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. Continued From No.788 Intended meanings aren't translations, rather: they are interpretations. Here's an excellent example of a so-called intended meaning. • Gen 3:2-3 . . The woman replied to the serpent: We may eat of the fruit of the other trees of the garden. It is only about fruit of...

. Continued From No.775 I assume you are not one of the anointed folks spoken of by 1John 2:26-27. If so, then you are deprived of the advantages that the anointing provides; which are: 1» Protects people from deception 2» Enables people to comprehend Jesus Christ's teachings the way he...

. The "other" issue was addressed at length back in post No.115 _

. Continued From No.760 Raymond Victor Franz was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from October 20, 1971 until his removal on May 22, 1980, and served at the organization's world headquarters for fifteen years, from 1965 until 1980. Mr. Franz resigned, and stated that the...

. Continued From No.735 Well; I'm not quite sure how the Watchtower Society defines worship; but the passage below certainly seems to suggest that Jesus requires an unusually high degree of courtesy. • Philip 2:9-10 . . God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that...

. Continued From No.732 According to Dan 7:13-14 & Heb 1:5-8, the world to come will be ruled by a man. Well; that presents a bit of a difficulty for the Watchtower Society because in order for their version of Michael the archangel to rule the world as a man, he will have to die all over...

. Continued From No.703 It's not uncommon to walk right past a familiar face without recognizing them when they show up in places least expected. In point of fact, none of Jesus' closest friends ever expected to see him again; for example: A good friend passed away some years ago. Every so...

. Continued From No.703 FAQ: According to John 20:19 and John 20:26, Jesus was able to pass his body through solid objects. How did he to do that? REPLY: According to the Watchtower Society, that body wasn't actually Jesus' crucified body. It was a so-called materialized body, i.e. a...

. Continued From No.689 There's something you will have to deal with sooner or later, so now is as good a time as any. I assume you are not one of those anointed folks. Well; if that's your current spiritual condition, then according to 1John 2:26-27 the odds of your avoiding seduction by the...

. Continued From No.683 The passage below from the Watchtower Society's bible is deliberately misquoted. Watch for the revision. • Ps 146:3-4 . . Do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs. His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in...

. This has all been addressed at least once already. Do we really need to keep rehashing the same old stuff over and over again like stuck records? _

. Folks react to misfortune in a sort of four-step process. The first is usually disbelief, followed by anger, then despair, and finally adjustment. In the movie "Shawshank Redemption" a man is given two life sentences for murders he didn't commit. At first he feels very strongly that the truth...

. Continued From No.661 John Que and Jane Doe non-anointed JWs-- the hewers of wood and haulers of water --remain connected to Christ only for as long as they remain affiliated with the Watchtower Society. When a JW is disfellowshipped or defects, they lose their connection, become lost souls...

. Continued From No.645 Having the Holy Spirit (a.k.a. the Comforter) alongside is not the same as having the Holy Spirit inside. I think if you do some research you'll discover that only anointed JWs have the Spirit inside. In other words; the 144,000 are the JWs who've received the Spirit...

. Continued From No.635 The Society maintains that Jesus' crucified human form had to stay dead so that his alter ego Michael could be an angel again. But that's not the only reason the Society gives for keeping Jesus' human remains perpetually deceased. An additional explanation is given on...

. Continued From No.634 The Watchtower Society teaches that something they call "life force" is transferable. For example: in order for their angel Michael to take on a human form, the life force of his angel form was extracted and transferred to the conception that took place in Mary's body...

. Continued From No.620 Non-anointed JWs are living proof that the Watchtower Society's translation is unreliable. Here's why. According to 1Cor 2:12-15, folks who've received the spirit which comes from God are enabled to comprehend, and to accept, the things of God. Well: it's believed by...

. Continued From No.580 The spirit part of human existence goes by the name of breath of life in Genesis 2:7. But the breath of life didn't make Adam a sentient spirit being, rather, it made him a sentient material being. The same is true of all creatures within whom is the breath of life...

. Continued From No.578 Some of Christianity's supernatural elements are not only difficult to accept, but even more difficult to comprehend. For example: according to 1Cor 15:45-47, Christ exists as a spirit being and a material being simultaneously. * Folks coming to Christianity expecting...

. Continued From No.569 A handy reference for examining a number of Watchtower Society beliefs and practices is their own little brown book titled "Reasoning From The Scriptures." It's available online from amazon dot com. Be sure to get the Watchtower Society's publication instead of another...