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  The Gentile Times Reconsidered (607 B.C.E.) -Part A1 - Jeremiah 25:10-12 Reviewed

  by FaceTheFacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the last three to four months, i have spent a great deal of time sinking my teeth into various critical biblical commentaries and lexicons.

  naturally, after beginning to research "the truth about the truth" one of the most commonplace yet controversial arguments revolve around the "gentile times" doctrine (i.e.

  the application of the seven times of daniel 4 from 607 b.c.e.

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  Religion vs. The Gospel

  by Chalam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello jwners,.

  the jw i chatted with recently directed me to matthew 24 with regards to the witnesses and highlighted matthew 24:14. i asked him what "this gospel" is.

  the only answer i got was "i'm not sure what you mean".. .

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  Japan closes 638 Congregations!!!!! Why???

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  japan since the 1970''s has had amazing publisher increases!

  every year the number of witnesses shot up by many thousands.

  this peaked in 1998, since then the number of witnesses and congregations has continued to drop!.

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  UNBELIEVABLE! Actual chat conversation with an active pioneer JW.

  by deaconbluez in

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  2. friends

  i don't think so lol.

  lol.

  lol.

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  "abstain and die!"- WTBTS

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. current

  i find it amazing that the wtbts says that you should refuse blood, even if it could save your life.. look at the apostle paul.

  he knew the injunctions of acts 15 - yet by his own admission in his letters to the corinthians admitted that he bought meat sacrificed to idols and ate it.

  so would he have refused this meat if he were about to die of hunger?.

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  "Jehovah God"

  by Jeffro in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the expression "jehovah god" has always seemed strange to me.

  even when i was a jw, i found the term awkward, and never used it myself.

  both words are nouns intended to be synonyms of each other, unless the name "jehovah" is being used as an adjective, which is also weird.

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  John 1:1 in Coptic Translation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently there has been quite a stir in jw apologetic circles recently about the translation of john 1:1 in the early sahidic version of john.

  i don't know if this has been discussed here before - if someone could give a link to a previous thread they know about on the subject that would be great.

  here is what i gather: .

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  Romans 6:7 - What Does It Really Mean?

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the convoluted jw interpretation of romans 6:7 just does not make any kind of sense at all.

  after careful consideration of the scriptutre within its context i have to ask myself why i never noticed the inconsistency in the various wt publications.

  i would really love to hear from some of the more outspoken jw apologists who frequent this board because they have proven that they can think for themselves and may have recieved some new light on the subject that they'll be willing to share with the rest of us.

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  Romans 10:9, 13 Identifying Jesus as Jehovah?

  by Daniel Michaels in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the use of the divine name in the nwtcgs

  romans 10:9, 13

  identifying jesus as jehovah

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  Are we on "THE ROAD TO TYRANNY"?

  by Emiliano in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the road to tyranny exposes:

  *how dozens of fbi and defense intelligence agents were threatened with arrest by the federal government if they got in the way of al-qaeda operations.

  *how the cia trained, funded and protected bin laden.

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