Posts by robhic

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607, 607, 607

by Pole in

hi scholar!

is that your phone number?

pole - ba and ma in linguistics

robhic

This simple yet explicitly detailed explanation by Alley Mom has always been my favorite. It is irrefuteable.

Just start with Nabonidus, the last Babylonian king, and work backward.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/55372/1.ashx

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need copy of brochure "What do JW's Believe"

by rebel8 in

i need this for a project i'm working on.

if you are willing to scan the entire brochure, including cover, please email it to me at [email protected]

I had done a small comparison of the box diagram at the bottom of the page at the website mentioned above. I went through it and discarded some points because they were jsut plain crazy and others because there was no good way and no real reason to dispute them. This is a point-by-point comparison of the rest with their quotes and my quotes that refute theirs across from them. OK, looks like the formatting didn't work (Word Perfect WPD document) so you can just line up the first statement from the website and its quotes then take the first set of quotes in red to see the scriptures I looked up that say the opposite:

Christ is God's Son and is inferior to Him Matt. 3:17; John 8:42; 14:28; 20:17; 1 Cor. 11:3; 15:28

Christ was first of God's creations Col. 1:15; Rev. 3:14

Christ died on a stake, not a cross Gal. 3:13; Acts 5:30

Christ was raised from the dead as an immortal spirit person 1 Pet. 3:18; Rom. 6:9; Rev. 1:17, 18

Christ's presence is in spirit John 14:19; Matt. 24:3; 2 Cor. 5:16; Ps. 110:1, 2

We are now in the 'time of the end' Matt. 24:3-14; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Luke 17:26-30

Earth will never be destroyed or depopulated Eccl. 1:4; Isa. 45:18; Ps. 78:69

Kingdom will bring ideal living conditions earth Ps 72: 1-4; Rev 7:9-10, 13-17; 21: 3,4

People God approves will receive everlasting life John 3:16; 10:27, 28; 17:3; Mark 10:29, 30

Only a little flock of 144,000 go to heaven and rule with Christ Luke 12:32; Rev. 14:1, 3; 1 Cor. 15:40-53; Rev. 5:9, 10

Prayers are to be directed only to Jehovah through Christ John 14:6, 13, 14; 1 Tim. 2:5

A Christian should keep separate from world Jas. 4:4; 1 John 2:15; John 15:19; 17:16

Taking blood into body through mouth or veins violates God's laws Gen. 9:3, 4; Lev. 17:14; Acts 15:28, 29

A clergy class and special titles are improper Matt. 23:8-12; 20:25-27; Job 32:21, 22

Jud 1:4; Mat 4:7; Joh 10:30; Isa 43:11 & Luk 2:11; Joh 14:10-11

Joh 1:1; Col 1:15-17 & Isa 44:24

Phi 2:8; Mat 27:32; Joh 20:25

Luk 24:39; Joh 20:27, 21:12; Act 2:31; Rom 8:11

Relevance?

Proof?

Mat 24:35; Phi 3:20; Heb 1:10-11; Psa 46:6; Psa 102:25-26

Psa 46:6; Zep 1:18; Rev 21:1

Jehovah's Witnesses only?

Rev 7:9; Mat 18:3; 2Co 5:1; 1Th 4:17; Mat 5:3, 10

Mat 6:9; Act 2:21, 16:31; Rom 10:13

Act 2:32; Joh 15:17; Rom 3:22

Fractions? Lev 17:13

Governing Body, Circuit Overseer, Pioneer?

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Birthdays and Embalming...

by undercover in

never thought you'd see those two things in one thread did you?

well, bear with me and see how i make the connection:.

jws don't celebrate birthdays for the following reasons:.

robhic

"Job 1:4 And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them."

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How do I find this?

by robhic in

i had saved a link: .

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/70075/1.ashx.

but i can't figure out how to use it in a search capacity to find that post or thread.

robhic

Thanks for the reply. Yep, I didn't think about just clicking the link from my post! But I first tried using the "search" area for this site with no success. Anyplace I pasted the address I got no hits. Now I found it and my search is over. Robert

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How do I find this?

by robhic in

i had saved a link: .

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/70075/1.ashx.

but i can't figure out how to use it in a search capacity to find that post or thread.

robhic

I had saved a link:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/70075/1.ashx

But I can't figure out how to use it in a search capacity to find that post or thread. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Robert

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What are Y O U talking about?

by robhic in

excuse me if this has been discussed before but i've been meaning to ask.

why is the word you or your always capitalized in the nwt?

) of the quotes i've seen always capitalize the words but i've never seen another bible do this.

robhic

Thanks for all the answers. Not only did I learn why the WTS did what they did,I learned from Justin (above) some other interesting information.

And, being from the South, I was going to make the humorus comment about using the term "y'all" to denote the plural but someone beat me to it!

Robert

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What are Y O U talking about?

by robhic in

excuse me if this has been discussed before but i've been meaning to ask.

why is the word you or your always capitalized in the nwt?

) of the quotes i've seen always capitalize the words but i've never seen another bible do this.

robhic

Excuse me if this has been discussed before but I've been meaning to ask. Why is the word YOU or YOUR always capitalized in the NWT? Most (all?) of the quotes I've seen always capitalize the words but I've never seen another bible do this. Is there some reason?

Rom 6:11

Likewise also YOU: reckon yourselves to be dead indeed with reference to sin but living with reference to God by Christ Jesus.

Rom 6:12

Therefore do not let sin continue to rule as king in YOUR mortal bodies that YOU should obey their desires.

Rom 6:13

Neither go on presenting YOUR members to sin as weapons of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, also YOUR members to God as weapons of righteousness.

Robert

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Help finding some scriptural references please

by gaiagirl in

today a co-worker asked whether i believed we were living in the "end times" or not, and i explained that i did not, and that christians had believed that they were living in the "last days" since the first century.

the topic drifted, as sometimes happens, and we got to discussing mary.

i explained that i thought i remembered a passage indicating that mary would be exalted to a special position in the "heavenly kingdom".

robhic

Not so much a scriptural reference as a secular reference. I read Ron Rhodes' book "Reasoning from the Scriptures with Catholics" and he touches (4 chapters!) on the issue of Mary and her veneration and position. Rhodes cites the facts that while Mary is afforded some special status in the bible, it is NOwhere near what Catholics give. It is more on a level with saints.

As to her perpetual virginity, didn't Jesus supposedly have at least 1 or more brothers? That kinda shoots that myth down.

Rhodes also has a very good and comprehensive book called "Reasoning From the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses" too. He is a fundamentalist so his writing is from that perspective but if you can look past it he makes some very good points.

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How does God communicate with us?

by JH in

in the past, god spoke to humans through angels, prophets, and jesus.

today, there are no prophets, angels don't show up anymore, and jesus isn't there to speak to us.. we can talk to god through prayer, but how does god talk to us?.

so, other than the bible which is pretty outdated, how can god communicate with humans?

robhic

If we are hoping in God and looking out for his attempts to communicate with us, whether through the Bible, or our friends and family or perculiar co-incidences, or even dreams, we would see that he does indeed communicate.

Yes, but couldn't that also be a case of "wishful thinking"? If you are looking for something you pretty much can find it wherever or however you want.

Like the WTS is always looking for the negative to highlight their doomsday prediction(s) they invariably find it. If not, they make something to appear as they would like it to. Jesus came back in 1914 (or whenever). Nobody saw him so he was invisible! Yeah, that's the ticket. We said he came back but no one believed us so that was because he was invisible. Who could argue with that air-tight logic?

People tend to see what they want to see if they want it bad enough. If all you read is positive information, watch positive media and think good thoughts (well, not so much wrong with that one...) you'd have the opinion that all was wonderful and right with the world. Everything is just hunky-dorey when all of a sudden ...... you'd catch a glimpse of the footage regarding that tsunami that hit Indonesia and the ballon is burst.

Things tend to be, in my opinion and experience, what we make them. It's a perspective and a balance, not only all good or all bad. You need a mix.

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Where oh where ...

by ESTEE in

1. where does the bible say a woman should win her unbelieving husband without a word?.

2. where in the bible is the story about david?s sin with bathsheba, and the curse that all the bad things that happened .

to his family after that -- was because of david?s sin?.

robhic

Or ....... You could go to www.esword.net and download a really neat(and free!)bible program. It comes with a King James module but there are probably about 12 different versions and a bunch more in almost any language you'd like. There are maps, commentaries and other associated items all free for the download. Its search capabilities and other features make this a priceless addition to your computer.