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  Disfellowshipping

  by mdfreels in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm really feeling like i need some advice (please none from ex-witnesses).

  i have a friend {he was my study} who recently was disfellowshipped.

  it hurt me deeply.

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  Advice requested on response to mom's letter

  by paulvarjak in

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  2. friends

  i received this recently from my mother.

  the only contact i've had with any of my family since october has been an occasional email.

  you are 28 years old and you made the choice to put yourself, and us, in this position.

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  The Adventist Movement

  by SharonUT in

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  2. beliefs

  after study... i have concluded that the jw's are nothing more than another off-shoot of the adventist movement.

  see below.. the adventist movement (millerites) was started by william miller (a lay baptist minister) in 1843 and that created 3 off-shots.

  the advent christian church, the life & advent union, and the seventh-day adventists (which sprang the branch davidians).

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  Decision to join JW's

  by SharonUT in

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  2. beliefs

  what are the reasons one converts to the jw faith or stays in it?

  it seems that if the jws believe that only the 144,000 have access to god... then how do the other sheep know what to do about this decision?

  is their decision based upon their understanding of the scriptures and wt litarature only or do they seek some type of manifestation of the spirit or answer to prayer or personal revelation about joining?

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  Hebrews 9:28 & "Appear"

  by SharonUT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am trying to understand upon what basis the jehovah's witnesses equate the word "appear" with "invisible" in hebrews 9:28. in the kjv it says, "so christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.".

  looking at the dictionary:.

  [middle english aperen, from old french aparoir, aper-, from latin apprre : ad-, ad- + prre, to show.

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  Baptism in whose name?

  by SharonUT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if this has been answered before, just point me in the right direction.

  matthew 28:19 says to be baptized in the "name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost.

  " what is the justification used in jehovah's witnesses changing this.

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  Coming vs. Presence

  by SharonUT in

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  2. bible

  as i have studied the kjv, matthew 24:3 uses the word "coming" in the same way matthew 21:5 does.

  matthew 24:3: "and as he sat upon the mount of olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be?

  and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

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  El & Yahweh

  by SharonUT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  who do jehovah's witnesses say they are?

  do they say they are both jehovah?

  also, is the new world translation bible on-line to look at?

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  Accepted 66 books of Canon

  by SharonUT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  considering an apostacy that was well into swing by 100ad, and worse yet by the time the nicene council was held in 325ad... how are jehovah's witnesses sure about the basically protestant canon they initially accepted which was canonized about 376ad at earlist and still even then, many christians didn't agree upon that and still don't today!

  i could go into more detail if desired... but upon what basis to jw's accept this canon from an apostate generation?

  how do they know that other books such as the book of enoch originally held to be scripture and quoted frequently in mark or the shepherd of hermes should not be included as inspired?

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