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What is the WT's current stance on the age of the earth?
by popcorn_eater in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the reason i ask is i remember reading quite recently, in i think an "awake" mag about creation, that other churches confuse people by insisting on young earth creationism, which causes people to lose their faith.

the magazine was going off on groups and churches who insist on teaching science that conflicts with the bible (....).

i thought the wt was a proponent of this young earth creationism as well.
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All Scripture is God-breathed
by sabastious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2 tim 3:10-17 - 10 you, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferingswhat kinds of things happened to me in antioch, iconium and lystra, the persecutions i endured.

yet the lord rescued me from all of them.

12 in fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in christ jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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Quote from 1943 Truth book...
by civicsi00 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was perusing the 1943 "truth shall make you free" book and i found this on page 302:.

"christ's coming to the temple in 1918 was entirely unexpected, even to his devoted faithful followers.

the truth of his coming then was first discerned by the scriptures and by the fulfillments of prophecy after the event, namely, first in 1922.".
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help question(s) on 1914
by bobld in
1. jw
2. friends
per wbts:"you can live forever in paradise on earth" ch 16. from 607 b.c.e.

to 1914 or "the time of the gentiles" during this time,god did not have a gov't to represent his rulership in the earth.the command to restore and rebuild the walls of jerusalem was given in 455 b.c.e.

jesus was baptized.. per wbts: wt64 p.80 in part .
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2008 YEARBOOK of JWs
by stillajwexelder in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just to let you all know i got my new yearbook.

until about 10 years ago there were 3 countries that received special highlight with major history review of jw activity.

10 years ago it went down to two countries idscussed in detail.
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Abrahams wife Sarah was actually his half sister
by evergreen in
1. watchtower
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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Help: biblical person raised by non-believers, became man of God?
by Awakened07 in
1. jw
2. friends
ok - this is something that is waaaay back there in my post-jw mind: i seem to remember that enoch lived among non-believers, and was alone in believing.

but when i do a search, there's nothing of that sort in the bible.

then of course there's job, and for that matter moses, who were both men of god in spite of growing up (and/or at least living) among non-believers.. but i know i'm not thinking of those two.
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Rethinking Cain & Able, Favoritism, Parenting
by TMS in
1. jw
2. friends
jehovah never had a father.

he never knew the feeling of being slighted, less loved than one of his favored siblings.

based on the above, was the first incident of sibling rivalry mishandled by jehovah?
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Iraq in the Bible, America in the Koran?
by gaiagirl in
1. jw
2. friends
at the moment we all have our own ideas about the country called iraq, a friend of mine recently sent me an email with a list that surprised me- since i am not familiar with the modern names of many of the places mentioned in the torah, koran, and hebrew scriptures of the bible.

1. the garden of eden was in iraq 2. mesopotamia, which is now iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

3. noah built the ark in iraq 4. the tower of babel was in iraq 5. abraham was from ur, which is in southern iraq !
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HELP!!!! Who can help me?
by Justahuman24 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for some reason, i can't "quote" someone the way most people do with the yellow box thingy.

every time i hit reply, there's no 'ghost' icon on my view page.

the only icons i see are the following: none, the light bulb, the paper, the thumb down, the thumb up, the white x on the red circle, the black exclamation mark on the yellow triangle, the blue i on the white comment thing, the blue question mark on the white comment thing, the white question mark on a green circle, and the white i on the blue circle..