Topics Started by just2sheep

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Saved by grace or by works?
by rootofallevil in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to the wts if we do not produce acts of good work (feild service, attending 5 meetings weekly, circuit and district assemblies etc), we are not worthy of salvation.

according to the bible, we attain salvation through god's undeserved grace ( or kindness in jw lingo).

what i am looking for is scriptural proof that will shoot down the first and support the latter.
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New 607 Website
by TheListener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a pro jw 607 website.

check it out.

if you're loved ones start searching the net for proof of 607 they may regurgitate some of the info.
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ransom sacrifice question
by streets76 in
1. jw
2. friends
ive been lurking for the past few weeks.

i was raised a jw, but was never baptized.

i faded away about 20 years ago, when, at the age of 27, i decided to go to college.
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Question for JWs still on the "inside":
by Hellrider in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a question: if you are still jws (for any reason, many just can`t leave because their entire families are wrapped around it, etc), but don`t believe in it, and lead a "double life", how do you cope with going door to door?

i just can`t imagine how it must feel like to go out there and try to tell people at the doors or in the streets things you know are just bs!

how do you deal with that?
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RACISM Behind 1909 Watch Tower Magazine Name Change
by West70 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
from 1879 through 1908, the magazine owned, operated, and edited by charles taze russell (not the zion's watch tower tract society) was offically named "zion's watch tower and herald of christ's presence".

with several changes caused by the move from pittsburgh to brooklyn to escape maria russell, her lawyers, and the pennsylvania courts, it was decided that the official name of the magazine be changed to "the watch tower and herald of christ's presence".

here are the official reasons for dropping the word "zion's", as stated in the december 15, 1908 issue: .
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The Governing Body's Cruel Treatment of the Elderly
by frankiespeakin in
1. jw
2. friends
what happens to a person that has given a major portion of the thier life in decades of full time service at bethel or as a circut or district overseer and they get caught not beleiveing the teachings of the wt?.

will the governing body live up to its moral obligation to take care of them in their old age?

after all these people have claimed a vow of poverty, and have put very little money aside for retirement because they served the organization full time and had no money to put aside.
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Things I love about Texas
by IP_SEC in
1. jw
2. friends
being that it's such an auspicious day for the great state.. things i love about texas.. 1. shiner bock.

2. san antonio.

3. corpus christi.
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Posting Signs
by nowuask in
1. jw
2. friends
you are able to sue the witnesses themselves if you have a no trespassing sign posted.

the watchtower bible & tract society of pennsylvania nor the watchtower bible & tract society of new york, inc. will not protect nor represent them, if you take them to court.

make sure that you notify the courts of the sign being posted.
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Questions regarding the Cross/Torture stake
by truthseeker1 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this was brought up by my journey and they requested information regarding it.

this is a quote from the page below regarding how the wt takes other's words out of context to fit their own agenda.

quote..........misquote:.
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Great Tribulations Starts December 20, 2002
by proplog2 in
1. jw
2. friends
2300 days from december 20 2002 brings you to april 8 2009. april.

8, 2009 is nisan 14 - memorial /passover.

daniel 8:13 "and i got to hear a certain holy one speaking and.