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  Trading Hierarchies

  by almostbitten in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is closely related to a topic that's already been presented here by someone else, but i felt that i had to post this because i wanted a more detailed answer to a question i raised on the post: .

  when a person who is jw converts to the rcc, or vice versa, isn't this essentially trading hierarchies?

  if so, does this have to do with that person's true belief or is it ingrained into them that they have to have their beliefs or god's word filtered down to them through a chain of command?

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  Do Paul's Letters Really Count?

  by almostbitten in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if there is anyone here with some heavy bible knowledge, i would like to throw this nugget up in the air.

  in 2 timothy 3:16, paul reminds us that "all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching...." nwt (because that was the version that was sitting nearby).

  my question is: did paul consider the personal letters he wrote to the various churches and to timothy, titus, and philemon as scripture?

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  WT Study vs Public editions(the new bait & switch?)

  by kzjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grabbed one of the public editions of the wt from the wife's car yesterday.

  o noticed there was no mention of the fds, god's org or any of the hardline stances found in the study editions.

  no verses frorm matt 24, proverbs 4 or any of the other standard verses found inthe kool-aid versions, but a host of others concerning the holy spirit.... so how is the wtbs still so successful at the age old bait & switch?.

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  So, why do you really hate the Roman Catholic Church?

  by StAnn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is actually a serious question.. when i was a jw, i was taught all kinds of things about how horrible the rcc is.

  i believed it.

  many years after leaving the wts, i began looking into the rcc for myself and discovered that everything i had been told about the rcc by the wts was a lie.

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  Clothing in the New Order

  by donny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the society teaches that once the new order is up and running, we will achieve perfection as adam and eve once were.

  if thats the case, why do they portray folks in the new order as fully clothed?

  i thought clothing was the result of sin, so once sin is eliminated, should not clothing be also?

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  3 REASONS TO BE A JW

  by thebigdebate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a theory on why people become jw's.

  there are 3 different reasons:.

  1: you were born into a family of jw's.

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  Ever wonder how seemingly smart people can be duped?

  by fern in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone ever wonder how their seemingly intelligent family members can be so totally taken in by this religion?

  i look at my parents and just wonder how in the world do you fall for this jw crap?

  neither of my parents are college educated but by no means are they stupid and have good judgement and sense when it comes to a lot of things, but not this religion.

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  Misquotes from the "Reasoning Book" re: Cross (scans included)

  by AlphaOmega in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "reasoning book" claims that the 1874 edition of the imperial bible dictionary verifies the idea that jesus was crucified on a stake.

  however, when you check the reference with the imperial bible dictionary, you see that it acutally is not as clear cut as that.. as usual, the infamous "..." of the watchtower has been used to edit out any opposing ideas in the source that they cite.. i know that this may have been mentioned before, but the scans of the imperial bible dictionary that are floating around the internet are from later editions, hence the page numbers are not those cited in the reasoning book.. .

  http://i36.tinypic.com/2ilc9cx.jpg.

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  Goofy idea, please play along

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what should this year's district convention have been called?

  "shut up and go with it" district convention "fall in soldiers!

  " district convention "thinking - the unforgivable sin" district convention

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  11-yr old wants to get baptized, father objects, elders interfere

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.

  this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.

  this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.

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