Topics Started by GreenhornChristian

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GB (Splane) says JW parent should "force" their children
by Gayle in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to go in "service," "baptism," etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsqmosgj710
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Just had a thought when reading Data Dogs topic..
by The Quiet One in
1. watchtower
2. bible
..according to the wt, adam and eve were created to live forever on earth right from the start.

two things i just thought of.. 1) one of the reasons that they were banished from the garden was so that they couldn't eat from 'the tree of life' , which would allow them to live forever.. so doesn't that mean that they were created with bodies that were going to deteriorate and die?

or would the magic fruit make them invulnerable even to gods power to destroy them?
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Belief in reincarnation is not in conflict with Judaism
by GreenhornChristian in
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2. beliefs
i'm reading jehovah unmasked.

i am now in chapter 10. it's an interesting read so far.

i just can't believe the watchtower never told me about the jewish reincarnation ...(sarcasm) .
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Do You Believe Gods name is Jehovah and why?
by sarahsmile in
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2. beliefs
many internet sites claiming that god's names is jehovah.. do you believe it is the name of god?.
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Elders / MS praying from the platform take to heart . . .
by bats in the belfry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
w13-08-01, page 16. .

don't they pray for.

the fdsunity of congpeace of brotherhoodall the tiime?.
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We want satan DEEEEEEEEAD!!!!!!!!!!!
by Joliette in
1. jw
2. friends
was just talking to my mom on my phone about the convention in green bay, wisconsin.

she said the brothers were talking about wanting satan dead for good!

(i was like, oh, well, yeah, i agree, in my mind i was dying laughing!).
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DF ones can now choose where to sit...New WT Policy
by Quarterback in
1. jw
2. friends
aug wt q and a has now stated that any df'd person can sit with anyone, anywhere at a congregation meeting.. before, they had to sit at the back of the hall.

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If Noah had family worship night in the ark...what's your excuse!?!?!?!?!?!
by LostGeneration in
1. watchtower
2. bible
funny picture in new public watchtower.

evidently there was a digital camera taking pictures about 3,500 years ago.

noah had family worship night in the ark, so all you slackers have no excuse!
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Attention Governing Body: October 2, 2014 is only 940 days away...
by Alfred in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 1823, john aquila brown (a man who is not mentioned in any wt publication) came up with a bizarre mathematical calculation which totalled 2,520 years (in an unauthorized attempt to predict the end of the gentile times).... several religions recycled this bizarre calculation, including the adventists and the bible students... when armageddon didn't come on the variety of early 20th century dates predicted by several "dooms-day" religions of that time (including charles taze russell's bible students who predicted that the big a would start in 1914), they all finally realized that this 2,520-year calculation was nothing more than arbitrary mathematical speculation derived from erratic biblical extrapolation.... except for the bible students who continued to move up the date for armageddon 2 more times (1918, 1925) and then decided to use wwi as the starting point for the "last days".. all the while, one thing that seems to remain intact is the october 2, 1914 date.

oddly, for the watchtower bible & tract publishing cult, this particular date still marks the end of the 2,520-year period (that john aquila brown referred to in his bizarre 1823 book "the even tide")... again, no mention of this in any watchtower publication.

but, for jws, that date still remains the starting point for the period of time often referred to as the "last days" or even "the generation that shall not pass".. because of this, the governing body has been forced to change the definition of "the generation that shall not pass" countless times since the early 1970's.
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Here's PROOF that Charles Taze Russell Was NOT a Pennsylvania Freemason
by AndersonsInfo in
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2. beliefs
no, charles taze russell was not a pennsylvania freemason!.

this is the answer i received in a letter: .

"after a search of our records, we determined that the three russell's were not members of our organization.