Posts by mineralogist

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Would You Ever Become A "Bible Student" & Believe In Russell's Writings?

by minimus in

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friends

since there have been so many recent threads on charles taze russell, the 1st president of the watch tower society, would you ever consider following that movement?

would you ever want to become a "bible student" and learn from the writings of russell so that you could understand "divine truths"?

mineralogist

You mean joining the [propably would get deleted by mods] with [propably also would get deleted by mods] ideas?

No way!

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WT ...... a Big Brother?

by ChileanRick in

hi friends..... .

maybe you've read awake!

july 8, 2004.... the article about blainville, a place where the freedom for the preaching work was restricted, but the court finally took a positive decision for the wt interest.

mineralogist

What could i say? On of the first things after beginning to question my JWism was to by 1984 by G.Orwell and the parallels were too obvious not be seen clearly.

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do you believe only the jw's will be saved? from official wtbs website.

by candidlynuts in

do you believe that you are the only ones who will be saved?

many millions who have lived in centuries past and who were not jehovah's witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity for life.

many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness before god's time of judgment, and they will gain salvation.

mineralogist

They just didn't answer the question as it was meant! Same with all the other FAQ on the site.

And besides it would really be the best to buy some machine gun and kill as many people as possible so the won't be killed in Armagedon and therefore will be resurected - soooooo stupid.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 7-24-04 WT Study (Abbreviated)

by blondie in

?hebrews 9:14 worldwide english translation

this is the introductory article to the more "meaty" article next week reviewing the points from the june 15, 2000 questions from readers on blood fractions.

w61 8/1 p. 480 questions from readers .

mineralogist

I consider this very deceptive of the WTS!

Same in the german issue: citing some outdated or not commonly used bible translation - not ONE of my 13 different bibles renders it WITHOUT "blood".

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WhoWhere was F&DS class between 1st century and 1914?

by badboy in

jw
friends

any ideas what wt says on this matter ?

mineralogist

Start with an easy approach: Who was the predecessor of C.T.Russel?

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i just noticed something that i have never noticed before.. sometimes the watch tower bible & tract used two words "watch" and "tower" when referring to themselves and other times refers to themselves as "watchtower".. is it just me, or is that just a bit strange?

has anyone noticed a pattern for when they use one or the other?.

mineralogist

"Jehovah's witnesses"applied ONLY to thee anointed ones.

I guess that is where the reference in the NWT from Isaia 43:10 to Matthew 24:45-47 comes from.

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What do the angels do all day?

by JH in

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friends

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mineralogist

just sitting around and waiting for any work ... like telling Maria she's pregnant

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OK for JWs to vote?

by davidsf in

what's the society's latest teaching on voting?

is it a "conscience" matter or is it still forbidden?

i got into a discussion with a jw on another board and she says it may be ok to go into voting booth to avoid danger but it 3was forbidden to actually vote for a candidate.