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a question about the "annointed" and ...
by simwitness in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
can someone help me understand the chronology of the "144,000" doctrine of the wtbs?.

what i am looking for is quotes/pointers to the publications about:.

1. how they decided who was of this "special" class.. 2. when the cuttoff point was for being part of it.
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"Three Dissertations" -- The Witness ...
by accuracy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
back in the 1517 the catholic priest martin luther posted his "95 theses" on the door of a church in wittenberg and began the protestant reformation.

martin luther did not mean to start a revolution, though he attacked certain legalistic doctrines of the church and questioned the authority of the pope.

called to recant, he replied, "unless i am convinced of error by the testimony of scripture or by clear reason, i cannot and will not recant anything, for it is neither safe nor honest to act against one's conscience.".
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WT Quote that Abraham & co. have earthly hope?
by stocwach in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am looking for a specific example in any wt publications where the society unequivocally believes faithful men of old have an earthly hope, an not a heavenly one.. thanks in advance!
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Anyone heard of or been through a JW exorcism?
by Mimilly in
1. jw
2. experiences
greetings, and wow!

did i enter this forum with a biggie.

i've been lurking for quite awhile - with some threads, laughing to tears, and others, reliving those years.
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One little lie spoils the whole thing....
by simwitness in
1. jw
2. friends
one thing i remember the most about being "in the truth" was the basic premise that all other religious orgs on the earth at one time or another taught a lie (and or still was teaching lies).

this was the "crowning jewel" for the wtbs.

they never "lied".. in a recent conversation with an elder, he made mention of this again.
About the blood "law"...
by simwitness in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have been giving the blood issue alot of thought lately, and a "new" (to me anyway) approach to discussing why the wtbs is "wrong" on it came to mind.. i have found that discussing the "what does abstain really mean" and the "it was all about eating it, since the medical use didn't exist at the time" approach never truly works, you end up in an argument over words instead of meaning.. my thought:.

at times in the ot, did god withhold punishment for sins that were committed by the faithful?

if god could withold judgment for those sins, shouldn't the members of his "organization" do the same?
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Can any Witness possibly anwser this question?
by jerome in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello all... i came across this line of questioning many months on the inet so i decided that i would submit just this once to peer pressure and make a usefull contribution to the board.. here is the question... is jesus just "a god?".

many of the regular inet surfers would have come across this line of questioning before so if you have you could just sit back and relax and read the replys.. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>.

me: so is he a 'lesser true god' or a 'lesser false god?'.
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WHAT ABOUT THE STUMBLING BLOCKS?
by You Know in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that if the watchtower falls short to a significant degree then it cannot be jehovahs organization.

thats why apostates are hopeful that if enough fault can be found with the organization and brought to the attention of the faithful, then they too will accept the conclusion that jehovahs witnesses are not who we say we are.

unquestionably, many have been stumbled over a multitude of stumbling blocks.
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WT does NOT own "Military Stock"
by amccullough in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i thought this deserved its own thread...below is a reply a made to one of the previous threads ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24473&site=3 ) and i am anxious for someone to refute it...or maybe i'm right.. not quite...it seems everyone is muddling the details on this.. it seems that james mccann, who donated the stocks to the wt, invented an improved rotary engine called a rand cam engine.

his company, the rand cam engine corp is a privately held company, but he has donated 50% of the stock to the wt (but retained the voting proxy so the wt has no say in what is going on), he owns 34% and the balance is owned by several shareholders.

this company is half owner of another company called rand energy group.
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The Greatest Decline - Their Vacuity
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
while the watchtower has suffered from a number of.

declines in various areas, there is no greater decay.

manifest than in its current publications.. as a teenager growing up, the 'truth' was, to me, a system of.