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Regarding the Resurrection...
by Inkie inwhich the society says has already taken place, the apostle paul says at 2 timothy 2:17-18, new world translation, that:.
"[t]hese very men [hymenaeus and philetus and including the society which teaches what these two men did] have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred....".
paul says their words will spread like 'gangrene.
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Just So's Ya Know...
by Inkie in.
"a religion that teaches lies cannot be true.
"--the watchtower, december 1, 1991, page 7.. inkie
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It is now 2003.... Where is Armageddon?
by Nosferatu ini find it extremely amusing how each year is passing without armageddon.
"for the year 2000, i visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise!
but i don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. we are living in the last days of the system of things.
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What is the worst.....?
by teenyuck inname you could call an old, bitter, hateful, ungrateful, sour woman?
i need some options when i next speak to my mother-in-law...
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What does God prefer?
by JH inwhat is the difference between a spiritual person and a good person?
can a person be good without being spiritual?
who does god prefer, a spiritual person who talks alot, or a good kind person who helps his neighbor and knows little about the bible and god?
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The Next Teaching to Fall
by Blueblades inwhile many have had their hopes dashed concerning the change on this "generation " teaching, there is yet another teaching yet to fall very soon.it must and will fall because it connected to the generation doctrine that has already been changed.. the teaching that could shortly cause the governing body a serious problem and could bring about a major change for the vast majority of the rank and file is "the great tribulation".while this teaching has been put off to the " indefinite future"the gb.continues to have a serious problem with it.if the great tribulation fails to occur reasonably soon,the doctrine concerning the earthly hope for the vast majority of jw's.will have proven to have been false.the' great crowd' are those who will have come out of the great tribulation.according to the society those persons began to be identified as present as early as 1932.so the youngest members are now in their 70's or 80's.. again, the time-line is running out!
and has the potential of adversely affecting hundreds of thousands of other witnesses in the not to distant future,as time passes without the fulfilment of their hopes for a new heavens and a new earth.. also, some time ago,there was a watchtower study article, i don't remember which one it was .it spiritualized, armageddon!
psalm 91,especially verse 7.it said that a thousand will fall at your very side and ten thousand at your right hand,applies to those leaving the org.
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Are we supposed to follow the law or not?
by Elsewhere inmust follow law.
then, indeed, the lawless one will be revealed, whom the lord jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence.".
--2 thessalonians 2:8. must not follow law.
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Submiting to the slave class.
by Pepper inthe watchtower .
october 01, 2002 page 19 paragraph 2. .
" by submiting to the slave class, god's people also show their subjection to the master, jesus christ.
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Anyone read William Barclay's works?
by eyeslice ini wandered into a "christian" book store the other day, i was out of town on business, not sure that i would do it in my own town, where i might get spotted and ratted on to the elders.. i bought a copy of one of william barclay's book, a study of john's gospel.. as i read it, i keep thinking how good it is compared with the watchtower!
the society bangs on about the abundance of spiritual food but i find the watchtower and most other society literature shallow and unchallenging.
i can speed read a watchtower in about 5 minutes and still keep abreast with "new light".. this guy, barclay, however really knew his stuff and was not afraid to go into detail.