Topics Started by M.J.
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Movies to make a JW THINK
by M.J. ini've heard various suggestions of movies to show a dub.. those of us with a spouse / family in the borg might find it pretty useful to rent such movies as just another way of chipping away at the indoctrination, or drawing attention to the wts control tactics.. one movie i saw which was somewhat helpful was one called "equilibrium", which was suggested on this board a while back.
its about a society that has acheived peace and order by requiring everyone to repress their emotions through sedatory drugs.
the good thing about this one was when it showed how everyone was so indoctrinated to follow the directives of the organization in charge, with every person keeping an eye on everyone else.
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Doublethink: New Light and Faithful Discreet Slave Doctrines
by M.J. injws say that "the light gets brighter" because the understanding of their leadership is not perfect (not completely correct) and is constantly subject to revision.
one might ask, if the teachings are bible based, how can they be subject to revision?
because the bible doesn't give explicit directives/commentary on every question of life we may encounter.
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Historical Worship of Jesus
by M.J. ini'm wondering if the assertion of christ's divinity arose as a natural theological progression from a simple early practice of worshipping christ.
it appears that none of the early controversies even centered on the worship of christ (to my knowledge), but only on the nature of christ.
even the arians worshipped christ, as did russellites/watchtower adherents until the 1950s.
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looking for topic: science teacher study who got the poster out of the borg
by M.J. ini read this post some time ago, but i can't find it anywhere now.
the poster wrote about how he took on a study that was a science teacher.
this teacher was getting really into it, attending meetings, yet at some point stopped making "progress".
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Did Genesis indicate literal creation days?
by M.J. inthe wts and others say the 6 days of creation in genesis are symbolic of longer time periods, while many others insist that a proper (and uncompromising) exegis reveals literal days.
i have a hunch that the author literally meant what he wrote.
the jw counter-argument to this is that genesis was written by moses and moses wrote psalm 90, which reads in part (v4):.
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What is up with God requiring vindication?
by M.J. ini've related before that i have started studying with a superbrother from the local congo.
in the knowledge book we came across this quote:
*** kl chap.
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Is there a pre-printed schedule for the Daniel bookstudy?
by M.J. ini'd like to know which pages will be covered on which week.
where can one find such a thing?.
thanks if you have any info on this.
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"Truth in Translation" Part 2: Use of "[other]" in Col. 1:15
by M.J. inhe is the image of the invisible god, the firstborn of all creation; 16 because by means of him all [other] things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities.
all [other] things have been created through him and for him.
17 also, he is before all [other] things and by means of him all [other] things were made to exist, 18 and he is the head of the body, the congregation.
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Beduhn's "Truth in Translation" quotes Part 1: proskuneo
by M.J. inas you may know, a relatively new book by assoc.
professor jason beduhn rates the nwt among the most accurate of the available translations, based on selected nt passages.
here are a few quotes on his treatment of one of them, on the subject of translating proskuneo as obeisance vs. worship:.
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Love of Structure or Love of God?
by M.J. in.
i happened upon an article from freeminds that i hadn't seen before.
i give randy 2 thumbs up on this one.