So I just started going to JW's church/meetings but I'm still not sure....

[And Step]

When does that book say it first appeared?

Alright. First spanking. Now you treating me like a student and your the teacher. Is this e-role play?

It doesn't. It just denotes Classical Latin which is a span of about 500 years

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Alright. First spanking. Now you treating me like a student and your the teacher. Is this e-role play?

It doesn't. It just denotes Classical Latin which is a span of about 500 years

What kind of etymology dictionary is that!?!

You'd best get back to your language studies now, you missed the part where your is not you're.

 

[Fazeem_Blackall]

Yes, very real. Develop yourself spiritually. Learn to live, eat and think properly and the Bible will look totally different to you. The Quran and all scriptures as well

Most people think they can just read a book and they can gain understanding just off of reading the words. If you don't attempt to live the principles contained therein you will never gain understanding.

Matter of fact, the Quran makes the bold claim that it is not a book that you can just read and gain benefit from. It says repeatedly that it is a guide for those who believe and keep their duty. If you don't believe in it and don't strive to be dutiful to the principles then you are wasting your time.

Any field of knowledge has the principle of practical application attached to it. You can't gain proficiency or understanding without it. I laugh when people tell me they read something and therefore have come to the conclusion that it is false. I know I'm talking to a surface dweller.

I would first advise you to stop going to the kingdom hall. JW's are a cult and the end of all those who follow them will be destruction.

I can not emphasize it enough my brother. Stay away from JW's. They will lead you to destruction.

By definition, all religions are cults.

[QUOTE="A Tout le Monde";746747]All religions are cults. So it doesn't matter who you choose. The JW's are just as insane as others, its all bullshit rhetoric to make people feel safe because they cant get through life without some kind of supernatural force. Pretty sad.[/QUOTE]

All religions are not cults.

A cult is a group that revolves around a magnetic personailty. Most people unless your hermit engage in cultish activity everday.

You should take an etymology course.

Cult in it's earliest meaning and expression, was a act of caring or other activity, for a god figure of shrine. It morphed into other meanings later on.

I still love you though, even though I had to spank you.

As most words in the western Hemisphere they find their root in Greek or Latin. This one is origin. Cultus

I just have a lot of dictionaries and I have a few etymological ones.

I am a proponent of language study or Linguistics, also stylistic. Not materialistic or simplistic.

All this and then some...

 

[And Step]

What kind of etymology dictionary is that!?!

You'd best get back to your language studies now, you missed the part where your is not you're.

Ha Ha. I do that all the time. Don't know why.

It's a portable desk reference. I carry it with me when I am mobile. It is not as concise or thorough as some. I couldn't fit some of the others in my valise. I have some that are in volumes. That offer detail down to the region sometimes. Like 500 years from now people will be discussing the origin of talmbout, nahmean, and geyah. They should be able to pinpoint the part of the country, not just the country it originated from.

Just like a woman. Can't take the spanking and move on. Got to get the last word. And when she finds the chink, she gonna make sure she let's you know.

Even when I lose, I win.

 

[turqiun]

That's not bad luck. Thats not obeying the law either stop parking illegally or put coins in the meter.

lol nah nigga, my tabs are expired and my exhaust pip is too big. My tabs expired on the fourth of this month but damn a nigga have to pay rent, utilities and phone bill. I'm just saying I already got four tickets and these motherfuckers won't give me a break till my next check come. They be posting outside my job waiting for a nigga to go home.

 

[ThaChozenWun]

lol nah nigga, my tabs are expired and my exhaust pip is too big. My tabs expired on the fourth of this month but damn a nigga have to pay rent, utilities and phone bill. I'm just saying I already got four tickets and these motherfuckers won't give me a break till my next check come. They be posting outside my job waiting for a nigga to go home.

Laws is laws though. They gotta fill their quota so they will pick on you until they get it filled. The community, county, and state need that extra money to now that everything is collapsing so they gone be extra hard on anything thatll make the state that money.

SMH @ You gettin ticketed for expired tags and a large exhaust pipe and thinkin it got something to do with god though lol

 

[turqiun]

I've done extensive research into this cult. I really can not emphasize it enough my brother. These people will lead you to hell my friend. They do not worship God. They do not worship the true and living God, Jesus Christ. Do your own research my friend. They have purposely altered the Bible to fit their own doctrine and agenda. Here is a summary of their cult beliefs.

• They believe that Jesus did not rise from the dead. Russell says His body either dissolved into gases or is still preserved somewhere.
  
  
  
• They believe that God is not triune (i.e., Father, Son, and Holy Ghost).
  
• They believe that there is no such thing as a hell of everlasting torment. Hell is just the grave. The wicked are simply annihilated.
  
  
  
• They believe that man has no spirit.
  
  
  
• They believe the Holy Ghost is not a person of the Godhead, just a "life force" of God.
  
  
  
• They exercise mind control over members.
  
• They believe that man must work to be part of "God's system of things".
  
  
  
• They believe that only the 144,000 mentioned in the book of Revelation will live in heaven with God.
  

• They believe all dead people will have a second chance for eternal life at the millennium. If you do not prove worthiness at this time, you'll be destroyed.
  
  
  
• The believe the blood of Christ does not forgive sins, it gives us a "chance" to live again. They have NO assurance of salvation as Jehovah's Witnesses who supposedly know the truth.
  
  
  
• They believe Jesus is the archangel Michael - Jesus is a created being.
  
  
  
• They believe Jesus is just an agent of God, nothing more.
  
  
  
• They believe that Jesus' second coming occurred invisibly in 1874. Russell's successor, Rutherford, says this was confirmed by the creation of the first labor organization in 1874.
  
  
  
• They believed Russell when he said that in 1914 the millennium would occur and righteousness would be restored to the earth. As 1914 approached, he, and his successor, changed the date to 1915, 1916, 1924, 1928, and on and on to the present day! When you ask a Jehovah's Witness about this, they'll give you the party line, "Well, the Watchtower is reaching different levels of enlightenment."
  

Jesus said to "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15



Jesus also said that leading up to the last days, "many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many." Matthew 24:11

JW's do not worship Jesus Christ my brother. They worship a god of their imagination who they think is Jesus Christ. But all the while they totally deny who He is. Jesus Christ is God and if you do not recognize Him as such, you will be doomed. Jesus Christ said that they that worship God must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). You must worship God in truth. If you totally deny who He is, how are you worshiping God in truth?

I will leave you with these words my friend. Jesus Christ said that MANY people on the last day will cry out to Him saying that they did His will, but Jesus Christ will say He never knew them.

"21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." Matthew 7:21-23

JW's will be part of the many people who will cry out to God on that day. I urge you to research this cult and ask the true and living God to give you understanding. You do not want to be led astray and neither do I. Thats why I am pleading with you my friend, stay away from these people. Find yourself a good BIBLE based and believing Church. A church that believes:

1.the Bible is the Divinely inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God.

2.that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son,

and God the Holy Spirit.

3. in the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, His deity, His sinless humanity, the eternal

all-sufficiency of His atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father's right

hand, His personal future return to this earth in power and Glory.

4. in the Ministry of the Holy Spirit who convicts, regenerates, baptizes, indwells,

enlightens and empowers believers for Godly living and imparts spiritual gifts for the edification

of the body of Christ.

5. that the church is the Spiritual Body of which Christ is the head, both functionally and

eternally.

6. in the resurrection and the eternal existence of all people in heaven or hell.

These are fundamental truths my friend. A good bible based and believing church will testify to these truths. One last thing, have you confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Damn homie thanks for that....now I'm even more confused. Really though thanks for the info. I have not confessed JC as my lord and savior yet. They do believe that JC is God's only son though and that he was killed for our sins. They do worship JC, they worship JC, God and that's it. They call God Jehova because it says in the bible that we should get to know him and call him by his name.

Man...I'm gonna do more research asap. WTF did I get myself into.

 

[turqiun]

Laws is laws though. They gotta fill their quota so they will pick on you until they get it filled. The community, county, and state need that extra money to now that everything is collapsing so they gone be extra hard on anything thatll make the state that money.

SMH @ You gettin ticketed for expired tags and a large exhaust pipe and thinkin it got something to do with god though lol

lol hey God helped me get this car so you can see how it's some how his fault right?.......I'm gonna get another ticket for that.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Ha Ha. I do that all the time. Don't know why.

It's a portable desk reference. I carry it with me when I am mobile. It is not as concise or thorough as some. I couldn't fit some of the others in my valise. I have some that are in volumes. That offer detail down to the region sometimes. Like 500 years from now people will be discussing the origin of talmbout, nahmean, and geyah. They should be able to pinpoint the part of the country, not just the country it originated from.

Just like a woman. Can't take the spanking and move on. Got to get the last word. And when she finds the chink, she gonna make sure she let's you know.

Even when I lose, I win.

All in good fun.

 

[Fazeem_Blackall]

Damn homie thanks for that....now I'm even more confused. Really though thanks for the info. I have not confessed JC as my lord and savior yet. They do believe that JC is God's only son though and that he was killed for our sins. They do worship JC, they worship JC, God and that's it. They call God Jehova because it says in the bible that we should get to know him and call him by his name.
Man...I'm gonna do more research asap. WTF did I get myself into.

A good place to start your Research would be @ www.carm.org they have a nice base line on a lot of Christian sub group Cults and while not 100% correct due to their own Biases they have a lot of good information to get you going and learning...

 

[turqiun]

A good place to start your Research would be @ www.carm.org they have a nice base line on a lot of Christian sub group Cults and while not 100% correct due to their own Biases they have a lot of good information to get you going and learning...

thanks mayne