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Bible Rules on Netflix
by freemindfade in
1. watchtower
2. bible
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.

first episode was interesting.

in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
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Crisis of Conscience
by The_Doctor10 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for those of you who haven't attempted to read or just haven't been able to obtain a copy of crisis of conscience by former gb member raymond franz, if you're interested, here's a link to an audio playlist reading of it:.

playlist.

this person has made it his goal to put into audio form raymond franz's book.
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Writing Committee Doesn't Understand Past, Present, & Future Tenses
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the verses say one thing, the org says it means something entirely different.. (matthew 24:34) "truly i say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen.

w14 1/15 p. 31 par.

15 - "we understand that in mentioning "this generation," jesus was referring to two groups of anointed christians.
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New Light! - Old bulb was getting dim.
by The_Doctor10 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
'this old bulb is about to go out, let's just unscrew this old light, screw this fresh one in, new light, we have new light!'.

it's always bugged me how you only see big doctrinal changes, "new light," happen right around the same time the "old light," is about to blow out.. this "over-lapping generation," teaching is the perfect example, "old light" was about to be extinguished as being impossible to maintain, "new light brothers, we have new light!

" and everyone is amazed, when all it is is a stop-gap fix.. "new light," is synonymous with, "buying time.
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Why did Jesus have to die?
by Crazyguy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
let's think about this for a bit.

adam was tempted and sinned by eating of the fruit.

he missed out on immortality by being denied the tree of life.
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How Many JWs actually Watch JW.TV?
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm curious.

what do you know from your own experience and talking to other active jws?

i know from my own informal, non-scientific survey that most jws do not watch jw.tv.
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Faced with plummeting ratings JWbroadcasting tries a spin off combo show with 'Shark Week'
by Watchtower-Free in
1. social
2. humour
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How do you know Satan didn't inspire the Bible?
by Coded Logic in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jws believe that satan knows things about the natural world (like how it was formed).. they also believe that satan can influence events (even fulfill prophecies).. the bible is the source of great confusion and the vast majority of christians (2.2 billion people) believe it but do not have "accurate knowledgetm".. from the jw point of view, wouldn't it be more likely that satan inspired the bible than an all loving god?.
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GB Permits Texas Two-Step on Kingdom Hall Stage, etc.
by TakeOffTheCrown in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body not writing their own articles is on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/370640004/gb-providing-food-helpers-write-articles?size=10&page=1.

but, something more sinister, more serious is taking place in the congregations.

the governing body have allowed very disturbing activities to take place in the kingdom halls and during the conventions.
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What kind of errors in the Bible?
by TheWonderofYou in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the new testament specialist daniel wallace notes that although there are about 300,000 individual variations of the text of the new testament, this number is very misleading.

most of the differences are completely inconsequential--spelling errors, inverted phrases and the like.

a side by side comparison between the two main text families (the majority text and the modern critical text) shows agreement a full 98% of the time.[18].