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ATERI:
Oh we still have children that can see our native attire as something to be proud of? Thanks agent9!. I was beginning to think I`m on a Canadian thread.

Children indeed....

rummeh:
Many Christians today believe in a place of eternal torment where sinners are sent after death, commonly referred to as Hell in English. This belief is extremely mainstream and forms part of the basic perception of the religion in popular culture.
Am not a Jehova Witness tho but i want you to enjoy reading this.

1.It was Barely Mentioned in the bible
According to Romans 6:7, “he that is dead is freed from sin.” So if a person’s sins are cleared with his or her death, then what’s with the additional punishment of Hell? Well, Romans 6:23 goes on to state that “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Note that there is no mention of sinners being condemned to everlasting torture, they simply don’t get the reward for living a righteous life. Similarly, 2 Thessalonians 1:9 says that the punishment for those deemed wicked is not fiery torture, but destruction, “shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.”

2.Many References To Hell Were Mistranslated

When it comes to misconceptions about Hell, the popular 17th-century King James Version (KJV) of the Bible has a lot to answer for. For example, in the KJV, the prophet Jonah was in the “belly of Hell,” while David bafflingly insists that God would be with him even in Hell. Even Jesus pops down to Hell after his death on the cross.

That’s particularly important to Hades and Sheol, which are roughly equivalent words in Greek and Hebrew. Neither can reasonably be translated as “place of torment,” which is what the word “Hell” now generally implies. A better translation might be “the grave” or “the afterlife.” Neither term carries a value judgment in the way that “Hell” does—only the wicked go to Hell, but all souls are in Sheol after death. So David’s weird KJV claim that God would be with him in “Hell” is better translated as “the afterlife” or even “the depths.” While the KJV references Jesus being in Hell after his death on the cross, the New International Version makes a much less dramatic reference to him being in his “grave.” In fact, the New International Version only refers to Hell 15 times, compared to a whopping 54 mentions in the KJV.
Other modern Bibles try to avoid such problems altogether by simply leaving “Sheol” and “Hades” untranslated, although this hasn’t quite undone the influence of the KJV. As the Encyclopedia Americana of 1942 put it: “Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word ‘Hell.’ The simple transliteration of these words by the translators of the revised editions of the Bible has not sufficed to appreciably clear up this confusion and misconception.”
3.Jesus Didn’t Invent His Parable About Hell

It’s right there in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, as recorded in Luke 16:19-31.

In fact, Jesus didn’t even come up with the story in the first place. Scholars have long identified the general outline (a beggar is rewarded after death, while a rich man is punished) as an Egyptian folktale that became popular with Jewish religious teachers like the Pharisees, to the point that early Jewish literature contains at least seven versions of it. In Luke’s account, Jesus only brings the story up after the Pharisees mock his original Parable of the Unjust Steward, thus using one of their own favorite stories to demonstrate their hypocrisy. With this context, it’s hard to see the parable as a serious account of the Christian afterlife.


4. Even The Church Fathers Couldn’t Agree On Hell

Since many hold the early church fathers as the authority on matters of faith and doctrine, many would find it surprising that even they couldn’t agree if Hell existed and, if so, what it actually was. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Cyprian were among those that held that Hell was a literal place of fiery torment. Origen and Gregory of Nyssa disagreed, countering that Hell was simply separation from God.
In modern times, many Christian denominations have moved away from Saint Augustine’s conception of Hell as a physical place beneath the Earth. Even the venerable Catholic Church has apparently decided to go with the flow, with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, approved by Pope John Paul II in 1992, declaring that Hell is simply a state of “definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed.”

5.Some Aspects Of Hell Seem Distinctly Non-Christian

The Ancient Egyptian religion, for example, featured a cavern containing a “lake of fire” where the souls of the wicked were punished for their transgressions. The early Mesopotamians also believed that the underworld lay underground, although it was more dim and miserable than a place of eternal punishment.
A particularly interesting comparison can be made between the popular idea of Hell and Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion originating in what is now Iran. In the earliest Zoroastrian texts, the souls of the sinful are judged after death and condemned to eternal punishment in the underworld, which theBook Of Arda Viraf describes as a pit full of fire, “smoke, stench and demons.” The souls are tortured according to the severity of their sins in life and the whole thing is presided over by Angra Mainyu, the great evil spirit, “who ever ridiculed and mocked the wicked in hell” for following him instead of their creator god.



http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/08/7-biblical-reasons-why-hell-might-not.html

You are right

[quote author=adebayo201 post=48277231][/quote]Lol...

U got me with dat pishure

Ok... Here's mine...

Ibile lawa eleyii...

Emmaway:
It's no SCAM... I also experience this currently but I'll help you out.

If you want to enjoy the Airtel Trybe 1.5 GB night plan, you have to subscribe for N25 plan for N500 first.. After that go ahead and subscribe for the 1.5GB N50 plan.

This will cost you N75 for 2GB!

Check it out, I used it this NIGHT.

So... We can do multiple subscription per night?

Emmaway:
It's no SCAM... I also experience this currently but I'll help you out.

If you want to enjoy the Airtel Trybe 1.5 GB night plan, you have to subscribe for N25 plan for N500 first.. After that go ahead and subscribe for the 1.5GB N50 plan.

This will cost you N75 for 2GB!

Check it out, I used it this NIGHT.

So... We can do multiple subscription per night?

tempem:
Lol!! Yes, bro.
Nice meeting you too...
Hope you did enjoy field service today?

Yeah... It was great


Oh.. Pardon me... It seems we've met in one tread like dat... Phone launcher tread... Remember?

tempem:
Lol..

By the way.. Am rocking it..

In fact, that's what am downloading with now..

Bro... U be JW?

I can see u downloading jw broadcasting...

Nice to meet u

University Of Ilorin

fawaz050:
Hu tel U??
Its definitely Feasible:Just attain a good score in ur PUTME.With God and Luck u r in

make i ask dem irunmole first
Yungchop,agent9,Khassy

Knock knock...

Who's at home?



On the issue...

Cut off mark is 180 for all courses... So i heard from Ambali

No post UTME anymore... Since d system has changed (University may conduct their screening tho)

Your jamb score
SSCE result
A lot of prayer...


Those are d requirements for admission/posting now


Wish you well.

Come check unilorin sociology questions... U go fear

tempem:
Its a widget.

I'll like to use such


How can i?

tempem:
Yes. Guess you are a witness, too.

Yes sir

From Ilorin, kwara state

tempem:
Yes, flaunt your launcher. Am using solo launcher, it doesn't have an extremely powerful design, but it's cool and simple.

Moreso....

How did u put dat bible verse on wallpaper??

[quote author=ojialo post=47341027][/quote]Its beautiful.. .. Lemme check it out too

tempem:
Yes, flaunt your launcher. Am using solo launcher, it doesn't have an extremely powerful design, but it's cool and simple.

Its good to know dat u have jw library on ur phone... It is a beautiful tool


By the way...


I use solo launcher too... Its cool

Proudly Unilorite

Better By Far

MrTruth4real:
Jehovah witness: knock knock, who's home.

Me: who is that

Jehovah witness: it's Jehovah witness, we have come to share the good news wit u.

Me: nobody dey house

Jehovah witness: but u are replying us.

Me: I say nobody dey house, na their dog, bingo dey follow una talk.

And we go just laugh and go away

Ayanko:
I love talking with them. It helps me spiritually.

Pls keep it up

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses of over 8 Million around the world...

Although i cant address all ur criticism... But i appreciate those that made clarifications on who we are... Thank you all...

Something is certain.. You can not observe a person or people from distance and achieve 100 percent objectivity... So i will urge you to pls come close to us and observe us with open mind... That is when you will know who we are truly.

Thanks

JOESAJIB:
Jehovah's witnesses obey Jesus' command to preach found in Matthew 28:19,20.
Frankly speaking, no other Religious group do that.
Thumbs up for the JWs!

#Fact

Mediapace:
They are Xtians too,i'll let them in na only females o and sometimes male.
I'll listen to them and all their preaching and later ask for her number,if she no wan gree. I go send her away,and if she gree i go lie to her say i need wife and na her God tell me to marry,if she say NO then i'll tell her she is going against God will

The next thing she will do is to start going,for my mind i don send her away


BUT SERIOUSLY THEY ARE XTIANS LIKE WE ARE,WE NEED TO LET THEM IN

Tanx for dat ur last line

Tallesty1:
How are they hypocrites?




They are a good example of what Christianity is about.
The go around preaching the gospel to all nations.

They assure you that hard times will come and encourage to stand strong in faith unlike today's prosperity preachers.

They teach love.

They teach you to work hard instead depending on inexplicable miracles.

You hardly hear that a member of them molest an under aged kid.

They are united.

They make out time for the poor and needy.

They are not greedy.

What else is Christianity about?

I am not a witness but I study bible with 10s of them and they treat and respect me like a family.

Unlike what's obtainable in other religious organizations that see members of other denominations as unbelievers.a.My brother, please don't compare those invitation cards that my church and your church share to the books that the Jehovah witness share.

What's in our fliers? A theme, a programme, a venue, my pastor's selfie and a testimony that is most times false.

Bro, make we leave talk. I used to accept fliers because I write quotation of goods at the back but I have stopped since they started writing testimonies there.

Why invite me to your church program when you know that I am member of another church?

I see them as revenue generators for their respective churches.

Tanx for ur clarifications... You know us well

Endtime children

Is dat a Timetable??

The third picture

Celebrity girlfriend
My crush everytime

It is even on my USB OTG cable

Contact MTN Nigeria... Shebi they have database for all registered users... They should be able to help

Beautiful....

Gat to share dis

Stunning everytime...

Vinshu:
Why didn't she expose who got her preggy?

And why would she comit suicide? Maybe she is tired of life though. Wish her luck

Egoistic suicide

Endtime love

Ibile united