(May 31, 2015 at 11:00 pm)nicanica123 Wrote:(May 31, 2015 at 8:08 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: ...
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What are the basic tenets of Jehovah's Witness beliefs?
Why does anyone believe whatever it is that you answered to the first question? What evidence is there for such beliefs?
The basic tenets question is hard but I'll try. We believe god is the sovereign of the universe. Satan, Adam and Eve challenged that sovereignty and instead of destroying them in the moment he allowed mankind and satan to prove whether or not that god has the right to be that sovereign. Thats in a small nutshell. But we strongly believe that the bible should be the basis for all of our beliefs.
If someone were desirous to be a witness it is not a "get baptized and we'll explain the rest" kind of thing. We study with people from the bible and let them conclude what the bible really teaches.
The only evidence I would say is what the bible says. Other than that, I have personally seen major personal changes in people for the better. But the latter is much more of a subjective piece of evidence
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Somehow I have this feeling that I am going to get the runaround on this, but:
Why believe the Bible is true?
Do you believe every book in which there is a claim that it is written by divine inspiration? Why not the Koran? Or a Hindu text?
As for changes in people's lives, people claim that for every other religion. So that is no evidence at all.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
