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About the ten plagues in Egypt
by runForever in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
alot of people are saying god is cruel for killing the firstborns and animals and people in the ten plagues.

but didn't god achieve his goal of making nations and people be in fear of him?.
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Ok, this pope has some pretty good advice here. Take note of #9
by nonjwspouse in
1. social
2. current
the popes 10 tips for a happier life.

1. live and let live.

everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expression in rome with the saying, move forward and let others do the same.. 2. be giving of yourself to others.
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Books about early Christianity
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've just finished reading two (imo) great books:.

"a history of christianity - the first three thousand years", by diarmaid macculloch.

"misquoting jesus", by bart ehrman.
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100 yrs on
by thedog1 in
1. jw
2. friends
100 years on from 1914 and this old eurovision song seems appropriate.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3xtj5g_sa.

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Was the Biblical Canon Directed by God?
by Chris Tann in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a question a sincere christian may agonize over after learning that some books of the bible were rejected by certain early christian groups,while other books that did not make the canon were accepted.

also,when one realizes that so called inspired writers of the greek scriptures quote from apocrypha,that most christians reject today,one wonders if these writings that include these quotes should even be in the bible.. it is true that when it comes to the christian greek scriptures the canon has been closed for many centuries.

also, these books have been accepted by christians ever since the second,perhaps first,century.
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Wasn't Armageddon Supposed to Happen in the First Century?
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to me it's pretty obvious from these verses.... matthew 23:36, matthew 24:34, mark 13:30 and luke 21:32.

...that jesus, talking to his disciples, told them that armageddon would happen in their generation (the first century).

just wondering if everyone else sees it this way, or have i missed something?.
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2011 Watchtower publisher statistics with analysis
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the 2012 yearbook has released the publisher statistics for the 2011 service year.

a scan of the report can be found at http://www.jwfacts.com/images/2011-publisher-report.pdf and i have started updating the graphs at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php.

as expected, it is following on from similar trends to the last 15 years.
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The seven trumpet blasts of Revelation & the Millions campaign.
by transhuman68 in
1. jw
2. friends
one of the jehovahs witness doctrines that many of us have had trouble believing is that the seven angels trumpet blasts described in revelation applied to events that occurred in the 1920s at seven assemblies held around the world at the time when judge rutherford was the president of the watchtower society.. the revelation climax book (1988) contains this summary on page 173:.

highlights of jehovah's trumpetlike judgment proclamations.

1922 cedar point, ohio: a challenge to christendom's leaders in religion, politics, and big business to justify their failure to bring peace, prosperity, and happiness.
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C.O. Jonsson's response to Watchtower's latest 607 articles
by wannabefree in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://kristenfrihet.se/vtsvar/vtsvar1.pdf.

(thanks to augustin for bringing this to our attention in another thread.

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The way I see it Jesus must have had a wife at some point
by sabastious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the jesus figure in the bible, accross almost all christian denominations, is one of redemption for humankind.

the way that jesus accomplishes that redemption, however, differs between them.

according to the gospels god, or god's son, lived a man's life and died as a man in redemption of mankind.