My hypothesis is that Jehovah's Witnesses won't answer hypothetical questions for which any answer has personally unacceptable implications for them (not that this is unique to them as a group, of course). As an example, a while ago I asked a JW on these forums if he would still believe in God...
This isn't the Evolution vs. Creationism forum. If you have a hypothetical question to ask me about evolution, however, then that would be relevant to the topic.
In some ways, it would change a good bit. I'd start attending Kingdom Hall and going door-to-door the way that they do. If the proof that I received regarding the correctness of the Jehovah's Witnesses was something that I was able to share, I'd be sharing it with others. I'd also be trying to...
If you want to discuss my personal views, then send me a PM and I'll talk with you. It's off-topic to this discussion.
I'm not sure that I understand the question. Are you asking, "what would I do if I knew that the Jehovah's Witness interpretation of scripture was the correct way to view...
I suppose each of us have our own methods, but that sounds like a topic for another thread.
Actual evidence for other religions isn't the point. I find the value of a hypothetical scenario like this is not what it tells us about the world, but what it tells us about ourselves. For one, it tells...
If the situation occurred as described, then I would have to accept that Hinduism is the true religion. I wouldn't have any choice in the matter. A person does not have the luxury to not believe in something that they know for a fact is true. The most that a person could do is enter a state of...
Some of the posts in this thread so far actually demonstrate the very thing that I'm getting at. In my experience, when I ask a Jehovah's Witness to imagine a scenario where anything about reality is different from their religious expectations, they won't. Either they dismiss the question...
Or to entertain hypothetical scenarios? If so, why?
I placed this in the interfaith discussion forum instead of the Jehovah's Witnesses DIR because I wanted former Jehovah's Witnesses to be able to chime in as well.
How about my question about JWs not being allowed to study psychology, philosophy and sociology? Please tell me that it isn't true. Any religious leaders putting a leash on what kind of information their congregation has access to throws up a big red flag. Suppression of knowledge should not be...
Alrighty. I kind of wish that the others had chosen to stay.
Okay then, what about not being allowed to study psychology, sociology or philosophy? Is that accurate or is there something more to it?
Interesting. I'll admit that I don't know all that much about the Jehovah's Witnesses, so if you can provide some clarifications about what that list got wrong, I'd like to read it.
For those JWs who stayed, what is the reason for it? Why did some stay and others go? Are there different interpretations of the Watchtower's ruling? Since most of them are gone, I guess I won't get much chance to post a question to them in their DIR like I wanted to (those who stayed probably...
Seriously. I went back and counted at least 12 different threads where he has used the "It is as though they were just planted there..." quote, 6 threads where he used the "we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions..." quote, and 21 threads where he used the inadequacy of classical...
It doesn't matter what a Rabbi said if they can't back it up with verses. Without verses, it just becomes a guess. So where are the verses confirming that Isaac was 37 at the time of Rebecca's birth?
Is there an unambiguous verse stating that Isaac was 37 at the time that Rebecca was born? Commentary from a Jewish source isn't good enough. I need verses.