Gman2001

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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  no....JW fantasy
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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses a cult?

  by GoverningBody in

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  this question has been presented many times throughout the years.

  somewhat recently, there has been much talk surrounding the "bite method" :.

  "bite” stands for behavior, information, thought, and emotional control.. some examples were thrown at me, such as the decisions of who we associate with, discouraging any worldy media, encouraging our brothers and sisters to report any of our misbehaviours to the elders, our rejection of criticism on the truth, shunning etc.. what do we think about this?.

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  YES
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  Do we need to step out of religion and into Christ

  by joe134cd in

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  i was just thinking?

  do we as people, who have been hurt by religion, need to refocus our position.

  do we need to step out of an organisation, to concentrate on a relationship .

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  I left the Org in 1977.... and came to Christ. Actually read the Bible without the WT. I was surprised at what the Bible actually said. I now believe the exact opposite of all the WT teachings.
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  Billions to die at Armageddon?

  by BoogerMan in

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  not according to this verse:.

  (mark 3:28, 29) truly i say to you that all things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter what sins they commit and what blasphemies they speak.

  but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit has no forgiveness forever but is guilty of everlasting sin.”.

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  They have constructed a myth about end times. What they promise is a dystopia, run by the GB. No electricity ...gas...infrastructure oh my.
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  Watchtower Dishonesty aka Theocratic Warfare

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like to collect as many instances of watchtower dishonesty and pretense as possible.

  here is one from a bulgarian as an example of what i'm looking for.. are jehovah's witnesses disfellowshipped for receiving blood in a hospital?.

  helge fauskanger writes: "if witnesses can’t convince the elders that they are utterly “repentant” for this vampiric lapse of theirs, they will be held to have disassociated themselves from the religion — even if they never said a word about wanting to leave it!

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  I think there is a person in the Bible called "the father of lies"....can't quite remember his name tho.
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  No beards...even Jesus! Strange Watchower rule for brothers!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower publications now show jesus with short hair and no beard?

  because he is shown that way in older representations of him that are older then the traditional effeminate looking pictures.".

  watchtower 1968 p.286 "bible evidence and a recent review shows that jesus did have a beard..." charles russell style of beard was popular at bethel...till rutherford took over.

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  Jesus would be disfellowshipped.....
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  Memorial wt study, re tro view.

  by waton in

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  2. bible

  for those still involved in the april 15 event, under the full evening moon.. "do this in memory of me " right, and follow the instructions.

  3) "small number cherish a heavenly hope" but at the last supper, all still had an earthly hope, even jesus spoke in earthly terms about the future.

  4) "spoke to them about 2 covenants, the new covenant and the kingdom covenant" a new one to me, note the missing capitalization for the new covenant, the one for all, for forgiveness of sins, the blood covenant, the wine symbolism, but implied [wrongly ] meaning of the kingdom rule promises.

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  I do what Jesus said do..I eat and drink in remembrance of his death, burial and resurrection....
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  Refuting the Alleged Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the past few months there have been a few debates on this site over alleged evidence of the resurrection of jesus.

  this can be a hot topic as most would agree that without the resurrection of jesus there would be no christianity.

  i am not so sure of that, but i am more sure that dr. gary habermas' minimal facts approach to the resurrection has no evidentiary basis.. here is a 22 minute video on the topic.

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  "I accept the resurrection of Jesus as the basis of Christianity. As Paul wrote “ If Christ were not raised up your faith is useless ……we are men to be pitied” ( 1 Cor. 15 . Summary of it)"

  amen
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  Memorial invite

  by JoenB75 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now they start inviting to their "commemorate the death of jesus" event.

  it always makes me a bit sad.

  i don’t think i could endure to watch it myself today.

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  Jesus says eat and drink.....WT says no. I'll go with Jesus.
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  Who are the 144,000? Considering the immediate context of Revelation chapter 7

  by raymond frantz in

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  who are the 144,000?

  a critical examination of the teaching of the 144,000 from the perspective of an ex jx considering context and other references .this is from a series of videos called new light where i scrutinise all the major teachings of the watchtower.. https://youtu.be/aaseuzr-sxs.

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  Revelation 7:4
  

  Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

  Revelation 7:9-11

  After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

  “Salvation belongs to our God,
  who sits on the throne,
  and to the Lamb.”

  11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

  The Great Crowd is in heaven at the throne with the angels. The whole "two class" idea is made out of whole cloth. No one has the authority to pick and choose what they will interpret as literal and spiritual.