by LDH 15 Replies latest jw friends
Could someone please post the verbatim 'purpose' of the Awake mag (inside front cover) and also the one that was in there for years before the 1995 generation change article.
I know there are two differenet 'purposes' just like the baptism questions were changed.
I'd really appreciate it.
Lisa
lisa, from the may 22, 2001 awake:
"Why Awake! is published. Awake! is for the enlightenment of the entire family. It shows how to cope with today's problems. It reports the news, tells about people in many lands, examines religion and science. But it does more. It probes beneath the surface and points to the real meaning behind current events, yet it always stays politically neutral and does not exalt one race above another. Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world that is about to replace the present wicked, lawless system of things"
hope this helps
love
harmony
Most people think, Great God will come from the skies, Take away everything And make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, You will look for yours on earth: And now you see the light, You stand up for your rights.~~Bob Marley
Thanks Harmony. Now, could someone post the OLD purpose of the Awake mag? The one that mentions 1914?
Lisa
From the "New Meaning"
yet it always stays politically neutral
How does an organization stay "politically neutral" and put positive articles about the United Nations in their Awake! magazine?
Do they put in articles praising the Taliban?
Communist China?
Democratic/Republican United States?
Neutral countries?
The positive aspects of the wars between nations - explaining those nations viewpoints?
The only way an organization could stay politically neutral would be not to speak about any group - or give all groups the same coverage. The WTBTS is not doing that. The WTBTS is lying. What a revelation.
Thanks, Lisa. The WTBTS will hang by their own words, sooner or later.
waiting
Perhaps they should add that the purpose of the Awake! magazine is to dispense information about the UN and promote it's charter. A footnote at the bottom could explain that the WBTS has aligned itself with the United Nations as an Non-Governmental Association associated with the Department of Public Information since 1991.
rem
"Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so."
..........Bertrand Russell
Rem, side thought here--you might be onto something...
Lisa
Waiting, I've tried to explain this to my sis and since I threw away all of my old mags, it's hard.
She's in disbelief. Been da'd 6 years, didn't even know about the 1995 generation change, you know, the 'one sentence donctrine change....'
Trying to help her and any newbies.
Lisa
Hello LDH,
a good question and I hope that someone
will post it...before I do finish the research in my
archives.
to REM
"Perhaps they should add that the purpose of the Awake! magazine is to dispense information about the UN and promote it's charter. A footnote at the bottom could explain that the WBTS has aligned itself with the United Nations as an Non-Governmental Association associated with the Department of Public Information."
Excellent thought...TRUE! Could you post your suggestion,
as it is in line with the topic, in the thread : United Nations
NGO's and the WTBS ". I'm sure that many more will agree with
you.
Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp
" One who has an accurate knowledge
of God's Word will have no problem
in refuting false religious ideas".
WHY "AWAKE!" IS PUBLISHEDAWAKE! is for the enlightenment of the entire family. It shows how to cope with today's problems. It reports the news, tells about people in many lands, examines religion and science. But it does more. It probes beneath the surface and points to the real meaning behind current events, yet it always stays politically nuetral and does not exalt one race over another.
Most importantly, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.
—AWAKE! 1/8/90
Presumably the Awake! of 1990 was published for those who remembered 1914 whereas the 2001 issues are for the 'others'.
Perhaps they will soon announce a 1914 rememberance class and a cannot remember class!
Don't laugh, there's crazier things been done already!
Cheers,
Ozzie
"It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
Anonymous
Thanks, Kristen and PLH.
Unbe-weave-able! With one sentence they wipe out the importance of the 1914 doctrine.
I will forward both to my sister. If she can't see THIS, she doesn't want to.
Lisa
