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Here we go again. Dan 4 and 1914
by leaving_quietly in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wtbts published a new article on jw.org (http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/daniel-4-bible-chronology-1914/) entitled "what does bible chronology indicate about the year 1914?

" in it, it points to daniel 4 as the prophecy and uses the same leaps of insane logic to get from the first and only fulfillment of that prophecy to 1914, using 607 as the starting point and 2,520 years as doubling the 1,260 years in revelation.

of course, there is no accounting for the difference in our solar years and the bible's lunar years, which makes the math have a very different outcome.
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Jehovah is the correct uttering of God's name
by mistified in
1. jw
2. friends
i heard my witness friend that if the name jehovah is the incorrect pronounciation from the hebrew scriptures, then jeremiah is the incorrect way to say jeremiah's name.

i wonder if this is true, because if it is, that would make jws the true religion.

right?.
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I am not going for JC!
by exWTslave in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this morning two elders visited me and said this years memorial day is on april 14, and we are informing you well in advance so that you can arrange your affairs and attend.

[i had given them the impression that i am very busy due to my secular assignments, hence most of the time out of station.].

then i thought two elders visiting me cannot have an ordinary purpose, and i should give them a piece of my mind.
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JW. org: "No, we are not a cult. We do not look to any human as our leader."
by Faithful Witness in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know this has been rehashed, time and again, but i saw this interesting blip on jw.org last night, and did a little thinking about it.... jw.

org answers the important question that so many have... are jehovah's witnesses a cult?.

jehovah's witnesses do not look to any human as their leader.
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Interesting article on Biblical accuracy
by Jon Preston in
1. watchtower
2. bible
appearance of camels in genesis called sign of authors' distance from history.biblical scholars have long been aware many of the stories and accounts in the sacred book were not written by eyewitnesses, and according to new research, further evidence of that historical distance has appeared in the form of a hump-backed camel.. new research using radioactive-carbon dating techniques shows the animals weren't domesticated until hundreds of years after the events documented in the book of genesis.the research was published by erez ben-yosef and lidar sapir-hen, archaeologists from tel aviv university in israel.

they believe camels were not domesticated in the eastern mediterranean until the 10th century b.c.. and yet, the hump-backed creatures are mentioned repeatedly alongside abraham, jacob and isaac, indicating the bible's writers and editors were portraying what they saw in their present as how things looked in the past, says a new york times article by john noble wilford:.

these anachronisms are telling evidence that the bible was written or edited long after the events it narrates and is not always reliable as verifiable history.
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BILLY THE KID! I'M A CALLIN YOU OUT!!
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok pardner...this is it, this is your chance to show how good you really are.. ( cue western music, tumble-weeds and whistling...".

here are the ground rules, should you accept the challenge.. 1) choose one topic.. 2) strictly ahere to the "criteria for truth" presented at the "god's word is truth!

" district convention.
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Am I wrong or right please clarify if you know
by Skeptical78 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i recently became aware of the new light.

please correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this new light concerning 1914 means that the wt have been preaching the wrong doctrine for decades?

.
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Free Will - What a Joke !
by cookiemaster in
1. jw
2. experiences
everytime i hear jw's talking about free will, i either feel the urge to burst in laughter or feel sick.

each publication keeps talking about how wonderful jokehova is for giving us free will.

the only small thing is that he'll kill you if you don't do exactly what he says.
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do you think there are 100,000 ex jw or interested to sign?
by carla in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
do you think there would be 100,000 people willing to sign a petition for the white house to look into the jw pedophile issue in 30 days?.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/how-why/step-step-guide.

"after you publish the petition, its up to you to promote it and get others to sign.
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Another Jehovah's Witness Pervert In The News
by JW GoneBad in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witness, 53, denies 12 counts of historic sexual offences end of widget id: 1333195, name: storycontent, view: article start of widget id: 1334897, name: pagetools, view: articlemetadata 4 feb 2014 11:46 end of widget id: 1334897, name: pagetools, view: articlemetadata start of widget id: 1333936, name: relatedcontents, view: sportsstats end of widget id: 1333936, name: relatedcontents, view: sportsstats start of widget id: 1333929, name: storycontent, view: article .

mark anthony sewell pleaded not guilty to charges that included some dating back almost 30 years.

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