Posts by ClassAvenger

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.A question for the guys about VASECTOMIES!!!

by nicolaou in

would you recommend it?.

i've got an appointment to see my doctor in less than an hour for some pre-op discussion.

i guess they want to make sure that i am sure!.

ClassAvenger

Is that operation like a permanent condom? That'd be fun.

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I had to DF my brother a few days ago!

by cyberguy in

i had to df my brother a few days ago!

i just wanted to visit him and my family late december.

anyway, he said, "we don?t want you here!

ClassAvenger

Save some money and take a trip to the Bahamas. Enjoy life. (btw, you don't have to go there to enjoy life, but it'll help a lot to get over your depression. It would work for me.)

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Why does God create abominations?

by CPiolo in

many religious folks, including fundamentalists, moderates and liberals, from a multitude of faiths, including jehovah?s witnesses, claim that homosexuals, bisexuals and trans-gendered individuals are abominations in the eyes of god.

they believe these people are sinners of the worst sort, that their behavior is a perversion, is evil, dangerous and a threat to society, the family and/or ?family values.?

these poor souls are going to be punished in some way by god for their choices and behavior ?

ClassAvenger

What SanFranciscoJim said is true, it is not a choice which people can decide. God made us either man or woman. I had never thought about it in that light.

Paduan, to cut off the hand doesn't mean to literally do it, although the Jews follow this literally. It means to practice rigid self-denial and to have complete control over your body, so that this sin won't lead to impure desires and make the person stumble on his faith. When read in context, the verse is talking about how we should not desire a woman and have complete control over ourselves. Self-mutilation is a sin. The other verse doesn't mean that you have to give up everything you have in order to be a disciple, but to put God first over all that you have. If you must leave your riches, family, or whatever you have to follow Him, then so be it.

Phantom Stranger, I believe God works in mysterious ways and I am no one to challenge or question his decisions or acts. God can do whatever he wants whenever he pleases, he is GOD. Oh, and by the way, that phrase in my profile is from the movie The Patriot. It's awesome isn't it?

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Why does God create abominations?

by CPiolo in

many religious folks, including fundamentalists, moderates and liberals, from a multitude of faiths, including jehovah?s witnesses, claim that homosexuals, bisexuals and trans-gendered individuals are abominations in the eyes of god.

they believe these people are sinners of the worst sort, that their behavior is a perversion, is evil, dangerous and a threat to society, the family and/or ?family values.?

these poor souls are going to be punished in some way by god for their choices and behavior ?

ClassAvenger

Jwbot, I do not see where in the Bible God hates on women. I don't believe he created women inferior to men, but I do believe he made women equal to men and put men as their head.

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Why does God create abominations?

by CPiolo in

many religious folks, including fundamentalists, moderates and liberals, from a multitude of faiths, including jehovah?s witnesses, claim that homosexuals, bisexuals and trans-gendered individuals are abominations in the eyes of god.

they believe these people are sinners of the worst sort, that their behavior is a perversion, is evil, dangerous and a threat to society, the family and/or ?family values.?

these poor souls are going to be punished in some way by god for their choices and behavior ?

ClassAvenger

I believe and hold true that it is an abomination because the Bible says so. I believe homosexuals are morally incorrect, and have a free choice on wether they want to follow a straight path, or a crooked one. I don't believe God creates abominations, we do. He sets forth the rules and we are the ones that break them. But again, as a Christian, that's what I believe.

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Tonight I am sad..very sad

by fulano in

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i was thinking of our friends who were tortured and who died in the concentration-camps in germany and other countries during ww2..and that all in vane as i understand now.. i was thinking of the missionaries of age who are frustrated in their assignments, who see how their lives have gone with no reward and finally without a purpose.. i was thinking of bethelites of age, with no change to go back into real world.. i am glad i had the guts to leave missionary-work at the age of almost 40 and at least have the next 40 years a real life!.

ClassAvenger

Fulano, I agree with Hooberus, God is real. I am no one to tell you what you can believe in since I have never been in a situation like yours. I have never been in the WT and I do not know the pain of a person whose entire beliefs were destroyed, but one thing I do know is that He is real. You just need to look for Him

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Visible org

by A Paduan in

i've heard that jws explain their non-links to early christianity by some sort of imagined "competition of religions" that they "won" - is this true?

or else, how else do they explain away writings like this -

"all the ancient records of the roman bishops which have been handed down to us by

ClassAvenger

From what I know, the church did not fall into apostate teachings and this and that. If it had, the combination of these teachings and Christian doctrine should be observable in the writings of the early church fathers. Although I haven't read these in their totality, I've read portions of them. I like how Robert U. Finnerty explains this, " If an abrupt postapostolic apostasy did occur, the apostles must have been incompetent evangelists, who utterly failed to accomplish Jesus' comission to make the disciples of men. Such an apostasy would speak poorly of Jehovah God as well, whose 'holy spirit' was unable to preserve the purity and truth of his church for even a single generation after the apostles."

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Kingdom Interlinear

by ClassAvenger in

how can i get my hands on a kingdom interlinear?

a jw friend said that they weren't in print any more, so he made a special order to get the book, but he said that he couldn't give it to me, just lend it.

is there any way i can make a special order for that book?

ClassAvenger

How can I get my hands on a Kingdom Interlinear? A JW friend said that they weren't in print any more, so he made a special order to get the book, but he said that he couldn't give it to me, just lend it. Is there any way I can make a special order for that book? Anyone in here still attend the meetings and is an active Jehovah Witness?

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What was the purpose of Creation?

by ClassAvenger in

i was talking to some jehovah witness in a bible study, and we got into a conversation of heaven.

i told him that we would all be in heaven and live there, and he told me, "what would be the point of god creating the whole earth and putting us here then destroying it?

wouldn't it just be easier to repair the earth and place us here again?

ClassAvenger

I was talking to some Jehovah Witness in a Bible study, and we got into a conversation of heaven. I told him that we would all be in heaven and live there, and he told me, "What would be the point of God creating the whole Earth and putting us here then destroying it? Wouldn't it just be easier to repair the earth and place us here again?" I was sort of stuck in this, what do you all think?

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Can I get to heaven?

by JesusFreak in

i was wondering if i become a jehova's witness tonight and die tommorow, will i go to heaven?

ClassAvenger

Ok, I was just thinking that you maybe need some more information on this topic. Look, to get to heaven, you need to be "born again" (John 3:3). In order to be born again, you have to have faith in Christ (1 John 5:1). Once you have faith in Christ, you are sealed, saved, and are considered a son of God. God's Kingdom is for everyone: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).