Bible Study Approaching Its End

by Fallen_Winter 34 Replies latest jw friends

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  Jeffro

  @Sea Breeze, after studying with the witnesses, I am not convinced that they are the true religion and I do not know what their good news is. I thought that the good news was that they were bringing Jehovah’s word.

  If you have studied as far as chapter 48 in their Bible study textbook, you should reasonably understand that the 'good news' according to JWs is that 'god's kingdom' will 'soon' end all the world's problems (by killing almost everyone, but that's a side point) by means of Jesus' bad weekend... um... I mean... ransom sacrifice.

  Both the original question and the answer seem disingenuous.

  It is noteworthy though that even in JW videos depicting Bible studies, they have enough self awareness to show that their 'students' are often ambivalent and unengaged with the material.
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  Jeffro

  I know what AI is, I don’t know myself to consciously use it.

  Though I mentioned creative writing with a parenthetical possibility of AI-generated writing, you honed in awfully quickly on the AI part. The phrasing "I don’t know myself to consciously use it" is particularly evasive given that there isn't any plausible basis for using AI inadvertently.
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  Vanderhoven7

  Their are plenty of reasons to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Jehovah’s Witnesses are the happiest people on earth because they completely trust the Faithful Slave, i.e., 11 men in Warwick New York, to guide them to survival through the Great Tribulation and Armageddon.

  Why should Witnesses worry when they are the only true Christians on earth today and theirs is the only organization that will make it into paradise. Witnesses therefore have come to the sole victorious Bible-based organization for salvation while Christendom, their churches and followers will be destroyed eternally because they are part of Satan's organization.

  This uniquely new gospel is being preached throughout the whole earth today as Jesus instructed by the happiest people on earth.

  Quick... come to Jehovah's organization for salvation.
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  Touchofgrey

  Fallen winter

  Please do some independent research into the bible and the clear evidence is that the bible is the uninspired word of man.

  Many of the events and individuals are fictional and often based on older legends and myths and adapted to fit the narrative of the author's of the particular story's.

  Eg the Noah flood legend is very similar to the epic tales of galgermesh.
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  Sea Breeze

  I thought that the good news was that they were bringing Jehovah’s word.

  @FallenWinter

  The good news is supposed to be the literal Millennial Reign of Christ according to Watchtower. But for practical purposes, the good news is really themselves starring as God's Sole Channel of Communicatiion. They are the "word" of Jehovah in their estimation.

  
  2/3 of Evangelicals believe in a literal kingdom of God on earth, pretty much same as JW's do. tHowever, he good news in the church age is reconciliation with God. You can join his family and become his son or daughter with promises of inheritance and eternal life.
  
  This is the primary biblical theme WT wants to hide from you by telling you that the new covenant "for the forgiveness of sins" isn't available to you. (See Mt. 26: 27-28)
  
  

  God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation.... we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. - 2 Cor. 5

  John 1: 12 - as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God
  
  This is what you are missing.