...one question about anything and get a straight answer, what would it be? Historical, philosophical, theological, eschatological, anything.
If You Could Ask the GB Or One Of Its Members...
by Cold Steel 46 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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jonahstourguide
No such question exists in my view. There are no straight answers.
jtg.
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OnTheWayOut
To me, saying "and get a straight answer" puts your question in the realm of that riddle where you have to choose the safe door from 2 doors where one is guarded by a liar and one is guarded by a truthful guard.
There is an answer for that riddle, but it's not realistic. Where and when would that actually really happen? Same question with getting a straight answer from a GB member. Where and when would that actually really happen?So in the realm of philosophical riddles, my question would be, "Do you really believe God works through you and the 2/3rds vote and actually accepts the doctrines of you men like the overlap generation to be representative of what HE meant?"
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smiddy
You will never get a straight answer out of a Jehovahs Witness whether he/she is a R&f member , pioneer, MS ,Elder, or a GB member ,why ?
Because they all speak out of both sides of their mouth
The publications of Jehovahs Witnesses are designed to give two sides of a question put to them depending on what the questionaire expects to get as an answer .
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jwleaks
To Tony Morris III:
"Why do hotdogs come in packs of four or eight and hotdog rolls come in packs of six or twelve?"
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jwleaks
To Geoffrey Jackson:
"If you were raped by a member of Jehovah's Witnesses would that be a sin and therefore not reported to the authorities?"
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Cold Steel
No such question exists in my view. There are no straight answers.
Plenty of questions. Cofty could ask about reconciling evidence of an old earth with teachings of a new earth.
And others might ask:
- How could Jehovah except medical uses for blood thousands of years before such medical practices existed?
- Where did the JWs get its ecclesiastical authority?
- How can a manmade church subsequently be chosen by God as what supposedly happened in 1919? Shouldn't it be the other way around? God creates the church, then asks men to accept it?
- Can PARADISE EARTH people someday go to Heaven? What wonders can Earth hold for people after a few hundred years, much less thousands?
- Why did 144,000 go to Heaven when everyone else becomes earthbound?
And they can go on and on. These are only a few.
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Tahoe
If God chose YOUR organization (in 1918) to represent Him because of your teachings, then why do your 'teachings' keep changing?
Oh, and the hot dog thing...
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Cold Steel
"Why do hotdogs come in packs of four or eight and hotdog rolls come in packs of six or twelve?"
Good! Then there's the classic about why a tiny mosquito has many legs and wings to boot, while a lumbering elephant has only four legs to support its great weight. Doesn't seem philosophically fair.
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steve2
Are you a top or a bottom?