Posts by galaxie

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What did Jesus really mean, when he said he had made his Father's name known?

by Faithful Witness in

i am preparing for my meeting this friday with miss k. we are reviewing the bible teach book, and she is looking forward to "showing me some things about the divine name.

" i don't know what she might pull out of her hat this time... but that section of the teach book is so completely assanine, i don't even know what to say.

) what did jesus mean when he said that to his father?.

galaxie

Doug;...quite right!..original hebrew psalm 89.6:...who among the sons of EL..is like yahweh.

The top dog Canaanite god El had sub gods even godesses, one of whom was yahweh.

The Israelites liked the attributes associated with this sub god and decided to make him their only god.

Hence the use of Elyon(god most high)came to be seen as yahweh , but in truth it was really a hijacking of the canaanite god El.

Many passages in the O.T. show that polytheism was not totally eradicated in the early Israelite culture.

Best wishes

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Where do we go when we die?

by bsand20 in

jw
friends

my best friend of 14 years and maid of honor passed away 2 months ago at age 32 after battling breast cancer for 6 years.

i haven't been the same since for many reasons.. as a jw kid i believed 144,000 chosen went to heaven, the good people would be resurrected including those who didn't have a chance to hear about jehovah, and the rest, which were of other religions and bad people, died and would cease to exist.

again, because i was a kid when i left, i never really understood the jw position on death and why they came to their conclusion.

galaxie

This is a question no one can answer.

Any answers will be guess work, supposition depending on your own personal reason for requiring to believe that there is an afterlife.

Some peole are inculcated from childhood and just continue with that belief unquestionably.

Some lose loved ones and are directed by charlatans to believe they will be reunited with them, quoting religious man made texts based on stories and myth ie zero proof.

The ONLY certainty is that we will all cease to exist.

If you have blood family who survive you (children, grandchildren )some of your dna will carry on and hopefully have a positive bearing on your future generations.

So a little part of you in theory will go on in our natural physical world.

Best wishes.

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New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

by stuckinarut2 in

so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

is that correct?.

if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

galaxie

Vast amounts of B... Sh....t. Causes more stench. !!!!

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What did Jesus really mean, when he said he had made his Father's name known?

by Faithful Witness in

i am preparing for my meeting this friday with miss k. we are reviewing the bible teach book, and she is looking forward to "showing me some things about the divine name.

" i don't know what she might pull out of her hat this time... but that section of the teach book is so completely assanine, i don't even know what to say.

) what did jesus mean when he said that to his father?.

galaxie

F.W. ...You could start from the fundemental question;..How can we be certain jesus said anything which is attributed to him by people which we know almost zero about.

Jesus did not write or record anything of his own volition, the circumstances of his given ( biblical) existance is dubious at best.

You are dealing with people of faith who will use it to justify doctrine which satisfies their own inability to question belief which flies in the face of reason and evidence.

My advice is to say no thankyou I'll work things out using my own reasoning, not what your publications tell me.

Best wishes.

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JW refuses to provide wedding stationery to Gay couple

by KateWild in

i was outraged at this and had to post it.. http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/jw-refuses-to-provide-wedding-stationery-to-gay-couple.

i think she is a hypocrite and i bet she sells her invites to fornicators, or does she ask them if they are having sex before marrige, before she takes their money?.

i was never like this when i was a jw, it's even more disturbing that she is going to ask her elders what to do.

galaxie

How many Windows were washed by JWs where the householders were gay! They still collected the money.

Hypocrits!!

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Everybody is doing it !

by new hope and happiness in

postmen, accountants, window cleaners, pop-songers- even you!

yes these days everybody - and anybody - seem to be leaving the jehovers witnesses.so why should you be left out?.

there was a time when you had to have performed some terrible service to the g.b?

galaxie

Nhah All 3 would be VERY interesting...Ehh!!!!

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How to find joy in the ministry, according to one elder

by ohnightdivine in

he said that having a goal is the most important, since we do not want to waste our time and become depressed when going out in the ministry.. and what else could be better than setting a goal to, say, distribute xx number of magazines during that day?!.

in this way we could feel contented and joyful in service.. .

how profound!

galaxie

Stillin ;... You just exposed my story !!! Was I conned ?!!! Lol

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SAVED FROM PLEDGING MONEY!

by The Searcher in

an elderly sister pointed to the printed out pledge forms on the literature counter and asked me what this was about, because she'd missed a couple of meetings.

i tactfully (and very quietly!

) explained that there was a new donation arrangement via pledging!

galaxie

Small steps can lead to great adventures.

Best wishes.

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Everybody is doing it !

by new hope and happiness in

postmen, accountants, window cleaners, pop-songers- even you!

yes these days everybody - and anybody - seem to be leaving the jehovers witnesses.so why should you be left out?.

there was a time when you had to have performed some terrible service to the g.b?

galaxie

Yes ...n.h a h..leaving the JWs after a bit of emotional brain trauma , I felt a sense of ME.

I continue to have zero regrets and KNOW by contrast with my family kids and grankids as opposed to my jw family members the love and happiness we have surpasses anything they have.

My kids often comment how glad they are not to ever have been brought up JWs, when they are subject to jw discrimination and judgement .

Best wishes.

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What is spirit, exactly?

by Viviane in

i've always wondered that.

recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

galaxie

Hi ViV the complications of the root meanings which lead us to spirit are the hijacking of the literal meaning.

The words were in use before the woo woo brigade decided to supernatural it. Hence the very reason we discuss it on this forum.

That said I agree the supernatural composition of spirit. Is as a dog chasing its tail.

Best wishes