Posts by Ed

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Should jws eat fried fish?

by badboy in

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i understand that catholic eat fried fish on friday,as friday is frigga's day and she is a pagan goddess,should jws eat fried fish in view of the pagan connections?

Ed

Submit it to questions from ther readers

Questions From Readers *

Would it be proper for Jehovah's Witnesses to eat fried fish?

When selecting a cooking method, mature Christians turn to the Bible for its views on such matters. It is true that the consumption of fish was authorized under the Mosaic Law (Leviticus 11:9), however - the process of frying involves cooking in fat, which Leviticus 3:17 makes clear is unacceptable to Jehovah, who stated through his prophet Moses "It is a statute to time indefinite for your generations, in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or any blood at all." In view of this, would it be proper for God's people today to consume something that had been cooked in this manner?

Consider also Luke 24:42, which shows that Jesus ate broiled fish. At no point do the scriptures authorize the frying of fish. Would it therefore be wise for a True Christian to demonstrate an independent spirit by deviating from the fine example set by Jesus Christ himself? In light of the scriptural evidence, many right-hearted ones among God's people today feel that it is not, remembering that "He that is walking faultless will be saved, but he that is made crooked in his ways will fall at once." (Proverbs 28:18).

* no, not really...

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Hey Gang I am getting my brain scanned tomorrow

by wildfire in

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yup thats right iam going to have an mri on my brain...... i have severe numbness on my left side of my face and no feeing in my hands and arm......i have been hurt in 3 car accidents and have two herniated disks in my neck ( oh i pray that they don't have to do surgery......pray for me )))))) i thought i had ms.... a while back because of the numbness but they said no...... well now i get another scan andgo to see a neurologist ,,,, i hope they find out what the problem is so i wont be on

Ed

Getting your brain scanned? Be careful - depending on how long you've been out, it may still be under copyright by the WTS.

(good luck, hope everything turns out okay)

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Corporal punishment and JWs

by YellowLab in

how many of you were spanked, beaten or in some other way physically corrected as a jw?.

my mother used to beat me with her hands, shoes, belts and various other items within reach when i misbehaved.

many times it was borderline abuse.. do jws teach to beat their kids into submission using physical means?

Ed

I've never heard the WTS recommend beating kids into submission as such, but they certainly do recommend corporal punishment as a means of discipline when needed. They also occasionally mention the scripture in Proverbs that points out that it's even better to try reasoning with them.

Some JWs have been known to use far more evil means of discipline than physical abuse... in one family I know, the father caught his son not singing the song at a meeting one night (a heinous crime), so when they got home he was forced to stand in front of the entire family and sing the whole song. Which he did with tears streaming down his face, according the father who still recounts this story with pride. When I heard this, I thought "You dick, you just made him hate singing more than ever. Good one."

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WHAT IS THE BEST TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE?

by Utopian_Raindrops in

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ok.....i really need to have a personal bible reading again with no ones ideas but my own.

just me god and the bible!

i will most likely be looking in others but for 15 years the new world translation has been my base bible along with so-called bible-based literature.

Ed

ROLF@ED !! I am from the U.S.A. I had no idea who this Spike guy was so I looked him up! LOL

I mentioned him because he actually published a satirical version of the Old Testament. No, really, he did. If you can pick up a copy, I highly recommend it.

GENESIS

CHAPTER ONE: THE CREATION ACCORDING TO THE TRADE UNIONS

1. In the Beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth.

2. And darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at Lots Road Power Station.

3. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

4. And God saw the light and it was good; He saw the quarterly bill and that was not good.

... and so on.

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WHAT IS THE BEST TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE?

by Utopian_Raindrops in

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friends

ok.....i really need to have a personal bible reading again with no ones ideas but my own.

just me god and the bible!

i will most likely be looking in others but for 15 years the new world translation has been my base bible along with so-called bible-based literature.

Ed

I'm quite fond of Spike Milligan's version.

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It is now 2003.... Where is Armageddon?

by Nosferatu in

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i find it extremely amusing how each year is passing without armageddon.

"for the year 2000, i visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise!

but i don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. we are living in the last days of the system of things.

Ed

I've got a video tape with a documentary about apocalyptic cults (JWs didn't get a mention though) and they were interviewing one of the leaders of a religion called The House of Yahweh who, just like JWs, are convinced they are the only true religion and everyone else will die. Part of the interview goes like this:

cult leader Four fifths of the world's population is going to be is going to be wiped out between now and about the middle of 2002. Mark it on your calendar. Four fifths of the world's population.
interviewer What if what you're saying doesn't happen?
cult leader There is no possibility that it could not take place just as I have told you.
interviewer But what if I come back here in 2003 and it hasn't happened?
cult leader You'll be living in a dream world. This is going to take place, there is no way it cannot take place.

I'd love to see them go back and interview this guy again. Just to see how he gets out of it. No doubt it will be some new revelation from Yahweh which will convince the followers that he's even more in touch with God than ever before.

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Jan 1, 2003 WT. Contradictory messages

by refiners fire in

i know there has been a long thread already on this article, but perhaps i have observed something others have not.

i dont know cause i havent read the entire thread!!

anywayive just been reading this keep on the watch article in the wt of january 1, 2003. .

Ed

The article seems like an awfully long-winded way of saying "We don't know and neither do you".

This is a member of the 144,000 saying this. The theoretical Channel of truth. The FDS. But its not the Governing Body, eh? Crafty bastards arent they??

They certainly like to let other people give orders and opinions for them. It's like when they write "Some mature Christians have reasoned that...[x]" where x is the latest policy change.

Come on, guys. If you really have all this authority from God, and He is really making these decisions, then say so. Lay it on the line. Say "Jehovah revealed [x] to us on 1 January 2003 approximately 3:00pm." If it's really true, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with saying it like that. Go on. I dare you.

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