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Written by Mark Hunter
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:44 |
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There are two accounts in the Bible centered around Jesus that were a great help to me as I was leaving the control of the Watch Tower Society. To me, the Watch Tower Society, with it's Governing Body and local representatives, the elders, were my religious leaders. I was, in all truth, a religious person. I did not have the freedom described in Jeremiah 31 that comes to those who are part of the New Covenant. Rather, my life was shaped and controlled by religion.
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 07:41 |
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Romans 1:16 16 For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is, in fact, God’s power for salvation to everyone having faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek; 17 for in it God’s righteousness is being revealed by reason of faith and toward faith, just as it is written: “But the righteous one—by means of faith he will live.” |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 09:19 |
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Some Jehovah’s Witnesses would argue that even if their organisation, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, is wrong they would rather be part of it than be anywhere else.
In other words, even if the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society is teaching errors and falsehoods, some would rather prescribe to these errors and falsehoods than be anywhere else. The reason the Jehovah’s Witness would state for feeling such a way is that they believe their organisation is ‘the truth’. |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Friday, 13 March 2009 19:57 |
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We are quickly approaching the time of year that is most precious to Jehovah’s Witnesses; the Memorial of Christ’s death. This meeting is hugely important and great amounts of time, effort and endeavour are spent on the part of Jehovah’s Witnesses globally as they prepare their Kingdom Halls to welcome the millions who come to celebrate the Memorial. |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 01:51 |
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For Jehovah's Witnesses, the year 1914 is the absolute foundation of their beliefs in the 21st century. 1914 is the year they believe Jesus Christ, as King of the Kingdom, was given heavenly authority. |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 05:25 |
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No reasonable person would conclude that it is acceptable for any religion to use abusive behaviour to control the thoughts or actions of its adherents, whether current or former. So, why do Jehovah's Witnesses believe it is acceptable to physiologically abuse former members? |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:27 |
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John 17:. 3 This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. Jehovah's Witnesses are taught repeatedly that the means of everlasting life is the "taking in" of knowledge. However, this verse is very badly (purposefully or otherwise) translated from the original Greek.
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 06:52 |
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When my wife and I decided that we could no longer conscientiously be known as Jehovah's Witnesses, we were faced with a choice. Do we remain as Jehovah's Witnesses, continue attending their meetings, continue subjecting ourselves to the direction of the Governing Body, being "quick to obey" them as a recent Kingdom Ministry exhorted, and continue going from door-to-door preaching a gospel that has been added to (Gal 1:8,9) or do we decide to cease all of the above? |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Friday, 20 March 2009 11:10 |
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Even though it is provable and measurable that many Christian groups have ministries, spreading the Gospel of Christ, distributing Bibles and baptising in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, a faithful Jehovah’s Witness will be quick to point out that they alone go from house-to-house and door-to-door, as per the 1st C model: |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Thursday, 19 February 2009 00:12 |
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Jehovah's Witnesses publicly declare that, among all Christian faiths, they alone come closest to how Christianity was practiced in the 1st C. However, is there any real truth in such a claim? Are Jehovah's Witnesses right to dismiss all other Christians on earth, holding themselves up as the only ones pleasing God? |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Monday, 12 January 2009 10:39 |
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One of the most unique teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses is that they alone have understood and interpreted the signs pointing to the arrival of God's Kingdom in 1914. A valid question, therefore, is would the Kingdom of God come with "striking observableness"? |
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Written by Mark Hunter
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 06:04 |
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Jehovah's Witnesses base all of their beliefs on the Bible. They claim that all of their doctrines are based solidly on scripture. One of their beliefs is the punishment of disfellowshipping for wrongdoers. |
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When a person ceases to attend the meetings organised by the Governing Body of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Incorporated, oftentimes they are described as having "left the truth". Jehovah's Witnesses, the name of the religious order controlled by the Watch Tower Society, call their religion "the truth". It is called "the truth" because Jehovah's Witnesses are told by the Governing Body that all other religions are false and they alone have the truth, according to the Bible.