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Need help with the Trinity
by dins in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have been talking to a coworker of mine about religion and it's been rather interesting; it involves accepting christ into your heart as your saviour.

another thing is the trinity.. is there anything that any of you have found in the bible based on these beliefs.

i keep reading scriptures about god being one, and christ his son but then my coworker insists they are one in the same.. how, if anyway.
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So, where DID the 1914 timeline go awry?
by Xander in
1. watchtower
2. bible
okay, i know that historical evidence is that jerusalem fell in 586/7 instead of 607 - as the wtbts would have.

however, that is not compelling enough to show a hypothetical jw.

they (generally) must not only be show that the opposition is correct, but that the wtbts is wrong.
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Believers, why does God need your flattery?
by IronGland in
1. jw
2. friends
why would an all knowing master of space and time feel the irrepressible need to be adored by mere insects (relatively speaking), and indeed punish them in the most absolute of terms if they fail in this task?

indeed it makes god seem very human, although rather immaturely so.

we expect such behavior from schoolyard bullies, megalomaniac dictators and small children who demand adoration from their beaten dogs.
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for those who know me on Yahoo (cygnustsp)
by Cygnus in
1. jw
2. friends
due to some very unfortunate circumstances which i won't get into here, i have deleted my yahoo messenger accounts (cygnustsp and cygnuspcp).

so those of you who know me there, and wish to stay in contact, please im me at aol -- cygnus97 -- or email me at [email protected].. i have not posted in quite some time.

i would like folks who care to know that my health is pretty good.
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Women ministers
by Pleasuredome in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i recommend to you phoe'be our sister, who is a minister of the congregation that is in cen'chreae.

romans 16:1 .

i thought it was only men who are ministers?
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RESEARCH ON TORTURE STAKE vs. CROSS
by Nanoprobe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sarah .

thank you for posting this information.

everyone else: it's 31 pages, print it out it's worth the read.
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A dumb question?
by link in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
its quite possible that i am the only one on this board who does not know the answer to this question so can someone please enlighten me.. at jeremiah 25:12 it says that when 70 years have been fulfilled, babylon and its king will be destroyed.

when does this 70 years start from?

all wts literature says that babylon was destroyed in 539 bce, two years before the end of the 70 years of judahs desolation in 537, which started in 607 bce.. are these two different lots of 70 years?
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Genesis...contradictory?
by Preston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i read in one of stephen jay gould's last interviews that he found some inconsistencies between ge.

ch.

1 and ge.
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Can someone post the lastest QFR in the july WT
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
thanks.

i understand it deals with the talaban requiring women to cover thier heads when praying opps i meant the wt not the talaban smile.

james
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how does Jehovah rationalize Babel?
by SpiderMonkey in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'll try to keep this concise... this is an issue i never got an answer to, from the elders or any witness, on my way out of the "truth":.

jws believe that god permits evil to answer the "age-old challenge from satan the devil," that man can't rule himself without god, correct?

(please correct me if i'm wrong).