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  We all die, so why bother with Jehovah if the worst is annihilation?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i was wondering what a jw could say to a person who doesn't care about "serving jehovah.

  " the person could ask, "so what if i don't serve jehovah?

  " if i understand jw belief correctly, they will say, "then you'll cease to exist.

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  Jesus' Physical Resurrection = Take the Ransom Back?

  by InterestedOne in

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  2. beliefs

  in my "study," we have encountered the matter of whether or not jesus' physical body rose from the dead.

  i brought up a couple of scriptures that seem to indicate physical (john 2:18-22 and john 10:17,18).

  the jw's i am "studying" with explained how, although those verses may appear to indicate physical, jesus couldn't have meant that because if he physically rose from the dead, he would have taken back the ransom.. now that i know the wt reasoning on this, can someone point me to another source, link, book, article, etc.

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  Why is Elder Book called KS10-E & Should I Tell My Friend?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i just glanced over the new elder book, and being an outsider, i was pretty amazed.

  i'm so thankful to be aware of this.

  couple questions:.

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  What is the WT's Motivation? Who Benefits?

  by InterestedOne in

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  2. friends

  another thing my jw friend says to me when i question the wt is, "what would their motivation be?

  they're so humble and no-one gets paid except a basic living allowance for the workers at bethel.

  they're not like those other rotten 'ministries' whose leaders get paid a lot of money, etc.".

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  No JW's w/ post-graduate degree in Biblical Greek/Hebrew?

  by InterestedOne in

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  2. bible

  does anyone here have info regarding the validity/invalidity of the following statement i read while browsing:.

  "as far as we have been able to determine, no baptized jehovahs witness has ever been awarded a post-graduate academic degree by an accredited institution in the field of biblical greek or hebrew.

  this is rather startling in a religious sect of approximately six million people who pride themselves on being zealous students of the bible.

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  Who Owns Kingdom Halls & Land?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i was just in a service meeting where the elder announced that the kh had been sold.

  he gave the dollar amount and said it would be split between the two cong's currently meeting in it.

  the cong i attend will move to another location which currently has a building with another cong in it, but there is also enough open space on the plot of land to build another edifice.

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  Are JW's coached to be vague?

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  i recently emailed my jw friend a couple of questions about jw beliefs, and she gave a generic, vague response that did not answer my questions.

  are jw's coached to answer in vague terms?.

  i have been attending the tm "school," and although i see the "demonstrations" teaching jw's to give misleading opening lines at the door and canned answers to questions, my friend's response was not exactly canned.

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  Do JW's read other books?

  by InterestedOne in

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  when i ask my jw friend if she has read various classic books, she says, "i don't like to read.

  " however, she of course reads all the wt stuff.

  i don't know too many jw's, but the ones i have seen in the meetings seem mostly uneducated and, even when speaking from the platform, seem almost illiterate - that is, unable to pronounce certain words even in the wt literature.

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  All info outside WT controlled by Satan: looking for articles

  by InterestedOne in

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  could someone refer me to some wt articles explaining that all non-wt information sources are controlled by satan?

  i've read that they think this, and it fits with their us & them mentality, but i would like to see it in writing..

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  Sayings of Everlasting Life heard "Nowhere Else" but in JW Organization?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i just finished reading the 9/15/2010 wt study edition article for nov 8-14, and the last few sentences of paragraph 7 on page 18 jumped out at me.

  referring to the "one association" which i assume means the jw organization, the author says "... where else can we turn?

  nowhere else can we hear the sayings of everlasting life.

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