JAMES 1:22“However, become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves with false reasoning.”

Here are some scriptures from the Greek scriptures that have the phrase: word of God. Most of them, like the first, for example, definitely don't refer to the Bible. REVELATION 19:13“and he is arrayed with an outer garment sprinkled with blood, and the name he is called is The Word of God.”But I think some of these seem to indicate that it's spe…[Read more]

ROMANS 1:7“to all those who are in Rome as God’s beloved ones, CALLED TO BE HOLY ONES.”HEBREWS 3:1“Consequently, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly CALLING…”PHILIPPIANS 3:14“I am pursuing down toward the goal for the prize of the UPWARD CALL of God by means of Christ Jesus.”I believe that the holy ones have an “upward call,” a “heavenly…[Read more]

“King Tut never saw a Christmas tree, but he would have understood the tradition which traces back long before the first Christmas, says David Robson, Extension Educator, Horticulture with the Springfield Extension Center.The Egyptians were part of a long line of cultures that treasured and worshipped evergreens. When the winter solstice arrive,…[Read more]

Hi oxy. I believe I have discussed this at length in the “kingdom of God” thread and in one of the other JW threads.I was reading Revelation earlier and came across this verse:REVELATION 22:15“Outside are the dogs and those who practice spiritism and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and EVERYONE LIKING AND CARRYING ON A L…[Read more]

Quote JESUS was outraged by money changers and vendors who were taking advantage of a Jewish religious festival to make money.“Take these things away from here!” he said.“Stop making the house of my Father a house of merchandise!” (John 2:13-16) Looking at Jesus outrage and his words, what can we determine about the Christmas spirit?Would he not…[Read more]

Pagan rites and superstitious legends—such are the sources of the Christmas tradition. They were shunned by the early Christians, who, according to “the World Book Encyclopedia,” “did not celebrate His birth because they considered celebration of anyone’s birth to be a pagan custom.”This package of rituals and superstitions called Christmas i…[Read more]

“Most of the customs now associated with Christmas were not originally Christmas customs but rather were pre-Christian and non-Christian customs taken up by the Christian church. Saturnalia, a Roman feast celebrated in mid-December, provided the model for many of the merrymaking customs of Christmas. From this celebration, for example, were d…[Read more]

If Jesus returned to the earth today, what would he think about the rank commercialism of Christmas? Two thousand years ago, Jesus visited the temple in Jerusalem.JESUS was outraged by money changers and vendors who were taking advantage of a Jewish religious festival to make money. “Take these things away from here!” he said.“Stop making the h…[Read more]

JAMES 1:27“The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.”The Father is looking for worship that is “clean””undefiled”As Jesus followers who are to be as he was “no part of the world,” we sho…[Read more]

If a God of order intended to have Christians celebrate the birth of his Son on the earth, would He leave it to imperfect men to choose arbitrarily a date from pagan festivals and to adopt ungodly practices?Examining a few Biblical examples clarifies that Jehovah God does not deal with his people in that way. When he required the Israelites to…[Read more]

Satan the Devil has misled millions into following his teachings rather than God’s. (2 Corinthians 11:14) The apostle John showed that Satan’s influence is so extensive that “the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) John knew that Satan was “misleading the entire inhabited earth.”—Revelation 12:9.What have been the…[Read more]

Quote I don't understand the JW belief. Now, do they only believe that 144000 will be saved? What happens to all the rest?Hello Horsman.No. We believe the 144,000 are the annointed, Christ's brothers, those who will reign with Christ as “kings” and “judges” and “priests.”We believe the number of those who will be saved are as the sands of the…[Read more]

Quote What does t8 stand for? Just curious. I think it was the number of his taxi when he drove taxi? Am I right?Quote He he…”newzies”…I like it!Why thankyou. What are do they call themselves anyway?

Quote 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Here Jesus is called the Almighty. I thought only the Father was the Almighty?I believe the other 42 times that reference is made to the “almighty” it is always pointing directly to Jehovah God.I also notice…[Read more]

Quote Posted: Nov. 17 2006,23:07 QUOTEQuote (t8 @ Nov. 17 2006,22:29)Personally speaking I do not celebrate Christmas as Christ's birthday, yet if we choose we can honour God for sending us the messiah on any day we choose.We are told to beware of those who teach “do not touch, do not taste”. The truth is we are free to eat meat, honour God…[Read more]

HI t8.You say:Quote Pagans wear clothes, so what should we do?We should of course, as the scripture says, be reasonable. Let's take something that is a little more blatently obvious.Yes, pagans wear clothes. Clothes weren't invented by pagans. But they (let's call them “druids” did invent this thing where they put on animal heads and skins and…[Read more]

Satan is the “father” of the lie. (John 8:44)

For any reading this forum who have just joined or don't have all the facts, I'd like to say that Casey has stated many non-truths in regard to JW's and just glancing the things in bold, about one third of them are just plain wrong and about half of them misrepresent what we believe and the rest, I would have liked to explain with scritpure. But…[Read more]

First, I'd like to say that I only have time to respond to the first post. I'm quite busy.T8, you write:Quote david it is not up to you to judge others as you have in this post.If you cannot see the heart of someone, so you shouldn't judge them as doing evil because they celebrate on a certain day. All days belong to the Lord if you are…[Read more]