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Does the Christian message fall apart without a literal interpretation of Genesis?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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what's the point of jesus if adam & eve did not 'fall' and condemn us all to sin?.
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NEED HELP Proving that 607 BC is false and list of flip-flops
by doubtful in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this post is going to seem erratic to some, but i'm afraid it's the best i can do.

i can only write on this board during the spare moments i have when my mother is not in the home.

so i need to get as much info in per thread as possible given the time constraints.
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What are the people at Bethel like? What's the GB like?
by doubtful in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i can't even count the number of times i've heard people say how incredibly humble and down-to-earth and caring the exectuives at bethel are.

i've had one first person encounter with a gb member..i forget his name although i would be able to identify him in a picture.

he did seem genuinely nice.
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So sad..... the damaged ones.....
by liz_south in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently...my nephew confided that he doesn't want to go to the meetings anymore.

he told his parents.

reply from dad - typical party line - "live in our house - attend the meetings - or leave".
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Did the Israelites lay eggs like reptiles?
by doubtful in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm a newbie bible skeptic, but whenever i read the exodus account, i always had trouble swallowing the idea that a family of 70 people could possibly mushroom into a population of anywhere between 2-3 million in a matter of 215 years - (per the watchtower's timeline).

as i said before, math is not my strong suit, but here i will show my calculations regarding the possibility of this account, using the society's timeline.

i will ignore the fact that the bible says the nation of israel was in bondage in egypt for 400 years, and will instead use the 215 year timeframe, also because this harmonizes with the four generations from levi to moses.
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Pray for our Brothers in Japan
by doubtful in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is my first post.

the first portion is my story, and toward the end, you will find the section pertinent to the title of this thread.

(starting with the portion in bold print).
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What Was Meant By 'Abstain From Blood'?
by headisspinning in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have always been very hardcore about my aversion to blood and have never even considered the possibility that this was merely a dietary restriction.

i always bought into the analogy of a doctor telling a patient to abstain from alcohol... it wouldn't matter whether this individual drank the alcohol or took it intravenously... it would all be in direct contradiction to the doctor's orders to 'abstain' from alcohol.. or the other analogy is to an apple pie... if you weren't to eat the pie, it would not be okay to separate it out into the main parts (or 'components)... ie.

the flour, the apples, the sugar or the cinnamon... if they were taken from that pie, you were eating the pie.. so maybe you can see where the questions popped up for me.
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using the name "jehovah"
by finallyfree! in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i find it to be frankly disrespectful.

im a father, if my kids were to call me by my first name id find that wierd.

we address judges with "your honor" and various other titles, so why on earth would we call the almighty god by his first name?
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You Can Overcome WT Phobias!
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
early in the exit process, it's very important to begin overcoming irrational fears.

fear of the devil.

fear of god.
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animals creation
by yentel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
some animal and bird forms were created after adams creation.. see "all scriptures" page 286 para13.

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