Posts by setfreefinally

((((((((Joy and Steve))))))) I am sad to hear about what you guys and your family are going through. Keep the hope up that someday they will come to their senses.

SFF

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What d'ya think of Greg Stafford's 'JW defended', '3 dissertations', etc

by AntiEntropy in

i'm reading some books wrtitten by greg.

i just wonder how you think of his thoughts.

thanx in advance for your comments.

setfreefinally

Scholar,

What bible are you using???? I dont see a Matthew 45:47 in mine.

Also what is a higher critic in your opinion?

Greg fails to realize that interpretation is difficult as shown by the fact that many commentaries differ on scripture and so caution must proceed before any dogmatism on certain texts such as Matt 45:47

In the above statement you realize interpretation is difficult.

He fails though to form an definte view and has exposed himself to any sort of opinion. I would argue that in the case of chronology that there is suffiicient evidence to be certain about dates and an interpretation arising from that.

In the above you now criticize Greg for not forming a definite view.

At any rate I thought I read where you said at one point that the WTS should not be disfellowshipping JWs for not agreeing with the 1914 doctrine. What gives? Have you changed your mind on this?

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Do You Enjoy Being "Part of the World"???

by minimus in

jw
friends

since before a witness gets baptized, they are told to "be no part of this world".

that is beaten into everyone's head.

now that you're not a jw or are on the way out, how does being part of the "world" feel?

setfreefinally

What do you suppose Jesus meant when he said his followers would be no part of the world?

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JWs at my door ... FINISHED the STORY !!

by Amazing in

jw
friends

[now for the rest of the story ... it begans again below with ### in front of the continuation] .

well, well, well ... well, well ... well, uhmmmmm ... this ought to be good .

these two ladies were standing there ... one was obviously an elder's wife ... say late 40s ... likely aux.

setfreefinally

I agree!! Good job! Keep us posted if they call back.

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Question for the Prophets and "JC Cannon" types(seriously)

by badolputtytat in

i am just curious.

i am not trying to badger anyone or start something.

so don't anyone get all upset and start tellin' me i am censoring you or judging anyone.

setfreefinally

Hello JCanon,

Would you mind sharing what kind of prescription drugs you might be taking or are supposed to be taking on a regular basis. It might help some of us here understand where you are coming from.

SFF

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Email from "jwbroadcast2"

by Alleymom in

jw
friends

i have not opened two emails i recently received.

they are from someone i don't know who has an email address starting jwbroadcast2@ju .... i didn't open them because my mail service put up the "picture in email" warning.. if you are jwbroadcast2 and you see this, please pm me.

or if you know this person, could you please let him/her know that i deleted the first message and haven't opened the second one.. thanks,.

setfreefinally

alleymom, If your email is a hotmail email address you can go to the hotmail website to look at your email instead of using outlook express. The hotmail email website has a virus checker that will tell you if it has a virus. Or if you want you can forward the email me at [email protected] and I will check it for a virus. Of course it may be a personal email you may not want to share.

SFF

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Update on study with Elder....

by shotgun in

i took the advice of the forum and informed him i wouldlike to study the bible.

he arrived case in hand and pulled out the draw close to jehovah publication.. i said i thought we were going to study the bible...he then said well this is a bible publication...i said has not past publications contained errors and changes in teachings while the bible remains true.

he said yesssss.......do you have something inparticular you want to look at in the bible.....i said i thought we could start in matthew and work our way through.

setfreefinally

What happens when you change the names around a little

Were these supposedly intelligent people duped, were they fooled ? What new intellectual apparatus now convinces that truth once believed is now untruth. When one become converted as a Seventh Day Adventist then one is admonished to embrace and be nourished in faith so this is the path that Christians traverse in faith. Afterall, we are not talking science but theology so the argument about new discoveries of knowledge as in scientific inquiry does not follow. Faith in the Seventh Day Adventists must always take precedence over knowledge in Christian discipleship. I believe that Seventh Day Adventists who have rejected truth and now follow error cannot be trusted and their credibility is torn to shreds.

scholar

See how ridiculous it sounds when you change the names Scholar?

You also wrote:

Faith must always take precedence over knowledge

So if you find errors in something your church teaches you should just have faith that what it teaches is true anyway? What good is faith without at least some knowledge to go along with it.

.John 17: 3

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This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ

SFF

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The New World Translation

by MrsQ in

jw
friends

can anyone give me an explanation of how the nw translation came about?

who, exactly, were on this bible translation committee, and what were their qualifications?

when was it first published?.

setfreefinally

Scholar, I think you are funnin with us now. C'mon admit it, I know you are. Nobody makes comments like you just did without it being tongue in cheek. LOL