Cold Steel
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Guns And Self Defense??
by Cold Steel ini know jehovah's witnesses can have firearms for defense, but does the church ever attempt to set guidelines on the use of deadly force?
also, are there jurisdictions in the church where handgun ownership is frowned upon?.
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How Does One Get Into The GB?
by Cold Steel inif one wanted to get onto the governing body, how would one go about it?
and who is currently the head of the gb?
how often do occupancies arise?.
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The Scriptures And Abortion
by Cold Steel ini just saw the posting on the bible and abortion.
thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not be.
thou shalt not take the name of the lord in vain.
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Prophecies And Private Interpretations
by Cold Steel inhow are the prophecy interpretations handled by the church today?.
in a recent article, much was made regarding propecies and how they are not of any "private" interpretations.
but then when you read other articles, the jw article-writers privately interpret everything!
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Two Prophets Who Abode the Night
by Cold Steel ini've been trying to find this in the new testament for some time.
the storyline goes like this: prophet a fulfills his mission and is told to go straightaway home.
but he abides the night with a friend, who also i think is a prophet.
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How To Attain Anointed Status?
by Cold Steel inif i were a jehovah's witness, i would definitely want to be part of the anointed class.. if i were baptized into the religion and had answered all the questions correctly, how long would it take before i could claim anointed status?
apparently if i claim status, i'm questioned by circuit representatives who either agree or disagree.
i'm confused as to how someone would know they were of the heavenly class.
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Using the New World Translation in Preaching
by Cold Steel inperhaps of all the current translations of the bible, the new world translation has the worst reputation, partially because it was compiled by inexpert people using lexicons and preexisting exegesis.
the result was a bible that not only is inaccurate, but dispassionate and sterile.
there is no beauty in it and appears to have been translated by communist propagandists.
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Cult...Cult...Cult...Cult!
by Cold Steel init seems that many people on this board get a certain amount of glee calling the jehovah's witness faith a "cult.
" especially former jehovah's witnesses.
and though it's true in a number of senses, we must be conscious of the fact that the early christians were considered by nearly everyone in roman and jewish society as a cult.
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Is The Governing Body Paid? If So, How Much?
by Cold Steel injust curious.
if they have living expenses, it must mean that they do their jobs all the time.
but these men also are of the anointed class, right?
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Favorite Demon Stories
by Cold Steel inone of the most fascinating aspects of the jw religion is the profound fear of demons (evil spirits) it engenders in its members.
i just wondered whether it's something that is used by the leadership as a means of control, or whether it's simply a concept that grew legs and took off on its own?
first, i believe in evil spirits.