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If one doesn’t find any problem with the Bible, he wouldn’t also doubt the organization he is associating with.
by Ireneus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
bible is flooded with blood.

god is depicted as spilling blood for no reason.

to mention a few:.
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The Complete Conversations With God an uncommon dialogue.
by Charles Gillette in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was just given this tomb to read by a co-worker and was wondering has anyone read this book, actually three books in one.. if so, what are your thoughts on it.

written by neal donald walsh.

726 pages!.
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Belief in God
by jdash in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

what made you doubt your faith in god?.

thanks !.
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People who join the JWS forfeit their own salvation by avowing themselves to the lying false prophet Watchtower Corporation.
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. bible
present that bit of information to a jws and what would you expect from them in reply ?

but in reality its true and you can support that statement by even using the bible.. the wts/jws is just one of many organizations of anti biblical charlatanism endeavored around literature proliferation.

the jws organization self identifies itself as the most righteous and faithfully adherent to the bible, yet when one examines the bible carefully particularly the words and teachings of jesus christ, there are obvious discrepancies and apostasy .. the operating leaders of the wts going back to the late 1800's were not pressed to gain support and confirmation from outside sources for their own acquired theology as in pyramidology teachings etc.. they were more pressed to make up their own teachings which in expectation were appealing to the general public at large , such as " christ has return a new world order to come ".. great statements to make or position on the front cover of a magazine as it were but not faithfully adherent to the bible or the instruction laid out by jesus in preaching his new kingdom to come.. for most of the history of the wts/jws it was an organization that presented and preached a tainted false commercialized gospel influenced more upon literature proliferation then scriptural accuracy and adherence.
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Jesus rejected Mosaic concept of God
by Ireneus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
moses formulated his own image of god (in violation of the very essence of exodus 20:4) thus believed god is like humans who feel love is ‘you must do what i want’ [rather than giving others the space in which ‘they can do what they want and still i love them’] and conveyed into the readers this weak image of god who takes revenge/laments for not being loved.

thus ot image of god is someone who is actively involved in the responses of people on earth.. however, jesus conveyed the truth about god when he said god makes provisions for life’s enjoyment equally for all types of people alike (mathew 5:44-47) as he wishes good for all people [benevolence for its own sake] and renews the same in case they are depleted/destroyed (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between.

thus jesus presented an image of god who is not actively involved in the responses of people on earth because there is a guiding mechanism already in place—externally and internally.. external: people can easily choose their course of action looking at the results available in plenty because anyone can see the chain of action in anyone’s case: destiny is the result of habit, and habit is the result of tendency, and tendency is the result of repeated action, and action is the result of thinking and thinking is the result of belief system, and belief system is the result of family, religion, country … into which one is born.
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Will Jehovah’s Witness be discouraged from watching any tv at all soon?
by Addison0998 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know it sounds kinda stupid and dramatic, but lately there’s been a lot of suggestive content about not watching tv.

the broadcast was telling people that watching tv snares you into getting an attachment to characters, (the one where the crazy sister prayed for a tv character).

and today this watchtower telling people that the only news that should be watching, or even interested in watching is the broadcast or on jw.org news room.
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Who do they think they are speaking to in their literature?
by Tameria2001 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it's been a very long time since i read any of the watchtower literature.

because of something i came across, i decided to see how things have changed (yet still the same).

anyways the article i read on the jw org site, and this article was dealing with teens.
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Will JW Org benefit ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
throughout the world there seems to be a resurgence of faith, probably less observable in europe where i live, but still evident.. russia is now orthodox, even the kgb (different initials now i know) has its own church !

even in india, a secular state in theory, the hindu influence is stronger than ever.

islam continues to get stronger, making its presence felt, and demanding special freedoms, even in secular france.. god/faith, whatever you want to call it, is making a comeback, despite rationalism being adopted by many.. will jw org benefit from this resurgence ?
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Russia=King of the North, USA=King of the South? New info coming in from Annual Meeting 2018
by Jules Saturn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.

for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.

very interesting times!
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When is a church not a church?
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower and jehovah's witnesses go out of their way to insist that they are not a church like the false ones of christendom.

so why don't they file an irs tax return?

because, according to guidestar they are exempt, since they are a church.