Babylon the Great has fallen!" God's Kingdom rules! (1963)

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  OrphanCrow

  Which supports the assertion that the WTS is really a religious publishing house working at its core and the creation of its own sales representatives is the creation of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, self designed to distribute what the WTS. publishes to the public .

  You are exactly right, Finkelstein. Just imagine - if you took away the WT literature, there would be no JW religion. The entire religion is based upon WT literature.

  Take away the WT literature and poof! - the JW religion disappears.
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  SafeAtHome

  Magwitch and Finklestein Man, I can so relate! You guys must be oldies, like me. I got rid of all my crap 30 years ago. Turns out now there is a market for it all! Who would have guessed?
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  CloseTheDoor

  The Organization was encouraging people to study the Babylon and other books, as late as 1984, according to this quote from Our Kingdom Ministry.
  
  

  Many have been helped greatly to grow in knowledge and understanding by reading some of the older publications such as “Your Will Be Done on Earth” and the “Mystery” and Babylon books. Ask audience to comment on benefits of reading such older publications. Encourage youths to benefit from such reading. (Our Kingdom Ministry, June 1984, page 2)
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  LoisLane looking for Superman

  Sept 1963: I received my "Babylon the Great Has Fallen, God's Kingdom Rules" book at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena too. We studied this Bible study aid (lol and or barf, take your pick!) at our book study group the following year. LoisLane had fallen in love like wise with a worldly boy from school. He was studying and also came to Tuesday and Sunday meetings with me. I knew he didn't believe and was there just for my sake so I had to give him up. His life was so much the better for it because he went on to have a happy and successful career flying military helicopters during Viet Nam, was on a wrestling team, and married a girl who truly loved him with no hidden religious agenda with flip flopping man made up doctrines that are in one year and out the next.

  What happened to the "Babylon the Great" book that was studied so intently and never made any sense to anyone? Trashed and you are considered an apostate or trouble maker if you even refer to it.

  LL
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  Sea Breeze

  It came out the year I was born. I actually read it cover to cover in 1983 for the "fun" of it. I remember it being a tough read and was classic Fred Franz nuttiness. It was full of types, anti-types and anti-christian propaganda.
  
  It was a work of pure insanity that made you hate Christians, all of them.
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  FragrantAddendum

  does anyone have a link to online copy of "eternal purpose" the 1906 edition that still has the charts?

  the one on jws-online doesn't have the charts
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  BluesBrother

  I well remember this book and what a big deal it was at the time. It seemed that we had a God given duty to expose old Babylon for what she was …. Much of it was based on a book by a Rev. J Hislop, “ TheTwo Babylons” . It seems that F Franz took his ideas and ran with them further.

  I just checked the online indexes and it seems that the last reference to the Fall of B the G was in 1988. So it seems to be quietly have been allowed to slip under the radar although not actually denied…
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  Slidin Fast

  I remember how huge swathes of the book were based on a work called 'The Two Babylons" by The Rev Alexander Hislop. This was a wild-eyed rant linking everything about the Catholic with lots of juicy paganism. The chief baddy as I remember was Nimrod and phalic symbols abounded. Freddy France of course lapped it up. He was absolutely hooked on the Rev Alexander. we bathed in the shock horror of all the connections.

  It was only in the last third of the door stop book that it started on the crazy interpretation of Revelation. What a ball ache.

  Just another thought, I believe that a lot of the superstitious connections are still current light. Basically if it's nice it's pagan.All based on the good Rev and his rantings.
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  Vidiot

  I know, right?

  The sheer volume of stuff that the Franz-Era WT cribbed from other churches is breathtaking.

  😄
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  Vidiot

  On a lighter note…

  
  

  “God’s kingdom rules! Rock on! Apocalyptic Christian Metal FTW!”