Hi Gene,Then all religions are cults according to you.  Because they all do the same thing – believe how we believe, or find somewhere else to go on Sunday.There is only one kingdom.  It is the Kingdom of God – the same one Jesus preached was NEAR, not here.  The fact that Jesus will rule over it for 1000 years does not mean Jesus has one ki…[Read more]

Hi Kathi,Okay, good one. I was only trying to prove that the arm is nothing more than the manifestation of God's might. You have already found that out about Cyrus. Did you figure out if Jesus was the plague, sword or famine yet? All of these represented God's might, or His arm.peace and love,mike

Hi WJ,This is great!  We are getting closer to the heart of some issues! You said:Quote You are being dishonest here IMO, for you full well know that Trinitarians do not believe in “Three equal Gods”.I know that you like to say that.  But the trinity, like I told our brother Paul, is just a mysterious, confusing way to worship 3 different gods,…[Read more]

Hi Gene,You said:Quote Mikeboll64………..MY POINT IS THAT THE KINGDOM of God is (IN) you Not Outside of YOU. As Jesus Said “for the kingdom of God comes Not with observation, but is within you”.  People are looking for an external sign of the kingdom but it is the internal sign that matters,You still didn't answer the question.  Was the K…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ May 16 2010,13:40)Quote (mikeboll64 @ May 16 2010,08:26)I don't believe Jesus is Michael.  But unlike you, I can point to Scriptures that actually infer this.  Hebrews 1 says:5 For example, to which one of the angels did he ever say: “You are my son; I, today, I have become your father”? 13 But with reference to which one of the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 16 2010,12:19)Hi MB,Folk really need to choose their master carefully as you cannot serve two.You do not commit to a denomination and expect God's Spirit to be poured out on you to serve it as the Spirit of God does not serve man's tradition.Agreed. That is why I don't go to church. I cannot find one that teaches the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 16 2010,11:01)Hi MB, Have you met a JW that does not obey the rules of their denomination? Dissent is not tolerated nor is the imposed order challenged.They have popes too and the insecure who need them.Hi Nick,Okay, but why do you single out the JWs? Isn't this the case in every church on the planet? Most churches today…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ May 16 2010,10:52)MBare not the JW saying that they are guided by the spirit of God??i mean the watchtower elders.and if there is a conflict between the bible and the watchtower document,it will be the document of the watchtower who will be fallowed.??PierreHi to all,Let me restate for the record that I am NOT a JW.Pierre,…[Read more]

psWho is that one God? The Son? The Holy Spirit? A combo of three persons? Oh, that's right. It's the FATHER.

Quote (thethinker @ May 19 2010,18:17)WoprshippingJesus said to Mikeboll:Quote Mike says there is only one God, yet he says Jesus is “a god”, yet he is not his god, which means to Mike Jesus is not “a god” at all, I think! If he is “a god” then who's god is he?Yes WJ. Mike's views do make a person dizzy don't they?  thinkerHi WJ and Thinker,Paul…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 19 2010,09:31)Hi TT, The man in the tombs spoke with Jesus.Was his name LEGION?Hi Nick,Excellent point! Each time you asked, did you notice Kangaroo Jack hopping farther and farther away? I almost wish I knew how to do those jumpy little cheerleader graphics he does for WJ – I'd put one here. Hey thinker, I thought…[Read more]

Hi Kathi,You said:Quote Isa 51:9-119 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the redeemed to cross…[Read more]

Quote (martian @ May 16 2010,10:14)Quote (mikeboll64 @ May 16 2010,04:30)Hi Martian,What's your take on John 17:11-12?  Is Jesus saying he has the name “Jehovah”?peace and love,mikeSuffice it to say that context is very important in this section. I am not inclined to take a lot of time on forum answers. I have much too much going on for more then…[Read more]

Hi Dennison,I think you have added things said by someone else to my post.You said:Quote But if im asking for the help, would you jsut leave it at that?No.  That was the gist of my post.You said:Quote How do you know that i didnt read my bible?I never said you didn't.You said:Quote even thuogh i have it in front of me and been reading…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ May 12 2010,14:42)That word “which” is written in the singular, neuter form and is a pronoun for a singular neuter noun. The only single neuter noun in either verse, 11 or 12, is “name.” Ta da! No more confusion for you Mike If what was given Jesus was people or men, then the pronoun would have been masculine and…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 16 2010,07:24)Hi MB, Paul never knew the man Jesus. He only met him as the Spirit of Christ.It is no longer I that liveth but Christ that liveth in meHi Nick,I'm not sure which part of my post you are replying to.  I don't believe I said that Paul knew Jesus on earth.You are, however, mistaken that Paul didn't know the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 16 2010,08:05)Hi MB, If only the JWs used the principle of 2Cor 13 1 and searched for back up verses to establish truth they would not reach foolish conclusions like Jesus is Michael.If only they did not treat their leaders like gods and obey them instead of keeping their freedom to serve Christ. If only they sought the…[Read more]

Hi Kathi,As an afterthought: Although Moses spoke the word about the firstborns, it was an angel of Jehovah that did the killing. That angel could also correctly be ascribed as being God's oustretched arm in this instance.

Quote (Lightenup @ May 15 2010,15:27)Quote (Lightenup @ May 13 2010,02:16)Mike,Again…my point with the Arm of the Lord is that the Arm can be, if not always, another being.  Who do you think the Arm is in this passage:Jer 27:55 “I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My…[Read more]

Hi Gene,You STILL didn't answer my question.  I didn't ask if the Pharisees WERE the Kingdom of God.   I asked if the Kingdom of God was INSIDE them at the time Jesus said this.You said:Quote One of the Big Pitch for JW'S is to get people to think they are special people who are representing the “True” Kingdom ministry .The Witnesses are sure t…[Read more]