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  When we quote from the bible to prove a point do we have any right?

  by Qcmbr in

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  one thing you'll see me and many others do is the good old bible bash with scriptures flying around.

  i cannot move away from the idea however, that when we cannot agree on the interpretation of scripture how can we possibly claim our understanding is superior to anothers?

  yet upon such topics hangs the supposed destination of one's soul.

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  Is the "Kingdom" a "government"?

  by Doug Mason in

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  my understanding is that the wts says the "kingdom of god/heavens" is a "government".

  where do they get that idea from in scripture?

  i presume that by "government" they mean "a system of exercising authority through an executive policy making body".

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  Asherah, the wife of YHWH

  by veradico in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as we all know, the bible tends to overlook and often look down on women.

  the priests and scribes who were in charge of it did everything they could to emphasize the maleness of god, thus supporting the social organization in place.

  however, we can also detect in their writings the obvious fact that most of the people and many of the nobles of israel liked to turn to goddesses like asherah, who they could expect to be more sympathetic and compassionate than yhwh, and that the jewish people, in their legendary past, had other gods and goddesses (think of rachel's teraphim, get a bible commentary that talks about how the ot interacts with near eastern myths in attempting to have yhwh absorb the characteristics and titles of other gods and goddesses, note the lateness of even the prophetic condemnation of asherah compared to the early condemnation of ba'al worship).

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  Watchtower 2007 3/15 -- Is 1914 dropped?

  by observer in

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  watchtower 2007 3/15 is very unusual.

  it is titled (when freely translated) "how coming of the christ affects you?".

  in the first article there is not speaking about 1914 or invisible presence.

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  Why Matthew 24 can NEVER be fulfilled.....

  by kid-A in

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  2. beliefs

  lets see.

  by watchtower theology, millions if not billions of dead people will be resurrected in jehoobie's funland...... assuming 6 million dubs survive the fiery wrath of lord jehoobie, they will represent a tiny minority in the new world order!.

  according to the borg, all of these newly risen dead will require a "witness", meaning, the kingdom ministry will by necessity be in full swing,.

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  When did WT start teaching all wicked would be destroyed at Armageddon?

  by cabasilas in

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  russell did not teach that all the wicked would be destroyed at armageddon.

  neither did rutherford, initially.

  that is why he preached that millions then living would never die.

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  What other ancient Greek Manuscripts contained the divine name?

  by yaddayadda in

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  2. bible

  the society in appendix 1a of their 'kingdom interlinear translation of the christian greek scriptures' refers to nine other greek manuscripts as containing the divine name, and they quote from jerome as referring to certain 'greek volumes' containing the tetragrammaton.

  can anyone shed any light on what these greek manuscripts and volumes are and their dates of writing?

  here is what the society says in full: .

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  Blood is symbolic?

  by JWdaughter in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/library/hb/article_01.htm.

  "all humanity was thus notified that in the creator's view, blood stands for life.

  this was more than a dietary regulation.

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  Medical professionals

  by Cindyrenee in

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  2. medical

  looking for information from society that states a nurse, etc., is bound by scripture to turn in members who break jehovah's laws.

  thanks a bunch.

  cindy

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  The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  finally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.

  we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.

  apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.

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