Topics Started by Liza

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Do jws have to 'want' to believe it
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
there are so many flaws in every piece of literature that the wtbts puts out, so many false prophecies made and changed, such dubious and unsubstantiated beginnings to the group, and so many weird beliefs.. could you believe it without actually wanting to ?.

do you have to want to believe it to be a jw ?.
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Male menopause
by onacruse in
1. jw
2. friends
so someone (who shall remain unnamed .

hogwash, i say!

pure and utter hogwash!!!!!!.
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Origins of the stake instead of the Cross
by wab07 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been a member on this site for a few months now and this is my first post.

anyways, my mother is a loyal jw and i often email her asking questions hoping to give rise to contradictions in the her beliefs.

i recently asked her when and why the cross was replaced with the stake.
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How do JWs explain John 20:28?
by Zico in
1. watchtower
2. bible
much is made of john 1:1 in trinitarian discussions and there's a lot of debate over how it should be correctly translated, depending on your particular bias on the jesus god issue, but surely there is no scripture more clear that jesus is god than the one where thomas directly calls him god in john 20:28?

27next he said to thomas: put your finger here, and see my hands, and take your hand and stick it into my side, and stop being unbelieving but become believing.28in answer thomas said to him: my lord and my god!

how do jehovah's witnesses deal with this scripture?
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Did God ever Exist?
by found-my-way in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
reading so many posts on atheism which is the belief that there is no god, and reading comments from creationists made me ponder if there was an alternate reason for our existence.. if god is up there, why does he permit suffering?

if i were god, i wouldn't of let it happen in the first place, these are my children, why would i let them suffer?

maybe i am influenced by my creationist upbringing and beliefs while a jw, because i find it hard to wrap my brain around the idea that everything came from nothing.
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John 1:3
by VanillaMocha73 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how do jw's get around this verse?

john 1:3 - "3through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

" i honestly can't remember and can't find anything in the pubs that deals with it.
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Final Thought About Atheism
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 final thought about atheismafter having reviewed the last thread about atheism, i have decided there.

exists a common theme among the postings.

the themes surrounding the .
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Convince me
by Liza in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am highly considering becoming a jehovah's witness.

i have been raised in the congregration, but left it when i was a child because my mom left too, but we still retatined the core belifs including the ressurection and the blasphemous pagan influence on mainstream churches.

my mom has recently returned to the congregation, and it has helped her a lot.
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Why a paradise earth is so appealing to JWs?
by Lady Lee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why a paradise earth is so appealing to jws?.

well no one can say they look around at the problems today and can say they like everything they see.

so a nice clean paradise world would be pretty great.
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When is it 'going too far'?
by nekone041 in
1. social
2. relationships
i'm new to the forum (in fact, i just joined about 10 minutes before starting this post), and am a new jw (i began learning and attending meetings since about november of '06).

i have a question involving my girlfriend and i, and i'm hoping to find a moral answer.

my girlfriend and i fell in love two summers ago, and we're still pretty young (we're turning 17 this year).