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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Calvinistic Predestination

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  this is a complex question, and i just want to get a discussion started on the message of jehovah's witnesses and how it relates to their adventist roots, and esp calvinism.. bear with me, i will try to be concise.. we all know that while jehovah's witnesses like to deny adventist roots, that it is clear that according to them, the man jesus selected to get the whole thing started, c t russell, was heavily influenced by adventist ideas, esp the (adventist) idea that has really never left them; the idea that somehow, a time date or period can be inferred from the bible if you read certain scriptures through an adventist lens.

  (thus, the 2520 years, 7 gentile times, etc.).

  so while this is relatively well known, there is a concept that jehovah's witnesses teach against, yet practice.

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  despondant witness

  by IwateBuddy in

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  i moved to a small town about a year and a half ago.

  a jehovah's witness came knocking on my door and i gave him the brush-off but he kept coming back and pestering me until i finally agreed to study with him.

  we've been studying for about three or four months now and he has lost his original enthusiasm to the point where i am starting to worry about him.

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  Planted a seed today... Update on de-program of my 16 year old son

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, some of you know that i have a 16 year old son who lives with his jw mother.

  she has already mastered the art of guilt control on him.

  i am most anxious that he not get baptized at all or at least unless he has really understood the whole truth, not just the watchtower truth.

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  What accusations do you have about us JWs? AND what group are YOU a part of?

  by theMadJW in

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  i'm one of the few jws that freely admit our faults and mistakes.. let's compare notes!.

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  My G'Daughter Is a Latch-key Kid

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  she's eleven, and rides the bus to and from school.. i used to have a van pick her up and drop her off, but the expense was too much.. she walks to and from the bus stop with the kids next door.

  they are very good to her - they wait until she gets inside our house before they go into theirs.

  when our cat escapes, they help round her up.. today, she forgot her key, and their mama called me and let me know she'll be staying at her house until i get off work.. mama will be giving her something to eat, right along with her kids.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses - the religion without a past or a future

  by Mickey mouse in

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  2. friends

  there is only one timeframe that matters to a jehovah's witness: the present.. "so what if we taught that in 1993?

  this is our present truth!.

  jehovah's witnesses are being conditioned to think that the organization's history is unimportant, "the way jehovah is blessing the work now proves that this is his organization".. here's a question: if you were born into a catholic family in 1922, lived 70 years and died in 1992, what is your current standing before jehovah according to jw doctrine?

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  The Kingdom of God - when in Heaven ? -- according to Jesus

  by wantingtruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  john said "...the truth came through jesus christ" ?

  --------the kingdom of god---------- .

  "the kingdom of god is near.

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  I would like to thank my children......

  by awildflower in

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  2. experiences

  ......for being so obedient and cooperative during our lives as jw's.

  for getting ready for all of those meetings and doing their best to study before hand and comment.

  for volunteering to help the elderly and others with yard work and cooking and babysitting.

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  Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

  our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

  it is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

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  New JW Interfaith Meeting!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.nwaonline.net/281216684861365.bsp .

  "the morning news" (arkansas news).

  religious leaders to describe traditions of peace .

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