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Dictator Rutherford or Franz?
by greendawn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so after rutherford dies despite his conviction about the millions living back then that would never die, knorr becomes the new wts leader.

some have to say that the real power behind the throne was franz and knorr was just his puppet.

at a time when the wts was to expand globally franz who loathed long distance travelling got knorr to fly around the world to organise that expansion.
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1.John 5,7
by Hellrider in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has anyone tried discussing this one here before?.

1 john 5,6 - 8: jesus christ is the one who came by water and blood not by the water only, but by the water and the blood.

and the spirit is the one who testifies, because the spirit is the truth.
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I have a couple of questions about the bible..Please help! Elders got upset
by DavidChristopher in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i tried to ask elders and they got upset with me.

if bad associations spoil useful habits, why did jesus do it?

why is nothing new ever discovered from the bible?
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The BIG NEWS is starting to bore me
by DevonMcBride in
1. jw
2. friends
i must admit i have a short attention span.

since i heard about this big news a few days ago i've been excited and anxious to hear what it is.

today, however, i started to lose interest.
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Do YOU Consider Yourself An Apostate?
by Golf in
1. jw
2. friends
i find this labeling insulting and misdirected.

i have been lied, deceived/tricked by a group of men posing as god's direct channel of communication.

when a group of men heightens the expectations of a world change to happen in 1975 (armageddon) to its' adherents and nothing occurs and then blame their adherents for thinking such thoughts, this is outright deception.
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JWs are also in the dark regarding the true meaning of Sheol/Hades.
by Schizm in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower society explains "hades" as being "the common grave of mankind".

christendom's understanding of "hades" is, for the most part, quite different than that of the watchtower society.

the one similarity between the two beliefs is that in both cases "hades" is considered to be a literal place.. the truth of the matter is that neither the watchtower society or christendom has a correct understanding of the terms "hades".
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Watchtower Michael changes
by hooberus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
position 1. michael is an angel that woships jesus.

" hence it is said, "let all the angels of god worship him;" [that must include michael, the chief angel, hence michael is not the son of god] and the reason is, because he has "by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

" michael or gabriel are perhaps grander names than jesus, though jesus is grand in its very simplicity, but the official character of the son of god as saviour and king is the inheritance from his father, which is far superior to theirs, for it pleased the father that in him all fullness should dwell.
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Update: New Governing Body Pics - Have fun!
by Neo in
1. jw
2. friends
the twelve men who exert control over the lives of 6,000,000 people and who could put a stop to all the harm caused to families if they wanted to:

as i said in another thread, most of them started partaking the emblems after 1935. that's a clear sign that there's a corrosion of the "remnant" doctrine, because now most of the governing body are considered "replacements" of 'anointed ones who have fallen away'.

i finally found out the new gb members' ages.
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Seven Churches
by myelaine in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone know what the wbts says re: the letters to the churches in the book of revelation?

do these letters mean anything to the annointed/remnant?

just curious, thanks.. michelle
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Did Jesus have a BEGGINING?
by gumby in
1. jw
2. friends
in a thread called" can any jw answer this" by jerome, alan f had stated that the term.

everlasting to everlasting applied only to the god of israel.

he could find no scripture in which this term applied to jesus.. i found some good info.