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And he had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. (Revelation 10:2-3)
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It's an marketing strategy that all publishing houses perform to gain circulation allthough they are starting to run out of ideas.
( Bible Prophecy states there will be publishing idiots in are time with nothing intelligent or important to say ! )
Read all about it. !
I'm thinking of publishing a magazine titled " WAKE UP " ( Timely information about world events ) and send it out to any jw I know.
Of course I would have to ask for a small contribution to cover my costs, but then I could get the purchasers to buy a couple more and they might be able to sell them to a couple of
their friends and those friends could sell them to someone they know, and then I could start my own publishing empire and become a wealthy and powerful man, they used to laugh at me
for having a small penis, but I would become a king in my very own kingdom with my very own dedicated slaves........
.......Oh SORRY........... I lost it there for second...........
Wow, trueone. You kinda drifted off into some sort of freaky dream there for a moment, didn't you?
I was a part of the 1975-is-the-end group. I know what REALLY happened. Don't you think it is hard to keep your mouth shut when you hear newbies blow off the debacle like it was no big deal?
I became a JW in 1971 at the age of 20, and I find it hard to get worked up about 1975.
Why? Because the congregation I was never made a big thing about 1975. I got married to a JW sister in July 1974 about 4-5 others got married that year as well. Two of the couples bought houses.
We had our first child in October 1975. Couple of the others did as well.
Not once did we have anyone say to us anything about having a child "so near the end"
I never heard of anyone given up their jobs to go off and preach before the end.
I always put it down to the fact that the 4-5 Elders we had back then had their heads screwed on right. They were guys who had been JW's 40-50 years a couple of them since the 1930's.
In fact when I was having my "bible study" in 1971, the only time the Elder who took it, mentioned 1975 was that it was the end of 6,000 years since mans creation according to the Watchtower.
So when I started on my journey out of the WT. I was surprised too read how some areas took 1975 so seriously. Since leaving I've met an ex-JW Elder whose father sold up his business, bought a caravan and went and preached in the Cornwall area of England. Also read on here the experiences of many others with 1975.
After 1975 the congregation grew to such an extent we had to enlarge the Kingdom Hall. Then we had to split the congregation into two. Then by end of 1980's we had to build a new KH, which both congregations shared. Up to end of 1990's everything look good for them. Now in last 5-6 years they have just fallen apart. Numbers falling, people being DF'd or just leaving. Last heard that the two congregation may again become one.
Unfortunately puritanical bullshit does sell and is legal to sell in the United States and abroad.
With help of some money, drive and determination anyone can start a religion !
C.T. Russell really knew the power of printed media by working at his buisnes (clothing stores) and also observing the other religious pushers at the time.
Religions are created by the act of agreeing to a given set of lies........
I was a part of the 1975-is-the-end group. I know what REALLY happened. Don't you think it is hard to keep your mouth shut when you hear newbies blow off the debacle like it was no big deal?
I started studying in 1976. By that summer, no mention was made of 1975. I did hear about it from my Irish immigrant land lord in 1978. He had a good friend who had sold everything for the end in 1975. The friend was stumbled and my landlord tried to tell me of this to help me. I had hardly heard the matter mentioned, so of course it was believable to me that it had never been a big deal.
Yes I was there too for the 1975 deal I can vividly remember the anxious brother and sisters waiting in anticipation at the time and some were bloody nervous as well.
Was truly the start of my exiting..... oh ya the hair thing too. After one meeting at the hall one of the folliclely challenged elders brought me and my father back to the hall and I
was told I would no longer be able to give talks or go out in service anymore until I got a hair cut, my hair was not even a inch over my ears at the time , this was conduct unbecoming of a
christian he said.
My father lowered his head in shame during the whole discussion I remember. I was bad I think I replied something back like why is that when Jesus and his disciples had long hair ?
It all makes me laugh now .......probably does to you too..
