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  Want to make Money $ with a Web Site?

  by sarahsmile in

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  has anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.

  it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.

  does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?

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  Laika

  I'd have guessed that ExJWs were the most frequent visitors to the site...
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  Sheesh, ever consider both/and?
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses the only religion to teach a paradise earth?

  by rory-ks in

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  i have tried researching, but this pesky organisation always packs out the list.

  you seem to have to drill down several layers before reaching christadelphians.. is it a recognised idea among other peoples/religions?.

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  Laika

  There concept of it is pretty unique but the belief in a corporeal resurrection and new earth is quite common. Start with NT Wright.
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  "Did you have a personal revelation that god died for you? Did you become convinced about it based on objective evidence?

  Or were you taught that this is something christians hae to believe in order to belong to the club?"

  1.Yes 2. no 3. sometimes.

  I'm always honest.
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  And why have you falsely accused me of making a personal insult?

  The implication that I'm indoctrinated wasn't meant to be insulting? I know your usual style is to try to shock people out of what you perceive to be their irrationality but I think we've engaged enough times to know that I deserve better than that...

  As I said to eva I don't want to take this thread off topic by turning this into an atonement debate, perhaps I will start a topic on it when I have more time.

  Have a nice day Bill.
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  War makes me sick too Eva luna, but except for the hint (erm... Thanks?) I don't really understand what point you're trying to make? Sorry...

  Anyway, I was just teasing in my first post, don't want to rip minimus' thread off topic.
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  Cofty, Ever considered you might be so keen to go on your heresy hunting that you jump into your lectures without first seeking to understand what anyone actually believes? Because Calvin's 15th century version of the atonement is the only way to read the gospel stories.

  I thought you didn't do personal insults?
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  Dying for someone else is a strange concept? There's a reason we honour our war dead.
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  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

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  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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  Laika

  By dying for you?
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  If you still believe in God, what are your thoughts on the Bible?

  by ilikecheese in

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  do you believe it's inerrant?

  do you believe it's based on things that happened, but a lot of it may just be stories and it's not perfect because men wrote it?

  do you think it's just a good guide?

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  Laika

  The bible is like a conversation about God. All the authors of the OT believed Israel had been given a special vocation by their god Yahweh, but they understood that calling in different ways. So for example, Proverbs tells us if we keep god's laws we will be blessed, Job tells us this is not always true, they worship the same god but have contrasting theologies.

  The NT tells us Jesus is the final point of the conversation. The purpose of the bible is to point to him and it can then be read back through him, and that is how we understand the conversation and which parts should be affirmed.

  Just my 2 pence. :)