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Adam and Eve and free will
by inbetween inpondering over this dilemma:.
lets just say, for arguments sake, the report in genesis about the first humans is not an allegory, but a true event:.
watchtower teaches, that adam sinned, because he used his free will to disobey.. god grants free will to his human creation, because he wants them to serve him out of love.. ok, good, but i give an example: i meet a girl, tell her, she is free to love me, but if not, i kill her.. would you call this free will ?.
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elder school 2011
by inbetween inwe received a letter announcing elder school starting fall 2011, it will be one whole week !!!!!.
the kms school for 1 1/2 days were already long enough, now 5 long days ?.
what can possibly be taught in 5 days ?.
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1914 again
by inbetween inthere are a lot of thread s and arguments around the 587/607 issue, it can be a bit confusing, and for those of us still in, like me, to help others, it would not be a topic i would choose first.
it was something i found out, after i awakened, before i simply brushed it aside, as something like worldly chronology against biblical chronology.
imho to be ready for this issue, you have to be awake first, unless you are a real history buff... anyway, there may be another take on this matter:.
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new DVD, all GB members on it
by inbetween inwatched the new dvd last night, and i noticed, that i think all current gb members got a chance to say something on it.. even jaracz was part of it.. somehow it feels, that they try to become more popular lately.. their picture appeared in the book about acts last year, they give talks in big stadions (br.
jackson in vienna and other places), they appear in videos.
it seems like they try to educate the flock about their leaders, since most witnesses dont even know them really.... is this a pr move ?
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generation teaching reconsidered
by inbetween inwas thinking about this new generation teaching, and to some extend it makes sense, let me explain.. first of all, i personally believe, it only applied to jesus time, it only made sense there, and when jesus talked about it, in the year 33, this generation certainly observed the events leading to jerusalems destruction 70 ce.
( even though the context does not really give much hint, since he talks about the sign of the son of man being seen in heaven etc, something that did not happen in the first century).
the main question is, what is a generation ?.
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anybody ever asekd a JW, who is a med. doc ?
by inbetween inabout the societies teaching on fractions / components ?.
there are indeed some physicians, who are jw, what do they think about this teaching, that certain fractions (red, white bloodcells, platelets and plasma) is forbidden, while other fractions are conscience matter ?.
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interesting link, article on JW about Haiti relief
by inbetween inhttp://www.examiner.com/x-17373-phoenix-signs-of-the-times-examiner~y2010m1d26-helping-haiti-give-generously-but-wisely.
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Galatians 1:8 contradicts WTS
by inbetween inlately there were a lot of articles, like this:.
never questions gods channel of communication (matth 24:45-47).
follow whatever direction comes from the gb.
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core doctrins
by inbetween inthe idea came up, when a poster (sorry cant find the thread) mentioned something about, that as long as the wts do not change core-doctrins, most jw would not mind.. changing things like "generation", "sealing of anointed" etc, they take as new light, and dont see any problem... it made me think, what actually are core doctrins for jw ?.
some say, teachings like no trinity, soul, hellfire, paradise earth etc.... while this is true, i think we must define, what are really core-doctrins:.
my definition:.
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anybody ever read "crisis of conscience" and then confessed to elder ?
by inbetween inif so, what happened ?.
does it constitue a reason for a jc ?.