Help with making a "timeline of beliefs"

by ILoveTTATT 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  ILoveTTATT

  I would like your help in making a "timeline of beliefs" for JW's... For example, I want to start with:

  "A JW/BS would have believed the following in 1880:

  The Last Days started in 1799.

  Jesus's Parousia occurred in 1874.

  Jesus started reigning in 1878.

  The end of the harvest will be in 1914.

  The end of the gentile times will be in 1914.

  The end of the world will be in 1914.

  Belief in the Ransom sacrifice is vital for salvation.

  Hell is not a Bible doctrine.

  Then make the same thing but for 1890, 1900, 1910, etc... up to our time. This would help me tremendously in helping others see TTATT.

  Thanks!!
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  wizzstick

  I think most of the informattion you need to research is on:

  http://www.jwfacts.com/

  http://dciscorp.com/qwotes/admin-site-map.htm#beliefs

  Read through those and you should have all the dates you need - plus how they flex and change over time.
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  Black Sheep

  The doctrine of Noo Lite is common to all cults, only the name changes. Anyone wanting to follow the timeline of any WT doctrinal changes has oodles of resources on the net and their WTCD.

  If us non/ex/op/dubs need a list of tools, maybe it should rated on effectiveness rather than just another list to be ignored by the drones.
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  yadda yadda 2

  Buy Greg Stafford's scholarly "Three Dissertations on the Teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses." Section 2 extensively chronologically traces most of their eschatology.

  http://www.elihubooks.com/content/books_media.php
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  ABibleStudent

  Hi ILoveTTATT, Have you read the following webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_doctrine#Doctrines_unchanged_since_1879?

  I use Wikipedia for a quick and dirty search for references to do further research. Don't take anything for granted.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  ILoveTTATT

  I finally got some help from someone... I got the Chronology section, and the blood and medicine section done...

  I just need other parts like when they changed the cross, smoking, christmas, etc...

  I think there is a section on the index that has a lot of the doctrinal changes...

  Thanks again everyone, for your help!

  ILTTATT