Absolutely impossible to reconcile the JHWH God of the OT with "God is Love" in 1 John 4:8 even in JWdom.
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We are in God's "image" but God's morality is repugnant
by yadda yadda 2 inthe bible says in genesis that god made human beings in his "image".. this means that christians believe human beings were made with certain attributes that they share with god.
attributes such as intelligence, creativity, an appreciation of beauty, and sharing a similar set of cardinal moral and spiritual values around love, justice, mercy, etc.. this linked article explains it from a christian perspective more fully.http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/features/23549-qmade-in-the-image-of-godq.
and yet....we find in the old testament that god performs or endorses the most morally repugnant acts, such as ethnic cleansing, killing infants and children, causing famines and plagues, drowning the entire human population except eight persons, etc, etc - all actions that any reasonable and objectively sane person naturally finds morally incomprehensible, disgusting, evil.. this article here outlines some of the actions described in the ot that any normal, sane person would naturally find morally abhorrent:http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/raymond_bradley/moral.html.
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Is everything we do choice?
by uriah inwhen you listen to people talking about this and that; a situation they are in, how awful it is etc., i get to thinking, well why don't you change it then.
if you suggest that to them they come up with a lot of excuses as to why they remain as they are.
they may get really angry with you saying 'are you mad?
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Correction to my stupid spelling. Please excuse brainfart.
Of course everything we do is a choice either conscience conscious or unconscience unconscious choice. Why did God give us the ability to choose? Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could only do good? Why was bad ever provided as a choice? Was God so petty that he wasn't sure that what HE created was perfect?
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Is everything we do choice?
by uriah inwhen you listen to people talking about this and that; a situation they are in, how awful it is etc., i get to thinking, well why don't you change it then.
if you suggest that to them they come up with a lot of excuses as to why they remain as they are.
they may get really angry with you saying 'are you mad?
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Of course everything we do is a choice either conscience or unconscience choice. Why did God give us the ability to choose? Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could only do good? Why was bad ever provided as a choice? Was God so petty that he wasn't sure that what HE created was perfect?
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Mexico: Murdered Jehovah's Witness Family 'Knew Killers'
by Bangalore inmexico: murdered jehovah's witness family 'knew killers' .
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/523501/20131119/jehovah-witness-mexico-family-killers-ciudad-juarez.htm.
bangalore.
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This doesn't smell right at all. This was a case of mistaken identity or the family saw or knew something incrimminating the killers or their bosses. No one pays $115.00 to breed a dog in Mexico when they live in poverty. Would hate to think that any of this family were involved with the drug cartels, but i seen worse things from brothers and sisters.
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My life time thoughts about Babylon the Great has fallen
by Gorbatchov infriends,.
since i was a very young boy (+/- 10 years old) i had thoughts when revelation 18:2 was studiyed at our kingdom hall.. babylon the great was for me new york.
the center of the world, where all cultures are comming together.. next step for me, was that new york was the center of the universe for our jehovah's witness religion.. so i was connecting babylon the great with our own religion.. now with all the topics about the connexion between the watchtower corporations with investment billions, political influance, history cleaning and rebranding their business i could imagine when the society is going down, many corporations and politicians will say "shame, shame, babylon the great has fallen...".
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Hey your guess is as good as the guess that the WTBTS has put on BTG. The org has had at least 3 different definitions of who BTG is.
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new watchtower on jw.org Americans don't know their own history
by hoser ini started reading the feb 2014 public watchtower about a war that changed the world.
i had to do a double take in the very first paragraph.. .
"a century ago, millions of young men left the security of their homes and went off to war.
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Anything to highlight the year 1914. Who cares if it's accurate?
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Pages 1766-1767 of the 2013 NWT
by Doug Mason inpages 1766-1767 of the 2013 nwt states that the message of the bible is gods right to rule.. given that the wts declares that gods kingdom rule began in 1914, one would suspect that this would feature.
instead, there is a vague reference to something that supposedly happened about 1914.. here's the picture:.
http://www.jwstudies.com/2013_nwt__pages_1766__1767.jpg.
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'ABOUT' will become the new "new light" word since it has no definite time line and can easily be adjusted to fit the latest "new light".
'ABOUT' will replace such catch all words like---- 'apparently', 'evidently', 'clearly', (and my favorite) 'soooooon'.3
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True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"
by BluePill2 inbefore i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
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Sadly true, but one never fully appreciates the darkness of the WTBTS until one gets a view of the underbelly from the inside. I was an elder for 20 years and saw so many disgusting things that it took me, a lifelong JW, to examine ttatt. Hard to imagine that I spent so much of my life making excuses fot the org and chasing rainbows.
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The Right Religion Demonstrates True Faith In Jesus Christ
by pronomono inthe week of december 9th, i have the talk "the right religion demonstrates true faith in jesus christ" base on the reasoning book rs p329.
the following is the suggested material.. istruefaithinjesuschristbeingdemonstrated?
this involves appreciation of the value of the sacrifice of jesus human life and of his position today as heavenly king.
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you could point out in your talk by way of question:
Can you imagine Jesus and the disciples talking a coffe break after just an hour in service? Or can you imagine Jesus and 3 to 4 other disciples traveling together to a distant location to make one return visit and have the 3 to 4 disciples just waiting on the 1 or 2 actually making the return visit while the 3 or 4 just visit while waiting----and of course counting their time? Or could you imagine Jesus directing the disciples to conduct a Bible study with the children of another Christians' family------so he could count his time?
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WTS overboard w/suggested presentation
by doinmypart inthe nov 2013 km contains an article that is ridiculous in its level of minutae.. they focus on the word "because".
they tell jws to use the word "because" when explaining why they're at the homeowner's door.
writing department, you wrote an article on the use of the word "because"?
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Prune juice may help if you don't want to be irregular!
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