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10 Common Misconceptions about Jehovah's Witnesses...

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There are many misconceptions people have about Jehovah's Witnesses. This video list the top ten misconceptions.

They are as follows: 144,000, polytheist, deny Christ, no hell, cult, sect, false prophets, non-Christians, works based religion, and non souls.

 
Elora said:
There are many misconceptions people have about Jehovah's Witnesses. This video list the top ten misconceptions.

They are as follows: 144,000, polytheist, deny Christ, no hell, cult, sect, false prophets, non-Christians, works based religion, and non souls.

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From dust? Who comes from dust? Dusty old men? I thought I came from my mother and father having sex? What do I know?
 
JWs believe that they are right and what others believe is wrong. It’s really that simple. This can be said of most (if not all) formal religions.
 
bongsaway said:
From dust? Who comes from dust? Dusty old men? I thought I came from my mother and father having sex? What do I know?
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Your physical body is made up of the elements from the earth/dust...

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ttwtt78640 said:
JWs believe that they are right and what others believe is wrong. It’s really that simple. This can be said of most (if not all) formal religions.
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That is true...what person would stay in an org that believes lies? When I learned that the church I belonged to taught lies, I left and never looked back...
 
Elora said:
That is true...what person would stay in an org that believes lies? When I learned that the church I belonged to taught lies, I left and never looked back...
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Apparently most since there are under 9M JW ‘believers’ worldwide while the largest Christian religion (catholics) has about 1.3B ’believers’ worldwide.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Apparently most since there are under 9M JW ‘believers’ worldwide while the largest Christian religion (catholics) has about 1.3B ’believers’ worldwide.
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What did Jesus say? Would there be many?

“Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it." Matthew 7:13,14
 
Elora said:
That is true...what person would stay in an org that believes lies? When I learned that the church I belonged to taught lies, I left and never looked back...
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You’ve admitted in the past you know the JW’s have lied to their own meme here, so you are the person who would stay in an org that believes lies.
 
Questerr said:
You’ve admitted in the past you know the JW’s have lied to their own meme here, so you are the person who would stay in an org that believes lies.
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That in itself is a lie...
 
Elora said:
That in itself is a lie...
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So the JW church told you the truth regarding the massive sex abuse that was occurring within and covered up by the church?
 
Questerr said:
So the JW church told you the truth regarding the massive sex abuse that was occurring within and covered up by the church?
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Yes, they have...
 
Questerr said:
After how long? They lied about it for years.
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Are you involved? No...there is such a thing as a "right to know basis"...you have no right to that info...
 
Are babies still little enemies of god?
 
Elora said:
Are you involved? No...there is such a thing as a "right to know basis"...you have no right to that info...
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Right to know? People in the church were raping and sexually assaulting women and girls. The church lied about and covered that up. And now you are engaging in apologetics for people who should be in prison, not running a church.

I guess we’ll add rape to the the list of thing you’ll engage in apologetics for alongside the murder of babies and slavery.
 
Elora said:
Are you involved? No...there is such a thing as a "right to know basis"...you have no right to that info...
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Hmm… so you only care about some lies being told by “your” church.
 
Well, there are a few things we can say with absolute certainty about Jehovah's Witnesses... they have failed in numerous many predictions, they have been wrong on just about anything involving science, and they change many of their doctrines so often they might as well not have any.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Well, there are a few things we can say with absolute certainty about Jehovah's Witnesses... they have failed in numerous many predictions, they have been wrong on just about anything involving science, and they change many of their doctrines so often they might as well not have any.
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Yeah, when we come to realize a doctrine/belief we formerly held is not in line with the Bible, we admit our wrong thinking/clarify and change...imagine that...like wearing a cross, celebrating holidays, smoking, etc...

"But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light
That grows brighter and brighter until full daylight." Proverbs 4:18
 
Elora said:
Yeah, when we come to realize a doctrine/belief we formerly held is not in line with the Bible, we admit our wrong thinking/clarify and change...imagine that...like wearing a cross, celebrating holidays, smoking, etc...

"But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light
That grows brighter and brighter until full daylight." Proverbs 4:18
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So your religion keeps changing yet you claim it is the only one that knows the truth. That is impossible if the truth never changes.
 
  1. The Bible is designed to be understood by those who are humble and willing to learn. Jesus said to his Father: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children.” (Luke 10:21) The Bible is written in such a way that only those with the right attitude would understand its message. People with a proud attitude—a common trait of “wise and intellectual ones”—tend to misunderstand the Bible. But people who read the Bible with the attitude of “young children”—humble and eager to learn—are rewarded with a better understanding of God’s message. How skillfully God has designed the Bible!
  2. The Bible is directed to people who honestly want God’s help to understand it. Jesus showed that people would need help to understand fully what he taught. How would they receive it? Jesus explained: “The helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things.” (John 14:26) So God provides his holy spirit—his powerful active force—to help people understand what they read in the Bible. However, God withholds his spirit from people who do not rely on him to help them, so the Bible often seems obscure to them. The holy spirit also moves more knowledgeable Christians to come to the aid of those seeking greater understanding.—Acts 8:26-35.
  3. Some Bible passages can be understood by humans only at the proper time in history. For example, the prophet Daniel was told to write down a message for the future. An angel told him: “Daniel, keep the words secret, and seal up the book until the time of the end.” Over the centuries, many people have read the Bible book of Daniel but could not really understand it. In fact, even Daniel himself did not understand some of what he wrote down. He humbly admitted: “I heard, but I could not understand.” Eventually, people would correctly understand God’s prophecy written down by Daniel, but only at the particular time in history that God selected. The angel explained: “Go, Daniel, because the words are to be kept secret and sealed up until the time of the end.” Who will understand God’s messages? “None of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand.” (Daniel 12:4, 8-10) So God does not reveal the meaning of certain Bible passages until the right time arrives.
Has timing ever caused Jehovah’s Witnesses to misunderstand the Bible? Yes. But when God’s time came to make matters clearer, the Witnesses readily adjusted their understanding. They believe that they thereby imitate Christ’s apostles, who humbly adjusted their thinking whenever Jesus corrected them.—Acts 1:6, 7.
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017011
 
Questerr said:
That’s what the church’s “new light” claims.
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Yeah the whole “new light” horseshit is JW becoming the not so nice neighborly lovey dovey cult.
 
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