Topics Started by Aleman

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I believe in a higher being
by Mickey mouse in
1. jw
2. friends
i opened another thread with a similar title and thought it was going to be a discussion about belief in god but it wasn't.

so i started my own.. although i'm not sure of much at the moment (since i had my beliefs whipped out from under me like the floor under my feet) i feel fairly certain about one thing.

there is evidence of intelligent design and beauty in the universe and i don't logically think this is accidental.
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Did God really warn mankind before the Flood of Noah?
by moshe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jw's think they are doing a work just like noah did before the flood.

they say that noah's witness lasted for 40 years.

other than a few traders who moved around, i doubt that most tribal people would be able to safely travel to see noah's work in progress.
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Sin
by Aleman in
1. watchtower
2. bible
what is sin?

sin is a term used mainly in a religious context to describe an act that violates a moral rule, or the state of having committed such a violation.

sin is often used to mean an action that is prohibited or considered wrong; in some religions (notably some sects of christianity), sin can refer to a state of mind rather than a specific action.
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Satan overkill
by Switch in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember in my teen years thinking about the constant warnings of satan "transforming himself into an angel of light" and wondering how in the world did i stand a chance against a demon?!

a demon thats had thousands of years to suss things out and trick people in various different ways without them even knowing.

he led angels to rebellion.
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Fantasizing about the end of the Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Bring_the_Light in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm pretty new here.

after being on my own 10 years, i'm finally coming to grips with my past (which i previously just ignored/didn't think about).

thanks for existing everyone, its been very existential.
1
No More Sorrow
by winnower in
1. watchtower
2. bible
deleting selective memoriesremember the 2004 movie eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?

jim carrey and kate winslet play former lovers who undergo a medical procedure to have their painful memories of each other removed from their brains.

a cool movie, but certainly not something that could be done in real life.
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Resolved to do Right? (Big puke alert)
by WTWizard in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the june 15 washtowel has an article about resolving to do what is right.

the preceding article had a subheading about fleeing from fornication, which merits a puke alert (yup, stifle that sex drive and stay away from anything that might make you sexually attracted to someone else).. this is the second study article, which has things to pursue.

paragraph 4 is a prime example.
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Women Telling the Good News are a Large Army - Comparing Bible Translations
by ataloa in
1. watchtower
2. bible
years ago when studying for meetings, i used several different translations so i could make a comparison.

i could never find anything to support that one verse.

does anyone have any information on how they arrived at that?
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Finantial Issues of WT
by JWRESEARCH in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wt have always been very discreet about their finances.

in the annual totals the sum spent had great increases every year.

however is the evidence is quite clear about the recent fall of contributions - the result was the cut in watchtower and awake.
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Noah, a preacher of righteousness?
by easyreader1970 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if you are familiar with the wbts literature, you are familiar with their version of the story of noah.

it's mostly the same as other christian versions except for one detail.. in only one scripture in the bible (2 peter 2:5), noah is called a preacher of righteousness.

this is the only scripture in the entire 66 books that mentions him in this way.