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As a child, I used to get sick thinking I would one day not exist anymore. But after studying the bible, I now no longer fear death. Because death was not in our original design, but was inherited through the sin of Adam and Eve, it is understandable that the thought of our non-existence is disturbing. God created us to live forever – if He didn’t, the punishment of death to Adam and Eve for eating of the tree of knowledge (Gen 2:16, 17) wouldn’t have held any weight. Eccl 9:5 tells us that the living are conscience that they will die, but the dead are conscious of nothing. Jesus likens death to a sleep (refer to John chapter 11). There is also the promise of a resurrection (Isa 26:19, Dan 12:2, John 5:29, Acts 24:15, Rev 20:12), so death to me is just a state of sleep and the promise of awaking in the Paradise that is the fulfillment of God’s original purpose. (Gen 1:28, John 23:43, Rev 21:3, 4)
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Name : Sharon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 38, City : Ligonier, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : Self employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,The Law contained many principles and guiding statutes. The Law covenant between God and the Israelites as a nation was terminated at Pentecost, 33 C.E. (‘since the priesthood is being changed, there comes to be of necessity a change also of the law’; Heb 7:12). Christians now come ‘under law toward Christ.’ (1Co 9:21) This new law had been foretold by God through Jeremiah when he spoke of a new covenant and the writing of his law on the hearts of his people. (Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:6-13). Rom. 10:4 says: ‘Christ is the end of the Law, so that everyone exercising faith may have righteousness.’ God used Christ to bring that Law to its end. Nevertheless, a study of the Law with its Ten Commandments is essential for Christians, because it reveals God’s viewpoint of matters, and it had ‘a shadow of the good things to come,’ of the reality that belongs to the Christ. (Heb 10:1; Col 2:17; Ga 6:2). Christians are not condemned as sinners by that law, for the undeserved kindness of God through Christ provides forgiveness for their errors due to fleshly weakness.-Ro 3:23, 24. Of course, there is a difference between errors due to fleshly weaknesses, and deliberately doing something clearly disapproved of by God.
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Name : Sharon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 38, City : Ligonier, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : Self employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,Everything that is in the Bible is there for a reason. Jehovah’s Witnesses take note that God’s Word reports unfavorably about birthday celebrations and so shun these. The various customs surrounding birthday celebrations today have origins in the realm of magic and pagan religion. The customs of offering congratulations, presenting gifts and celebrating-complete with lighted candles-in ancient times were meant to protect the birthday celebrant from the demons and to ensure his security for the coming year. Down to the fourth century Christianity rejected the birthday celebration as a pagan custom. But just because we don’t celebrate traditional ‘special occassions’, wholesome gatherings of family and friends at other times to eat, drink, and rejoice are not objectionable, as Eccl. 3:12,13 says: ‘There is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good during one’s life; and also that every man should eat and indeed drink and see good for all his hard work. It is the gift of God.’
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Name : Sharon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 38, City : Ligonier, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : Self employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,Genesis 5:4 reads: ‘And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.’ So over a period of 800 years, Adam and Eve produced many children. Genesis 4:17 mentioned Cain taking a wife, so obviously there were females to choose from. This did not necessarily have to have been a sibling sister, as over the many years Adam and Eve were producing offspring, their children in turn produced offspring, etc., so Cain’s wife could well have been one of his brother’s or sister’s children and not necessarily a daughter of Eve, and thus not his sibling sister. While closer to perfection, genetically transmitted physical defects were not an issue, but as the generations grew further away from perfection through inherited sin, the problems of inbreeding increased. Therefore, when God gave the Israelites the Law, rules on marrying relatives was instituted (Leviticus 18:6-17) in order to keep his chosen people (of that time) holy and clean, free of defects.
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Name : Sharon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 38, City : Ligonier, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : Self employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,
