I have a paper about jehova's witnesses and was wondering if one can answer a few questions?
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Hello.  I am a 22 year old male witness with HS level education.  I am not sure where in life you are referring to as far as gender roles??  \nIn the home the Husband is the head, but not to the exclusion of the Wife, rather he is to treat her as his partner.\n\nIf you are referring to with in the congregation, while it is true that males have a majority, in most cases, of the responsibilities, Women are given respect and responsibilities to.  They are not devalued for not doing the same jobs as Men.Different jobs but same importance.\n\nIn every day life Women are expected to serve Jehovah first and foremost just like the Men.  They work and are to be treated with respect and equality.\n\n  Abortion is wrong.  Jehovah created us.  It is not our right to decide that a fetus dies.\n\n  At times, most everyone is discriminated against for some reason whether it be race or religion.  Jesus even said that true Christians, on some level, will be hated for they are no part of the world, or rather the worldly spirit in which most people live.  \n\n  Hope this helps.  If you want to know more your best bet is to contact your local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0402/biblefactquiz.html\n\n\nIt would appears to have some other issues as well...
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I have been reading about that as of late and find it interesting.  plausible. The bible has seen a lot gone through a lot in that i mean translations.  It also stands that some books were purposely left out.  With that in mind I don't feel it proves with out a shadow of a doubt that its true.  However it does leave enough room for the thought and probability.
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http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/4/1/
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This so-called "question" seems to focus on "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures", which is distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. There are more than 130 million copies of this modern-language bible in print, in dozens of languages.\nhttp://watchtower.org/languages.htm\n\nThe entire text of NWT is freely available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a personal printed copy can be requested at no charge:\nhttp://watchtower.org/bible/\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses certainly like NWT, but they are happy to use any translation which an interested person may prefer, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute other translations besides NWT. Jehovah's Witnesses attach no particular infallibility or inspiration to NWT.\n\nSince the same manuscripts used by the NWT translators are still widely available for study, and since there are dozens of alternate translations for comparison, anyone who chooses to use NWT does so informedly. \n\nIt seems that the vast majority of the criticism against the New World Translation is actually as a proxy for blind hatred against Jehovah's Witnesses. The hatred must be "blind" since secular experts of biblical Hebrew and Greek have consistently refused to condemn any particular verse or phrase as an unacceptable translation. Instead, it is religionists with preconceived theologies who bigotedly insist upon particular wordings, since these are necessary to prop up the shakey tenets of their false worship.\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nIt seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:\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. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/na/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020915/article_01.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
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I found something under\n\nhttp://www.yov408.com/html/articles.php?p=7
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How much proof can there be for a book writen under the auspices of a pagan roman emperor who worshiped the sun God to his death.\n\nEven The four gospels were not written by the apostles.\n\nThey were written close to the end of the first century long after the apostles were dead and gone. The john who wrote revelations was not the apostle john. He was a poor man kept in prison so long that he simply lost his mind and started to imagine a vengeful God who would punish his captors and anyone like them.\n\nThe bible was created 2 centurys later by the roman empire to change the message of Jesus to something that the Romans found more acceptable.\n\nThis is why it is often difficult to understand. The message of Jesus on the other hand is elegant and simple to understand. You need to separate the message that Jesus left for us from all of the nonsense that the Romans overlaid it with and it will start to become quite easy to understand.\n\nDon't take my word for any of this. Study biblical history for your self and draw your own conclusions. There are many good books on this subject by some intelligent and thoughtful people. Take advantage of their efforts. \n\nEmail if you are interested and I will send so suggested reading material.\n\nLove and blessings.\nDon
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Excuse me but dont come on my board and make little threats to me about violation lol im very aware of the protocol of yahoo.\nYou dont have to respond just shows your acting like a dumb cult member lol. I know how cults work and i know also about egyptain Gods that are very alive in your church because of y our Joseph smith so if you want to make this a debate cool im ready for the challenge are you.
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Hey, bud.  If you look hard enough, you should be able to find yourself a copy online.  That said, you're going to have to look pretty hard because the Church of Satan vociferously defends all of its copyrights and that includes Lavey's Satanic Bible.  If it's really worth it to you to read Lavey, I suggest you shell out the eight bucks at your local bookstore.  \n\nThat said, what you're describing doesn't fit into Lavey's concept of Satanism at all (at least in his later years, what he pushed early on is up for debate).  Anton Lavey taught that ultimately the individual is master of his own soul.  Going to anyone, be it Jehovah or Satan, for punishment or reward would be degradation from what I've read of LaVey.  \n\nBear in mind, I'm not saying your self-description is bad or your belief system faulty, I'm just saying maybe you need to look somewhere else to find information that would complement and grow your worldview.  Personally, I think that intuition that honor is owed to some of what we label good and some of what we label as evil is spot on.  Rather than accepting the definitions handed to you of Jehovah and Satan and viewing yourself as hedging bets between them, consider that this might be your soul nudging you in the direction of a more integrated, expansive definition of the Divine (and thus of yourself, as we usually aspire to be like what we honor).  I kind of agree with our concerned Christian friends - believing in both Jehovah and Satan will lead to spiritual and mental fracture.  It might be best to let go of both of them and move on to a definition that you map out for yourself.\n\nIf you're interested in going that route, I suggest you take a look at the Internet Sacred Text Archive.  They've got a lot of information for you to explore on your own (if you're really interested in satanism, go to their search page and shoot that into the system and see what you get), but not Lavey's Satanic Bible.  \n\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm\n\nGood journey to you.
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I thought the site was extremely interresting and even book marked it for later reading.  When I am home alone i may even listen to some of the audio.  Of course, some of it i found far fetched and hard to comprehend; however, some of it made since and requires further research.  Thank you very much for posting it.  I appreciate any chance at learning about other peoples beliefs and religions.  I think part of the problems btw modern Christians and other religions is that most Christians will not take the time to listen and study other belief systems.
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I don't know yet. I have read it over, but not really studied it, and I am going to be watching a special about it tonight at 8pm EST on the National Geographic Channel. I do not make decisions about my faith until I know all the facts and have had ample time to think, pray, and do some soul searching. I suggest that any who are interested in gathering all the info necessary to make an informed decision watch the show and read the text.\n\n To the person above me still waiting for it's publication - you can read the text at the link below. Just click on the link, and to the right where it has the two download buttons, click the "download the entire English text as PDF."
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I have a ton of 'em for all different kinds.  Depends on what you need. Start out with these cults, Scientology, Church of Jesus Christs of Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahia, Christian Scientists, Church Universal and Triumphant, Raelens, The Seventh Day Adventists and the ICC(International Church of Christ), The Family. You are going to have a problem with a few of them because the only things out thee are either information the church releases or the anti part of the equation.  There is very little real neutral evidence on them.  I will just start with the generics and let you go from there.
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Um, there IS a gospel of Judas, and it says NOTHING about Judas being the Messiah. You can read it for yourself at the link. What's with the disdainful way you phrase your questions? I know it has little to do with beliefs, because I've met many a respectful and tolerant atheist and agnostic on this site.
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jehovah's witnesses....
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I've been looking forward to the opportunity to use this essay in an answer.  Thank you.\n\nA letter to the religious right involved in Reagan's war on marijuana \n\n\nI am not a Christian nor am I a pothead, however, after speculating over the role of the Christian right in the criminalization of marijuana usage and possession, I found it necessary to make an argument using Christian methods against it.  I feel that it is necessary to add that I was raised christian so I do not intend to use bible verses that I know nothing about.  I know the bible just as well and better than many Christians.  I am also a psychology student in college and the psychological information I will use in my argument came directly from textbooks and lectures on the subject.  I have two arguments to discuss, the first using strictly biblical elements and the second with human physiological elements to enhance and accelerate the original.  \n\n \n\nThe arguments involved are sophomorically simple.\n\n \n\nGenesis 1:9-13 Says this:    9And God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place so dry ground may appear." And so it was. 10God named the dry ground "land" and the water "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, "Let the land burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant. And let there be trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And so it was. 12The land was filled with seed-bearing plants and trees, and their seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good. 13This all happened on the third day.\n\n \n\n27-31:     27\n    So God created people in his own image;\n       God patterned them after himself;\n       male and female he created them.\n    28God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." 29And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. 31Then God looked over all he had made and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.\n\n \n\nThese two excerpts tell us two things:  God created the plethora of plants that we have on Earth and gave them to humans and animals for their consumption.  Marijuana and tobacco are the only drugs that grow naturally and do not have to be processed and synthesized before consumption.  Alcohol has to be processed and it is legal.  Marijuana is not.  The devil, serpent, satan, whatever you want to call the spirit of darkness has never and will never have the authority to change the godly composition of Gods creations.  The devil did not put the active ingredients in the marijuana plant and it would be impossible for him to cause the second part of my argument involving the physiology of humans nervous systems.  The only power he has is to deceive and deception cannot change the fact that God made plants and people the way we are physiologically.\n\n \n\nThe active ingredients in marijuana pass through the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system where they bind to three different receptor sites on the neurons.  These receptors are called Delta 9 THC, 2-AG, and Anamine receptors.  These receptor sites are activated only by cannabinoids from the marijuana plant and nothing else.  Nicotine works in much the same way though there is only one receptor.  All other drugs work by manipulating natural receptors in the brain that neurotransmitters use normally.  For example, PCP works as a glutamate antagonist, blocking the natural processes of glutamate which works in opposition to the neurotransmitter dopamine.  When glutamate is blocked, dopamine takes over and too much dopamine in the b
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Being a devote Christian myself, this source comes from a friend of mine.  I believe this is along the lines of what you are looking for and if not, it is something that may interest you.  My friend was explaining the Gnostic beliefs/ideas to me and let me this web address (see sources)
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here is a site worthy of reading why them come. \nhttp://www.cjd.org/paper/truth.html