simwitness
JoinedTopics Started by simwitness
-
26
how do we know when we interpretate correctly?
by evangelist ini would like your help on this matter of the interpretation of the bible, because many people say we interpretate diffently and we have diffent understanding.
how do we know when we interpretate the bible correctly?.
i have a relative for instance says the gay sex life is ok and they interpretated the bible to back up the right to live a gay life.. how can i prove their interpretation is wrong?.
-
24
WT 4-01-02 article
by DB inin the april 1, 2002 issue of the watchtower, an article appears entitled "keep on serving jehovah with a steadfast heart".
paragraph 14 of this article states: "if jehovah's organization knowingly endorsed false teachings, advice to read the bible would never be given to jehovah's witnesses and those to whom they preach.".
i am withholding comment on this statement, because i'd like to hear from any who would like to post a response.
-
27
The collapse of the WBTS? - I don't think so.
by dmouse indo we apostates fall into the same trap as jehovahs witnesses when it comes to blinding ourselves to the truth?.
how often have i confronted jws with overwhelming evidence that the so called signs of the times are simply not being fulfilled in our day only for them to bring up some barely relevant snippet of information, which, to them, shoots my argument down in flames?
it is incredible how jws can ignore the camel of evidence that contradicts what they believe and then exult over the gnat of evidence that supports their view.
-
132
Can any Witness possibly anwser this question?
by jerome inhello all... i came across this line of questioning many months on the inet so i decided that i would submit just this once to peer pressure and make a usefull contribution to the board.. here is the question... is jesus just "a god?".
many of the regular inet surfers would have come across this line of questioning before so if you have you could just sit back and relax and read the replys.. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>.
me: so is he a 'lesser true god' or a 'lesser false god?'.
-
2
a question about the "annointed" and ...
by simwitness incan someone help me understand the chronology of the "144,000" doctrine of the wtbs?.
what i am looking for is quotes/pointers to the publications about:.
1. how they decided who was of this "special" class.. 2. when the cuttoff point was for being part of it.
-
8
"Three Dissertations" -- The Witness ...
by accuracy inback in the 1517 the catholic priest martin luther posted his "95 theses" on the door of a church in wittenberg and began the protestant reformation.
martin luther did not mean to start a revolution, though he attacked certain legalistic doctrines of the church and questioned the authority of the pope.
called to recant, he replied, "unless i am convinced of error by the testimony of scripture or by clear reason, i cannot and will not recant anything, for it is neither safe nor honest to act against one's conscience.".
-
1
WT Quote that Abraham & co. have earthly hope?
by stocwach ini am looking for a specific example in any wt publications where the society unequivocally believes faithful men of old have an earthly hope, an not a heavenly one.. thanks in advance!
-
10
One little lie spoils the whole thing....
by simwitness inone thing i remember the most about being "in the truth" was the basic premise that all other religious orgs on the earth at one time or another taught a lie (and or still was teaching lies).
this was the "crowning jewel" for the wtbs.
they never "lied".. in a recent conversation with an elder, he made mention of this again.
-
About the blood "law"...
by simwitness ini have been giving the blood issue alot of thought lately, and a "new" (to me anyway) approach to discussing why the wtbs is "wrong" on it came to mind.. i have found that discussing the "what does abstain really mean" and the "it was all about eating it, since the medical use didn't exist at the time" approach never truly works, you end up in an argument over words instead of meaning.. my thought:.
at times in the ot, did god withhold punishment for sins that were committed by the faithful?
if god could withold judgment for those sins, shouldn't the members of his "organization" do the same?
-
11
The Greatest Decline - Their Vacuity
by metatron inwhile the watchtower has suffered from a number of.
declines in various areas, there is no greater decay.
manifest than in its current publications.. as a teenager growing up, the 'truth' was, to me, a system of.