Is the author a Witness: Yes (page 2)

Leolaia

Also, if Rolf Furuli is an academic linguist, does he believe all the languages of the world arose in the country of Iraq about 4,200 years ago? Does he believe that the Semitic languages are only that old? And knowing what he knows about phonemic change and comparative linguistics, does he agree with the Society that Adam, Noah and the first humans before Babel spoke Hebrew?

City Fan

Leolaia,

So has anyone here read Rolf Furuli's new book on chronology,

I was given this book by a 'brother' and started it but then got sidetracked as I'm trying to compile all the secular data myself on 587/586 for this same brother. Hopefully by the time I've done this I'll be in a much better position to review Furuli's book.

From what I've read so far more than half the book has arguments for a 51 year rule for Artaxerxes I, 11 years of which was a co-rule with Xerxes, and therefore his 20th year was 455 BC not 445 BC. His chronological table at the end of the book does not go back beyond 539BC.

The first 90 pages are an attempt to refute the 587/586 dating for Jerusalem's destruction. He spends a long time on Jeremiah 25:11 saying it should be translated "and they will serve these nations together with the King of Babylon seventy years". Maybe a linguist who has read the book may be able to shed more light on this.

I did start to get annoyed with the book as I read it, as it had some typical Watchtower style arguments in it. He dismisses Berossus as unreliable as the early lengths of reign in his king list are thousands of years in length, and his work contained fictitious material. As Berossus translated these legends from books kept at Babylon, and would have used reliable sources such as the Babylonian Chronicles for later neo-Babylonian history, I just can't see the reason to so easily dismiss his record.

The book is also published by 'R. Fufuli A/S'. It would be good to see this work published by an independent publisher and peer reviewed.

CF.

Lady Lee

Dear old Stan is better known for his famous (or infamous) trips to Bethels

Stan and Julie's Theocratic Vacation

http://members.shaw.ca/theotrip/index.htm

If you haven't seen the man-made paradise yet - their travels are a sure way to get nauseated at the WTS wealth at the expense of the window-washing brothers and sisters.

In fact probably some of your bucks went to pay for this so you might as well have a look to see what you paid for.

xjw_b12

Nosferatu:

Wasn't George Dalgleish the fellow from Winnipeg who once hosted a home improvement show. If that is the same fellow, I remember him as being quite well off!

Interesting he's a specialist on blood issues, seeing he was basically a glorified carpenter. Not that carpenters don't have credentials. Too bad about the alzeimers.

xjw_b12

Euph said:

it proves that despite all the Watchtower's attempts to enforce mind-deadening uniformity, they cannot completely supress the spirit of academic inquiry, the drive to share one's writings, or the plain old desire to make a buck.

I'll go with the "old desire to make a buck" factor !

A Paduan

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has provided much Bible study material for us that will save our lives

= wt is essential for life

and make us grow spiritually strong.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

WT study material = God

Nosferatu

Wasn't George Dalgleish the fellow from Winnipeg who once hosted a home improvement show.

I can't really verify that one, but I do recall seeing him of TV once. It was so long ago, I cannot recall what it was about. Maybe he did have a home improvement show on the public access channel, LOL!

I'd have to ask around. Scully might be able to help with some info about him.

Sunspot

**If you haven't seen the man-made paradise yet - their travels are a sure way to get nauseated at the WTS wealth at the expense of the window-washing brothers and sisters.

In fact probably some of your bucks went to pay for this so you might as well have a look to see what you paid for.**

Lee,

I saw this website about a year ago, and the overly lavish surroundings on some of the buildings is horrendous! The FOUNTAIN at Patterson, or the CHANDELIER at the Stanley theater.....that $$$ could have easily fed a small country.......

ALL the "talks" I had to sit through, bleating about OUR (JWs) lifestyle...and how WE should "KEEP THE EYE SIMPLE"---and then see the really offensive and "showy display" of the WTS' peculiar application of that same "counsel".........

It totally disgusted me.

hugs,

Annie

xjw_b12

Nos. I think it is the same person. I found this on the Manitoba government official web page.

BUILDING DECKS [VIDEORECORDING] -- [S.l.] : George Dalgleish, 1994. 1 videocassette. Now you know video series.
Call no. VTR ENE BUI 1994

FINISHING BASEMENTS [VIDEORECORDING] -- [S.l.] : George Dalgleish, 1994. 1 videocassette. Now you know series.
Call no. VTR ENE FIN 1994

And this. He seems to be still pumping out the articles http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_list?AUTHOR_ID=2

xjw_b12 apolagizing for the thread hijack

joenobody

It's pretty funny that he's got Penton and Stafford down as current Witnesses. It would be even funnier if someone hacked his site and added CoC and Apocalypse Delayed.

I always wondered if there was a chance that Scholar was Furuli and that the Australia thing was meant to throw us off.

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