by pale.emperor 114 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
1. If blood transfusions are not allowed then why is it ok for a mother to breastfeed her baby? Doesn't God know that there are white blood cells in breastmilk? Could the creator of all things overlooked that?
2. Explain Genesis chapter 1 how God made green vegetation to grow one whole creative day before the sun and moon were made?
1. According to Acts 1:8 Jesus says we're to be Witnesses of Him or Jehovah?
Then why do you call yourselves Jehovah's Witnesses?
2. In light of what is said at Rev. 1:1 (this was given to John in signs and symbols)
Why do you think the number 144,000 is literal?
"You're inviting me to the Kingdom Hall? I thought that old place had been sold........."
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If you won't have a tattoo (Leviticus 19:28). because the scripture in Micah says Jehovah(tm) doesn't change,(this was the reasoning at elders school), Why don't you obey 'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.' Leviticus 19:19 same chapter?
I like this one, or even obeying verse 27 about not shaving the hairs on the sides of our heads or disfiguring our beards.
Do you 100% believe everything written in the Bible and 100% believe what the WT teaches you ?
BONUS QUESTION: are you bonkers? -
Actually they're not.
They don't like bonking.
Matthew 28:18. If Jesus had all authority in heaven and earth back then, what more could he have gotten in 1914?
I don't think there are any questions that could not be dealt with to the self-satisfaction of an informed JW.
I do think it's worth challenging JWs as it may have a cumulative effect over time but there are no magic bullets. If a JW is reasonable it's probably better to try to reach the authentic self behind the cultish facade.
It really doesn't seem right to any decent human being to shun a family member because they have different beliefs about supernatural things. It isn't right that a child should die for lack of a transfusion. It can't be a moral good that they pray every day for the destruction of 99.999% of the earth's population, and so on.
I sometimes adopt the role of sympathetic confessor and watch their discomfort.
Of course they won't agree with you in public but you might trigger an internal struggle.
what did Abel do with all the inedible meat before he offered some on the altar?
was the Earth created in the beginning or 10 000 000 000 years later?
agree wit cofty, avoid law covenant questions, new light through Jesus is their defense.
