Posted by ABK [ABK] on April 08, 1999 at 12:11:29 {vxsc0.TBNkWtz9jxpbEAcg1OR9dBW2}:
In Reply to: **abk believes in hell? posted by Julie on April 08, 1999 at 07:11:08:
:I guess I don't really understand where you are coming from abk.
:Who do you consider to be Jehovah's people? Only those who are members of the WT?
Question: What does it mean to be a member of the WT? Does one become a member by reading the magazine or other publications? That would mean that I am a member of Time Warner by reading Time.
I have not met a member of the WT, but the WT itself says that there are only 500 members.
:In the post you had deleted you were damning someone who was bitter toward the WT for causing division in their family. To me that makes you look like a staunch supporter of the WT.
Not necessarily, I am also against people who blame the government for their
problems. I think that people should take responsiblity for their lives and not blame others.
:Also, it has been stated here many time that it is not the JWs as individuals that are opposed but the Publishing Co. that they are
unwitting slaves to.
The Publishing CO is made up of individuals.
:"hate the sin, not the sinner".
Yes, apostacy is a sin.
But the sinners will have the same fate.
:Well, the WT teaches there is no hell and that is wrong.
No, the WT teaches that there is a hell. Jesus taught that too. Hell is the place where the deag go. But since the dead are unconscious, hell is not a place of torment.