The eastern orthodox church has never believed in the doctrine of 'original sin'
Posts by Laika
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64What christians don't want to admit
by opusdei1972 inwhen i left the wt organization, i continued to believe in the bible, so i wanted to confirm and refine, as much as possible, my faith that the true god is in the bible.
so i began to discuss with skilled christians, who were also ex-witnesses.
but i was surprised when some of them tried to relax my fundamentalist position on the literalness of the genesis account.
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DO Jehovah's Witnesses "love" their enemies? Does mainstream Christianity?
by Terry in*** w52 10/1 599 a strong refuge today *** .
11 haters of god and his people are to be hated, but this does not mean that we will take any opportunity of bringing physical hurt to them in a spirit of malice or spite, for both malice and spite belong to the devil, whereas pure hatred does not.
we must hate in the truest sense, which is to regard with extreme and active aversion, to consider as loathsome, odious, filthy, to detest.
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Laika
Terry, great post, sometimes I think 'love your enemies' might be the most ignored statement in the bible!
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Another JW in the news
by Laika inhttp://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/upper-norwood-paedophile-pretended-working/story-22927514-detail/story.html.
upper norwood paedophile who pretended to be working for crystal palace given sexual offences prevention order.
did anyone else know this guy?
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Laika
Upper Norwood paedophile who pretended to be working for Crystal Palace given sexual offences prevention order
Did anyone else know this guy? He was in Birkbeck congregation, south east London.
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Are first world countries to blame for the bulk of third world squalor?
by tootired2care inthroughout several past threads various posters have emphatically made the point that countries like great britian, united states, france etc.
basically countries where white people exist, are to blame for the poverty in many other third world nations.
some have even went so far as to suggest that the first world is to blame for all third world conditions.. i often see excuses such as these for why a country refuses to provide clean water, some food and basic sanitation for its people:.
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Laika
Tt2c, I expect designs was referring to apartheid. There is a very deep and widespread poverty in South Africa. It's resources are not shared fairly, albeit getting slowly better.
In answer to your OP, there are other factors, such as the difficulty of growing crops in Africa compared to Europe, which made advancement more difficult, however, we have far from helped the situation.
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2015 special talk outline-A PROMISE OF PERFECT FAMILY HAPPINESS
by suavojr injw's are such a happy group .
let's see how this talk addresses the internal issues that we find within the jw's such as:.
courtesy of jwfacts.com.
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Laika
Ah, the solution to family happiness is patriarchy, great.
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Article: If God saved an American doctor with Ebola, why did he let 1,200 Africans die?
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/25/ebola-africans-die-god-american-doctorif god saved an american doctor with ebola, why did he let 1,200 africans die?it must be lovely for people such as dr kent brantly to be so sure of god's existence.
for the rest of us, it's not so easy.
ebola survivor dr kent brantly.
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Laika
Strange article, I can't work out the connection between the doctor and the JWs?
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Well it look like AG Eric Holder is finally stepping down.
by tootired2care inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/25/351363171/eric-holder-to-step-down-as-attorney-general.
happy day - our incompetent race baiting ag who refuses to actually do his job, and prosecute high crimes right under his down in the irs is finally stepping down.
good riddance!.
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Laika
How is he a racist? Do you think Obama is a racist too?
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A few questions for believers
by keyser soze inwhen confronted with all of the inconsistencies and atrocities of the bible, many believers invariably claim that they don't base their faith in christ on what's written in the bible.
so what is the basis then, if not scripture?.
and please don't tell me "the lord has revealed himself to me".
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Laika
Hi Jan, the bible does include inconsistent stories. You could start with Genesis 1 and 2 which present somewhat different creation stories.
Biblical inerrancy makes it impossible to just read the bible.
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A few questions for believers
by keyser soze inwhen confronted with all of the inconsistencies and atrocities of the bible, many believers invariably claim that they don't base their faith in christ on what's written in the bible.
so what is the basis then, if not scripture?.
and please don't tell me "the lord has revealed himself to me".
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Laika
If the bible isn't the inerrant word of God, than Jesus was just a regular guy with an entourage, if he existed at all.
Hi Keyser, I don't follow this point, isn't this a bit of a stretch? If there are errors in Josephus writings' does it follow that everything in it is therefore made up?
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Brave Ex Elder sues over defamation over fraud claims.
by Slidin Fast inthis looks interesting, this guy is bringing the right to family life into his case.
many have thought of doing this.
maybe a good test case.. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-sues-for-150000-after-church-snubbed-him-over-fraud-claims-9750062.html.
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Laika
Hi Jook, I forgot about John's role in your JC, sorry I defended him. Hope you're well!