i hear strong arguements that it was a fleshly body that was resurrected, but how then do you explain thomas not recognizing jesus, or appearing in the locked room?
if it was spiritual, then is it really a resurrection, and if not, what good was it?.
stan
What do you think? I hear strong arguements that it was a fleshly body that was resurrected, but how then do you explain Thomas not recognizing Jesus, or appearing in the locked room? If it was spiritual, then is it really a resurrection, and if not, what good was it?
Stan
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www.equip.org
check out the section on identifying cults.. stan
was it pressure, the desire to conform, was it because you thought that you could work in service with him???
were you trying to get appointed?
did you really think it was a "special week of activity"?
To me it was just an annoyance. Having to re-arrange our schedules for this clown always bugged me. Especially when one of the meetings was Friday night.
Stan
was watching a history channel program last night (yeah, i'm a history channel geek!
) and was introduced for the first time in my life to the apocryphal books of the bible?!?!?!?!?
omg....fascinating.
Sorry, for whatever reason that link dead-ends.
The book is: The Forgotten Books of the Bible and the Lost books of Eden. Do a search at B&N and you will find it.
Stan
was watching a history channel program last night (yeah, i'm a history channel geek!
) and was introduced for the first time in my life to the apocryphal books of the bible?!?!?!?!?
omg....fascinating.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2XBQHV6063&isbn=0529020610&itm=2
I have this book. Very interesting, especially the second half about Adam and Eve.
Stan
do you remember those?
did anyone actually enjoy doing that?
some friends would say "hey, we're having a get together" and i would say sure we'll be there, then they'd say "oh, be sure and bring your watchtower!
Back in 1983 there were a few of the twenty-something young people who would get together to study the WT. There were MS's and pioneers there, along with the rest of us. It was young people from various halls in the city. A great way to meet, and get to know other people.
They put a stop to it pretty fast.
Stan
yeah...26 years old, 210lbs, strong, smart, thought i had it all figured out...and crying like a baby...omg...i'm falling apart at the seams..... .
ok, here's why: i met the girl of my dreams.
absolutely gorgeous, smart, witty, no kids (not that i don't like kids, it's just that i won't be a "just-add-dad" again), succesfull...anyway, we met through my cousin at a bar (he's thinking about buying it and invited some people to go with him for like a second opinion, and his wife invited this girl).
Sounds like a major case of infatuation to me. She may be physically beautiful on the outside, but if she is a true hard-core JW, she is ugly on the inside. My advice: move on.
Stan
this is in reply to night warrior's comments earlier.
i agree with you.
change can be and has to be done.
"Every day the WTS is ruining peoples lives, destroying families, killing children, and spreading their propaganda like a desease."
Write a letter to George W. Maybe when he's done with Iraq he can send his troops to Brooklyn.
the watchtower society has condemned the catholic church for over 15 years because of their pedophile cover-up -- now, the watchtower society is trying to make a defense of their own pedophile cover-up by claiming that they are "no worse than any other religion"!.
statements made to the media by official watchtower society spokesmen about the jehovah's witnesses pedophile problem being "no worse than any other religion":.
christianity today, january 26th 2001:.
That's one long post.
i had a conversation with a jw lady recently and she proudly stated that they didn't pass the collection plate, like the churches do.
to me a rose by any other name is still a rose.
to pay the bills ( hall, hydro, phone, charity etc, etc) the money has to come from somewhere.
What's worse, a collection plate, or contribution boxes in every corner of the hall, and at every aisle of an assembly?
I've been to a couple of Catholic church events, and though the plate is present, it is not prominent. If you are not going for your wallet, they skip right past you.
Stan
