insearchoftruth
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Generation change & Michael/Jesus - wife's bible study
by insearchoftruth insat in on my wife's bible study tonight, next week the husband of her study sister is coming with her, he is actually the presiding overseer of the congregation.
tried to get me to talk about trinity next week, but the topics will be either generation or michael.. .
the sister pointed to the statement in matthew on generation, i believe it was matthew 24:14 and said that since jesus was talking to his disciples, that equates to the anointed.
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Keep Yourself in God's Love BS - is there a review, wife attending BS
by insearchoftruth inmy wife in her renewed jw zeal is going to attend the book study on keep yourself in god's love....i have a copy that i downloaded, but was wondering if there is any analysis that has been done where i can maybe point things out in advance and get her thinking, or ask some leading questions?
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Help me discuss the generation change with my wife
by insearchoftruth inquoted from reasoning from the scriptures, pg.
239 in the english edition:.
"to what do all these events of 'the last days' point?.
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Help needed.....fast!! JW sister calling tonight to answer questions
by insearchoftruth in" (watchtower sep 1 1950 page 277; see also oct 1 1950 page 407; bold added) .
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" (watchtower may 15 1984 page 5; bold added) .
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Do all people go to heaven - my wife has started her "Bible Study"
by insearchoftruth inok, just got off the phone with my wife and she has started a new bible study with still another new sister.
she likes this woman, unfortunately.
well my wife's original intention was to learn how to study the bible, well it seems that the sister twisted this to ask her to provide a topic she wants to know more about and then she will show my wife what the bible says about this.
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Sites to consider for post JWD discussion and information, please revise!
by insearchoftruth inex-jehovah's witness forum and recovery site.
jehovahs witness support forum.
shelter forum.
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HELP! The Bible-God's Word or Man's - it looks like my wife is reading this
by insearchoftruth inany tips on the subject book, my wife has this book out and it appears that it may be the book she is going to be reading to help her read the bible.
is there a copy i can download somewhere, any list of fallacies with this book or doctrinal twists??.
once again, any and all assistance is appreciated..
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What is a JW to do with past issues of watchtowers and awakes?
by insearchoftruth inthough my wife has never been baptized, she has a shelf of wt publications as well as watchtowers and awakes.
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are these magazines to be kept by a jw forever??
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What does one need to interpret the Bible?
by insearchoftruth ini have posted some thoughts on this on earlier threads, but the pesky jws have approached my wife about a bible study again, but my wife has let them know that this time she wants to learn how to read the bible and then after she is able to do that, she may consider some of the other books.
i have a couple of concerns about this, firstly, from what i know, the jws consider reading thier literature on a par with reading the bible, in fact i am pretty sure that they will try to lead her back to the bible teach book and let her know that she is in essence getting the same 'food' this way as she would another way.. secondly, if she decides to study the bible, the questions from readers that has recently come out all but prohibiting independent bible study will most likely come into play.
witnessgirl provided a good course on this, let my wife know that we are going to read the bible, not study, which could be a loophole (but i doubt if she asks a jw about that they would see a difference, but my stubborn wife may), but i think my wife would say she wants to study, not read....... a pesky jw provided her with her copy of the insight books and she also has the reasoning book, but i want her to actually feel she can read the bible and take from it what the literature presents in itself, not the slant that any organization or person wants her to take from it, even though if she reads the nwt version (or really any version for that matter) there is already a man provided slant.
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How is the organization organized?
by insearchoftruth inam trying to figure out the structure of the organization, what do terms like co, do, elder, pioneer, aux pioneer etc mean?
which of these positions are open to men....to women....are some of the positions earned by levels of service or are they appointed.
what are the perks associated with the positions?.