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Change of Heart
by evergreen in
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2. friends
i am writing in to say that i have come to a decision to return to the meetings at my local kingdom hall.

after much soul searching and careful thought, i feel happy with my decision.. i have decided to submit this on the jwdf to prove to god that i am genuine in my sincerity towards him and to show repentance for the things i have said in the past.

the reasons as to why i have decided to return are as follows;.
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Christainquest.org
by evergreen in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has anyone read much about christian quest?

it seems to be a very thought provoking site for ex jehovahs witnesses or anyone with an interest in ther scriptures.

i am finding that what they are saying, does make a lot of sense.
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Has anyone read 'age of reason' by Thomas Paine?
by evergreen in
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hi i am sure this topic has been covered before, but perhaps more people have read the book since and can share some further views.

my aunt sent me the book 'age of reason' by thomas paine about 4 years ago and i only read parts of it as i was not really interested at the time: as i still had the belief that the bible was gods word.

i decided to read it proper, as everytime i tried to get back into reading the bible, i was finding that some of the old testament stories were over the top or too fantastic to believe, that such events happened.
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The wife has just opened a pandoras box (you tube)!
by evergreen in
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i was browsing the net yesterday and was looking up some you tube clips on jehovahs witnesses.

the wife then asks if she could use the net to check out something.

little did i realise she was checking my history trail (we're a trusting couple!
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Christian Bible students Melboune?
by evergreen in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just wondering if anyone knows much about the christian bible students melbourne.

there site is quite limited as to their beliefs and wondered if there was further information?.
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Pharaohs heart? - NWT or NKJV
by evergreen in
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2. bible
in exodus 4 vs 21 according to the nkjv god told moses that "i will harden pharaohs heart, so that he will not let the people go".. also exodus 7:3 "and i will harden pharaohs heart, and multiply my signs and wonders in the land of egypt".. these scriptures seem to suggest in nkjv that god purposely hardened pharaohs heart, which would in turn allow him to bring about the plagues in egypt so that the world would know that he was the true god of the earth.. yet, reading the nwt the same scriptures read - ex 4:21 "as for me, i shall let his heart become obstinate;.

ex 7:3 "as for me, i shall let his heart become obstinate, and i shall certainly multiply my signs and my miricles in the land of eygpt".

thus giving the impression that, that god would simply allow pharaoh to stubbornly refuse the israelites to leave eygpt.
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Genesis 49: 3 and 4?
by evergreen in
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2. bible
anyone able to give any insight on this scripture.

i havent read the entire bible yet, but working my way through it when i found this scripture.

the chapter describes how jacob / israel gathers all 12 of his sons and then in turn commands and blesses each one.. but vs 4 has me scratching my head.
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Abrahams wife Sarah was actually his half sister
by evergreen in
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2. bible
reading through genesis has been an eyeopener for me.

i was surprised to read in chapter 20 that sarah was in fact abrahams half sister.

in verse 12 of this chapter, it mentions how abraham and sarah both had the same father, but different mothers.
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some questions on the book of genesis
by evergreen in
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2. bible
decided to read the bible from start to finish as i have never done so properly.. some questions that i have and that some of you might be able to help me with are.

1/ in genesis 1 it says god created the earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th.

in fact in vs 31 of chapter 1- with refernece to the 6th day the bible writer even refers to the evening and the morning of that paticular day.
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Why is religion such a mass of confusion?
by evergreen in
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2. bible
as a person who has not attended meetings for some time now, and having stood back and looked at the thousands of different faith groups, organisations, churches etc i often think how on earth are we to know what direction to go.

if a person looks deeply into their own faith questioning how, what and why... the deeper the hole gets as to errors.

from my own experience having firstly been a catholic then a jw, all i see are manmade rituals and rules mingled in with biblical principles and commandments.