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The Good, The Bad and Evolution
by Defender inin the bible account of genesis, there we were told that adam and eve ate from the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and bad and thus, like god, they started to know good and bad.
these few words and actions apparently changed the course of humanity.
even if we assume that this account is just a fable and did not actually happen, a number of questions and issues come up namely;.
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Alleged Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus
by JanH inmost exjws are familiar with the claims that the gospel accounts about jesus "fulfills" around 300 prophecies in the old testament.
this claim is taken verbatim from christian fundamentalists.
checking out these so-called prophecies will reveal that they do not stand up to scrutiny.
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Batting averages: WTS vs apostle Peter
by Defender inthe society publishes an average of 22,000,000 wt and 19,000,000 number of awake magazines every two weeks.
if we assume that 6,000,000 of each go toward the number of active publishers as their personal copies.
that leaves 16,000,000 issues of wt + 13,000,000 for awake = 29,000,000 that are to be used for disciple making.. multiply 29,000,000 by 26 = 754,000,000 average yearly printing.. divide 754,000,000 by 288,907 (number of baptized in 2000) = 2609. yes, 2609 number of magazines (not counting books, brochures and tracts) must be distributed in order to recruit one new member.. now for the number of hours; .
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WT May 1 & June 15, 2001
by Defender inthe may 1 and june 15, 2001 watchtower issues have reading articles about helping widows through their trials and look after orphans and widows in their tribulation.
both articles contain very healthful counsel, tips and recommendations to the grieving and needy and to those around them on how, and when to offer help and support.. the problem with these articles is not that the average jw or local congregation elders are not doing their part in helping out the needy.
in fact, most individual jws are as compassionate and supportive as the average person.
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Regarding the JULY 1 2001 Watchtower Article
by AngelofMuZiC inwatchtower-july 1, 2001 article "do not let doubt destroy your faith".
this article is stunning!!!
the "spiritual gems" found in this article are in my opinion priceless.
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WT June 1, 2001 (part II)
by Defender inthe second article of discussion in this issue is titled: "moving ahead to final victory!".
the article starts to talk about christs enthronement as king and in paragraph one, along with an illustration of crowned jesus riding on a white horse, it states: "we today, have clear evidence that this foretold enthronement took place in 1914.. since watchtower article discussions are always a one way dialogue, where the society speaks and the rank and file just listens, it is easy to make assertions.
in a normal two way dialogue, when one says "i have clear evidence" for something, the other party will not just nod his head in agreement, but would rather demand to know and see what this clear evidence is and would want to proceed and examine it thoroughly.
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WT June 1, 2001
by Defender inthe wt june 1, 2001 issue contains the article "if god is for us who will be against us?".
in this article the wt talks about identifying the marks of those having god's backing.
in paragraph 6 it quotes jesus words found in mathew 7:15,16 where he says that "be on the watch for false prophets that come to you in sheep's covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves.
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Early Christians not expect parousia in their time
by Defender inthe wts claim that the early christians did not anticipate the lord's presence or parousia in their time.
the watchtower dec 1 1984, page 11 states:.
"freethinkers and even some of christindom's theologians claim that the early christians believed that christ's parousia or presence, was due to occur in their day".. "as to the early christians' belief in the imminence of christ's presence, a scholarly refernce work* states: "the case for assuming that paul expected the parousia soon in 1 thess.
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Canada's Numbers Declining-Worries Bethel
by Had Enough inman it's good to be home, relaxed and de-stressing right now!
how many times today, i just wanted to say aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhh!!!!
at my circuit's one-day assembly.
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Celebrate with me!!!
by silentlambs intoday marks a milestone in what we are trying to accomplish.
today marks over 2000 hits to silentlambs website.
we can now say honestly, thousands have visited www.silentlambs.org .
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