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Active JW understands flaws in WTS doctrine but believes in the Bible
by flamegrilled in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
perhaps this is a common topic for newbies on the site, but i have browsed for a while and not seen this exactly answered.. as an active jw who understands the flaws in wts doctrine, but believes in the bible, how do i identify a form of worship that meets all the criterea:.

1) by this all will know you are my disciples if you have love among yourselves (john 13:35).

sure i know that not all jws do this, and that people from other religions or non-religious people do this also, but as an official doctrine jws will not kill one another in war, and in general there is a genuine effort to exercise "agape" love not widely found in the world at large.. 2) preach the good news.
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When Jesus said THIS...that pesky little word..
by doubtful in
1. watchtower
2. bible
due to haste, i don't have time to cite texts, but perhaps others can do that for me, assuming i don't get a chance to do later on this evening.

but jesus, when asked about his second coming and of the conclusion of the system of things, he listed a series of portents as we all know, which concluded with multiple celestial phenomena, which according to him, were to be visible to all, just like lighting from one end of the sky to the other.

he then said that "this generation", referring to his generation of that time, would by no means pass away?
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Is it possible to define faith in a simple, logical, unambiguous way?
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was wondering if it's actually possible to define what faith is in a simple, logical, unambiguous way.. .

i have a theory that words which cannot be defined in a simple, logical, unambiguous way do not really mean anything specific, and therefore should probably be avoided.. .

i know there have been books written on this subject, but i think that anyone who has to write an entire book to define a simple word like faith, does not really understand what it means.. .
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New Believers, Studying.
by cupcakekourtney88 in
1. jw
2. friends
hey y'all!

my name is kourtney and i am new to this form and jehovah witnesses.

right now i am studying the book "what does the bible really teach".
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June 15 W/T - "Should Youths Get Baptised?"
by sizemik in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the above mentioned article caught my eye for a couple of reasons .

.. it is obvious to most observers that the children of active jw's provide a potential "large army" and in spite of the attrition rate of jw youths (around 2/3's i believe), it's a resource the borg are keen to maximise.

there tactics appear to be encouraging baptism at an ever younger age.
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a couple questions for everyone here
by deservingone26 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
im just curious about a couple things:.

1. most of you seem to be pretty satisfied that you left the the witness world but now that your gone what drives you now?

what makes you excited about life?
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Witnesses at my door today
by Lily Pie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, i've been waiting for them to do the *rounds* here for a while.

and they finally turned up.. i lead the discussion towards holy spirt and personal relationship with god.

(personal relationship with god is really about interacting with the father, jesus & the spirit, not just the spirit - but i think emphasising spirit is a simple way to get across my point) i was curious about whether or not they had one.
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Are they really that bad???
by anonymous4 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
had a good look into the doctrine, beliefs and practices of jws and to be honest, i don't really see anything wrong with it at all.. it's biblical and i've had such an eye opener the past year or so reading some of their books and magazines .

is there really any real reasons why i shouldn't want to get involved further?

:-).
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses represent a less legitimate form of religious expression?
by slimboyfat in
1. jw
2. friends
i am at a point where i tend to think all religions are rubbish.

the bible is not a book to lead one's life by and not deserving of much respect.

if jesus existed then the gospels are not an accurate picture of his life and even if the non-supernatural elements resembled a real person there is much to repudiate as there is to admire.. so what about comparing jehovah's witnesses to other faiths?
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Jan Awake, stating JW's are only true religion
by lostsheep82 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i haven't posted in a long time.

most trying to recover and still get my head straight, this religion when you find it's not the 'truth' is hard to move on sometimes.

my mom urgently needed to speak to me about a magazine that just came out.