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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  TTWSYF

  I personally hate the terms

  "Lying for the Truth" aka "Theocratic Warfare" Why? Because Satan is the father of lies and our warfare should be against evil and not people.

  Another term is a scriptural verse from Jesus "You know a tree from it's fruits" Why? Not because of Jesus's verse, but because the WTS has NO fruits. They have lots of works [restoring God's name and going door to door and magazine carts, etc], but what are the fruits? Non existent. Works without fruits do not have the blessings of God...sorry
  
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  Thoughts on John 7:53-8:11??

  by BarelyThere in

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  i always accepted that the nwt said that these verses in john were not in the most reliable manuscripts.

  i thought it was strange that while the "old" nwt at least included the verses, the "revised" nwt completely omits them.

  now i'm trying to do research on my own, but my head is still spinning from all of the information i've taken in the past week.

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  Try reading the bible without the aid of other's influence or opinions. You need not know the deeper things until you know the basics.

  Also..read slowly so that you lessen the chances of missing important points that may have been overlooked in the past.

  Biblehub or other online bibles sources will give scholarly explanations of books and verses as opposed to Jim's bible which may not be very reliable.

  Sources that have professors with PHDs and are affiliated with universities are much more reliable then sources without......very obviously

  sorry, I didn't even give thoughts on John 7;53-8;11

  The Truth Will Set You Free
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  You don't paint the rooms on the Titanic

  by TTWSYF in

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  2. beliefs

  this was the line my nephew gave me regarding why jws don't give alms.

  i had several rebuttals to give him, but didn't.

  i was hoping for some comments from this board.

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  The WTS indicates that we are on the Titanic and have been since 1874[?]

  Maybe we're on the QE2
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  You don't paint the rooms on the Titanic

  by TTWSYF in

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  this was the line my nephew gave me regarding why jws don't give alms.

  i had several rebuttals to give him, but didn't.

  i was hoping for some comments from this board.

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  TTWSYF

  I think if there were only 3 months or less before an asteroid destroyed the earth, then, yes. Don't paint the rooms....

  But if there is more time, then you gotta do all that Jesus asked [if that's your Christian position].

  I guess my train of thought revolves around the WTS's 140 year + [and counting] voyage after the planet hit that big iceberg....that no one else noticed.

  Also -Ignoranceisbliss- I just got your post. Very funny!...Just a delayed reaction from me
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  You don't paint the rooms on the Titanic

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was the line my nephew gave me regarding why jws don't give alms.

  i had several rebuttals to give him, but didn't.

  i was hoping for some comments from this board.

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  TTWSYF

  Giving alms is helping to provide for the needy with food, shelter, clothing, support, medical, education, and/or etc, etc.
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  You don't paint the rooms on the Titanic

  by TTWSYF in

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  2. beliefs

  this was the line my nephew gave me regarding why jws don't give alms.

  i had several rebuttals to give him, but didn't.

  i was hoping for some comments from this board.

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  TTWSYF

  This was the line my nephew gave me regarding why JWs don't give alms. I had several rebuttals to give him, but didn't. I was hoping for some comments from this board.
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  How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

  "is he 'in the truth'?".

  most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.

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  The TRUTH is...that I already posted on this topic
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  The Deep Things of Jehovah(tm). What are they?

  by punkofnice in

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  i just wondered.

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  TO a group that never figured out who Jesus is, How could you trust them to guide you to the DEEPER things?
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  How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

  "is he 'in the truth'?".

  most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.

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  TTWSYF

  I'll never forget my uber JW brother telling me that they {WTS} uses the term 'Lying for the Truth'. I was disgusted and he just thought of it as 'Theocratic warfare'.

  How do you still follow such nonsense after hearing 'lying for the truth'?
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  Your favorite Bible version / translation

  by lumberjack in

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  which one is your favorite?

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  TTWSYF

  The one that translates exactly what the writer meant and said, and NOT what the translator wants to convey.