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Dr. Bart Ehrman
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. bible
dr. bart ehrman is a bible scholar who wrote such books as misquoting jesus: the story behind who changed the bible and why and how jesus became god: the exaltation of a jewish preacher from galilee.. i found this interview with dr. ehrman fascinating.

notice are about the 23:35 time stamp one example of many problems with errors in the bible and its many translations.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8evuuadoey.
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Free Will - Does It or Does It Not Exist?
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
being born-in and raised as one of jehovah's witnesses i remember a common theme or phrases used by the watchtower in its theory of why things are the way they are -.

jehovah created humans.

jehovah created humans as free moral agents.
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Refuting the Alleged Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the past few months there have been a few debates on this site over alleged evidence of the resurrection of jesus.

this can be a hot topic as most would agree that without the resurrection of jesus there would be no christianity.

i am not so sure of that, but i am more sure that dr. gary habermas' minimal facts approach to the resurrection has no evidentiary basis.. here is a 22 minute video on the topic.
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The 1 Corinthians 13 Test
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i will not take credit for the following.

the idea came to me during a funeral (non-jw).

the so of the deceased read 1 corinthians 13:4-8a.
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Recent Annual Meeting - Asking for Clarification
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
would someone in the know please clarify for me some alleged comments given from the governing body at the recent/yet to be streamed for the rank and file annual meeting?.

it is my understanding that samuel herd basically tells the rank and file that old light is new light and the new light of july, 2013 is now old light.

to be specific, herd states that the official stance on whether or not the annointed remaining on earth, to include the governing body, will all be in heaven prior to armageddon.. at this same annual meeting tony morris iii tells those in attendance that stephen letts' statement that "we're living in the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days!
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The Bible - God's Word or Man's
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that is the title of one of the watchtower's seemingly endless list of books that was pushed out for sale placement in the jehovah's witness' ministry.

the title does ask a great question.

those who would deny that the bible is divine in origin usually point to failed prophecy, events that do not mesh with historic evidence, scientific evidence, or even plagiarism from other religions.
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"Not Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name" is a Non-Sensical Excuse for Shunning
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for whatever reason i was thinking on the topic of jehovah's witnesses' practice of disfellowshipping its members based on the concept of preventing "bringing reproach on jehovah's name".

follow me if you will -.

over 20 years ago a friend of mine did something rather crazy; he committed a major crime.
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What did Jesus Teach the "Kingdom of Heaven/God" is?
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the books of matthew, mark, luke, john, and the beginning of acts are filled with what the authors purport are statements of jesus.

jesus is quoted as making several statements about "the kingdom of heaven" or "the kingdom of god".

those statements are often given as parables that start with a phrase something like "the kingdom of heaven is like...".
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Procedure Question Involving GB to Make JWs Think
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since leaving the jws the governing body upgraded their status to being the "faithful & discreet slave".

in a sense, the gb declared themselves the 8 popes of wallkill.

absolute, unquestioning loyalty to the gb has become the central belief of the watchtower and declared the only source of salvation for the "great crowd".. the gb has instructed their followers to believe what they say and only believe what they say.
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News Reports are "Apostate Lies"
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
with the most recent investigative news report show entitled "the witnesses" i noticed a number of posters whose family members are pimi refer to such shows as "apostate lies.

" even the governing body (possibly loesch) made such a statement (possibly on jw broadcasting).

i was thinking of how to reply to such a statement.. first, ask "who is the apostate?