BELIEFS

(See also Creeds; Customs; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Religion; Superstition; Surveys; Understanding; doctrines and religions by name)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

about the hereafter: wp17.4 3; g 6/14 8-9; w01 7/15 3; w00 10/1 3-7

Bible is God’s Word: fg 6; w98 10/15 4-7; w90 2/1 3-5, 7; si 7-12, 337-349; gm 5-189

Buddhist leader advises seeking truth: g98 2/8 30

Christian not to be combined with pagan: w90 9/1 6

creation:

defending belief in creation: ijwyp articles 28, 33; w24.12 18-19; mwb20.01 3

danger of false beliefs: w01 8/1 3-4

defending Bible-based beliefs: w23.09 14-19; bt 32

determining what people believe: w20.04 9-11

determining what to believe: w23.02 23; g02 4/22 10-11; w01 8/1 4-6; w00 12/1 29-31

methods used by Jehovah’s Witnesses: bt 105; lff lesson 19; w20.04 2; g16.1 9; jl lesson 3; w12 1/15 8; g 11/12 28; w00 3/15 12-13; jt 3-4; jv 44, 53-54, 120-123, 132-133, 143, 146, 708-709; rs 199, 203-205; br78 3-4

effect on conduct: g95 7/8 26-27

examining one’s own: w19.06 12-13; wp16.4 14-15; w11 10/1 9

explaining to others: mwb23.07 6; bhs 173

God’s existence: w25.03 3; ijwbq article 78; lff lesson 4; w17.11 21; w15 1/1 16; g 3/15 3-6; g 11/11 3-9; g 2/10 22-25; g 9/06 3; w03 2/15 3; w03 12/1 4-7; w00 6/15 26-28; w99 6/15 14-19; ct 7-9, 184-191; g86 2/22 3-7

defending: ijwyp articles 28, 33, 35-36; w24.12 18-19; w16.09 23-27

why some disbelieve: w09 10/1 11-13; w03 12/1 4-6; km 12/99 8; sh 329-335

Greek word pisteuo: w90 12/1 30

love “believes all things” (1Co 13:7): cf 169-171; cl 304; it-2 278; w00 7/15 23; w93 10/15 22

meaning of term: w01 8/1 4

metamorphosis from man to animal: g98 6/8 13-15

reasoning with people on: be 253, 255-257

that material things are inherently evil: w03 11/15 5

whether one’s beliefs matter: g 9/06 29; w01 8/1 3-4

beliefs about Jesus: w12 4/1 8

religious beliefs: w10 9/1 11-13; w01 8/1 4; g95 7/8 25-27

youths:

cultivating belief in Bible: yp 308-310

defending one’s beliefs: ijwyp articles 28, 33; w24.12 18-19; w10 12/15 3-5; yp2 297-303; g99 6/22 13-14

making truth one’s own: w10 11/15 8-9, 13; w05 2/15 16, 19; g02 3/22 11; w01 2/1 9-13; g99 6/22 30; g98 10/22 12-14

strengthening one’s faith: w16.09 23-27

Quotations

man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true: g95 7/8 25