Posts by caroline77

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Demons can survive in plastic.

by easyreader1970 in

some time back i bought my kid an old retro computer.

it was from the early to mid eighties.

he's into that sort of thing.

caroline77

This is so sad. All those people living in fear. Are they confusing demons with germs? People with an irrational fear of germs will do similar things.

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i was told by jw's that angels came down to earth before the flood, and had children with women.. i have a question about this and would like the sort of answer a jw would give so that i can be ready for them when they come to my door.. if one third of god's angelic staff were banished to earth, are they doing this now?.

if not, what is stopping them?.

if so, where are all these half angel children?.

caroline77

I was told by JW's that angels came down to earth before the flood, and had children with women.

I have a question about this and would like the sort of answer a JW would give so that I can be ready for them when they come to my door.

If one third of God's angelic staff were banished to earth, are they doing this now?

If not, what is stopping them?

If so, where are all these half angel children?

Why did God send all these angels to earth when He could have sent them to the far reaches of the universe instead?

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BASIC questions any reasonable person might ask

by Terry in

i wonder about things.

i wonder why other people don't wonder about them.. for example:.

have you ever been to a circus and seen a "clown car"?.

caroline77

Terry is clearly a thinker and has brought up some good points. Apparently pigs are infested with parasites (if not kept correctly) which, if eaten by humans in undercooked meat, can migrate to the brain and cause insanity. That is most likely the illness which the poor man was suffering from rather than anything supernatural.

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What the Bible says

by caroline77 in

jw
friends

if you want to wake up your jw relatives try challenging them with this series of bible quotations:.

acts 1 v 11. men of galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky?

this jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will come in the same manner as you have seen him going into the sky.. john 20 v 19-20. when it was late that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were for fear of the jews, jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them: may you have peace.+20 after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side.+ then the disciples rejoiced at seeing the lord.

caroline77

If you want to wake up your JW relatives try challenging them with this series of Bible quotations:

Acts 1 v 11

Men of Gal′i·lee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will come in the same manner as you have seen him going into the sky.”

John 20 v 19-20

When it was late that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them: “May you have peace.”+ 20 After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side.+ Then the disciples rejoiced at seeing the Lord

It was the same damaged body that had been wrapped in linen and left in the tomb.

Matthew 28 v 6

He is not here, for he was raised up, just as he said.+ Come, see the place where he was lying

In other words, he got up and walked away.

Matthew 24 v 23-26

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’+ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it.+ 24 For false Christs and false prophets+ will arise and will perform great signs and wonders so as to mislead,+ if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Look! I have forewarned you. 26 Therefore, if people say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

In other words he won't be hiding anywhere. When he comes back it will be obvious.

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Opposing opinions

by GoUnion in

jw
friends

any current or ex jw knows there is a lot of counsel against association with nice people that do not share your faith.

i think this is very damaging for personal growth, we never really can challenge our convictions, we become stunted in ability to reason and make personal decisions.

this is also why the organization has fought against "higher education" so hard.

caroline77

I have lots of friends, both religious and not. Listen to what they say and analyse it carefully. Some are right and some wrong. Sometimes we both accept the same thing but don't realise it as we misunderstand what the other is saying. It all goes to make life more interesting.

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Awful experience: I threw my WT library out!

by StephaneLaliberte in

yes, i threw my wt library out: my recycle bin was full.

even if i had imagined this experience to be similar to a prisoner getting rid of his chains, this was not so.. instead, it brought up all the memories i had shared with my family where we were excited about the release of the revelation book; the clear feeling of ultimate knowledge when we showed the live forever book, the questions i had practiced with my family in the organized book, my cousins who got baptized as well.

somehow, all i could think of was only the good memories i had shared with my family and almost cried about it.. and then, i started to think of the division, the hatred and the pain that became prevalent in my family as some were disfellowshipped and thus, ostracized.

caroline77

Your experience with the JW's has taken up a lot of your past life so the grieving process will take time, but will fade eventually. It's not easy. Make friends and try to fill your life with good experiences. Best wishes for the future.

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I amnot JW. Could you help me about bible study?

by emre01 in

hi, iam not jehova witness could you help me about bible study?.

hamzasinan06 - skype id.

thanks.

caroline77

Download the bible at www.e-sword.net It is free and I find it very useful. There are several versions available.

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How many here (believers) believe in the Hell fire doctrine and why??

by jam in

jw
friends

it's obvious the bible is very clear on a actual hell of fire.

"cursed into the eternal fire with the devil and his angels", rev.20:15.

"lake of fire", rev.21:8 "fire and brimstone".

caroline77

I have understood the fire referred to to be the rubbish tip in the valley of Gehanna outside Jerusalem. There was a fire kept burning constantly there. The bodies of criminals were tipped there and burnt.

i don't believe in the Dantes inferno type hell. After all you can't feel pain if your body has been burned to ashes.

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preaching and memorial question

by caroline77 in

i asked a jw why most of them don't partake of the bread and wine at their memorial, and was told that the command was given to the disciples only.. at the end of matthew's gospel, the command is given to the 11 disciples to go out and preach to everyone, so why do those who don't take the bread and wine go out knocking doors preaching?.

surely if only the disciples can take the emblems then only the disciples should preach.. no explanation of where the 144,000 come into it was given.. .

caroline77

Have a look at Ephesians 4 v 4-6. There is only one hope, not two. It's worth researching 'hope'. I can recommend downloading a copy of e-sword.

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preaching and memorial question

by caroline77 in

i asked a jw why most of them don't partake of the bread and wine at their memorial, and was told that the command was given to the disciples only.. at the end of matthew's gospel, the command is given to the 11 disciples to go out and preach to everyone, so why do those who don't take the bread and wine go out knocking doors preaching?.

surely if only the disciples can take the emblems then only the disciples should preach.. no explanation of where the 144,000 come into it was given.. .

caroline77

I asked a JW why most of them don't partake of the bread and wine at their memorial, and was told that the command was given to the disciples only.

At the end of Matthew's gospel, the command is given to the 11 disciples to go out and preach to everyone, so why do those who don't take the bread and wine go out knocking doors preaching?

Surely if only the disciples can take the emblems then only the disciples should preach.

No explanation of where the 144,000 come into it was given.