Iron Rod

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  "Believers" vs. Atheists- Why this formulation?

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe christ is god.

  when i left the witnesses i believed i had to be agnostic.

  through a scheduling conflict, i studied the new testament in college.

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  Iron Rod

  "I can't imagine that a God worth worshipping would condemn atheists. Certainly, YHWH or El would. It is hard to reconcile that god with the God of Jesus."

  Matthew 11:20-24

  New International Version (NIV)

  Woe on Unrepentant Towns

  20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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  Where has the the society changed the bible to reflect their teachings?

  by loosie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am having a discussion with a jw who has contacted me on facebook.

  we are discussing the changed the wt society made to hte bible.

  in short he says he has a hebrew friend and that friend says the nwt is correct and no changes have been made.

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  I like this one:

  Hebrews 1:8
  New International Version (NIV)
  8 But about the Son he says,

  "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
  a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

  Here it is from the NWT:

  "But with reference to the Son: 'God is your throne forever and ever, and [the] scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness'"

  The writer of Hebrews 1:8 was quoting from Psalms 45:6, which says:

  Psalm 45:6
  New International Version (NIV)
  6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
  a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

  While the sentence construction allows for translating the verse as it is in the NWT, it seems to me to be a pretty safe bet that their decision to render it that way (contrary to almost all other Bible translations) was doctrinally motivated.
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  My Letter to local Newspapaer - Your Feedback Please?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my local congregation has been in the news this week following a successful application for planning permission for a quick build.

  a local vicar objected because the application described it as a building for "christain worship".. .

  vicar fury at new home for jehovahs .

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  Iron Rod

  Excellent work, Cofty!

  You have another PM.
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  My Letter to local Newspapaer - Your Feedback Please?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my local congregation has been in the news this week following a successful application for planning permission for a quick build.

  a local vicar objected because the application described it as a building for "christain worship".. .

  vicar fury at new home for jehovahs .

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  Iron Rod

  Cofty, you have a PM.
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  Lets all welcome the Great Tribulation

  by unbaptized in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after the bailout!!

  nothing happened!!

  whats next?

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  I must have missed it when the big A came in 1929...
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  Raiders of the Faux Ark

  by nvrgnbk in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/fauxark/.

  raiders of the faux ark october 10, 2007 by eric h. cline biblical archeology is too important to leave to crackpots and ideologues.

  it's time to fight back.. this editorial was first published in the boston globe on september 30, 2007, and is republished here with their kind permission.. .

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  Now you've done it, NVR...

  Any minute now JCanon will be along with a six page post about archeologists like Finkelstein being all wrong.

  Of course, this post will include that damn little gragh about carbon dating and Pharaoh Shishak.
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  JW Vocabulary

  by lfcviking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some words/terms jw's use in their usual conversations with eachother, see if you can add anymore:.

  wordly.

  unbeliever.

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  Iron Rod

  This submission doesn't relate to person to person communication, rather Watchtower writings.

  Two of their very favorite words, that you read over and over again, are "apparently" and "evidently."

  Ironically, in Watchtowerese, they both mean the same thing..."We can't prove that the crap we're feeding you right now is anywhere close to accurate, but we sure want to make you believe that it is."
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  BE SARCASTIC...YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURE

  by REBORNAGAIN in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "ask and you shall receive.

  " 1 john 3:22, .

  the joke of the day.

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  Hey BrentR...

  You're right, Eve didn't tempt Adam with an apple...she tempted him with her really nice "PEAR!" (bada-bing)
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  BE SARCASTIC...YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURE

  by REBORNAGAIN in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "ask and you shall receive.

  " 1 john 3:22, .

  the joke of the day.

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  Iron Rod

  I'm with Gopher on this one....there are so many to choose from!

  One that comes to mind right now is Proverbs 5:19 where it speaks of your wife as "a charming mountain goat."

  That really makes you ladies feel special, huh?

  Of course, thats how its rendered in the NWT; most others say "deer" or "doe."

  Leave it to the the WTS to come up with mountain goat.
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  THE HUSBAND STORE

  by bikerchic in

  1. social
  2. humour

  floor 1 - these men have jobs.. .

  she goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:.

  there are no men on this floor.

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  Iron Rod

  Bikerchic....

  Great story! BUT...Please give me detailed directions to the "New Wives Store."

  Thanks