Topics Started by Hernandez

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tomorrowsworld.org - is this what the watchower is becoming?
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
namely an e-religion with minimal congregations?

notice the very similar subject matters.
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Some recent baptism figures in the UK - is there a "bounce back"?
by freddo in
1. jw
2. friends
well, round my way (south of the uk) all the way up to and including the regional conventions this summer, baptism numbers have been extremely low.

but i have just received news of three recent circuit assembly days where the figures seem to be higher.

(all have been across the last three weekends at a uk assembly hall in october).
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So it was claimed that the resolution issued by the meeting at Jerusalem was issued by the Holy Spirit (Acts 15), yet................
by deegee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to acts 15, the meeting at jerusalem boldly declared that god's holy spirit issued a formal resolution counselling christians to "abstain from meats offered to idols and from blood, and from things strangled, and from formication", yet in 1 corinthians chapters 8 &10 paul set the holy spirit-issued resolution of the jerusalem meeting regarding the eating of meat sacrificed to idols aside:.

"concerning the eating of food offered to idols … some, because of their former association with the idol, eat food as something sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

but food will not bring us nearer to god; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor better off if we eat.
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Catholic Approach to Scripture: How It Made Me Leave the Jehovah's Witnesses
by Hernandez in
1. watchtower
2. bible
indoctrinated into all things watchtower, i once believed the bible was true history, that evolution was false and evil, and that the bible could be trusted to be reliable when it touched on science issues.

then i got introduced to the official catholic bible translation of u.s. catholics, the new american bible revised edition (or nabre--not to be confused with the protestant nasv or new american standard version) and things changed.

i was shocked to learn that the nabre teaches.... the creation and flood stories of genesis are jewish adaptations of mesopotamian heathen creation-flood mythology, not history.
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Who has the authority to decern what the bible really teaches?
by TTWSYF in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.

not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.

how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.
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Why are there still so many of humanity that are immersed onto the lies, ignorance and delusions of religion ?
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. bible
all religions under critical examination has been recognized inherently as formative lies devised to appeal to human emotions and as a means to cultivate power and control for a select propagating few.

knowledge acquired through scientific inquiry and evaluation has proven that all religious adherence was mostly drawn out human ignorance targeted toward the emotions and consciousness of people.

here we are in the 21 century and people like the jws are still adhering to the lies of christianity and how this religion developed over time.
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Catholic church raised a cry of alarm, every year thousand of Catholics become J.W
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my brother (elder) e-mailed this to my sister(not a jw).

the francisco pope praises j.w worldwide.

oh shit, they will have a field day with this.
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What they don't tell you what was left out of the Bible.
by Crazyguy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the newest bible the gb took out the scriptures found in the last chapter of mark verses 9 on.

they say these scriptures were added later.

what they don't tell you in in the oldest bible the septuagint the assention of christ to heaven was also not in the book of luke nor mathew!
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How to Irritate JWs: The Catholic Way
by Hernandez in
1. social
2. humour
what's the greatest advantage in becoming a roman catholic after leaving the jehovah's witnesses some 17 years ago?

why, it's the way it totally irritates people and really pushes their buttons...that is, if you are one of the unfortunate jehovah's witnesses who happens across my door during field service.

i have developed several techniques to make it very frustrating to the unwary witness who hopes to make headway at my house.
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Bible Contradictions regarding forgiveness & revenge...Not a trustworthy moral guide
by krismalone in
1. watchtower
2. bible
recent broadcast have gerrit losch talking about not holding a grudge and in septembers broadcast david splain talking about not demanding an apology after being wronged.

the subject of forgiveness and revenge is one of many examples of moral contradictions in the bible.

the book 1984 mentioned the terms double think and double speak.