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Okay, let's take a look at some verses. Let's look at Acts 15:2 "after quite a bit of dissension and disputing by Paul and Barʹna·bas with them, it was arranged for Paul, Barʹna·bas, and some of the others to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem regarding this issue." (NWT) Instead of...

Well, I guess we can agree to disagree. Well, the Bible itself is inspired, not any of these other writings. 2 Points on this verse. There is debate among scholars as to whether this verse is spurious. Second, Jesus ministry lasted 3.5 years, you actually think that in those 3.5 years he said...

It's obvious that the 11 Apostles' choice was not their choice to make, since Jesus chose the 12, he would choose the replacement. Besides, Matthias disappears after Acts 1, never to be heard from again. For all we know he could be one of those mentioned in Revelation 2:2 Of course, Paul...

How was the first-century church organized? Consider the following: Election of Leaders by Congregation Voting. In the Early Church, brethren met in various cities—Jerusalem, Antioch, Corinth, Thessalonica— often meeting in homes (Acts 11:22:13:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Romans...

Yes, keep in mind that the Watchtower Society first used the phrase "governing body" in a specific legal sense, and they actually didn't use it very often. According to the Watchtower, it wasn't until "the year 1944 that the Watchtower magazine started talking about the governing body of the...

Ah, so if others just refer to Him as "God" or "Heavenly Father", you think He doesn't know they're talking to Him?

Did they? I don't see "governing body " in my Bible, is it in the NWT?

Seems like you trust more in the Governing Body

So saying Yahweh is difficult? Or Yeshua? I have a dozen or so translations that have Yahweh throughout, as many times as the NWT uses Jehovah.

So, if you admit the name is YAHWEH, why do you insist on calling him Jehovah?

That he does? But do you and your leaders? Tell you what ... don't be surprised when you find you're not the only ones in the Kingdom.

So you're just going to gloss over everything else I said. Fair enough! Tell me Jane, what part of "Little Flock" don't you understand?

No, you misunderstood my thoughts. We agree that the elect, is a numbered class, 144,000. They are also referred to as the "body of Christ." At the end of the age, as the body is being completed, there will be fewer. You call them the "anointed remnant" or at least you did, I'm not so sure now...

Jane, let me ask, were you given the opportunity to decide? To choose for yourself? Running for the prize of the high calling? Or were you told it wasn't available? You see, the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses don't see the high calling simply because for almost 100 years, that door of...

Did I say anything different? I believe I said "we agree on that." Agreed. And who exactly were these "many" you speak of? Seems to me the majority of professing Christians believed they were going to heaven; granted they may not have understood "the call", but they believed in going to heaven...

Are there unbaptized JW's

I'm well aware of what the Scriptures say about the earth, if you notice in my comment, I referenced that verse. BTW ... what's a "tungs"?

Well, we agree on that. And we agree on that ... however you'd be hard pressed to prove to me from scripture that Jesus or His Apostles were preaching anything but the "upward call." Jane, there is only ONE call in the scriptures, that is to be part of the church, and until that number is...

I wasn't aware that heaven has an end. How do you explain Isa. 40:22; 44:24; Jer. 10:12; Zech. 12:1, which speaks of God stretching out the heavens? I guess the earth is square, since they have corners too (Isa. 41:9; Rev. 7:1, 20:8)

I just wanted make sure we were on the same page as to the "work", I don't want to assume. Is that okay? I guess we weren't on the same page. You see, YOU see "works" as just preaching "going out and making disciples and baptizing them." The works spoken of here in the context of James is...