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  What is EVIL? Who Defines?

  by D wiltshire in

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  what is evil?.

  who defines what is truly evil?.

  if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.

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  oscartheduck

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  “That’s circular reasoning. You are using the conclusion to prove the premise, which you use to prove the conclusion, which you use to prove the premise which you use to prove the… See what I mean?”
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  I never heard this type of reasoning did you make that up?"

  Well, actually, no he isn't. The argument he is describing is called a tautology, from the latin word for circle.

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  contradiction?

  by oscartheduck in

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  anyone care to unify 2 samuel 24:1 with 2 chronicles 21:1 for me?.

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  So God often uses Satan as his tool?

  Hmm. SOunds like a deliberate attempt to make Satan into an agent of God, to me.

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  Study 16th December

  by BluesBrother in

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  one part of the watchtower study really got my goat!.

  i know its not original thinking but , paragraph 17 of study article said .

  "jehovah's longsuffering is lasting longer than some have anticipated, however that is no reason to give up, to do so would be tantamount to criticizing god for being longsuffering".

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  oscartheduck

  Mister Machislopp (above) has hit the nail right on the head, there.

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
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  1934 German letter

  by oscartheduck in

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  i've been looking at this letter for some time.. and researching it's origins.. i can't find anything conclusive, really.

  i can't locate a denial of its existance from the society, but i haven't got access to any literature anymore, having left it all behind when i moved country to america from england.

  so...is there any reference to it in, for example, the proclaimers book?.

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  oscartheduck

  thanks for the help

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
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  'Order of Special Full-Time Servants'?????

  by ISP in

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  even to witnesses the title given to bethelites is surprising!.

  *** yb99 27 highlights of the past year ***.

  at present, 17,781 in bethel families around the earth render service as members of the order of special full-time servants.. most would think the wts was free of religious 'orders' and the like.

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  There have often been titles given, it seems, as incentives.

  I mean, you think Jesus would approve distinguishing between people who does fifty unregistered hours in the field work and someone who does fifty, but with a "pioneer form" regisration?

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  The Star in Bethlehem

  by nativenyr23 in

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  ok. i have a question.

  i was raised jw - actively in it for the first 23 years of my life.

  god, i remember at 13 thinking all i wanted to do was grow up and work at bethel; puke!

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  oscartheduck

  If you mean, where is the reference to Satan putting the star there, then there isn't one. It's reached by reasoning, which goes "If leading the wise men to the baby in the manger would mean that herod, who wanted to kill that baby, finding him, then it cannot have been sent by God, therefore it was sent by the devil."

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  1934 German letter

  by oscartheduck in

  1. jw
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  i've been looking at this letter for some time.. and researching it's origins.. i can't find anything conclusive, really.

  i can't locate a denial of its existance from the society, but i haven't got access to any literature anymore, having left it all behind when i moved country to america from england.

  so...is there any reference to it in, for example, the proclaimers book?.

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  oscartheduck

  No, I mean the letter to Hitler from the society...

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
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  1934 German letter

  by oscartheduck in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been looking at this letter for some time.. and researching it's origins.. i can't find anything conclusive, really.

  i can't locate a denial of its existance from the society, but i haven't got access to any literature anymore, having left it all behind when i moved country to america from england.

  so...is there any reference to it in, for example, the proclaimers book?.

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  oscartheduck

  Right then...thanks.

  I'm sure I can find something like that somewhere.

  If I have to I'll just get my parents to do some photocopying from their congregation's library.

  It has originals of almost everything. Even Russel's books...

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  What is EVIL? Who Defines?

  by D wiltshire in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is evil?.

  who defines what is truly evil?.

  if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.

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  oscartheduck

  "Can good come from evil?"

  As I recall, the NW translation of the scriptures has GOd declare, after the flood, "Never again shall I call down such an evil upon the sons of man".

  So, um, depends who you believe, but draw your own conclusions there...

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  1934 German letter

  by oscartheduck in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been looking at this letter for some time.. and researching it's origins.. i can't find anything conclusive, really.

  i can't locate a denial of its existance from the society, but i haven't got access to any literature anymore, having left it all behind when i moved country to america from england.

  so...is there any reference to it in, for example, the proclaimers book?.

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  oscartheduck

  I've been looking at this letter for some time.

  And researching it's origins.

  I can't find anything conclusive, really. I can't locate a denial of its existance from the Society, but I haven't got access to any literature anymore, having left it all behind when I moved country to America from England. So...is there any reference to it in, for example, the Proclaimers book?

  Any help confirming it as more than an internet hoax would be nice

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "