InterestedOne
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Questions to ask from Bible Teach Ch 8
by InterestedOne ini'm going to my jw "bible" study tonight.
we are on chapter 8 and will pick up at par 15. any suggestions for questions to ask?.
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Help: Ancient history sources for my JW friend - recommendations?
by InterestedOne ini was thinking about the first bible discussions i had with my jw friend where she got into old testament scriptures, etc.
it just dawned on me that she might have left an open door.
at one point, she said, "i would love to do a secular study of these topics.
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How to respond if JW turns the tables re: justified deception b/c of mind control
by InterestedOne ini'm reading the example in combatting cult mind control where the parents deceive their cult-indoctrinated son into going to his grandmother's house, not telling him they have a counselor and former cult member waiting to talk with him.. when the son is angry with them for deceiving him, they justify it by pointing out that because he was under mind control, they knew from his previous refusals to talk with former members or examine critical information, that he would have refused to talk with the counselor and former member if he knew their intentions.. a jw could turn the tables on this.
they could justify their use of deception because since they believe the outside world is under mind control by satan, people would refuse to talk with them if they knew the whole story up front.. is there any way to respond to this?.
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NWT Foreword in other languages
by InterestedOne ini was wondering what the foreword says in non-english nwt versions.
the jw's boast about how the nwt is directly from the original languages, but that is only for english.
when it comes to other languages, jw's translate from the english nwt into the other language, which makes it one step removed.
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Is there anything they can't spin?
by InterestedOne ini've been finding that jw's use clever words to slip out of anything.
case in point, the shunning statement from the interview.
as another example, i tried to ask my study conductor the following: "if a person accepts a whole blood transfusion, will they be disfellowshipped?
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Where would a JW marry a non-JW? A KH?
by InterestedOne inam i correct that jw marrying a non-jw is frowned upon but not forbidden?
if it's not forbidden, would the elders do the marriage in the kh?
i know the jw is forbidden to attend a non-jw religious ceremony, so another church would be out.
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Elder said people "rarely" die from refusing a blood transfusion
by InterestedOne ini sat in on the "know your options" reading tonight, and the elder said a couple things i was wondering about:.
1. he said if a doctor says you have a high risk of dying if you refuse a blood transfusion, he is misleading you.
he said people "rarely" die from refusing a blood transfusion.
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Simple explanation why "Anointed" # going up (from the CO)
by InterestedOne ini asked the co, if the heavenly calling was closed in 1935, why is the number of anointed going up?
he simply said that the society no longer says when the heavenly calling was closed.
have they discarded the 1935 teaching?
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Posting recorded conversations or transcripts on the internet
by InterestedOne ingiven the weird dynamic of conversations with jw's, sometimes you only get the effect of it if you hear a recording of it.
i was wondering if it's illegal to post recorded conversations with them on the internet without their permission.
what about posting a typed-out transcript as long as the speakers are not identified?
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Do non-JW's who die after 1914 get resurrected?
by InterestedOne ini read something that indicates the wts believes that all those who lived & died after 1914 will not be resurrected.
supposedly they believe everyone has had an opportunity to hear the wt message.
is this really a wt belief?