New Posts For Thread: How this world will come to an endhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_endHi You all!As a spin off from the Bible being our highest authority thread, as well as our joy in our changes in belief thread, we now can consider the future somewhat (sort of) - as our September 2012 study edition of the Watchtower is now availablIn God's early days, whenever any of his "children" misbehaved, the quick and decisive answer was simply to kill them. Then Jesus' wise counsel took over, and God stopped his occasional temper tamtrum genocides and tried reason and teaching. That'shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521145473#521145473In God's early days, whenever any of his "children" misbehaved, the quick and decisive answer was simply to kill them. Then Jesus' wise counsel took over, and God stopped his occasional temper tamtrum genocides and tried reason and teaching. That'sSat, 23 Jun 2012 00:04:04 -0500In God's early days, whenever any of his "children" misbehaved, the quick and decisive answer was simply to kill them. Then Jesus' wise counsel took over, and God stopped his occasional temper tamtrum genocides and tried reason and teaching. That'shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521145363#521145363In God's early days, whenever any of his "children" misbehaved, the quick and decisive answer was simply to kill them. Then Jesus' wise counsel took over, and God stopped his occasional temper tamtrum genocides and tried reason and teaching. That'sFri, 22 Jun 2012 23:53:16 -0500Apart from the fact that soon God is going to kill the lot of them because they aren't JWs.[/quote]Thank you, Kemmer. :-)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521142645#521142645Apart from the fact that soon God is going to kill the lot of them because they aren't JWs.[/quote]Thank you, Kemmer. :-)Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:43:06 -0500My answers are in green.Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the same type of warning as mankind is suppose to have during the last days.(Matthew 24:14)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521142439#521142439My answers are in green.Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the same type of warning as mankind is suppose to have during the last days.(Matthew 24:14)Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:30:41 -0500Apart from the fact that soon God is going to kill the lot of them because they aren't JWs.JWs should be thankful Christians reject the WTS "good news" and see to the everyday "nut 'n' bolts" of goverment, otherwise they would all starve to death inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521119143#521119143Apart from the fact that soon God is going to kill the lot of them because they aren't JWs.JWs should be thankful Christians reject the WTS "good news" and see to the everyday "nut 'n' bolts" of goverment, otherwise they would all starve to death inFri, 22 Jun 2012 09:19:55 -0500Yes, taken literally -which, however, would make the Bible contradict itself (e.g. Psalms 37:29). We do not accept interpretations which make the Bible contradict. - NewtonianThis is what happens when you reach a conclusion before the evidence is prehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521116081#521116081Yes, taken literally -which, however, would make the Bible contradict itself (e.g. Psalms 37:29). We do not accept interpretations which make the Bible contradict. - NewtonianThis is what happens when you reach a conclusion before the evidence is preFri, 22 Jun 2012 08:13:05 -0500Ed - Interesting that you reread your post to see what I was talking about.Anyway, my comments are in blue.Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the samehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521107785#521107785Ed - Interesting that you reread your post to see what I was talking about.Anyway, my comments are in blue.Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the sameFri, 22 Jun 2012 02:00:13 -0500Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the same type of warning as mankind is suppose to have during the last days.(Matthew 24:14) But apparently you werehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521106127#521106127Newtonian, I went back and looked at my post #22 to see what you are talking about...and I never said anything about Sodom not having the same type of warning as mankind is suppose to have during the last days.(Matthew 24:14) But apparently you wereThu, 21 Jun 2012 23:20:34 -0500Personal suffering ends at death--we presume, because no one has ever returned from thence with a report. There will always be those who suffer, physically and mentally, and since I do not subscribe to your peculiar vision of "eternity" I do not forhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521105649#521105649Personal suffering ends at death--we presume, because no one has ever returned from thence with a report. There will always be those who suffer, physically and mentally, and since I do not subscribe to your peculiar vision of "eternity" I do not forThu, 21 Jun 2012 22:51:35 -0500Newt, the reason Armageddon didn't come in 1975, or 18-something, or 1914, or 1925 or 1943 or any of the other numerous dates set by the Watchtower, is not due to God being "slow", but due to the Watchtower's false prophecies.Only a truly arrogant Orhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29183521/How_this_world_will_come_to_an_end?post_id=521103601#521103601Newt, the reason Armageddon didn't come in 1975, or 18-something, or 1914, or 1925 or 1943 or any of the other numerous dates set by the Watchtower, is not due to God being "slow", but due to the Watchtower's false prophecies.Only a truly arrogant OrThu, 21 Jun 2012 21:20:29 -0500