Posts by insearchoftruth

I took a quick scan through this OKM and when reading the literature offerings I notice it tells folks to offer "any 192-page book printed on paper that discolors or any book published prior to 1992 with the exception of Creation, Greatest Man, Mankind's Search for God and Young People Ask."

Why are they excluding these books and secondly, it sounds as if they are just trying to place the old books...is this a common directive??

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How do the Jehovah's Witnesses explain Isaiah 51:6?

by insearchoftruth in

how do the jehovah's witnesses explain isaiah 51:6 with respect to the paradise earth doctrine?

1 listen to me, you people who are pursuing after righteousness, you who are seeking to find jehovah.

look to the rock from which you were hewn out, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug out.

insearchoftruth

Is there any rhyme or reason how the FDS decides which passages in the Bible are literal vice figurative, or is it merely based on what the doctrine of the day is?

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New understanding

by elder-schmelder in

jw
friends

does anyone have any idea's on what the next new understading could be.

i think that it might be that they are going to make the 144,000 a symbolic number not a actual number.

could it be making a new date for the start of the last days?.

insearchoftruth

I was amazed, the one time I sat through a session with my wife and the study sister and her husband, the PO, now I guess the CBOE, I asked when the JWs were selected by God and he gave me a sort of perplexed look. Also he did not seem to know that the anointed sealing date had changed, but of course when I asked for information on the generation change he provided me wt articles......

It would be easier for them to just stop talking about things and let them fade, wouldn't it, but aren't there enough 'spritual opposers' out here that the questions will continue to be raised, so the FDS will need to speak to let the dubbies know that there is a change....due to more careful examination of the scriptures of course.

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New understanding

by elder-schmelder in

jw
friends

does anyone have any idea's on what the next new understading could be.

i think that it might be that they are going to make the 144,000 a symbolic number not a actual number.

could it be making a new date for the start of the last days?.

insearchoftruth

With the change to the 'sealing date' of 1935, I too think it will be a change in the 144,000 becoming figurative, that will explain the number of anointed not dropping and most likely an increase this year with the change.

A change to 607 could release them of the bond of 1914, but could they still hold the the selection in 1918/1919 as the selected religion bs?

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How do the Jehovah's Witnesses explain Isaiah 51:6?

by insearchoftruth in

how do the jehovah's witnesses explain isaiah 51:6 with respect to the paradise earth doctrine?

1 listen to me, you people who are pursuing after righteousness, you who are seeking to find jehovah.

look to the rock from which you were hewn out, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug out.

insearchoftruth

Do I get to pet the lions as well.......and all the animals are now vegetarians!!!

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How do the Jehovah's Witnesses explain Isaiah 51:6?

by insearchoftruth in

how do the jehovah's witnesses explain isaiah 51:6 with respect to the paradise earth doctrine?

1 listen to me, you people who are pursuing after righteousness, you who are seeking to find jehovah.

look to the rock from which you were hewn out, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug out.

insearchoftruth

But would the viewpoint on 2 Peter 3: 10-13 also just be that it is not literal as well.........

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How do the Jehovah's Witnesses explain Isaiah 51:6?

by insearchoftruth in

how do the jehovah's witnesses explain isaiah 51:6 with respect to the paradise earth doctrine?

1 listen to me, you people who are pursuing after righteousness, you who are seeking to find jehovah.

look to the rock from which you were hewn out, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug out.

insearchoftruth

Wow Leolaia, that is very interesting, and not a big surprise as well. From what I have seen, many of their live forever/paradise earth proof texts are taken out of context....

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MY PROJECT IS (FINALLY) FINISHED!

by Mary in

for those of you who are interested, the project i've been working on for the last few months is finally finished.

i originally did a thread about it back in april: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/156497/1.ashx.

it seems that alot of us still have family members in the religion and have not infrequent arguments with them about some of the beliefs and practices.

insearchoftruth

Thanks Mary, wonderful!!!!!