@galveston75
The founder of your church said Jesus retained his divinity at birth.
I hope you are celebrating Easter...
@ghost-of-a-duke saidMany people do not celebrate Easter, or do they believe Jesus has even come yet.
@galveston75
The founder of your church said Jesus retained his divinity at birth.
I hope you are celebrating Easter...
-VR
@galveston75 saidSee here, Rusty, even the JWs are confused about the 144,000.
Only the 144,000 will go to heaven.
@galveston75 saidOh, to come so far and not cross the finish line.
@Very-Rusty
Well if one really thinks about what the "bible" says about what happens to humans after death it is not what most religions teach. Most religions adopted many pagan influenced teachings about 400 years after Jesus death. The early Christians were warned that once all the apostles and the ones who followed them and stuck to the truths that Jesus explained ...[text shortened]... number in the book can be taken literally.”—Revelation 1-7: An Exegetical Commentary, page 474.
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Much of this is true, but the falsity comes out at critical junctures.
This is what comes from writing your own Bible, giving weird ideology more leash than needed.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI'm heading out really early Sunday morning to attend Sunrise Service in the red rocks of Sedona. Should be a good time.
I hope you are celebrating Easter...
@galveston75 saidBeing laughed at never killed anybody.
I would hate to come face to face with a couple posters here as I'd probably fear for my life.
"Jesus Christ left no doubt about what being his disciple would involve. “A slave is not greater than his master,” he told his followers. “If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also.” Jesus was hated “without cause.” (John 15:18-20, 25; Psalm 69:4; Luk ...[text shortened]... On more than one occasion, he warned them: “You will be objects of hatred.”—Matthew 10:22; 24:9. "
It is sad, though, that the JW church encourages its members to think of themselves as martyrs. That time is coming, no doubt, but not until very nearly the end. Plenty of time in the here and now to actually begin following Jesus, and to bring others to Jesus without the dramatic overlays.
Try thinking of yourselves as your brothers' keeper rather than martyrs. Look beyond yourselves.
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@suzianne saidFrom the Sedona visitors website:
I'm heading out really early Sunday morning to attend Sunrise Service in the red rocks of Sedona. Should be a good time.
Sedona has long been regarded as a place both sacred and powerful. It is a cathedral without walls. It is Stonehenge not yet assembled. People travel from all across the globe to experience the mysterious cosmic forces that are said to emanate from the red rocks. They come in search of the vortexes.
Although all of Sedona is considered to be a vortex, there are specific sites where the energy crackles most intensely. The four best known Sedona vortexes are found at Airport Mesa, Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock and Boynton Canyon—each radiating its own particular energy. Some are thought to produce energy flowing upward while at others the energy spirals downward, entering the earth.
The Chapel of the Holy Cross is one of the main vortexes of Sedona.
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@pettytalk saidThe Chapel of the Holy Cross is Catholic, so it won't be there.
From the Sedona visitors website:
Sedona has long been regarded as a place both sacred and powerful. It is a cathedral without walls. It is Stonehenge not yet assembled. People travel from all across the globe to experience the mysterious cosmic forces that are said to emanate from the red rocks. They come in search of the vortexes.
Although all of Sedona is considere ...[text shortened]... downward, entering the earth.
The Chapel of the Holy Cross is one of the main vortexes of Sedona.
As I understand it, this service will be outside, under the Arizona sky, in the red rocks somewhere near Sedona. The whole point is to be outside for sunrise.
The only problem might be if it rains.
Sedona, as a tourist destination, has plenty of diners and bistros to get breakfast and/or brunch, so I'm hitting one of those up before the 90+ minute drive home.