I_love_Jeff
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Luke 16:19-31 Sheol/Hades/Hell? literal vs. metaphor
by I_love_Jeff injehovah's witnesses say this is just a parable and that there is no eternal punishment.
for me, i do not believe in eternal punishment even though there is a lot of information in the bible which strongly favors eternal damnation: .
the bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following: .
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Luke 16:19-31 Partially metaphorical. How much of the parable is scripturally true Sheol/Hades/Hell?
by I_love_Jeff injehovah's witnesses state there is only "soul sleep" and that jesus' parable, rich man and his brothers who did not listen to moses and the prophets (vv.
29-31), represent the pharisees.
either the jehovah's witnesses' jesus made a mistake or the watchtower made a huge error.
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Did Jesus shun the obstinately willful or incorrigible sinners?
by I_love_Jeff indid jesus shun the obstinately willful or incorrigible sinners?
a popular jw on yahoo answers is insisting that jesus shunned those types of sinners.
i do not recall jesus shunning anyone in his time.
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Is it possible to compare the Elders Manual to the Mishnah (early Talmud)?
by I_love_Jeff inmark 7:13 thus you nullify the word of god by your tradition that you have handed down.
and you do many things like that.
" read mark 7:1-13 for further details.. .
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Why didn't God disfellowship Jesus for breaking the laws of the Talmud?
by I_love_Jeff injesus loathed the talmud and broke as many of its laws as he could on any occasion that presented itself.
so if jesus broke the laws of the talmud, wouldn't he have been disfellowshipped if he did the same thing to the watchtower.
a jehovah's witness can be disfellowshipped or disassociated if he/she breaks this rule in the elder's manual: rebellion against jehovah's organization.. what say you?.
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Are the Jehovah's Witnesses able to fully/completely understand the Bible on their own without being dependent on the Elders?
by I_love_Jeff ina popular jehovah's witness on yahoo answers by the name of bar-anerges says:.
can jehovah's witnesses come to a *complete* knowledge of *every* doctrine on their own?
the scriptures and practical experience prove otherwise (we believe that where individuals are isolated, god will judge them by what they do know).how true is this statement?
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Is it fair to say the Jehovah's Witnesses are like that of the Pharisees?
by I_love_Jeff inpharisaic thinking is contrary to the "good news" of what jesus came to bring in himself.
pharisaic thinking and methodology is cultic thinking and methodology.
it includes extra-biblical revelation, authoritarianism, elitism, superiority, pride, exclusivism, separatism, secrecy, legalism, moral and behavioral conformity, isolationism, busyness, critical and hostile attitudes, defensiveness, self-serving, deception, proselytizing, financial exploitation, political attachments, prophetic abuse, etc.
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Do the Jehovah's Witnesses really serve Jehovah? Do they serve money or God? Matthew 6:24 says it all.
by I_love_Jeff inif jehovah hates money then why do the jehovah's witnesses devote a lot of time investing in property?
do the jehovah's witnesses really serve god?
if god hates money, do the jehovah's witnesses hate it as well?
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In the "Book of Enoch", is the word archangels (the Watchers) correctly interpreted as such from the ancient aramaic language?
by I_love_Jeff inin the "book of enoch", the archangels are also known as "the watchers".
what is the ancient aramaic word for archangels in the "book of enoch"?
is it correctly interpreted to mean archangels or "the watchers"?
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Regarding Revelations 3:12:Will the new name be called Jesus the Archangel, perhaps?
by I_love_Jeff inif jesus is michael the archangel then who is this in reference to "and i will write upon him my new name"?..
revelation 3:12 >>.
him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the temple of my god, and he shall go no more out: and i will write upon him the name of my god, and the name of the city of my god, which is new jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my god: and i will write upon him my new name..