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  Is having "Faith" believing in something without proof? Definitions?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. bible

  yes have faith in god brothers!

  he will answer your prayers......if it's "his will.

  " you need to have "faith" that he is there watching over us...even if it seems like he isn't.

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  Fear of being shunned

  by alfmel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who have been jws and left,.

  1. how much did you delay your departure due to the fear of being shunned?.

  2. what percentage of the congregation would you estimate remains active due to the fear of being shuned if they were to leave?.

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  The Bible, Why not Reliable?

  by sayitsnotso in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay here is my thread to discuss this.

  i believe the bible is inspired by god and reliable.

  many argue it's neither.

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  Proverbs 3:6 – Logically Impossible to Follow as a Jehovah's Witness

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  Twisting Scripture vs A Literal Reading

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  knowing that passions run deep on this matter, i have what i believe to be a very simple premise for a discussion of how to read the bible.. terry has labored over the last couple of months to demonstrate (in my view, conclusively) that the bible is far from unaltered, and often mistranslated.

  these facts, inconvenient as they might be for believers, are nonetheless, a problem for those who claim that the bible is the word of god.. this is not what i wish to discuss... rather..... jehovah's witnesses come from a tradition of "reading in" or "adding meaning" to the scriptures.

  no one jw outside of the governing body is allowed to do this.. but why is it necesarry?.

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  Who survives the big-A?

  by Yan Bibiyan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've seen experiences shared that jws have a hard time admitting that they are the only ones to survive the big-a and everyone else, including innocent infants are to be slaughtered.. that should be an easy one-two punch rebuttal, i think.. q1: is there anyone practicing false religion and worshiping a false god going to survive armageddon?.

  q2: does anyone else, except the jws have the true religion?.

  jw answers: no,no.. .

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  Honest Question..........

  by thraxer68 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, first off, iam new to the forum here, i registered maybe a week ago???

  sometime around there, but anyway, i do have an honest question.

  i guess a little background about me might be helpful and if not, at least therapeutic.

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  A few questions about Adam and Eve, Death, and the Resurrection

  by alfmel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am not a jw, but they often come to my door.

  i listen to them, formulate questions, but they can never answer them to my satisfaction.

  that's why i've never become a jw.

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  Garden of Eden, Tree of Knowledge, not quite literal

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i share this hoping motivates some into some bible reading, and stimulating your critical thinking.

  is the concept of the tree of life and knowledge of good and bad anywhere in the bible?

  read ezekiel chapter 31, the entire chapter.

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  The Bible: God's Word or Man's?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my jw visitor left me a copy of the 2006 print of the book "the bible: god's word or man's?

  ", and i intend to provide him with my analysis of it.. i notice that the book was written in 1989, and the dates of the references suggest the book has not been updated since then.

  am i correct?.

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