TerryWalstrom

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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  Cofty, you and I didn't listen to the same video--did we?

  Did you listen all the way through to the end?

  I think Aslan understands Harris better than Harris understands Islam.
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  Reza is one of the most articulate scholars I've encountered. He's even more adept than say, Bart Ehrman. He convinced me in this interview that Sam Harris, as just one example, is a fundamentalist to atheism. (What you hate, you become).

  I realize too, the narrowness of my own view needs broadening as well.

  I say, well done.

  
  
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL6E4eMX-4k
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  Attention all Bethelite Lurkers!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you have your bethel watchtower study on a monday evening, as i understand it.therefore, prepare your hearts and your bible trained consciences to "test the inspired expressions" being presented as bible truth in the next study article - especially this one;w14 11/15 p. 26 par.

  "acts 1:8 - "you will be witnesses of me...." [jesus]john 1:15 - "john bore witness about him..." [jesus]john 5:37 - "the father who sent me has himself borne witness about me.

  "revelation 12:17 - ".......and have the work of bearing witness to jesus.

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  cappytan10 days ago

  I've tried this line of reasoning before. 

  Heres the stock answer: "But Jesus perfectly reflects his father's qualities, so being Jesus Witnesses is the same as being Jehovah's Witnesses."

  
  

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  Were the above true, then it is equally correct to say Jesus' Witnesses. It can't be 'wrong.' That being said, why are JW's thinking of themselves as Christians, instead of Jehovahs?

  Riddle me that, Batman.
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  The Governing Body does not want people to download and save its monthly JW Broadcasting propaganda

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  tv.jw.org does not provide a download option for this monthly broadcast.

  also it has made it difficult to download direct through other means .

  here's one way that still works.

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  TerryWalstrom

  SAVE this stuff? Um-m-m-m-m-m

  
  
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Lots of "Ahh ahh ahh," but so far, no "CHOO!"
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  TerryWalstrom

  So far, nobody has it right! That is, according to the Watchtower's current (as of this moment) 'understanding.'

  
  
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  TerryWalstrom

  I think many of you will be amazed, dumbfounded, and/or indifferent to the actual answers to the above.

  I'll give you a BIG HINT.

  The GB has had to reinvent the entire structure of its doctrine. How they are spinning it depends on the ignorance of the eight million JW's around the world.

  If few JW's know what WAS actually taught for over 100 years by direction of Holy Spirit, you can't expect them to be upset when it is scrapped and rebuilt!
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  TerryWalstrom

  You two should be writing for Comedy Central!  

  or the writing committee for the Watchtower!
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Pop Quiz on JW (current) Teaching

  1.       Was Jesus’ 2nd coming in 1914?

  2.        Is Jesus’ 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his ‘coming?’

  3.         Is the doctrine of the ‘faithful and discreet slave’ still regarded as a prophecy       instead of a parable?

  4.        Were the FDS appointed over ‘all His belongings’ in 1919?

  5.        Did the Gentile Times end in 1914, or is that yet to come at a future date?

  6.       Is the ‘great tribulation’ in the past, the present, or yet to come in the future?

  7.        Did Jesus die in order to save the ‘Great Crowd’?

  8.        If the Bible was only written for the anointed, why should non-anointed bother to read it?

  9.        Was Charles Taze Russell a member of the anointed 144,000? If so, since what date?

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  I won't post the answers for several days. Why? I'm wondering who has been keeping up!