of Jesus;

are mystical, incomplete, sometimes symbolic, sometimes literal,

an account or insight by those there at the time.

I think we are supposed to figure it out as individuals

according to our capacity. The Bible is not a Manual.

We live, we die, this much we know.

I believe in the existance of spirit, beyond the material.

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The Small Quiet Voice

by Satanus in

jw
friends

do you hear it?

not talking about voices.

i'm talking about that little niggling thing, on the side.

I mean the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, for it can neither see nor recognise that Spirit. But you recognise him, for he is with you now and will be in your hearts. I am not going to leave you alone in the world—..............

the world will see me no more but you will see me, because I am really alive and you will be alive too.................

you will realise that I am in my Father, that you are in me, and I am in you.