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  Two Witness principle

  by Rattigan350 in

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  one thing that i agree with is the two or more witness principle.. i have an experience to tell why.. at work for lunch i go to my car and eat and read emails on my laptop (since i can't bring my laptop in).

  one day a hr director and my director told me about an occasion where i was in my car and a woman went out to her car that was next to me and left for lunch.

  she came back and pulled in a spot and saw that i was in my car to the left of her and what came to her mind was that i must have just pulled in after her and she felt uncomfortable with that and thinking that i was following her and she went to security.

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  One thing that I agree with is the two or more witness principle.

  I have an experience to tell why.

  At work for lunch I go to my car and eat and read emails on my laptop (since I can't bring my laptop in). One day a HR director and my director told me about an occasion where I was in my car and a woman went out to her car that was next to me and left for lunch. She came back and pulled in a spot and saw that I was in my car to the left of her and what came to her mind was that I must have just pulled in after her and she felt uncomfortable with that and thinking that I was following her and she went to security. The fact was that I never left and she pulled in the same spot that she left and saw me still there and could not imagine that I was in my car when she left and was still in my car 20 or so minutes later when she pulled in the same spot. So she immediately thought something bad. I told them that security should have video of the parking lot, look at that and you will see that I didn't go anywhere. The two witness principle is good because people jump to the craziest conclusion because they can't conceive the truth and others listen to accusations more than the accused.
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  Is there a list of JW contradictions / double standards anywhere?

  by BenRichards in

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  as i mentioned in a recent thread, i've relatively new here.

  have been lurking for a few weeks and just started posting.. one of the things i'm finding interesting about this site is how often someone posts a set of jw published material that contradicts each other.

  for example the other day someone posted about lecithin.

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  If the devil is against JWs...

  by Rattigan350 in

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  if the devil is against jws, do you feel that he helped you leaving the religion?

  and helped put stumbling blocks in front of your path in the religion?.

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  If the devil is against JWs, do you feel that he helped you leaving the religion? And helped put stumbling blocks in front of your path in the religion?
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  Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."

  by Terry in

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  go ahead.

  tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.

  i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.

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  How can someone prove that s/he read it? Do you give tests?

  What difference does it make if one has read it? The real issue is whether one follows it.

  Does one follow what the Bible teaches from cover to cover?
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  How many anointed disciples were in the 1st Lord's Meal?

  by hardtobeme in

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  according to the bible, none... all 12 partook of the emblems.

  jesus told them to partake even thought they were not anointed with holy spirit yet.

  they were anointed at pentecost.... and judas was present too according to luke 22:21.. watchtower says that luke's chronological order is wrong.

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  Judas was present during the passover but left after it and prior to the Bread and wine passing.

  Inspiration has nothing to do with whether there are mistakes or not. It is simply a historical matter. Inspiration is not relevant to that.
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  The Great Crowd Catch 22

  by Perry in

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  just had a two hour conversation with my father.

  he is insistent that he will be able to enter the kingdom of god as a member of the 'great crowd'.

  he did agree that only the annointed are declared righteous.

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  Perry, your writing style is like an evangelical.

  Born Again.. Come on, it is Jesus speaking in riddles. His words don't matter, his actions do.
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  Was droping bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 evil?

  by new hope and happiness in

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  sorry for such a depressing question, but i was moved by a picture i saw of the consequences.

  ( a woman carrying her child) and i realised:-.

  a) it was a civillian population.. b) i don't see how a nuclear holocaust can ever be right.. c) they could have bombed tokyo where all the generals lived but chose hiroshima.. d) the irony after the bombing america conceeded to many of japans terms.. your opinion would be valued..

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  69 years ago. They all would be dead by now if it never happened. What difference would it have made.

  But because it happened, they never got to have children which prevented over population and they had to build new factories and infrastructure which helped their future economy. Looking at it now, it was a good thing.
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  Letter of Reinstatement

  by kayanow in

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  i'm new to this website and i thought i'd create a profile.

  i was disfellowshipped in july of 2013 in another city.

  i since moved and starting going to meeting about 6 months ago in my new city.

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  What does it mean that they encouraged you alot? Encouraged you toward what? More giving out literature and giving lame talks?

  Why would you want to be reinstated?
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  Are we imperfect from birth?

  by Pinku in

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  are we imperfect from birth?.

  there may be some scriptures that say we are imperfect from birth because of (fictitious) adams sin.

  such verses make no sense like many other prima-facie meaningless verses such as joshua 10:13; isaiah 40:26; john 3:13;11:26 ........ however, there are scriptures that say we are capable of displaying perfection which is already within us.

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  No, we are imperfect from conception.
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  You can't play lotto, but you can accept a lottery ticket.

  by JH in

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  can someone explain to me why a witness can't go and buy a lottery ticket for himself, but can keep a ticket they find on the ground or keep a ticket they receive as a gift from a worldly person.. that's the explaination the witnesses gave me when i joined many years ago.. if it's a sin to play lotto, why can they accept a ticket as a gift or keep one they could find?.

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  That always bothered me about repeating the phrase of the god of good luck. What they did back then for luck is not the same as today. Just throwing out phrases because it is in the Bible. Not a good reason to avoid something.