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To KILL or Not to KILL?
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
a tough question: to kill or not to kill?

this is a very tough question because there can be so many variables, so many views, so many things to consider, so many circumstances, so many beliefs.

do we kill as we do any of this?.
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The mindset of another Religion. The SDA Church
by barry in
1. jw
2. friends
when a minister skied to church, his board of elders accused him of desecrating the sabbath.

''why mom,ye skied on the lord's holy day,'' said one of the elders.

the minister protested; but that was the only way i could have come to services.
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peacable = true religion
by Moxy in
1. jw
2. friends
please help me out a bit with this.. jws, as a religion, are taught to live peacably.

they do not go to war nor will they generally support it.. now, if i were to play the role of an apologist, i think i would just keep hamering on this point.

"catholic killing catholic and protestant killing protestant" was such a great phrase and ties in so nicely with johm 13:35. now, let me play devils advocate and hear some rebuttals.
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Bowen in Christianity Today
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
article in latest christianity today:.

http://christianitytoday.aol.com/ct/2001/004/23.html.

http://www.freeminds.org.
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The Real origin of the 1914 Doctrine
by barry in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a baptised seventh day adventist and ive had studies for about 6mths with a very nice jw lady.

ive learnt about the wt teachings and attended the kh and the memorial.

n there are some similarities with the adventist and jw teachings such as baptism by imersion, the state of the dead,some adventists dont vote and some adventists beleive with the wt society in the arian doctrine that jesus is a created being and the holy spirit is a force but the vast majority beleive the trinity doctrine.
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JW Stumper Questions!!!
by Brutus in
1. jw
2. friends
if the organization did not actually prophesy the end in 1925 and 1975, then how come so many witnesses left the faith immediately afterwards?

("they lost roughly three-quarters of the movement between 1925 and 1928, then suffered huge losses after 1975, when the end didn't come as they had implied over and over again," said jim penton, an ex-witness who writes entries on jehovah's witnesses for the encyclopedia americana.

if the watchtower organization rejects others calling them "inspired" yet the watchtower organization does call themselves "god's spirit-directed prophet" what is the difference?
A Religious Debate Part 11
by barry in
1. social
2. humour
the day of the great debate came.

joseph and the pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the pope raised his hand and showed three fingers .

joseph looked back at him and raised one finger.
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faith in a community
by gotcha in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is it possible to exercise your faith without joining a religion?...i asked the same question to my professor in theology and her response was...as human beings we have this nature of being social so it's always in a community that you could exercise your faith..there's not such a thing as "individualistic" faith because it is within a community that your faith can grow...what do u think?

thanks.
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How Many States / Countrys Are Represented Here?
by Big Jim in
1. jw
2. friends
i am from houston texas myself.
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The Adventist Movement
by SharonUT in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after study... i have concluded that the jw's are nothing more than another off-shoot of the adventist movement.

see below.. the adventist movement (millerites) was started by william miller (a lay baptist minister) in 1843 and that created 3 off-shots.

the advent christian church, the life & advent union, and the seventh-day adventists (which sprang the branch davidians).