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  1. Xref: sparky rec.arts.sf.misc:2246 rec.humor:24623 alt.folklore.urban:19888 alt.religion.kibology:3233 rec.arts.books:13176 talk.religion.misc:12734
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!sybus.sybus.com!myrddin!tct!chip
  4. From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
  5. Subject: Re: Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine (was Re: Agnostics and Athiests)
  6. Message-ID: <2A74069B.5185@tct.com>
  7. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:22:19 GMT
  8. References: <1992Jul24.131119.7420@decvax.dec.com> <1992Jul25.132357.6141@pdnfido.fidonet.org> <UeQsWIW00VpOR531sx@andrew.cmu.edu>
  9. Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
  10. Followup-To: talk.religion.misc
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  13. [ Please direct followups appropriately; I took a best guess,
  14.   but I don't get talk.religion.misc, so E-Mail if you like ]
  15.  
  16. According to ts2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Omar Smith):
  17. >"According to your religion, only a Jehovah's witness can be saved"
  18. >"Yes, that is our teaching".
  19. >"And according to the Bible, only 144,000 people are to be saved"
  20. >"Yes, this is also according to our teachings".
  21.  
  22. Actually, it isn't.  144,000 will have the reward of life in heaven.
  23. Those rewarded with earthly life have no fixed number.  Thus Witness
  24. doctrine is consistent with human free will.
  25.  
  26. >"But, there are 2,000,000 Jehovah's witnesses."
  27.  
  28. There are more than 4,000,000 now.
  29.