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BETTER  A  THEOCRATIC  LITERATUR ! HIDDEN FACE OF HALLOWEEN...... Since this holiday is about it is good to remember why not celebrate true Christians and what is its origin. Does Hallo

The September 2013 Awake article on this matter was addressed to people in this way , "you may not believe in supernatural spirits". 2 Cor. 4:4 Satan blinds peoples minds to the truth throug

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1 hour ago, Johnnifer said:

Thanks for this reminder. hope more people read this. they don t know what they are doing because they don t believe bad spirits exist.

What difference will it make, or how will it help them if they don't believe bad spirits exist?

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On 29.10.2016 at 07:47, Anna said:

What difference will it make, or how will it help them if they don't believe bad spirits exist?

Maybe, some people will chance their false belief after a good explanation ?  A true heart would change...  thats the big difference !

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On 10/30/2016 at 6:53 PM, Queen Esther said:

Maybe, some people will chance their false belief after a good explanation ?  A true heart would change...  thats the big difference !

I understand what you are saying. However most people who do not believe in bad spirits do not believe in God either. They are atheists.

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6 hours ago, Eoin Joyce said:

Nothing happened for several months until he attended a funeral service for a close relative. He realised that the funeral discourse contradicted what he now knew was taught in the Bible. He was outraged by this. Within weeks he started attending all the meetings at the Kingdom Hall and soon dedicated his life to Jehovah. His zeal was now redirected into the preaching and teaching work and he pioneered for many years. 

Wonderful experience and very apt!

I agree with you of course. I was just being too technical in my reply to Johniffer as he said "Thanks for this reminder. hope more people read this. they don't know what they are doing because they don't believe bad spirits exist". It didn't seem logical to me as why would people suddenly start believing in bad spirits based on that article...But I can see your point, some thought process could be triggered, as shown by the example you posted. I was looking at it too narrow minded! :D

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16 hours ago, Eoin Joyce said:

The September 2013 Awake article on this matter was addressed to people in this way , "you may not believe in supernatural spirits".

2 Cor. 4:4

Satan blinds peoples minds to the truth through false propoganda in many areas, religious, scientific, political etc. They construct all kinds of mental buildings based on these false foundations.

When some people hear the truth on a matter however, it can move their thinking on other issues. Bit like seismic activity in one area causes building collapse somewhere miles away. 

I had a study once with a Trotskyist revolutionary. He was active in a radical political party. It was impossible to discuss world conditions or religion in general without getting into a political debate.  After a year, I gave up and switched to talking in detail about the Bible's teaching on life after death, something he had expressed no interest in. However, this was new to him and he listened with some interest intellectually, as he did not know that mainstream church thinking differed from what the Bible taught.

Nothing happened for several months until he attended a funeral service for a close relative. He realised that the funeral discourse contradicted what he now knew was taught in the Bible. He was outraged by this. Within weeks he started attending all the meetings at the Kingdom Hall and soon dedicated his life to Jehovah. His zeal was now redirected into the preaching and teaching work and he pioneered for many years. 

So in the spirit of Ecclesiastes 11:5, I would encourage @Queen Esther to keep publishing the truth on matters. Who knows where it will have success?

Just one thing, It is good to provide a link to jw.org when quoting articles in this manner. Like this: Sep 2013 Awake

When we can see a good heart and take little patience, with special prayers...  maybe, it will bring success after a time,  bec. some humans need more time for learning and realize this and that...  Its  a kind of feeling that ;-)  Thank  you,  Eoin Joyce !

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