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  Comparing the Septuagint to the Masoretic Text

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am going to start a thread comparing the septuagint to the masoretic text.for those who do not know what the septuagint and the masoretic text are, here's an introduction on wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/septuagint.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/masoretic_text.

  i think that, more than anything else, the fact that the septuagint and the masoretic text are so different, is what made me stop believing in the bible.. since the new testament writers quoted from the septuagint, not from the masoretic text, one would think that the septuagint should be in all the current bibles, but the case is that most bibles today use the masoretic text as the basis of their old testament.

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  Interesting topic, thanks ILOVETTATT.

  I've never compared the different texts before and think it is interesting to do so.

  I remember reading that there are hundreds of ancient copies of the Septuagint and also reading that Jesus used it as well.
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  If you could speak to your former self, what would you say?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you, knowing ttatt, could go back in time and speak to your former jw self, what would you say to wake yourself up from the wt religion?.

  i would speak to my unbaptised publisher self.

  at that stage, i believed.

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  Go buy microsoft, apple, google, facebook, amazon and lots of other stocks would be my advice to my earlier self
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  Theocratic Greeting Cards?

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  somebody in the uk has started a theocratic card business.looks like there is good money in jw businesses.. https://www.bennettcards.co.uk/product-category/47/theocratic-greetings-cards/.

  bangalore.

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  James Mixon I like it. A theocratic warfare card ...lol
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  Alcoholic

  by openheart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi i was raised in the truth in the uk since my birth in 1970 i went wayward as my family left in 1981 when i was 11 never took a career just wasted my life away now i'm 46 i rejoined when i was 22 rose to be a auxiliary pioneer and ms then it all went wrong my wife diagnosed bipolar disorder i got diagnosed depression a mega implosion occurred now i'm lost what now ?.

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  Hi Openheart,

  I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.

  That said, I agree that seeing a therapist would be your best option and I am wondering [hoping] that you and your wife are under a doctors care for the depression and bi-polar diagnosis.

  God bless

  The Truth Will Set You Free

  TTWSYF
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  But where else should we go? Can you answer this question?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having watched many jc youtube videos one question that gets asked is "where else would you go?".

  in other words if not jehovah's witnesses then what other religion or organisation would you go to?.

  it's one that i have trouble answering, what would you say?.

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  Where else would you go?

  Some place where people treat you with dignity from the womb to the tomb because you are made in the image and likeness of God himself.

  That does not happen at the kingdom hall.

  The WTS has no fruits that I am aware of.

  Sorry if that offends the WTS apologist
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  Warning bells! Any organization that promotes spying or reporting on one another should raise concerns!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know that the society promotes a culture of reporting on one another to the elders for any breach of wt policy (not actual crimes - just breaking of wt rules).

  many here have been "caught" researching facts about the society on sites such as this one.. surely that should raise alarm bells??

  only high control cult-like groups operate like that!.

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  I am always amazed at how easily people can be pressured to check their common sense at the door when engaged in religious beliefs.

  I remember reading about a former Mormon who attended BYU [a very legit Mormon University] and incorporated laws of evidence during his studies, but totally disregarded these disciplined guidelines while engaged in his faith.
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  From Our Archives - Staying Awake with the Faithful and Discreet Slave

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wt - july 15, 1960 p 443. again we can stay awake by our service and financial contributions to the watch tower society.

  jehovah has done so much for us through this agency.

  the least we can do to show our responding love and appreciation is to contribute our finances and time toward expanding the global preaching work.

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  Didn't AWAKE or the WATCHTOWER state that the 20th century would be the last for certain [even though they stopped giving End Of The World dates]?
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  We live a simple life

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a video on jw broadcasting to quit your full time career, sell your house and belongings and start a window washing career.

  i agree with some of what is presented but not all.

  it is good to live within your means as presented in this video.

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  I remember reading something like this in the late 60s.
  Went something like this. I'll quote it, but this is about what it said

  "We heard of some brothers selling their homes to be able to preach full time. Certainly this is a great way to mark these final days"

  What a disgrace the WTS is. How it cannot stand up to truth, yet calls itself the Truth
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  Is this Intentional or Assumptive?

  by Funchback in

  1. social
  2. current

  taken from this article in the boston globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2016/06/29/what-makes-jehovah-witnesses-different-from-other-christians/hlwbp3fmll6dtepkhh7lwj/story.html.

  what is the meaning of baptism?.

  baptism is a choice witnesses make — as adults — to dedicate their lives to god.

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  A fluff article that seems to have been written by a JW as opposed to a journalist. Paints the JWs as they paint themselves.
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  Nobody at work knows what JWs believe

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  recently susie, one of my co-workers mentioned that her husband's family were all jws.

  the family converted after susie's husband left home, so he never joined the jws, nor does he intend to.

  anyway another co-worker asked her: "what do the jws believe?".

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  The WTS teaches the rank and file JWs that they are going door to door restoring God's true name.

  They believe these are their fruits.

  I believe the WTS promotes the rank and file JWs to WORK going door to door and that work produces no fruits what so ever.