Topics Started by CalebInFloroda

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Why, Why, Why did God create such a difference between Jews and Gentile....?
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
why such a difference between jew and gentiles, so that the jew is at once.

recognized, no matter what race he lives among.. and how did the jews come to have such strange traditions setting apart, racially.

and religiously from gentiles???.
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Knowing good and bad and being judged for it...
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the belief is that god created the tree of the knowledge of good and bad right?

but then forbid adam and eve to eat from it because if they did they would understand good and bad.... the belief also is that either at death or armageddon we will be judged as to whether we have been good or bad.... so it seems that god did not want humans to have the knowledge of how to be good or bad in the first place but still wants to judge them on it?!?.

i always thought when reading that part of the bible " what would have been so wrong for humans to have that knowledge in the beginning?
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New light!, says JW-Archive. The inspired word can have mistranslations, says Dec 2015 WT
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sorry, i know i posted this earlier but i believe the title did not gather enough attention.

i think is a topic worth discussing.. http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127866869178/new-light-the-inspired-word-of-god-can.
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Heading to the Spain and the Holy Land
by CalebInFloroda in
1. jw
2. experiences
as part of my journey as a sepahrdic jew, i am off on a journey that will take me to both spain and israel to apply for the right of return offered to me by both nations.. as such i will be absent from this delightful forum during this life-changing odyssey.

till that time we are together again, be assured you are in my thoughts and (for those of you who do not mind) my prayers.. please know you have contributed to me greatly and have helped me much, all of you.

it is rewarding to freely share, discuss, even debate issues here so freely.
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Cognitive Dissonance
by LexIsFree in
1. jw
2. friends
the cognitive dissonance amongst jws has never been more obvious to me then what i just experience in the last 5 min.

long story short i had a phone conversation w/my mom about some things and i mentioned to her to look up what has been going on with their beloved organization in australia.

brother geoffrey jackson of the holy governing body was caught lying numerous times about several subjects including disassociations & shunning.
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Public Prayers - Scriptural?
by OverlappingGeneralizations in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
something that has always been a pet peeve of mine- public prayers.

is that even scriptural?

i know many churches (along with the jws) do it.
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If God exists ....
by iconoclastic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if god exists, he must be a god of freedom.

because he has endowed us with free-will, and never interferes with it (as confirmed by our own experiences).

that means he wants everyone to make their choice and reap the fruits accordingly.
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Jehovah's people are the happiest people on earth!
by Coded Logic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so this afternoon my roommate and i decided to go grab some dinner from the local chipotle and, as we live only a short distance from the franchise, we decided it was a good idea to walk.

little did i know that the j-dubs district convention here in sacramento was just getting out (the auditorium is literally smack in the middle of downtown and its attendees have to park in garages scattered a couple blocks away in every direction) so men in cheap suits and women in unflattering dress' were walking all over the place as though someone had antagonized their ungodly ant hill.

and, for sacramento, this of course is the complete opposite of the normative - that is to say, our streets are usually filled with well dressed, immaculately groomed, 'i know exactly where i'm going' government officials that monopolize the state capitol m-f. .
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How does God measure up to the definition of love at 1st Corinthians?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all know the famous scripture of 13:4-8. the wt uses it to show how jw's ought to behave and think.

it's like a golden standard.. but i was thinking, how does god himself measure up to this standard?

in the bible it clearly states that god is jealous.
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Why Me?
by John Aquila in
1. jw
2. experiences
do you ever wonder why out of all the witnesses, you are the one that woke up?

i wonder many times why me.

i know many men and women that are much, much better persons than me; either they are much smarter, more humble, kinder, more successful, or just better persons all around.