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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    Perhaps... or maybe God's holy spirit caused him to move into action to form the organization.
    Note that God is now using this organization to accomplish his will on earth.
    The organization's official website can be accessed in hundreds of languages: https://www.jw.org
    Matt. 24:14 - And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    The truths below do NOT change...
    The new teachings do not change the Bible's Message (the Good News):
     
    Ps. 37:39 - The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it.
     
    Ps. 37:34 - Hope in Jehovah and follow his way,
    And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth.
    When the wicked are done away with, you will see it.
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    DeeDee reacted to Space Merchant in JW's mistaken claim...   
    There was a lot of talk in December of Christmas not being a Christian holiday, even by opponents of Jehovah's Witnesses. There was an interesting video I saw from a brother in Christ about this, he isn't a JW, but he, as many others brought up good points.
    Another video by a Christian man, rumored to have died and or been killed  (I myself thought he perished), since he was off YouTube for a couple of years, his friends and family said he either died or went off grid and were very worried, but miraculously, he returned (very much alive and wasn't dead after all) and he sees holidays in the same light, not being Christian, and such should not be done by Christians, his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ2chBk4nLQ3tXdmGU5F4tw
    Plus, we believe that Jesus was born, even though is unknown, around (September-October), something of that sort, I forget what they called the name of that month though, I'd have to look into what it was titled again.
     
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in JW's mistaken claim...   
    My thought is that it just makes it clearer to read as a single entity.
    This is because when you see the words Governing Body in a sentence (like here) it is read as ONE thing not TWO.
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    They are a continuation of the first disciples. They were the ones who did not follow the false teachings that were being promoted by some of the early followers. In earlier times, they were simply referred to as the Bible Students. In 1931 they adopted the name "Jehovah's Witnesses." This name was derived from a number of Scriptures.
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    DeeDee got a reaction from The Librarian in JW's mistaken claim...   
    JW's obey the teachings of Jesus. For example, at Matt. 28:19, 20 Jesus tells his disciples:
    “Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them … teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you…”
    So the JW's obey that command by teaching the people of all the nations.
     
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    DeeDee got a reaction from The Librarian in JW's mistaken claim...   
    God warned his people to not adopt the ways of the nearby pagan nations.
    God does not approve of pagans.
    This is why true Christians do not practice the pagan customs that are practiced by Christendom today.
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    DeeDee got a reaction from The Librarian in JW's mistaken claim...   
    The triune aspect of God is actually a Pagan belief.
    Many of the Pagan Gods and Goddesses were in a triple form.
    In an effort to convert the pagan nations to Christianity,
    the early Christian church adopted many Pagan customs, holidays and beliefs
    including promoting the Triple God concept for the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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    DeeDee reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in JW's mistaken claim...   
    Consider NEWTON's track record, compared to any other natural person who has ever lived.
    In anything he published, even after his death .... Newton was NEVER wrong.
    Christendom, the political empire disguised as a religion, is responsible for slaughtering A HALF BILLION people, in Europe alone, in the last 1700 years .... and during World War One, killed a MILLION of their brethren on the border between Germany and France, in ONE year long battle.
    Those that espouse TRINITARIAN BELIEFS KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE.
    Hundreds of MILLIONS of PEOPLE.
    The proof of any "philosophy" is how it works out in real life.
    All else is FANTASY.
    If a horse in a race is wearing a cowbell and says "MOOO!", perhaps you don't want to bet on THAT one.
     
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    The triune aspect of God is actually a Pagan belief.
    Many of the Pagan Gods and Goddesses were in a triple form.
    In an effort to convert the pagan nations to Christianity,
    the early Christian church adopted many Pagan customs, holidays and beliefs
    including promoting the Triple God concept for the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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    DeeDee reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in JW's mistaken claim...   
    d Here is what the recorded arguably smartest natural man who has EVER LIVED had to say about the Trinity.
    If I followed the teachings of any natural man ... I would follow THIS one.
    John Byl, in his article "Newton and the Trinity", paints a clear picture that Newton was non-trinitarian. Newton's published works do not contain clear statements of this nature. In his private notebooks however, some of which were not examined completely until the mid 20th century, Newton committed a significant amount of effort to criticizing the Church's trinitarian doctrines. Byl writes:
    Economist John Maynard Keynes obtained a significant amount of Newton's unpublished works in 1936 due to his interest in Newton's alchemical (occult) studies. Newton wrote vastly on alchemy, which should be considered a philosophy in it's own right and not merely a proto-science. As a proto-science, it is more akin to a proto-psychology than a proto-chemistry, as is the common opinion (I'm happy to elucidate in chat or in the comments), and Newton was interested in the considerable discussion in the alchemical corpus on God, the human soul, and matter, as Newton, even in his published works, considered his work on physics to be an expression of worship toward the Creator and a revelation of his divine arcitecture. Newton is considered by many biographers to have been a deist, and not necessarily Christian, and so Newton's writings on Christianity should be considered in alchemical or deist context and not primarily in that of Christianity. Indeed, his commentary on Christian doctrine appears to be predominantly critical.
    Among the previously unpublished work obtained by Keynes is a list of twelve points stated by Newton on the relation between the Father, Son, and Spirit. Chief differences of Newton's perspective in comparison with both Catholic and Protestant doctrine is that Christ is not human or endowed with a human soul (8), and that the relationship between the persons of the trinity is like that of the saints, that they are distinct beings in agreement with one another (12). In the list, Newton made an entry for a 13th point which he left blank.
    Some points, esp. 5, 6, and 11, support the claim that Newton was a subordinationist, and the Roman Catholic Church and many protestant denominations strictly reject that teaching. Newton also names the Arians as having a proper notion of the Logos in point 4, while Arianism is also considered heretical by The Roman Catholic Church and many protestant denominations. Byl summarizes Newton's heretical points:
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    May people know that YOU,
    whose name is Jehovah,
    You alone are the Most High over all the earth. – Ps. 83:18
     
    Please read this Scripture in your own Bible.
    Note: the name Jehovah is in the King James Version:
               18 That men may know that thou,
                     whose name ALONE  is JEHOVAH,
                     art the MOST HIGH  over all the earth.
     
    John chapter 17 is a long, heart-felt prayer that Jesus prays to Jehovah.
    There is no way to conclude anything other than
    Jesus is praying to his father Jehovah in this passage.
     
    Here is part of the long, heart-felt prayer that Jesus prays to Jehovah in John 17.
    Note especially what the man Jesus says to God at verse 5.
     
    17 JESUS spoke these things,
    and raising his eyes to heaven,
    he said: “Father, the hour has come.
    Glorify YOUR SON so that YOUR SON may glorify YOU,
    2 just as YOU have given HIM authority over all flesh,
    so that HE may give everlasting life to all those whom YOU have given to HIM.
     
    3 THIS means EVERLASTING LIFE,
    their coming to know YOU, the ONLY true GOD, [this ONLY GOD is Jehovah – Ps. 83:18]
    and the one whom YOU sent, Jesus Christ.
     
    4 I have glorified YOU on the earth,
    having finished the work YOU have given ME to do.
     
    5 So now, Father, glorify ME at your side
    with the glory THAT I HAD alongside you BEFORE the WORLD was.
     
    6 “I have made YOUR name manifest [that is, the name Jehovah – Ps. 83:18]
    to the men whom YOU gave me out of the world.
    They were YOURS, and YOU gave them to ME,
    and they have observed YOUR word.
     
    7 Now they have come to know that
    all the things YOU gave ME are from YOU;
    8 because I have given them the sayings that YOU gave ME,
    and they have accepted them
    and have certainly come to know
    that I CAME as YOUR representative,
    and they have believed that YOU SENT ME.
     
    A final thought…
    Jesus says at John 8:32 “and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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    DeeDee reacted to Colin Browne in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    Some are soccer players.
     

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    DeeDee got a reaction from Nana Fofana in JW's mistaken claim...   
    It is interesting to compare the similarities in Colossians 1:15-17 with John 1:1-3.
     
    Colossians 1:15-17:
    15 He is the image of the invisible God,
    the FIRSTBORN of ALL creation;
     
    16 because by means of him
    ALL other things were CREATED
    in the heavens AND on the earth,
    the things visible and the things invisible…
     
    ALL other things have been CREATED
    THROUGH him and FOR him.
    17 Also, he is BEFORE all other things,
    and by means of him  ALL other things were made to EXIST,
     
    John 1:1-3:
    1 In the BEGINNING was the Word,
    and the Word was WITH God,
    and the Word was a god.
    2 This one was in the BEGINNING WITH God.
    3 ALL things came into EXISTENCE THROUGH HIM,
    and apart from him NOT EVEN ONE THING came into EXISTENCE…
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    DeeDee got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    That was an interesting picture you posted about the kangaroos in the "Humor" post Noah's Aargh! 
    It made me wonder...
    Maybe Jehovah "transferred" the kangaroos to Australia?...
    Or maybe the land masses were closer together back then, so it wasn't such a difficult trip?...
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    DeeDee reacted to Melinda Mills in Proverbs 4:18 - ‘Light Getting Brighter’   
    Another reason Jesus did not reveal everything at the same time.
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    DeeDee reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in Proverbs 4:18 - ‘Light Getting Brighter’   
    It works the exact same way with physics and chemistry .... and astronomy.
    At one time we thought an atom was indivisible ... hence the name ... but now we know even its parts have parts have parts.
    at one time we thought there were canals on the planet Mars, and deep jungles on Venus.
    ... before that, the Earth was flat, and the center of the Universe.
    At one time the rudimentary "Periodic Table of the Elements" only had  earth, water, air, and fire.
    ... and yes, people that did not believe these things were shunned, banished, and burned at the stake.
    We learn from our mistakes .... sometimes.
    The relentless search for the TRUTH always comes with mountains of innocent bodies as collateral damage.
     

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    DeeDee got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in JW's mistaken claim...   
    If you want to, you CAN know God personally and even become his friend.
    And you will have no better friend than Jehovah God, the Almighty!
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    DeeDee got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in JW's mistaken claim...   
    Jesus answered the apostles at Matthew 6:9-13 (see below).
    The prayer at John chapter 17 is his personal prayer to his Father in heaven (see below).
    Matthew 6:9-13
     “You [his apostles] must pray, then, this way:
    “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’
     
    John 17:1-26
    Jesus spoke these things, and raising his eyes to heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son so that your son may glorify you, 2 just as you have given him authority over all flesh, so that he may give everlasting life to all those whom you have given to him. 3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. 4 I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work you have given me to do. 5 So now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory that I had alongside you before the world was. 6 “I have made your name manifest to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have observed your word. 7 Now they have come to know that all the things you gave me are from you; 8 because I have given them the sayings that you gave me, and they have accepted them and have certainly come to know that I came as your representative, and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I make request concerning them; I make request, not concerning the world, but concerning those whom you have given me, because they are yours; 10 and all my things are yours and yours are mine, and I have been glorified among them. 11 “I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them on account of your own name, which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. 12 When I was with them, I used to watch over them on account of your own name, which you have given me; and I have protected them, and not one of them is destroyed except the son of destruction, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. 14 I have given your word to them, but the world has hated them, because they are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. 15 “I do not request that you take them out of the world, but that you watch over them because of the wicked one. 16 They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. 17 Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I also sent them into the world. 19 And I am sanctifying myself in their behalf, so that they also may be sanctified by means of truth. 20 “I make request, not concerning these only, but also concerning those putting faith in me through their word, 21 so that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are one. 23 I in union with them and you in union with me, in order that they may be perfected into one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you loved them just as you loved me. 24 Father, I want those whom you have given me to be with me where I am, in order that they may look upon my glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the founding of the world. 25 Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you, but I know you, and these have come to know that you sent me. 26 I have made your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them.”
     
     
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    DeeDee got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in JW's mistaken claim...   
    Many NAMES:  YOUR Father may have many NAMES: his legal name, maybe a nickname?, maybe a pet name from your mother?, maybe a name that HIS mother calls him?, maybe a name that his friends call him?, and so on...
    Many TITLES: YOUR Father has many TITLES:  son, husband, father, maybe grandfather, his job title, and so on....
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    DeeDee reacted to Melinda Mills in Proverbs 4:18 - ‘Light Getting Brighter’   
    Well the Bible was not rewritten in our time. What Bro Rook is saying is that the truth was always there but we were not able to understand it. Jesus said and knew that we would not then have been able to bear it. As time progressed we would understand it.  And the time is now , so we are understanding better.
     
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Queen Esther in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    That was an interesting picture you posted about the kangaroos in the "Humor" post Noah's Aargh! 
    It made me wonder...
    Maybe Jehovah "transferred" the kangaroos to Australia?...
    Or maybe the land masses were closer together back then, so it wasn't such a difficult trip?...
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Queen Esther in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    Not all eggs are Fertile.
    What makes a chicken egg fertile?
    Having a rooster with your backyard hens ensures that virtually all eggs are fertile. A chicken egg becomes fertilized inside the female chicken's body while she is making the egg. Sperm from the rooster who has mated her in the past couple weeks is stored in her reproductive system and added to her eggs as they are made.
    www.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_chicken_egg_become_fertilized
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Queen Esther in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    God created BOTH male and female...then had Noah take one of each on the Ark.
    The Bible can answer ALL of our questions very nicely...
    We really don't need to wonder if we just read the Bible...
    God   gives us ALL of the answers...YAY!!!
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    DeeDee got a reaction from Queen Esther in Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?   
    GREAT COMMENT!! It is wonderful how the Bible gives ALL the answers to ALL of man's questions!
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