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What Do Un-Believers Not Believe?
by mensa163 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of the things that used to annoy me in the new testament was the "believe in jesus" message.

any explainations seemed fuzzy at best so i decided to take a run at it from behind and find the definintion of an un-believer.here is what i came up with and i welcome other opinions.

many of the people around jesus were jews, they walked with him, talked with him, listened to his teachings and witnessed his miracles.
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Observe The Divine Pattern To Understand the Bible
by MDS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the divine pattern...4 (four) steps to follow: .

yes, it should just say, "you," as in the "anointed seed" of israel, the anointed of god, that was the "jew," or the "man," that god had chosen to lead the nations of the abrahamic covenant.

abrahamic covenant people..."ten men out of all nations," "holding on to the skirt of a jew.
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Why...
by Simon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...is no one posting here?.

ok, i'll be the first !
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Using or Abusing Thee Name
by Carmel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jdubs claim to be gods sole reps on earth basically because the judge adopted the name and thus were "honoring" it.

the israelites were suposedly abandoned by god because they "dishonored his name".

yet we all know judiasm does not use or utter any "name", it is forbidden!
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depression and why JW's don't reconize it
by nogs in
1. watchtower
2. medical
well as you know unless you are an elders son or daughter generally jw's don't lift a finger to help all those ones feeling downtrodden and lonely.

i felt like this from july 1994 to march 2000. i prayed to jehovah constantly for help to ease the loneliness, i begged the elders and even others.

for a long time the only ones who would talk to me where the elderly ones(who i miss now since i left) i cried every night and felt after five years of being at meetings and feeling invisable (even though i was an auxillary pioneer) i decided that my life was worth fighting for.
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She Lives In "Shameless Luxury" -- Re...
by MDS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"...clearly now, it says `kings of the earth.

however notice this comment from the same publication on page 609 par.

and yet they also say that the "kings of the earth" are `weeping' because of her destruction.
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Wisdom Personified
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the next time a householder says to you: everyone has his own interpretation of the bible, how will you respond?

perhaps you will use the suggestion from the reasoning book (page 65) you might reply: and obviously not all of them are right.

you might add: twisting the scriptures to fit our own ideas can result in lasting harm .
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Proclaiming Jah's name
by SixofNine in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in terms of cold, hard, non-partisan evidence, (and i realize that will eliminate some of yours' ability to respond) what are the arguments for how much or how little emphasis jesus, primarily, and secondarily the early christians, put on using and promulgating the divine name?.

jesus words "let your name be sanctified" come to mind immediatly, but what did that seem to mean to jesus, and how often did he seem to use the divine name?.

i am vaguely aware of the arguements that the nwt went overboard in "reinserting" the divine name.. edited by - sixofnine on 17 december 2000 15:18:58
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for FRIEND on BLOOD
by Pathofthorns in
1. jw
2. friends
hey friend.. i see you're encouraging letter writing to the society on blood.

can u please give some tips on what to include.

i figure i'd like to include your (lol) research paper as well.
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angels
by yentel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do angels get tired?.

see daniel 9:21[nwt]