Topics Started by agent2863

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What was the first thing Adam REALLY said to Eve?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
stand back baby, i don't know how big this thing gets!.

nic'.

[with head hanging in shame and waiting for the flak].
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How many Saviors
by mensa163 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hopefully a learned jw can answer this for me.. i have many jw friends & attended a couple of meetings.. one friend dropped by every month or so handing out pamphlets etc.

and we enjoyed the visits.

one saturday i asked him who was savior and he said jesus.
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My First Birthday Celebration
by Kristen in
1. jw
2. friends
my first birthday celebration.

by kristen 4/5/01.

having been brought up in the organization since age 3, the only memory of a birthday celebration i had was an old photograph of when i was 2. in front of the camera was my sister and i, with a cake baked in a regular rectangle cake pan, frosted, and with two candles sitting on top.
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The Bible: same now as then?
by agent2863 in
1. jw
2. friends
a few reasons we can know that we have the same bible that was used by early christians are as follows: in 1611 king james ordered that the bible be put into the language of the people.

the earliest manuscripts they had at the time were, for the old testament about 8th century ad, and for the new testament, about 11th century ad.

in 1947 in the caves in qumran above the dead sea, there were discovered over 200 clay jars in over 200 caves, scrolls, which made up the entire old testament.
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independent thinking
by stephenw20 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1983 "avoid independent thinking .. how is such independent thinking manifested?

a common way is by questioning the counsel that is provided by god's visible organization.

" {wt jan 15 1983 22}.
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THE EKKLESIA
by RR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are many churches [gr.

ekklesia's], bearing a great variety of names, and holding to many shades of belief with respect to the teachings of jesus and his apostles.

when considering these differences of viewpoint it is not out of order, i think, to inquire as to what the church really is, and what the divine purpose is concerning it.
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What Do Un-Believers Not Believe?
by mensa163 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of the things that used to annoy me in the new testament was the "believe in jesus" message.

any explainations seemed fuzzy at best so i decided to take a run at it from behind and find the definintion of an un-believer.here is what i came up with and i welcome other opinions.

many of the people around jesus were jews, they walked with him, talked with him, listened to his teachings and witnessed his miracles.
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I hope this is a friendly place
by truman in
1. jw
2. friends
i hope this is a friendly place, because i could sure use some friends.

this is my first try at posting on a discussion board, though i have been lurking here and at a few others on the same subject for a few weeks now.

about 4 weeks ago i took the plunge and decided to see just what all the mystery and danger of reading "apostate" material was all about.
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What now?
by agent2863 in
1. jw
2. friends
most of the people on this message board i've noticed are either ex-jw's or in the process.

good for you!

it is sad to see all the hurt & pain & confusion that the org has caused, and continues to cause.
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Is it possible to become a Jehovah's Witness by reading the Bible alone?
by agent2863 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"don't you think it would surely be impossible for a person to become a jehovah's witness by reading the bible alone?

can someone really come to believe jehovah's witness doctrine by reading the bible only?

for example, if you were to have only read the bible, with no watchtower study aids, do you think that you would have come to the conclusion that heaven closed its doors in 1935, or that jesus is really the archangel micheal?