Topics Started by jonathan dough

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Will Hitler be forgiven just because he died????????
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i cannot fathom how the vast majority of my 7.5 million brothers and sisters, (especially all who are members of the worldwide order of special full-time servants of jehovahs witnesses) can believe for one second, the "given" explanation of romans 6:7. this is what taught; .

insight book - 2p.138judgmentday - "those resurrected will not be judged on the basis of the works done in their former life, because the rule at romans 6:7 says: he who has died has been acquitted from his sin.".

therefore, the following 6 scriptures can be ripped out of our bibles, because jesus does not have the god-given right to judge any dead people - because our own death has washed our sins away!!!
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where is that quote in the WT on even thinking against the WT constitutes apostasy?
by WildeLover in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can someone direct me to that quote ?

i think it was back in the 80s?

i have looked and can't find it anywhere?.
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Revelation 19:1 omitted from NWT index?
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am just curious about something.

the term great crowd of other sheep does not exist in the scriptures.

while looking into the great crowd of revelation i noticed that revelation 19:1 is not included in the index under the term great crowd.
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Luke 16:19-31 Sheol/Hades/Hell? literal vs. metaphor
by I_love_Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jehovah's witnesses say this is just a parable and that there is no eternal punishment.

for me, i do not believe in eternal punishment even though there is a lot of information in the bible which strongly favors eternal damnation: .

the bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following: .
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false prophets
by fakesmile in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
im just thinking out loud here, which isnt exactly my strong suit.

but how can an organisation send half cocked "ministers" who are uneducated/ ill prepared and often have the most atrocious family arrangements, to tell complete strangers how they should live their lives?

is it an inside joke?
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Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999
by moshe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).

we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).

they told my dad, it's time to go.
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If you believe Jer 25:8-11 is evidence for 70-year desolation, then read Jer 25:12
by kepler in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
about a year and a half ago (03-03-11), discussing what i had learned in ancient history studies with someone who had been close to me, i received this note in the mail explaining why nothing was possible other than what was taught in ministry school, a 2520-year sequence of events that culminated invisibly in 1914.. "this question was on my theocratic ministry school review that will be covered tonight:".

how does 2 chronicles 36:21 underscore the fulfillment of the prophecy recorded at jeremiah 25: 8-11?

judahremaindesolate?
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Post 607: Reject 607 BC if You TRULY Trust the Bible!!!
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
therefore, if the 70 years period is for the destruction of jerusalem and exile at babylon:.

if zedekiah had not rebelled against babylon, had he surrendered during the final siege that lasted two and a half years, then the destruction of jerusalem and the deportation need not have happened.

then in the jubilee year, they were set free and their hereditary land was returned to them.
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New Light on Blood Fractions
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. bible
from the hlc - not a letter from hq - why not?it is felt that because people don't know what to accept and what to say 'no' to, brothers and sisters are saying 'no' to everythying, and this is just wrong!they want brothers to know that not only is blood sacred, but also life is sacred.

the implication is, that if you say no to fractions, you could be viewing life as not sacred, and that if you do not have a good reason that you can explain, you should not say 'no' to things.

and they are no longer using the term "blood fractions" - they are to be called "blood derivatives", because the substance is so small.whatever happened to leviticus 17:13?
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How many ex-jws poster here now believe in Hellfire, immortality of soul, trinity, etc;
by booker-t in
1. jw
2. friends
i am just curious about this because although i agree with many of the posters here that the wt society is guilty of many horrible deeds, i still believe they are right when it comes to doctrinal things as i mention.

especially hellfire.

i just don't see how anybody that has studied the bible for many years like many of the ex-jws here can make an about face and go back to believing hellfire.