More questions for Jehovah's Witnesses (The lost sheep)?
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After learning Bible truths, it would be tragic if one regressed to false worship!  The Bible describes the sad consequences of such a course when it says:  “Certainly if, after having escaped from the defilement of the world by an accurate knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they get involved again with these very things and are overcome, the final conditions have become worse for them than the first ... The saying of the true proverb has happened to them:  “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.”  2 Peter 2:20-22.\n\nTo the rest of us:\n\nWe must remain alert to anything that can endanger our spirituality.  The apostle Paul warns:  “The inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.”  1 Tim. 4:1 We live in “later periods of time.”  Those who do not keep clear of false worship can be “tossed about as by waves and carried hither and thither by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in contriving error.”  Eph. 4:13,14.
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that is a most excellent question. i am really short on time,but ,open your Bible,and go to www.watchtower.org.the people there are awesome and you can leaarn a great deal from there.
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To daredevil pup:  of course that's not God.  That's the EYE of God.  Actually, the sixth eye of God, I guess.\n\nMr. Eye of God:  I can't speak for others, but I forsake your Son for a very good reason:  it was his turn to buy at the pub over the weekend and he "forgot" his wallet.  Something about not having any pockets in his white robe where he could put a wallet.  Frankly, I'm just a little sick of that excuse!
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Part of the message that Jehovah's Witnesses try to bring to you is that this wicked system of things (which is in the hands of Satan) is going to destroyed (as in the days of Noah - Matthew 24:39-39) and it is going to replaced with a new system, a paradise as God originally intended. \nThis is good news. Don't you like good news? \nLike in the days of Noah, there will be many that won't survive though. Many because they simply didn't listen. So from a Jehovah's Witnesses point of view, they are doing a life-saving work because they love God and people. \nThey don't want any to be destroyed along with this system. \n\nIt's a bit like if I was passing by your house and saw it was on fire and you were sleeping - wouldn't you want me to try my best to wake you up and save you?\n\n\n.
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I'm not one, but I have throughly studied the history of your movement.  Ask your elders about 1975, and how they reconcile it with what Deuteronomy 18 says about how if a prophet ever makes a false prediction, they are never to be listened to again. Don't let them tell you they did not predict Armmagedon back then, because I was a freshman in high school at the time, and I remember many JW kids telling me that it was going to happen before the year was over.   \n\nThe New World Translation's rendering of John 1:1 is not only biased, but it does not flow with the structure of the Greek.  If you also read Colossians 1 in your translation, you see that the word "other" has been added when it talks about Christ being the creator of all things (they even go as far as to bracket the word, to as much as admit that it was not in the original manuscripts.)  \n\nHave you ever wondered why your former president, Fanz's nephew left the organization?  He was a member of your allegedly infallible governing body, but was disgusted with the fact that they were more interested in keeping the decpetion of Armmagedon about to arrive more then they were in Biblical truth.  \n\nI know they tell you people like me are of the swine class, and we are not to be listened to, because we are of the devil.  Ever wonder why they really tell you that?  If a lawyer goes into court knowning he has an open and shut case, he does not fear the other side's argument.  It is when the other side has evidence that is incriminating that he does what he can from getting it heard.  When the Bereans searched the scriptures to see if what Paul told them was true, he did not chastise them for questioning him (Acts 17:11).  \n\nJesus was not the reincarnation of the archangel Michael.  He was the very incarnation of Yaweh God in Human form. (Hebrews 1:1-3).  Salvation is a free gift, not one you have to work for to be found worthy of "paradise on earth".  I have documented evidence that the Watchtower has lied to both you and many of its other followers time and time again, and would be willing to send you my studies.  I know they would tell you not to do so, because I am of the swine class.  But, please think for a minute, why would they tell you that if they didn't have something to hide?\n\nIn response to the gentleman after me, here is a detailed article about not only the history of the NWT, but also the qualifications of its translators, as well as how accurate it is to the original Hebrew and Greek.  Well respected Biblical Scholars, who are considered experts in both languages, are quoted.  \n\nThe New World Translation EXPOSED!\n\nThe Watchtower Society's Corrupt Bible\n\n \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBy Ben Rast | Contender Ministries | Posted May 15, 2005 \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \n\nDr. Walter Martin once said that the average Jehovah’s Witness can make a “doctrinal pretzel” out of the average Christian in about 30 seconds.  This does not mean Jehovah’s Witnesses are doctrinally correct.  There are a couple of reasons this is so.  First, the average JW gets exponentially more training in their doctrine than the average Christian gets in orthodox biblical doctrine.  This disparity must be corrected by pastors, teachers, and even the individual parishioners, who must take responsibility to educate themselves on sound, biblical doctrine (as well as attacks on that doctrine).  One other smaller (but still vitally important) reason is the reliance of Jehovah’s Witnesses on a biased and erroneous translation of the Bible – the New World Translation.  If you allow a JW to recite from the NWT without checking the verse in a more accurate translation – such as the NIV, NASB, or KJV – you may be relying on an erroneous translation of a verse.  While there are scores of examples of error
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order children's book, adjustable for dif ages.  aroun $12 donation. 1-800-643-4645.  \ni wish they made a game like little army men so we could react all those battles in the old testiment.\n\ni need to chat WITH YOU seiously about easter.  it was a bad translation one time in new testiment.  \n\nput your thinking cap on, now.  was JESUS our istar lamb or PASSOVER LAMB? passover is still the same celebration that the children of israel had and is held the same time of year that they held it then.read exodus again. \n\nPLEASE CONTACT ME ON myPROFILE FOR STUDY MATERIALS FOR PROOFS.\n\nI'VE HUNTED EASTER EGGS WITH THE BEST OF THEM, BUT I'VE LEARNED DIFFERENT NOW.it will not hurt kids to hunt eggs as long as they know they have nothing to do with RESSURECTION.  hope we can be friends.
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Since there is no original copy of the OT present today, no one knows what was changed and altered.\n\n\nIsa 29:15  You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from the LORD! Or if you think what you do in the dark can't be seen. \nIsa 29:16  You have it all backwards. A clay dish doesn't say to the potter, "You didn't make me. You don't even know how." \n\n(JPS)Isa 29:16   O your perversity! ...\n\n(KJV+)  Surely your turning of things upside down...\n\n\n\n2Co 11:13  Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ. \n2Co 11:14  And it is no wonder. Even Satan tries to make himself look like an angel of light. \n2Co 11:15  So why does it seem strange for Satan's servants to pretend to do what is right? Someday they will get exactly what they deserve.
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The dogs would go crazy over ANYONE who came door-to-door with Christian Good News. It's just that no one else comes.\n\nGlobally, it is significant that only Jehovah's Witnesses who perform this necessary Christian work with every active member. This is one of the clearest identifiers of the Witnesses as the only true Christians on earth today:\n\n(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you
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These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.\n\n1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.\n\n2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.\n\n3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.\n\n4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.\n\n5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.\n\n6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.\n\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/article_07.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm\nhttp://jw-media.org/people/who.htm\nhttp://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm
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yes you are missing the point\n\neach story is about 3 differant way one can be lost\n\nthe son willingly left therefore had to willingly return (backslider)\n\nthe sheep strayed and did not know it was in danger yet and the shepherd had to rescue it. this represents not knowing you are straying from the truth until the preacher preaches to you, and you stop straying (saint)\n\nand the coin dose not know it is lost and can not save itself and need to be found. this is what is is to first com to the knowledge you need to be saved and  you respond to the preaching, as in Acts 2:38 (sinner)
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Share these Scriptures with that so-called "former Jehovah's Witness":\n\n(Proverbs 26:11) Just like a dog returning to its vomit, the stupid one is repeating his foolishness.\n\n(2 Peter 2:22) The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.
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The only place to get accurate information about what Jehovah's Witnesses believe is from their current publications. If you don't want to speak with any Witnesses, you still have a few options:\n  1. Write to a JW branch office and ask for literature. Have it sent to a PO box or they will come to deliver it in person.\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n  2. Buy JW books on Ebay. Search Ebay for "knowledge that leads to everlasting life" or "what does the bible really teach" (the titles of the two most recent entry-level books containing all basic Witness teachings)\nhttp://www.ebay.com\n  3. Online. The Witnesses' official website doesn't have entire books (except the bible), but it does have entire brochures. Look at the publication covers and titles ; the ones toward the bottom hyperlink to the publication contents:\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/publications/publications_available.htm\n\nThere are many partial truths and slanders about Jehovah's Witnesses, so the only real place to learn about their beliefs is from them. The three suggestions above should allow anyone to do that almost anonymously.
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Being a Jehovah's Witness and having observed some utterly ridiculous comments and accusations against our faith, in numerous instances by Schneb and a few others, let's clarify a few things and see why these individuals are biased and prejudiced and how they're wrong (Schneb in this instance): \n\nTo start, Jehovah's Witnesses ARE Christians and they are NOT a sect.\n\nMr. Schneb has been horribly duped and brainwashed by (1) his personal beliefs which completely fall apart when compared to the truth from the Bible, and (2) those he relies upon for spiritual guidance, making him among the so many who are spiritually blinded by Satan today. That much is so evidenced by his refusal to accept simple and basic Bible truths and his steadfast reliance upon one man's translation of the scriptures (King James) which isn't very accurate in many respects. It also appears that he adheres to Bible translations that outrightly change the original wording and verbage of the scriptures in order to fit in with a false religious teaching (i.e. the man-made doctrine of the trinity, eternal hellfire, immortality of the soul, and so forth). \n\n- The Bible makes it perfectly clear that Jehovah God and Jesus Christ are separate and distinct individuals, with Jehovah being the name of the Almighty God, and Jesus being the first of Jehovah's creations, and a being subordinate and inferior in position to God (Colossians 1:15, Revelation 3:14). \n\nBut let's further examine another absurdity that Mr. Schneb, in his biblical ignorance, clings to: using John 1:1 to try and prove a ridiculous trinity: AT JOHN 1:1 the King James Version reads: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Trinitarians claim that this means that “the Word” (Greek, ho lo´gos) who came to earth as Jesus Christ was Almighty God himself.\n\nNote, however, that here again the context lays the groundwork for accurate understanding. Even the King James Version says, “The Word was with God.” (Italics ours.) Someone who is “with” another person cannot be the same as that other person. In agreement with this, the Journal of Biblical Literature, edited by Jesuit Joseph A. Fitzmyer, notes that if the latter part of John 1:1 were interpreted to mean “the” God, this “would then contradict the preceding clause,” which says that the Word was with God.\n\nNotice, too, how other translations render this part of the verse:\n\n1808: “and the word was a god.” The New Testament in an Improved Version, Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome’s New Translation: With a Corrected Text.\n\n1864: “and a god was the word.” The Emphatic Diaglott, interlinear reading, by Benjamin Wilson.\n\n1928: “and the Word was a divine being.” La Bible du Centenaire, L’Evangile selon Jean, by Maurice Goguel.\n\n1935: “and the Word was divine.” The Bible—An American Translation, by J. M. P. Smith and E. J. Goodspeed.\n\n1946: “and of a divine kind was the Word.” Das Neue Testament, by Ludwig Thimme.\n\n1950: “and the Word was a god.” New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures.\n\n1958: “and the Word was a God.” The New Testament, by James L. Tomanek.\n\n1975: “and a god (or, of a divine kind) was the Word.” Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Siegfried Schulz.\n\n1978: “and godlike kind was the Logos.” Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Johannes Schneider.\n\nAt John 1:1 there are two occurrences of the Greek noun the·os´ (god). The first occurrence refers to Almighty God, with whom the Word was (“and the Word [lo´gos] was with God [a form of the·os´]”). This first the·os´ is preceded by the word ton (the), a form of the Greek definite article that points to a distinct identity, in this case Almighty God (“and the Word was with [the] God”).\n\nOn the other hand, there is no article before the second the·os´ at John 1:1. So a literal translation would read, “an
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A farmer had 13 sheep all but nine fell over dead. How many were left standing?\n\n>>>9\n\n\nHow many of each animal did Moses take on the ark with him?\n\n\n>>>>none Noah took two of each\n\n\nThere were four girls and a basket with four apples in it each girl took an apple but there was still one left in the basket. How is this so?\n\n\n>>>>The last girl took the basket with the apple still in it.\n\n\n\nA man is fixin to put up a fence , he needs 100 yards of fencing material. He goes to the store and buys exactly 100 yards of fencing material. Using onley your eyes how can you be sure thats how much is there?\n\n\n>>>>Because I told you so  (using your eyes you read the footage) get it?
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What is with the "metaphysical" thing on EVERY question so far?\n\nAnyway, I read the story yesterday. It is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, and all the more reason religion has such a bad name and non-believers associate believers with crazy, zealous, bible thumpers. Sad.
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As one of Jehovah's Witnesses,I find the truth is the best.No one will be offended if you say what you feel.\nChrist gave his disciples a commission and that was to go and preach the good news about God's Kingdom,and make disciples by teaching them Bible truths.So as disciples of Christ that is what they are doing.\nIf you are sincerely not interested let them know,they may be disappointed as many of us are when people aren't interested in learning about our Creator and Heavenly Father\nhowever,you won't be the first and you definitely won't be the last.