Posts by ElizabethTravers

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Frustrated with JW Bible study!

by ElizabethTravers in

i am new 2 this forum.. i have been meeting up with 2 jw ladies on a weekly basis.

it has all been "polite".

today we covered a bit of the trinity.. i had read rhodes book on reasoning from the scriptures with jw's, but i found almost all my arguments that i used, in terms of every bible verse we went through (or i attempted to go through with them) went pear shape!

ElizabethTravers

You guys are all awesome!!

Wish I had come to this website earlier.

Thank you greatly!

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Frustrated with JW Bible study!

by ElizabethTravers in

i am new 2 this forum.. i have been meeting up with 2 jw ladies on a weekly basis.

it has all been "polite".

today we covered a bit of the trinity.. i had read rhodes book on reasoning from the scriptures with jw's, but i found almost all my arguments that i used, in terms of every bible verse we went through (or i attempted to go through with them) went pear shape!

ElizabethTravers

Hi, thanks.

I am a Christian & My goal is to show them that the Watchtower Teachings are twisted and misleading from the real Truth, that Jesus is God. And with that realisation I hope that they can come to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour (& God) & be saved from their deception.

Warmest wishes

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Frustrated with JW Bible study!

by ElizabethTravers in

i am new 2 this forum.. i have been meeting up with 2 jw ladies on a weekly basis.

it has all been "polite".

today we covered a bit of the trinity.. i had read rhodes book on reasoning from the scriptures with jw's, but i found almost all my arguments that i used, in terms of every bible verse we went through (or i attempted to go through with them) went pear shape!

ElizabethTravers

Hi all,

I am new 2 this forum.

I have been meeting up with 2 JW ladies on a weekly basis. It has all been "polite". Today we covered a bit of the Trinity.

I had read Rhodes book on Reasoning from the Scriptures with JW's, but I found almost ALL my arguments that I used, in terms of every Bible verse we went through (or I attempted to go through with them) went pear shape! 4 example...I was trying to show them all the same qualities-characteristics that Jesus has that God has...this didn't matter to their theology as God apparently gave Jesus these qualities to use as His witness. I then spoke to them about verses about Jesus being saviour (that didn't matter either as again it is not "literal" interpretation from the Bible BUT rather it is the bigger picture...God through Jesus etc...and that is what "our" Bibles actually mean. I then looked at John the Baptist's foretelling of Jesus, which they swap the Isaiah quote in NT as using the word 'Jehovah' instead of Lord...because the verse implies that Jesus is something more than what they think...

I spoke with them about Michael and Jesus supposedly being him...I used all the verses...but they said it didn't matter as Jesus was GREATER than the other angels...so I spoke about the change in natures, when the Bible says Jesus is immutable - No, this didn't matter as God "is so great" He can do whatever He needed to do and if this meant changing the nature of Michael then that is what happened.

They also told me that I could pull all the verses I wanted and that I needed to realise that "I am pulling verses out of context" & that they are fewer than the ones that are pro their ideas and that I was basically wasting my time...

I am frustrated!! I am annoyed that every single verse I used from the book did not help! They appear to be bullet proof.

Is there any hope this situation in terms of evangelism>

Blessings