by hamsterbait 7 Replies latest jw friends
I ask this, as some fools at the Kingdumb Hell seem to think it is because the "bulletin" refers to weapons of aggression.
It actually originates with the latin BULLA, or notice (hence all the papal BULL). In italian, this became "bulletino" or little notice, fastened to a door or wall.
Somebody in the Witchtower hierarchy is talking a pile of BULL if they really did say it was to avoid reference to weapons...
HB
Actually hamster we still have bulliten boards.... Our hall is brand new and they were installed as part of the original design... Not sure where or why sole may be thinking they were done away with...? What WAS done away with was the "announcment" segment of the service meeting. It was eliminated all together. Anything super critical is simply mentioned before the first part....
are you reffering to the fact that in dubland it is an "information" board?
Actually hamster we still have bulliten boards.... Our hall is brand new and they were installed as part of the original design... Not sure where or why sole may be thinking they were done away with...?
It is a play on words... It is no longer politically (JW) correct to say "bulletin board".
As Hamsterbait commented it has something to do with the old "Papal Bull"
Information Board is the new and "correct" term
Please keep up with the "New Light".........
Oh my god, is there no low they won't go to?
But still they named a publication BULLETIN:
*** yb75 p. 86 Part 1—United States of America ***
Other steps were taken by the Society’s new president, J. F. Rutherford, to revitalize the preaching work. The colporteur service was expanded. This brought the total up from 373 to 461 colporteurs. To assist them, in early 1917 the Society began issuing a paper called “Bulletin.” It contained periodic service instructions from headquarters. Later, after October 1922, the Bulletin became available monthly to the Bible Students in general. (Eventually it was named “Director,” then “Informant” and thereafter “Kingdom Ministry.”)
Yup. I remember being told when I first started attending back in 1972 that it was an "information" board. They gave me a reason that had to do with Papal "bulls," as I recall. What-ever!
You could make a religion out of all their hair-splitting.
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You could make a religion out of all their hair-splitting.
Ain't it the truth.
