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Pastimes : Are the UFO's really the RETURN of the NEPHILIM? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Myrddin who wrote (116)	7/28/1999 12:36:00 PM
From: maouse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 126

1. exactly. a matter of faith. the question of who the apostles passed their divine inheretance to and how it should be repassed was a touchy issue in early Christiandom I would agree. how this divine blessing(to preach His Word) suddenly emerged in the 1800's(?) as JW's I have no concept of. but then that would also be a matter of faith I guess. 2. from your own quote it reflects forward and backward that the Son and the One are One, not God and Angel, but rather God and God inseperable. 3. teachings have been invented for you just as with any organized religion(including mine). you seem to not want to admit it and this is what I think is one of the dangerous faults with JW. ps. we too have Bible studies and prayer worship and regular indoctrination of scripture (called The Celebration of the Eucharist, ie Mass). If you think your Watchtower is using your volunteer labor for nothing (material) then you are truly blinded. (Be assured that JW's have some of the best money managers there are working for them... on a payroll) 4a. ...and when will that day be? if not today how can you be assured your soul will reside in heaven with God when judgement comes. you cannot, except through hope that they are teaching the correct doctrine NOW. (of course the JW's 25 years ago are screwed, but so what) 4b. I'll have you note that all religions go through changes, Second Vatican Council for example. But it was pretty common knowledge that Easter and Christmas were rooted in paganism when the JW movement started. Were you weaned off of a spirit of giving and the joy that can be found in celebrating the Resurrection of Christ? WHY? surely not because you are not supposed to be joyous or generous (which most JW are, I'd note), but rather because it supports your dogma that Christ is not God and therefore should not be adored as one. So it was not a weaning from the paganism, but rather from the idea that Christ is God. Seems a little underhanded to me to preach one thing and use it to support something entirely different. God can use all things for His glory, good and evil alike. They may have been celebrations that mimicked pagan ritual(just as many of the Judiac traditions did) but they were and are celebrated for the glory of God, not Wicca. 6. read Revelation again pls... I'll try to post the quote(s). ps. where'd 5 go? or was it 4a=4, 4b=5...