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  Reference to 2 Maccabees in Hebrews 11?

  by CatholicGuy in

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  hebrews chapter 11 is well-known for its description of the "heroes of faith.

  " after speaking of the most notable figures from the old testament it says:.

  "women received their dead by resurrection; but other men were tortured because they would not accept release by some ransom, in order that they might attain a better resurrection.

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  bluesapphire hi,
  now i'm not catholic, at least not yet. what kills me is that the Bible was declared the Inspired scrolls of the catholic church AFTER the church illegally went apostate, making it by nature an apostate work and NOT inspired at all.

  CatholicGuy hi,
  i recently found out that if you go to the western right mass every day you will hear the whole Bible, less some of the long lists you will find in books like numbers etc, in 3 years. is this the case in the Byzantine Rite too?

  Moxy hi,

  i didn't know the WT considered maccabees to be reliable but uninspired. isn't that what the WT and awake magazines are considered, "reliable but uninspired"?

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  Reference to 2 Maccabees in Hebrews 11?

  by CatholicGuy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hebrews chapter 11 is well-known for its description of the "heroes of faith.

  " after speaking of the most notable figures from the old testament it says:.

  "women received their dead by resurrection; but other men were tortured because they would not accept release by some ransom, in order that they might attain a better resurrection.

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  willy_think

  hi CatholicGuy,

  2 Maccabees 7 was the reading in mass today.

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  My Step Son

  by Yerusalyim in

  1. jw
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  i picked up my 18 year old step son today, i mentioned last week that his dad threw him out because sean and his step mom didn't get along.

  dad handed off luggage, etc, a hug and a reminder to "go to meetings as often as you can.".

  as soon as his dad was out of ear shot sean said, "well, i'm 18 now, i have options, what would i have to do if i wanted to become catholic?".

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  Yerusalyim, great news thanks for posting it! good luck with him. you guys are in my prayers.

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  Newcomb's Paradox

  by Skimmer in

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  newcomb's paradox.

  years ago, the periodical _scientific american_ had a regular column titled "mathematical games" authored by martin gardner.

  the topics ranged from the frivolous to the profound, and one of the columns that generated a great deal of feedback was the one on what is known as "newcomb's paradox".

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  Skimmer hey, it seems that the people with 1,000,000 failed in there task and the people with 5,000 succeed. some is never ever the max. all is always the max. the people with 5,000 most successfully maximized their results. though greed mite make some think not.
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  Newcomb's Paradox

  by Skimmer in

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  newcomb's paradox.

  years ago, the periodical _scientific american_ had a regular column titled "mathematical games" authored by martin gardner.

  the topics ranged from the frivolous to the profound, and one of the columns that generated a great deal of feedback was the one on what is known as "newcomb's paradox".

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  willy_think

  Hi Skimmer,
  now I'm no grate thinker but it seems to me that you use your free will when you make your Choice to participate in the experiment. However you are NOT asked to make a "choice involving two boxes" and this is why. "Your goal is to maximize the amount of cash you get to take out of the room." if there may be $$ in both boxes and you can carry both boxes you can not take only one box and know that you have maximized the amount of cash. but if you take both boxes then you can know that you maximized the amount of cash. remember maximizing the cash is the choice you made. The Experimenter seems to be irrelevant you MUST take the 2 boxes or leave 5,000 there by failing to max. the $$ and failing in your goal. to take box A only $$ or not is to knowingly not "maximize the amount of cash you get out of the room".
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  The watchtower is true

  by billy in

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  just looking briefly on this board, i can see all the warnings given in the watchtower about those leaving the organisation and sinking into the mire of the world are true.. you are all sad losers.

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  hi billy, nice name
  i have dyslexia and so i can't spell either. alot of the posters here come off as if there ability to spell somehow makes them superior. well if you spell it right but say nothing it doesn't matter much, does it. my mailbox is open drop me a line. i hope you find what you need. good luck
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  Did you have dream's of bringing the society down?

  by sleepy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so when you started to work out all you thought so logical and true was actually rather pear shaped what did you think?.

  "i'm ging to bring this organisation down".

  "when i tell people this (whatever point you like 607 etc)they'll be shocked like me and want answers".

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  i would like the WT to sotp abusing witness. but if thay ever did that it might just lead to the end of the "society", at least as it is now.
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  Pass me the biggest sickbag ever!!!

  by JEMIMAH in

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  i was given the following by an elder in our congregation yesterday.. --------------------------------------------------------------.

  wanted: elder for growing congregation.

  a real challenge for the right man!

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  JEMIMAH hi,
  you pulled one over on me on your other thread. is this one for real?
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  Motivation

  by ItsJustMe in

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  2. friends

  i'm obviously new here, so i'm going to ask a question i'm sure has been discussed before but has me quite curious.

  what motivates you to spend so much time discussing jehovah's witnesses?

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  willy_think

  the WTB&TS cult stole my family. i can't talk with them about the WT but i can still talk. every time i read about someone who has freed themseleves from the slavery or the WT i take heart and share in there joy and freedom. but mostly i wait for the new light that will help my family see the WTB&TS inc. for what it is. i wait to read the posts my farther or brothers writes.
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  The Evidence that the truth is good for you!

  by JEMIMAH in

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  a growing body of evidence suggests that being a jehovah's witness can be good medicine.

  new findings seem to emerge every other month: jehovah's witnesses live longer.

  prayer helps heart patients.

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  willy_think

  ya i know i read all the WT articles on how to deal with the abundance of joy in the JW org. i read how JW are living longer then even the russian yougrt earters. thay are not killing themselves at an alarming rate. thay are not geting sick from the stress. the lack of med. insurance is having no illeffects on the JW who goes to the hall every meeting.
  

  A strong faith can help people cope with depression, drug abuse -- even cancer.

  
  well we know JW's have the only TRUE "strong faith" so only JW strong faith can help people "cope"- ofcourse the cancer still kills them but thay cope so very well.

  JEMIMAH, you should e-mail me. i have an investment opportunity that is just perfect for someone as sharp as you are.