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  Are We Any Better Than the Witnesses?

  by Caljuher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just been on this board a short time.

  i have been visiting it for years, however, via the freeminds site since i left the jws in the late 1990s.. but there is so much anger and pain and hatred--especially for people who still want to believe in some kind of god or religion--on this board that it doesn't seem to be so healthy of a place.

  why so much hate?

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  Premonitions and Prayer - Explained!

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday and today i had a couple of things happen to me that i think tie in well with why many people believe in the supernatural, or in their ability to foresee events.

  yesterday, i had to travel a few hundred miles to do an interview for a magazine article, and i knew stormy weather was coming here in vermont.

  i had a bad feeling about the trip and the possible weather complications, so much so that i actually called my insurance company and checked on my coverage.

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  two part question (s)

  by bite me in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi, i hope everyone had a nice weekend!.

  okay, to my two questions.

  i figure i do it this way, because it's annoying to post something and realize i wanted to do another post, but couldn't.

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  Why Religion?

  by hillary_step in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have no issue with a person having a spiritual dimension, but i wonder why people have difficulty accepting that the religion that an individual makes up inside their head is no more or less worthy than the ones other people have made up in their heads.. why do people feel the need to have others tell them what to believe and how to think?

  simplistic though this may sound, this is at the basis of all religion.

  does religion scratch the itch of our insecurities?.

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  Do you believe that the majority of JW's will be saved?

  by JH in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if there is a god, do you think that the majority of jw's will be saved at armageddon?.

  i'm not asking if they have the only true religion, i'm asking if you think they would be saved along with others who do god's will sufficiently to satisfy him.....

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  FRAUDULENT door to door premise from the "Catholic" Governing Body

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to the organization with its governing body pronouncements of "truth", the bible was written for and directed to the chosen elite with the heavenly hope and not to the rank and file "other sheep.".

  if this were truly so, would that not mean the admonitions to preach the good news of the kingdom would, logically, be directed soley to the chosen elite and not to the the rank and file as well?.

  if the governing body possesses that magically spirit-directed message of truth--and they only--it would be irresponsible for non-anointed to take upon themselves work given to the chosen few, would it not?.

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  let's talk about Holy Communion and the WTS "non-communion"

  by potentialJWconvertswife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here's the question: why do the whole memorial thing if (i'm assuming) there will be few or (in most cases) no one actually taking the sacrament?

  and what reason does the wts give for saying only anointed can partake?

  are there any examples of the disciples administering holy communion to any regular folks?

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  Ok, lets set the record straight was it a CROSS or a STAKE

  by Witchs Son in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and what would you say about the book often referenced by the society as a backing for the stake theory, the non-christian cross by j. d. parsons ?.

  you can also download it here if you prefer.

  i know that book was written in 19th century so i hope that won't be used as an argument against it after all sir isaac newton's principia was written in 1687 and we aren't holding that against it either.

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  Paradise Earth????

  by potentialJWconvertswife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know there has been a previous thread on this topic, but in spite of backing up through many many past topics i couldn't find it...can anyone explain this to me, please?

  i mean, obviously the promise is that after being denied entry into heaven because they aren't one of the 144,000 the great crowd is stuck on earth, but it's somehow re-made into paradise?!

  is there any scriptural support for this notion outside of the nwt?

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