Sea Breeze

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  Alternative Military Service is Now OK

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
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  but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.

  anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.

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  Hundreds?
  
  Thousands?

  Tens of Thousands?

  My uncle went to prison on this issue. He died before they allowed community service. Too bad his incarceration was based on a whim from some jackass in a tower in NYC.
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  Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.

  why don't the jw's do the same?.

  from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).

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  How did you get to that complex concept of hell in your head Sea Breeze??

  The scriptures are all there on the chart. You might have to google a bigger version to read. The chart is over 100 years old and was made by Rev. Clarence Larking. He was also an architect.

  The chart represents the the view of hundreds of millions of Christians.
  
  The english word "hell" is a broad term.... better thought of as the underworld.
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  Alternative Military Service is Now OK

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.

  anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.

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  Sea Breeze

  But I wonder: how many JW's went to prison during the years that the WT did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?

  Anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?
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  Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.

  why don't the jw's do the same?.

  from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).

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  If that were a place of burning torment, why was he looking forward to going there?

  Because there is more than one compartment in hell.

  
  
  
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  Anyone Have a Photo of The Current 9 Member Governing Body?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. bible

  governing body members.

  kenneth eugene cook, jr. (2018).

  gage fleegle (2023).

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  Great photo Jeffro. One of their heads went up in smoke .... kinda like a match.
  
  
  
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  Is there really a Bible rule against sex without marriage?

  by Halcon in

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  2. beliefs

  regarding the poster from jw headquarters, who claimed that the gb would eventually loosen the rules regarding sex.

  the question is, is there really a bible rule explicitly prohibiting sex without marriage?

  because this would be the only possible reason why loosening those rules would even come up in a discussion.

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  Sea Breeze

  Not only that; there is also a biblical rule against marriage without sex!
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  Money Is The Answer For Everything - Eccl. 10: 19 (NASB)

  by Sea Breeze in

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  do jehovahs witnesses believe eccl.

  10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?

  money is the answer for everything - eccl.

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  Looks like they limited the application of this verse to purchasing bread and wine.

  Why then don't they limit Eccl 9: 5 - "But the dead know nothing" to just the body?
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  Money Is The Answer For Everything - Eccl. 10: 19 (NASB)

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
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  do jehovahs witnesses believe eccl.

  10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?

  money is the answer for everything - eccl.

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  Do Jehovahs Witnesses believe Eccl. 10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?

  Money Is The Answer For Everything - Eccl. 10: 19 (NASB)
  
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  Thoughts on Likely Upcoming Changes in the Org.

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.

  the org.

  has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?

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  I think the powers that be realized that the doctrinal heresies have worked far better than imagined and the asceticism is mostly unnecessary.
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  Anyone Have a Photo of The Current 9 Member Governing Body?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  governing body members.

  kenneth eugene cook, jr. (2018).

  gage fleegle (2023).

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  Sea Breeze