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JW kids who are currently in college LOVED the convention drama!
by urbanized inhere's a transcript of a post about the 2005 godly obedience convention (which i read about on this board and seemed to highlight a drama in which a biblical story was highly distorted in order to discourage higher education) from a jw youth group on www.myspace.com.
posted: jul 5, 2005 6:43 pm.
hey everyone!
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Revelation chapter 9 and the WTBS
by sinis ini can't remember how the wtbs interpretes revelation 9 and the falling star but from what i recall it did not make sense (like anything did).
revelation 9 (new international version)new international version (niv) .
revelation 9.
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Entitled to Reach Out For Privileges?
by FairMind inone of he paragraphs in yesterdays watchtower lesson spoke of brothers presumptuously reaching out for positions or privileges within the congregation to which they are not entitled.
the indication was that doing this shows arrogance and lack of humility.
no one commented on this wt statement when the paragraph was covered and my guess is because it made no sense.
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2520 years or 7 yeras?
by adversary inthere were good arguments for both dates.
i began to study daniel 4, and have a new question.
here is the gist of nebuchadnezzar's dream: daniel 4:10 now the visions of my head upon my bed i happened to be beholding, and, look!
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Was Jesus PERFECT in his human form?
by sinis ini know most christians say that he was.
however, i find it very intriguing that paul says in: romans 3:23 - "for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of god" and again in romans 6:23 - "for the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of god [is] eternal life through jesus christ our lord.
" so was jesus an imperfect individual on earth and only through his offering up his body/blood by being faithful to the end was his offering deemed pure?
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Do they still charge interest??
by happehanna in.
a few years ago i know that the wtbts charged 1% above base rate when a local congregation needed funds from the kingdom hall build fund which all had donated to.. does anyone know if this is still the case?.
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Need Help on 1967 Baptism Questions
by Bluegrass Tom ini have some good researching capablity, but i am caught-up short on this one.
i need any help that i can get.. i was baptized in 1967. i am trying to find out the questions that were asked at baptism.
this is before the"lamp" book was released.
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Source of Flood Waters
by VM44 ini do not have access right now to the watchtower cd library, could someone check and tell me what the watchotwer now says is the source for the great flood waters?.
do they still believe the theory of isaac vail that the waters came from above and that there was a water canopy in orbit about the earth?
or does the watchtower now say that the canopy was a vapor layer, not in orbit, but a simply above the atmosphere?.
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My take on certain doctrines...
by sinis in1) i firmly believe from my studies/research that the 144,000 is a figurative number and no one but jehovah knows the exact number of those who will be rulers in his kingdom.
i do not know why the wts picks and chooses the literal and figurative numbers in revelation.
makes no sense to me.
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How to tell a close friend...
by sinis inwell, after much prayerful thought and earnest research i have come to the conclusion that the wts/jw's are just another religion.
for me it was not only the un but also all of the doctrine surrounding 1914. thus if 1914 is wrong than there is no "faithful and discrete slave", no "class" distinctions, etc.
i'm not going to turn into a jw basher as some do when they leave - to each his own.