Posts by TTWSYF

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Accuracy of the Revised NWT

by dabster in

i was speaking with a jw yesterday.

i'd previously mentioned the removal of the brackets around 'other' in colossians 1 making the mistranslation complete.

during our chat he said that the previous edition of the nwt was the more correct one, that the revised version was simply more readable and that it shouldn't be considered the best translation.

TTWSYF

Accuracy in a translation is that the translator translates what the author is trying to convey. It is not changing things to fit what we want the author to say, right?

Accuracy in a translation should be paramount. The NWT and the RNWT are laughable translations. No one, and I mean NO Scholar or professor of biblical languages considers the NWT or RNWT translations as a legit translation or an accurate body of work.

Anytime you do an online search a list of accurate translations, you NEVER see the NWT. Does anyone really wonder why?

just saying

ttwsyf

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Just wanted to share the good news

by Theredeemer in

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friends

just signed and closed on a house!!.

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TTWSYF

big congrats! Part of the american dream!

The bad news is that you'll never pay it off.......your government will always want you to pay taxes on Thier property forever

just saying

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Veneration of the jw.org logo is as the cross is to Catholics

by EndofMysteries in

jw.org pins, on the kh's, etc, how soon before they are making jw.org altar pieces, necklaces, etc to hold and pray with?

.

TTWSYF

yup,

just like the catholics.....

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A must to be MS?

by crazyhorse in

so is it a must and an absolute requirement to be a ministerial servant in the org?.

i was told that if i refuse an appointment as an ms then it means i'm opposing "jehovah's call to service".

TTWSYF

Splash said "Look them in the eye and say 'STOP TWISTING SCRIPTURE!' "

Well said Splash, that works on 90% of any scriptural evidence that is used as WTS 'proof texts' to boot.

just saying

ttwsyf

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Where would we go, is the question

by Pistoff in

what better place, what better world can be offered, is the question tossed at those who have left.. what if it is just the same place, without taking everything we hear at the kingdom hall as gospel?.

can we just take with a grain of salt the things we know deep down are without basis?.

it is the same place, with the same friends, but without the drama of feeling that you can never do enough, that you were born sinful.. a faith that does not ask you to treat your family as disposable; a place that does not kick people to the curb when they need their family the most; a faith that lets you trust your heart, not ignore it.. can we just stay in the same place, and realize that we do not have to sacrifice our childrens lives by denying them blood if desperately needed?

TTWSYF

I suggested reading the gospels in the bible because although JWs will come to the door saying they have the word, they do not read in a manner that lets them see the truth. You {or anyone} can read and make upyour own mind in relation to what you were taught. Jws really aren't taught the bible, they're taught the watchtower and awake with bible verses thrown in, more often than not, out of context.

I feel very discouraged that so many ex JWs become athiest, especially when the real truth is right there for you to see and read about without corruption [provided that they get rid of the NWT].

Just my opinion and I'm just saying it,

signed,

The Truth Will Set You Free

ttwsyf

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Where would we go, is the question

by Pistoff in

what better place, what better world can be offered, is the question tossed at those who have left.. what if it is just the same place, without taking everything we hear at the kingdom hall as gospel?.

can we just take with a grain of salt the things we know deep down are without basis?.

it is the same place, with the same friends, but without the drama of feeling that you can never do enough, that you were born sinful.. a faith that does not ask you to treat your family as disposable; a place that does not kick people to the curb when they need their family the most; a faith that lets you trust your heart, not ignore it.. can we just stay in the same place, and realize that we do not have to sacrifice our childrens lives by denying them blood if desperately needed?

TTWSYF

You could go to the gospels in the bible, but this time, read it by yourself so that you could read the real truth.

Stupid cult ruins real faith from those who escape..

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Evidence of Ocean of Water in or under Earth's Mantle.... Will people now state this to be proof of the Noah Account?

by adjusted knowledge in

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"the transition zone can hold a lot of water, and could potentially have the same amount of h2o [water] as all the world's ocean.".

http://news.yahoo.com/found-hidden-ocean-locked-deep-earths-mantle-181204475.html.

i figured when people read this that there will be those claiming proof of the flood story.

TTWSYF

I have seen photos of the shell of a large wooden ark on Mt Ararat from miles up over the course of years. Some years the glacier covers what could possible be an ark and some years the glacier is melted away a bit and an ark is clearly visible.

Sorry, I don't have a link, but if you google Noah's ark photos, you would be surprised [or at least I was]

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What Do Mormons Really Believe? RE: The Nov. 8, 1995 Awake Magazine

by D_Rolling_Kearney in

i am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.

i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.

" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.

TTWSYF

Line from my JW elder brother, and I quote..

"we eat Mormons for breakfast"

What a moron....

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Going to family outing with a bad JW

by TTWSYF in

i'm not a jw nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

we are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.. one of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {jw} family is shunning him.. what, if anything do you think that i could do or say to get his (jw) family to see how awful their behavior is?.

i am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.. .

TTWSYF

Thanks Ignoranceisbliss, asking about suicides is a good start I think.

Finkelstein, good point. The couple is engaged and I don't really support their living together yet, but I'm glad they have plans and certainly I understand.

Ruderedhead-yes! Just another reason not to follow THE TRUTHtm

Satanus-good point, what's that called {common law spouse?} I think there must be several years of cohab before that kicks in though.

Sarasmile- I've been doing that for years with no results. Nothing seems to dislodge them from the WTS. Not false prophesies, false beliefs, doctrinal flip flops, etc, etc

Howthebiblewascreated- Just 30 more years to go :)

Thanks all!

ttwsyf

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Going to family outing with a bad JW

by TTWSYF in

i'm not a jw nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

we are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.. one of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {jw} family is shunning him.. what, if anything do you think that i could do or say to get his (jw) family to see how awful their behavior is?.

i am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.. .

TTWSYF

I'm not a JW nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

We are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.

One of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {JW} family is shunning him.

What, if anything do you think that I could do or say to get his (JW) family to see how awful their behavior is?

I am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.

Thanks,

The Truth Will Set You Free

TTWSYF