Looking back through the JW history, the only doctrine that hasn't been subject to change is the doctrine that the end is at hand and if you wanna be saved, you gotta be with us.
dc
Posts by TTWSYF
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6Changing doctrines versus Core doctrines
by Mad Sweeney inis there any wt doctrine you think is not subject to change ever?
any doctrines you feel may change some day but no way in the next several decades?.
i was just thinking about those of us younger than 50. if we live to a healthy ripe old age, just how different will the jws be then from what they are today?
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Were There Any JW Doctrines Or Beliefs That You Found Confusing?
by minimus inmost witnesses never could explain exactly who the "faithful slave" was (according to the society's explanation).
the resurection of the sodomites was another bewildering thing.
were they or weren't they going to be resurrected?
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TTWSYF
One doctrine that I can't believe is still promoted is 'Lying for the Truth'.
God says over and over and over again that he hates liars. How could anyone buy into that truck load of bs?
dc
ps- Satan in aka 'the Father of lies'
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Were There Any JW Doctrines Or Beliefs That You Found Confusing?
by minimus inmost witnesses never could explain exactly who the "faithful slave" was (according to the society's explanation).
the resurection of the sodomites was another bewildering thing.
were they or weren't they going to be resurrected?
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TTWSYF
The belief that the bible is the Word of God, but that God was wrong on so much of their beliefs...I'll be brief
Jesus is one of the created angels, Jesus never rose [bodily] from the grave, Jesus is not worthy of prayer, Jesus never claimed that he was God.
These simple few views contradict the New Testament. They are significant differences to say the least.
Dc
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do you have A degree in Theology
by jam incurious; most profession you need a degree.
i know of several minister.
that do not have a degree in theology.
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TTWSYF
Way to go Psac! What would you do with your degree? Perhaps work at a museum, go on digs in Egypt [not any time soon I hope], or maybe become a preacher. You could start your own cult or something. lol
dc
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do you have A degree in Theology
by jam incurious; most profession you need a degree.
i know of several minister.
that do not have a degree in theology.
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TTWSYF
A degree in 'Fairyology'?
Friends of mine at the Harvard School of Divinity would disagree. Besides heavy doses of the obvious [such as history, languages and archeology], they also study and get access to incredible research facilities. Last time we spoke, they were studying possibilities concerning how certain bodies [of 'saints'] did not corrupt over time. Some speculated that perhaps the amount of fasting, or eating of certain types of herbs had contributed to the preservation of some of these bodies. Although this is a 'school of divinity', the research that they do make it clear that they are skeptics when researching causes that seem to defy logic.
DC
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TTWSYF
Aguest replied [about Matt 28: 19 & 20]
That is an inaccurate transliteration designed to support the false teaching of the Trinity,
I looked up on Biblos.com [the online parallel bible] a comparison of 17 different translations. The only difference in those translations is the change of the Holy Ghost to the Holy Spirit.
Are you aware of any evidence that suggests those scriptures had been tampered with?
respectfully,
DC
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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?
by AiAi ini recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?
keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.
i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.
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TTWSYF
Of course it's ok.
How else could Adolf Hitler have been stopped? How else could nations stand up against the kind of aggression that we currently see in the Koreas? The ethnic cleansing of the former Yugoslavia? These evils and many others, too numerous to mention here, could only be stopped by people joining the military and nations standing up against this kind of aggression.
That's not to say that I am opposed to people who decide against joining, far from it. It's just that the claim that a Christian should not be in the military is what irks me. That belief is not scripturally supported, yet I hear some [confused] people profess that belief as being a requirement of Christianity.
DC
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If you could ask one question to an active JW to get them to open their mind about their beliefs, what would it be?
by Franklin Massey inthis question was posed to me by a poster named ice cream.
i don't know my answer yet.
it's one of those, "if you could have just one wish.." kind of questions.
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TTWSYF
How come you go door to door with a Catholic book?
If I've one question, that's it.
respectfully,
DC
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What is the Trinity?
by pirata infrom this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204837/2/if-you-could-ask-one-question-to-an-active-jw-to-get-them-to-open-their-mind-about-their-beliefs-what-would-it-be.
dontplaceliterature re: if you could ask one question to an active jw to get them to open their mind about their beliefs, what would it be?posted ~ 14 hours ago (1/18/2011) .
post 63 of 65. since 12/28/2010.
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Good show Burns. But the only similarity between the Christian Trinity and the Hindu Trinity is the word trinity.
Although the wikipedia [,unreliable resource by the way,] uses the words 'great trinity' , the extensive polytheism of that faith could not possibly translate into Christianity. Hindus have [literally] hundreds of millions of Hindu gods. It is true that hindus will often view their [lower] deities as the 3 greater deities [Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva], often referred to as the Trimurti. They apparently proceeded the 'Great World Egg' that itself was created by the 'First Cause'.
They do not believe in a single divine Being who is eternal, uncreated, and in three persons which would be required to say that the Christian Trinity was borrowed from pagan beliefs.
respectfully,
DC
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What is the Trinity?
by pirata infrom this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204837/2/if-you-could-ask-one-question-to-an-active-jw-to-get-them-to-open-their-mind-about-their-beliefs-what-would-it-be.
dontplaceliterature re: if you could ask one question to an active jw to get them to open their mind about their beliefs, what would it be?posted ~ 14 hours ago (1/18/2011) .
post 63 of 65. since 12/28/2010.
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All analogies to God break down at some point because God is unique, but the best comparison I have heard is the triple point of a substance.
Good point Ding. I liked your analogie.
Another way that the Trinity could be comprehended could be like comparing God to time. You need a past/present/future for time. You can't really have time without any one of them. All three are concepts of time, all three are separate and equal are they not? Maybe?
The 'Should you believe in the Trinity?' should be removed from circulation as it initially made me look away from my Catholic faith [for years]. I had no quams about this when I thought that the booklet was well researched and it certainly looked it.
Once I researched the facts I got to see how quite despicable and disingenuous the Watchtower was [and still is] in promoting this 'lying for the Truth' propaganda.
sorry if that sounds harsh, but there is no example of an almighty Trinity, eternal and uncreated in any other religous belief. It is not 'borrowed' from any Egyption, Hindu, pagan or Greek myth. All of the church fathers listed in the booklet [sybitt?] believed in Jesus Christ as 'God in the flesh' or 'God with Us'. All listed have complete writtings available.
respectfully,
DC