Scripture and verse,please.Or you could say that isn't in the Bible,JC and that will suffice.
2007-03-12 04:48:29 · 10 answers · asked by JCR 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To Reverend Red Mage:I have some questions for so called Atheists when I'm finished with my mission for helping JW's.
2007-03-12 04:54:06 · update #1
to Brown Skin:Does your answer mean that you can't show me this in the Bible?Wouldn't that make it unscriptural?
2007-03-12 05:03:18 · update #2
To Girl Wonder:You got that right.There is no such thing as an Agnostic.Especially a green one.God bless.
2007-03-12 08:40:21 · update #3
To Achtung:Your quote:"No specific bible verses teach that the full count of 144,000 "anointed" ones was complete by 1935"You got that right because this is not scriptural.You are finally starting to see this.God bless.
2007-03-12 08:42:55 · update #4
I love it when the witnesses have nothing to answer with but an insult. It's really one of my favorite things.
I also love it when they deny they said something, because they think it was too long ago for anyone to remember.
That's not in the bible
2007-03-12 05:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by Tanya Pants 3 · 2⤊ 7⤋
The intent of this so-called "question" seems to be its implication that anything not explicit in Scripture is by definition "unscriptural". This reflects an ignorance of the term "unscriptural" and a motivation that is decidedly anti-Witness.
A scholarly reference work might note that the Noachian Flood occurred in 2370 or 2369 B.C.E. (a date listed no where in Scripture); no reasonable person would pretend that the reference work was "unscriptural". Perhaps the bigotry of anti-Witness activists compromises their reasonableness.
It makes sense to note that no human tells any Jehovah's Witness whether he is a member of Christ's heavenly "little flock" or earthly "other sheep". Among the nearly SEVEN MILLION active Witnesses, literally 99.99% choose to identify THEMSELVES with the earthly hope, and consider their hope of eternal salvation to be a divine gift from God. Since each Christian "feels" his hope in his heart, there is nothing human to prevent any Witness from deciding that he is "anointed" (of the 144,000) with a heavenly hope, yet in the last few years literally ONE in 10,000 choose to identify himself in this so-called "first class".
No specific bible verses teach that the full count of 144,000 "anointed" ones was complete by 1935. Instead, Jehovah's Witness simply note that the numbers of self-described "anointed" peaked in the 1930's. Since the statistics continued to decrease in the decades after, it seems rather obvious that the full count must have been reached in the mid-1930's.
Jehovah's Witnesses do not attach any magical or "inspired" significance to the specific year 1935. The question is a non-starter for anti-Witnesses.
The work that specifically enjoys the holy spirit is the ongoing global preaching work, which can only be accomplished with God's continued blessing. It seems interesting that no other self-described Christian group comes close to comparing with this work by Jehovah's Witnesses. The central message of Kingdom "good news" remains plain and clear and central to Witness doctrine; many other matters are merely interesting and relatively minor.
(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.
2007-03-12 15:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
The bible does not say that the heavenly calling ceased in 1935. Neither do JW's. Your question is as stupid as asking JW's, were does the bible say that you can't fly if you jump off a pyramid in egypt?
-Dominus-
P.S. Tisk...Tisk...Tisk.... I think JC is chatting with Red Mage there. That is in violation of yahoo answers rules. Oh oh...
Note: If JC can ask a question that impresses atheists, thats the day I can breathe in space without a suit.
Note 2: I have a thumbs down, That probably means JC reported me, or one of his yes-men put a thumbs down on me. Anyways, red mage, I did not say tisk tisk, because I was going to report you, simply because I was going to report JC. And I did, and I know he will try to get me back. I really don't care.
Message to Tanya: I love it when false christians don't change their beliefs what so ever and look like complete idiots when the atheists beat them like marracas and drums. On the other hand, JW's did not say that the calling would cease in 1935.
2007-03-12 12:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Master Dominus Ardor 1 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Where did you get this idea that it ceased? The heavenly calling will cease when God ceases it. Who ever gave you this information is incorrect.
To be more precise if a person had the heavenly calling and didn't live up to his calling he could loose it.
Mathew 25:28
gemhandy@hotmail.com
2007-03-12 12:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by gem 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
JC - you need way more help than any Y/A forum could offer you.
Pray for the answers to your questions since you are so holier than thou to accept our answers. I really hope you find what you are looking for, cause something just ain't right!
2007-03-12 12:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋
JC, the bible was written by men with no proof of divine inspiration, so why does it matter? It's a nice book, nothing more, nothing less.
2007-03-12 12:03:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 1⤊ 7⤋
Wow the hypocrosy of it!
2007-03-12 11:57:35 · answer #7 · answered by firey_cowgirl 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I would answer you, but I can't, because apparently i don't exist.
An Agnostic.
2007-03-12 15:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
If it isn't our JW-hatin' friend, JC.
How ya doin, Mr. Paranoid Android?
2007-03-12 11:51:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 6⤋
You're on a roll JC....
Keep em coming.....
Expose the heresy.
2007-03-12 11:51:30 · answer #10 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 4⤊ 6⤋