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The Bible, Why not Reliable?
by sayitsnotso inokay here is my thread to discuss this.
i believe the bible is inspired by god and reliable.
many argue it's neither.
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BANE......
by Quentin inbane said, on another thread:.
quentin, you haven t moved on!
that is my whole point!
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The Bible: God's Word or Man's?
by Doug Mason inmy jw visitor left me a copy of the 2006 print of the book "the bible: god's word or man's?
", and i intend to provide him with my analysis of it.. i notice that the book was written in 1989, and the dates of the references suggest the book has not been updated since then.
am i correct?.
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Twisting Scripture vs A Literal Reading
by AllTimeJeff inknowing that passions run deep on this matter, i have what i believe to be a very simple premise for a discussion of how to read the bible.. terry has labored over the last couple of months to demonstrate (in my view, conclusively) that the bible is far from unaltered, and often mistranslated.
these facts, inconvenient as they might be for believers, are nonetheless, a problem for those who claim that the bible is the word of god.. this is not what i wish to discuss... rather..... jehovah's witnesses come from a tradition of "reading in" or "adding meaning" to the scriptures.
no one jw outside of the governing body is allowed to do this.. but why is it necesarry?.
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JW replies on my Shunning article
by besty ini have a google article on shunning -.
http://knol.google.com/k/why-jehovah-s-witnesses-practice-religious-shunning#.
its had almost 15,000 page views :-).
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Honest Question..........
by thraxer68 inwell, first off, iam new to the forum here, i registered maybe a week ago???
sometime around there, but anyway, i do have an honest question.
i guess a little background about me might be helpful and if not, at least therapeutic.
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Do other religions change doctrine?
by serenitynow! inafter visiting with a couple of jws over the weekend; and for the first time talking about my true feelings about the org with active jws other than immediate fam, one of them mentioned something interesting.
when i talked about how with the constant changes to beliefs that i find it impossible to believe that the gb can be guided by the hs.
so one of the jws said, "other religions change doctrines around too.
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Is having "Faith" believing in something without proof? Definitions?
by Witness 007 inyes have faith in god brothers!
he will answer your prayers......if it's "his will.
" you need to have "faith" that he is there watching over us...even if it seems like he isn't.
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Fear of being shunned
by alfmel infor those who have been jws and left,.
1. how much did you delay your departure due to the fear of being shunned?.
2. what percentage of the congregation would you estimate remains active due to the fear of being shuned if they were to leave?.
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Garden of Eden, Tree of Knowledge, not quite literal
by EndofMysteries ini share this hoping motivates some into some bible reading, and stimulating your critical thinking.
is the concept of the tree of life and knowledge of good and bad anywhere in the bible?
read ezekiel chapter 31, the entire chapter.