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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:22pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Are you saying Jesus went to preach to Abraham (whose bosom was heaven) was also in prison at the time Jesus died? undecided

Remember are talking about Abraham being in heaven even before Jesus paid for the sin of Mankind,

So my concern is how Abraham got there when Jesus has not paid for mankind's sins?

And about the spirits in prison,was Abraham also inclusive?

Are you saying that all that you have said here is about Abraham?
Look at your mentality...
You can't even deduce
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:24pm On Aug 02, 2020
DappaD:




A sharp person would understand what I meant! If you can't understand at the moment, there's nothing I can do for you. tongue
So, unless I believe it the way you do...
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:25pm On Aug 02, 2020
finestprof:
I disagree with your teachings..Jesus is God trapped in humanity. In order for us to be saved God had to come down in form of a man to save man. Man lacked true knowledge of God that was why Jesus had to come to unveil the father. When the bible says Jesus is the son of God it doesnt mean God gave birth to Jesus or has a carnal knowledge of a woman...Nooo..He is called the son of God because Jesus became a man to save man. Jesus is God compressed in mortality,trapped in matter,time. When deity becomes trapped in humanity, the almagamation of deity with humanity is called son of God. It is not son of God as in natural birth.
John 1 vs 12
Bornagain is the almagation of deity with humanity
There are so many other things you should unlearn and relearn
God bless u
Did you yourself understand what you've just written?

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by DappaD: 4:26pm On Aug 02, 2020
chiemmanuel:
what would I gain
Can you vouch for all the witnesses worldwidw
That is what will shock you!
Jehovah's Witnesses extensively preach God's Kingdom(Daniel 2:44, Matthew 6:9,10, 24:14) and before you become a Witness, there are certain stages you'll have to pass through — intense Bible study, make visible and personal changes, dedication, baptism.
There is no way someone practising spiritism can become one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Spiritism is regarded as “works of the flesh” and those practising spiritism/witchcraft have no place in God's Kingdom! (Galatians 5:19-21)

So before you begin to tell lies or rubbish JW's, keep Matthew 5:11 in mind. smiley

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:28pm On Aug 02, 2020
chelsea04:
I've read from your post that jesus is not God, then who is the word of God,if it is jesus then go to john 1vs1 and read the formular of creation. "In the begining was the word and the word was with God and the word was God"
How can sb who is God be with God again? Can't you see this is a translator's bias?

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:29pm On Aug 02, 2020
maxzzo1:
OP explain the 1914 cos that Bible passage(Rev 11:15) did not state any year or time abi una bible different
I'm available for a chat. My email is beneath.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:31pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Are you saying Jesus went to preach to Abraham (whose bosom was heaven) was also in prison at the time Jesus died? undecided

Remember are talking about Abraham being in heaven even before Jesus paid for the sin of Mankind,

So my concern is how Abraham got there when Jesus has not paid for mankind's sins?

And about the spirits in prison,was Abraham also inclusive?

In case you forgot, as Jesus left the grave to exist somewhere and returned to resurrect; so shall the case of Abraham be.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Janosky: 4:31pm On Aug 02, 2020
Mentorme:

How will you accept the testimony of Lazarus if you rejected that of Jesus?

Many people have published a book and testified about hell and heaven: do you believe it? grin

If hellfire exist, how many of those stories tellers talk say them see Adam and Eve for hellfire?
Abi Adam and Eve, their torture done end? grin grin

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:32pm On Aug 02, 2020
Cantonese:
Agreed that blood is life.

But Acts 15: 28-29 and Galatians 5: 19-21 do not speak against blood transfusion.
Acts 15:28-29 says "That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled things..." Note clearly "idols". How does that translate to blood transfusion? The bible clearly here is talking about food offered to idols. Same thing the bible tells us in Revelations 2: 14, 20 among others as Christians.

Please can you read through it with understanding and explain how blood transfusion is connected to this?
In the medical field, when a patient is unable to eat through his mouth, the food is injected. It's in the same way. Perhaps, God is the giver of life.

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Nobody: 4:32pm On Aug 02, 2020
Mentorme:


Are you saying that all that you have said here is about Abraham?
Look at your mentality...
You can't even deduce

Please don't get provoked Sir! embarassed

Jehovah's Witnesses taught me so many things and they never got tired of answering my questions using the scriptures. So i think you are going to prove them wrong by helping me out to get a better understanding of the scriptures!

Please i'm particular about Abraham, where was he exactly during the time Jesus walked the earth?

Jehovah's Witnesses taught me that the dead are conscious of nothing at all {Ecclesiastes 9:5-10} until they are resurrected! Job 14:13-15

You said Abraham was already in heaven during the time Jesus walked the earth {Luke 16:22} but due to my quest to know more you said there are spirits in prison (1Peter 3:19-20} all what you said and what Jehovah's Witnesses said were found written in the Bible.

So i asked you "was Abraham also part of the spirits in prison or he was in heaven?"

Please don't be provoked i just want to know! embarassed

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:36pm On Aug 02, 2020
olaeffect:


Immediately you start preaching your religious sect/doctrine than preaching Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith; i stop seeing you as a believer or a Christian. No middle grounds.

JW believe in Jehovah than Christ, thereby rejecting Christ and the mystery that Jehovah Himself performed by the birth, death and resurrection of Christ.

The Roman Catholics are more concern about Roman tradition than Christianity or Jehovah.
80% of Roman Catholic doctrines are purely lifted from Roman traditional belief with nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or Judaism.
Eg Mary being the mother of God rather than being just the birth mother of Jesus (first ever surrogacy).
The Roman Catholics never knew a woman can give birth to a child she is not related to by flesh and blood in the same way she was made pregnant despite knowing no man.
We Jehovah's Witnesses believe in Jesus Christ as God's son. It's the center of our message and that's why we join him and Witness about Jehovah.

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Nobody: 4:37pm On Aug 02, 2020
Mentorme:


In case you forgot, as Jesus left the grave to exist somewhere and returned to resurrect; so shall the case of Abraham be.

Please what are you saying here?

Do you mean Jesus existed somewhere else after dying so that he now return again to be raised from the dead? embarassed

But the scriptures said Jesus was dead for three consecutive days!

Please where do you think he went during those days, and was Abraham also as powerful as Jesus so that he too can leave the grave for some time and later return to be resurrected? undecided
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:37pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Please don't get provoked Sir! embarassed

Jehovah's Witnesses taught me so many things and they never got tired of answering my questions using the scriptures. So i think you are going to prove them wrong by helping me out to get a better understanding of the scriptures!

Please i'm particular about Abraham, where was he exactly during the time Jesus walked the earth?

Jehovah's Witnesses taught me that the dead are conscious of nothing at all {Ecclesiastes 9:5-10} until they are resurrected! Job 14:13-15

You said Abraham was already in heaven during the time Jesus walked the earth {Luke 16:22} but due to my quest to know more you said there are spirits in prison (1Peter 3:19-20} all what you said and what Jehovah's Witnesses said were found written in the Bible.

So i asked you "was Abraham also part of the spirits in prison or he was in heaven?"

Please don't be provoked i just want to know! embarassed

I said non of those things without quotation.
Find them.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:37pm On Aug 02, 2020
Cantonese:


Added to your explanations are the following bible verses:

1 John 5: 7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

How else can we describe it?

Unfortunately in the Jehovah witness bible this bible verse was carefully circumvented to read "For there are three witness bearers,". The same has happened to some other bible verses that you will not find in the Jehovah witness bible.

I need our brother to please get the complete bible now, read through and explain it.
I hope you know the bible was not originally written in English?
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Bluntemperor: 4:39pm On Aug 02, 2020
chatinent:

3. Jesus. We follow the teachings and example of Jesus Christ and honor him as our Savior and as the Son of God. (Matthew 20:28; Acts 5:​31) Thus, we are Christians. (Acts 11:26) However, we have learned from the Bible that Jesus is not Almighty God and that there is no Scriptural basis for the Trinity doctrine.​—John 14:28.
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The Jehovah Witnesses are trying to be clever by half,even their Bible so different!
1.the OP says 'no basis for Trinity-a lie from bottom of hell.Jesus said'any sin is forgiven,but against the Holy Spirit is not'
-One (Romans 9v1)-what is Paul saying here's Conscience as Witnessed by of Holy Spirit- so your members only believed in the Flesh,no wander,Jesus told Peter ' this was revealed to you-not by Flesh or Blood,but by the Spirit.2Corth 13v14-Communion of Holy Spirit!
2.They don't believe in being Born-Again! Yet without no one can enter the Kingdom of God.(John3v1-15)
3.The Jehovah Witnesses are just hereon Earth-according to them 'to possessed the world!
-the drink and can get drunk
-the carry girls without restraint,since they don't believed in Holy Spirit.How can you believed in the Teaching of Christ,yet not ready to teach Holy Spirit?
So,don't allow people to be obstacles to your Heavenly race!
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by golddare: 4:40pm On Aug 02, 2020
All I know is that Jehovah witnesses will make heaven irrespective of the differences, what unite us is more important what seperate us.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:40pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Please what are you saying here?

Do you mean Jesus existed somewhere else after dying so that he now return again to be raised from the dead? embarassed

But the scriptures said Jesus was dead for three consecutive days!

Please where do you think he went during those days, and was Abraham also as powerful as Jesus so that he too can leave the grave for some time and later return to be resurrected? undecided
Is it that you can't read the quotation or you couldn't find it?

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:40pm On Aug 02, 2020
mike272:


But isn't what the bible said, it said the dead will be brought back to life and those whose name are not contained in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire. Rev 20:14,15. Which version are you reading?
Read that scripture you quoted again. How can the said fire burn 'death' and 'grave' literally?

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Nobody: 4:42pm On Aug 02, 2020
Mentorme:


I said non of those things without quotation.
Find them.

Well in that case i'll settle for JWs explanation of the scriptures Sir!

The story of Lazarus and the rich man was a Parable, no man got resurrected or leave the grave before Jesus that's why the scriptures said he (Jesus) is the first to be resurrected and continue living from then on! Revelations 1:5

So there was no Abraham in heaven because Abraham died and never got resurrected even till now! smiley

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Nobody: 4:45pm On Aug 02, 2020
Mentorme:

Is it that you can't read the quotation or you couldn't find it?

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

Please what has your quotation got to do with my question about the condition of Abraham when Jesus related the Parable of Lazarus and the rich man? embarassed
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:45pm On Aug 02, 2020
Janosky:


If hellfire exist, how many of those stories tellers talk say them see Adam and Eve for hellfire?
Abi Adam and Eve, their torture done end? grin grin
I said it!
If you will not accept the testimony of Jesus, how will one accepts that of Lazarus.
You just proved me right grin
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chiemmanuel(m): 4:45pm On Aug 02, 2020
DappaD:

That is what will shock you!
Jehovah's Witnesses extensively preach God's Kingdom(Daniel 2:44, Matthew 6:9,10, 24:14) and before you become a Witness, there are certain stages you'll have to pass through — intense Bible study, make visible and personal changes, dedication, baptism.
There is no way someone practising spiritism can become one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Spiritism is regarded as “works of the flesh” and those practising spiritism/witchcraft have no place in God's Kingdom! (Galatians 5:19-21)

So before you begin to tell lies or rubbish JW's, keep Matthew 5:11 in mind. smiley
simple yes or no,
Can you vouch for the spirituality of all of them
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:45pm On Aug 02, 2020
Hardtalk:



Oga, they stylishly removed the concluding part of that 1 John 5:7, from their own Bible. You will not see it there. Check the New World Translation and compare it with King James Version.
Oga, I hope you know the bible wasn't written first in English?
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Janosky: 4:48pm On Aug 02, 2020
Ficeo:
Please brother, is it true that 144,000 people will go to heaven? Throw more light on this with biblical back up. Thanks.

Jesus Christ himself said his followers will go to heaven, Matthew 5:3.

Revelation 1:1. 14:1 His Father gave Jesus a revelation that 144,000 will be co-rulers with Jesus in heaven (Revelation 1:5-6. Rev 5:9,10).

Revelation
Jesus Christ said his followers shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5. 2Peter 3:13. Rev 21:3-5.

Daniel 7:13-14. Jesus the son of man received authority to rule in God's kingdom.
God's kingdom is God's government.
There will be rulers (Jesus & co-rulers) and subjects (earthly subjects of righteous humans, Psalms 37:29. Compare Matt 5:5)
It's clear enough.

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Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:49pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Please what has your quotation got to do with my question about the condition of Abraham when Jesus related the Parable of Lazarus and the rich man? embarassed
Who called it a parable; Jesus, bible or you?
Bible made it clear those that are parables.

JW are calling it parable to defend their lies.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by kiddkash(m): 4:49pm On Aug 02, 2020
Bahamas95:
Jehovah's witnesses mind deep pass ocean. They want to know everything about you but keep their secrets to themselves as if na dem wise pass. Dem fit play Naira Marley music and nor complain about the lyrics but immediately you play Frank Edwards, Tope Alabi and other gospel music dem must see something to criticize about the song.


I once had them as friends but I have disassociated myself from them because I dislike pretenders.
they're the worst. the only thing I like about them is there dressing
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by DappaD: 4:56pm On Aug 02, 2020
chiemmanuel:
simple yes or no,
Can you vouch for the spirituality of all of them
I believe you can discern the answer from my previous comment on this.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Janosky: 4:57pm On Aug 02, 2020
olaeffect:


Immediately you start preaching your religious sect/doctrine than preaching Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith; i stop seeing you as a believer or a Christian. No middle grounds.

JW believe in Jehovah than Christ, thereby rejecting Christ and the mystery that Jehovah Himself performed by the birth, death and resurrection of Christ.

The Roman Catholics are more concern about Roman tradition than Christianity or Jehovah.
80% of Roman Catholic doctrines are purely lifted from Roman traditional belief with nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or Judaism.
Eg Mary being the mother of God rather than being just the birth mother of Jesus (first ever surrogacy).
The Roman Catholics never knew a woman can give birth to a child she is not related to by flesh and blood in the same way she was made pregnant despite knowing no man.

Bros, John 15:15 and John 7:16. John 12:49-50. John 17:3,17. John 14:28 is in your Bible.
Jesus Christ confessed himself is under the authority of his God and Father.
Even in heaven ( Revelation 3:5,12 compare Matthew 10:32).
JWs can not go beyond what is written.

Shalom
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:57pm On Aug 02, 2020
Oracle20:
There's nothing that describes JW other than hypocrisy. You claim to be followers of Jesus Christ but most of the hard-line beliefs are not found in the teachings of Jesus Christ. You instruct your members not to accept blood transfusions(my cousin died cause of this) even in emergencies where the person is sure to die without blood, but you can accept transplants, is there any organ in the human body that doesn't have blood inside? Is that based on the teachings of Jesus Christ? All your beliefs are alike in the sense that they have no basis in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Examine them yourself. A Jehovah's witness has no problem dancing to the music of naira Marley where he's only singing vulgar but once you play a worship song by Nathaniel bassey he/she is infuriated but you are a follower of Christ. You guys are just extremists.
At least, your cousin exercised faith in God and obeyed his commandments. Your problem is you don't believe people will be resurrected. Let's analyze Nathaniel Bassey. Is his song really for praises or for sales? Be open-minded. Tell me bro, the name of your church; be proud. You are welcome.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by emmnprince(m): 4:57pm On Aug 02, 2020
chatinent:

Thank you for reminding me I found the truth.


You've not found the truth yet. The truth is not found in that organisation. I hope you find the truth revealed in the Bible, not in the Jehovah Witness New World Translation.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by Mentorme: 4:57pm On Aug 02, 2020
Maximus69:


Well in that case i'll settle for JWs explanation of the scriptures Sir!

The story of Lazarus and the rich man was a Parable, no man got resurrected or leave the grave before Jesus that's why the scriptures said he (Jesus) is the first to be resurrected and continue living from then on! Revelations 1:5

So there was no Abraham in heaven because Abraham died and never got resurrected even till now! smiley
Ignorance!
Did Lazarus the brother of Mary and Martha resurrect before the death of Jesus (even though he didn't live forever) ?
JW is saying that to cover their lies.
That is not parable.

Matthew 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Re: Fifteen Basic Beliefs You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses by chatinent: 4:59pm On Aug 02, 2020
timlinofficial:
Can you please list this too
1. If you invite them to your place of worship they won't come unless it's for marriage as the believe you church isn't pure
2. That they believe they and only they serve God and other religions serve devil
3. Only they are honest and trustworthy
4. They have prophecy that the world will end and it never came to pass
5. That their governing body changed doctrine as they seem fit but questioning them means questioning God
6. They don't read other churchs publications but they want you to read theirs
7. They fear church elders than Jesus himself
I'm surprised to see you aren't proud of your church!

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