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"Searchable"--1969 Kingdom Interlinear Translation--PDF!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
after i posted the "1969 kingdom interlinear translation" pdf, my friend (anonymous), was kind-hearted enough to provide us with a "searchable" pdf of the kingdom interlinear of which the download link is listed below.

this is the only "searchable" pdf of the 1969 kingdom interlinear on the net that i am aware of.

anonymous knows that there are many "master researchers" coming here to this forum and their time is valuable.
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Kingdom Servie Yearly Notice to Register with Selective Service
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the june, 2006 issue of "our kingdom service" is available for download at reexamine.org.. this issue contains the yearly reminder for young men to register with the selective service.. here is the exact announcement.. from: our kingdom ministry, june 2006, page 3. u.s. selective service regulations require that all men register at the post office within 30 days after reaching 18 years of age.

a male noncitizen under the age of 26 who takes up residency in the united states must also register with selective service within 30 days of becoming a resident.

all of those required to do so should comply with this law, viewing it as a christian's obligation to the superior authorities.
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O.K. Everyone..Here it is!! Grayson v.s. Insight Book!!!
by Lady Liberty in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here are the scanned copies i promised i would post.

thanks to my wonderful husband, he made it all possible, as he is a computer whiz!

these copies show the out and out deception on the part of the organization.
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Dances With Watchtowers - Witnessing to Native Americans
by Clam in
1. jw
2. friends
i've had a life long fascination with native americans, starting of course as a kid who watched westerns, and then learning of about their true culture and spirituality.

i have often wondered how jws in other countries, particularly the us, would interact with the indigenous people of their country.

do any americans here have any stories about witnessing to native americans?
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Bethel "Vow of Poverty" documents scanned.
by What-A-Coincidence in
1. jw
2. friends
vow of poverty scanned from 2002 documents.

i believe these are the latest ones unless someone has a newer one.

i posted these in another thread but i thought it deserved its own.. ocrd with 98% accuracy.... initial cover page 1 of 4. vow of obedience and povertyto the.
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Another 607 / 587 BCE question, How do JW's fix the 20 years ??
by run dont walk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, since all the evidence and people/scholars etc, all agree that jerusalem was destroyed in 587/586 bce and not 607 bce.

how do the jw's get the extra 20 years, i understand the 2520 years and going back from 1914. but alot of the proof goes by adding up the kings reigns, and it gets you to the 587/586 date, do jw's simply add on a few years for each king, or is their a mystery king that ruled for 20 years that only they know about.. hhhhhhmmmmmmm.

hope my question makes sense.
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Living with Soundness of Mind in an Electronic Age - KM Part this week
by ezekiel3 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
looks like it is time to remind the flock that jwd is deathdealing.

this week service meetings are recycling old kingdom ministry articles regarding the danger of electronic communication such as the internet and email.. .

like i heard at a recent circuit assembly, "don't let your mouse turn you into a rat!".
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Charles Taze Russell and his Roman toga
by Kenneson in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember reading one time in a religious periodical discussing the watchtower society and its founder, charles taze russell, that as he approached his end he requested that his body be placed in a roman toga.

i found that odd and wondered where they had gotten that tidbit.

this weekend i found the answer in the memorial issue dedicated to charles taze russell in the dec. 1, 1916 watch tower.
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The king of eternity and the eternal house
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in jeremiah 10:10, yahweh bears two titles that are placed in parallelism: mlk 'wlm "eternal king" and hw'-'lhym chyym "the living god".

in canaanite literature, 'llm or olam is an epithet that the aged father god el specifically bears, in addition to ab-shanem "father of years," elyon "most high", shaddai "mountain-dweller," and others.

however the rephaim, the dead ancestor kings in the netherworld, may also lay claim to 'llm in their kingship.
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Disco Sucks!
by professor in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone remember how the society joined the "disco sucks" movement of the late 70's?

i remember reading in the mags about how disco was created by homos and that it has an "immoral beat" (whatever that means!

) it was also mentioned not to go see "saturday night fever" because someone gets a blowjob in the movie.. in our congregation, we had a special meeting about disco because people would request disco songs at our once-a-month jw skating party at the local skating rink.