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Did Jehovah ever ask you........
by Beans in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when you were a jehovah's witness did "jehovah" ever ask something of you?.

beans.

http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com
ClassAvenger

Oh, and by the way, im not a Witness. But being a witness or not I think it really doesnt matter, God will answer your prayers anyways in my opinion.
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Did Jehovah ever ask you........
by Beans in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when you were a jehovah's witness did "jehovah" ever ask something of you?.

beans.

http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com
ClassAvenger

In my opinion God has always answered my prayers and everything I have asked him for. Just by the fact of being alive I know he is answering me when I ask him to give me life in my prayers. Just a thought.
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

Ok. What about heaven? When Jesus was in the cross he said the following to the man next to him which believed in him:
"And Jesus said unto him: Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." - St. Luke 23:43
I believe that when we all die we go to heaven or paradise, i know the JWs think differently. What is you all's point of view?
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Help - how to reason from 'best out there'?
by Xander in
1. watchtower
2. bible
okay, another discussion with the brother.

he did mention i was a bad influence, but, feh, he still talks and listens a little, so i'm not too worried.. i've got him whittled down to - "if nothing else, at least this org tries to follow the bible the closest, every other religion has serious flaws.".

this is kind of a hard one to beat, as, in the end, what the society says is generally quite good and positive.
ClassAvenger

Another thing to keep in mind when trying to preach to a JW is that they close their ears to any type of negative information to their religion, they are taught to do that and they will do it. They think that they are persecuted when people tell them things on their organization. Try not to show him, but make him reason on his own. Let him find the truth on his own.
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

My thoughts are that hell exists. I can't understand how people can't believe God will punish you. There is no real base foundation on this belief. I am not seeing this from a close minded point of view but I have not been presented with a big argument as to why I shouldn't believe in hell.
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

I am a christian and yes, I've seen the word Hades in the bible. I do not believe though, that Christian theology developed from a combination of Greek. I checked in a dictionary for the definition of Hades and besides giving me the god of the underworld, and the netherworld kingdom, it also defines it as another term for hell. I believe in hell, yet I do not see why the word "hell" should be replaced with Gehena. I've seen many different translations of the bible, yet I have only seen the word Gehena in the New World Translation. I do believe in hell, but I havent heard the reason why JWs dont believe in it. One of my JW friends told me God was too good to put someone into eternal torture. In my opinion, they only see God's loving side but forget about his side of justice. Wat do you all think?
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

But how come I have never seen the word "Gehena" used in other bibles, just in the NWT? Whats the real translation from hebrew to english?
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

I have asked some JWs what this is and since they dont believe in hell they tell me it can be translated to death or tomb. I need some more info on this, enough to backfire at a JW and outgun them. Lol.
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Gehena?
by ClassAvenger in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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can anyone explain to me what the "gehena" is?

i've seen it all over the nwt yet i haven't seen it once in my christian bible.
ClassAvenger

Can anyone explain to me what the "Gehena" is? I've seen it all over the NWT yet I haven't seen it once in my christian bible. Thanks.
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Dating non-Jehovah Witnesses
by ClassAvenger in
1. social
2. relationships
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why can't jehovah witnesses date or marry people that are not jehovah witnesses?

thanks.
ClassAvenger

Thanks for the links NewLight. I did not know that most people here were ex-JWs. I had some questions to have answered and searched for a JW forum to have these questions answered according to their point of view. Now that I know that most here are ex-JWs I feel better to ask more questions freely and to know that most share my point of view also. Again thanks for the info.