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Victoria, Australia: A MUST READ-Transcript of audio recording of WT letter read to all Victoria congs Oct/Nov. 2011 re: Working With Children Act

by AndersonsInfo in

see www.jwnews.net, steven unthank's private blog site where he posted the following material.

i enlarged and put in bold the third paragraph of the wt's letter where the elder, an ex-bethelite, made some fascinating errors while reading the letter by using the words, "borg" and "perp.

" does this mean what i think it means?

wifibandit

Does anyone have a working link to this audio? Or has it been scrubbed from the net?

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587 vs 607: JW sources only

by wifibandit in

the latest jw podcast has inspired me to update the copypasta comment that i post anytime this topic comes up.. i have formatted it to more closely follow the wonderful www.jwfacts.com table.

i have also added a few more links directly to the jw online library.

"evil-merodach reigned two years" w65 1/1 p. 29.

wifibandit

Parallel thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/37e61s/587_vs_607_jw_sources_only/

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587 vs 607: JW sources only

by wifibandit in

the latest jw podcast has inspired me to update the copypasta comment that i post anytime this topic comes up.. i have formatted it to more closely follow the wonderful www.jwfacts.com table.

i have also added a few more links directly to the jw online library.

"evil-merodach reigned two years" w65 1/1 p. 29.

wifibandit

The latest JW Podcast has inspired me to update the copypasta comment that I post anytime this topic comes up.

I have formatted it to more closely follow the wonderful www.jwfacts.com table. I have also added a few more links directly to the JW online library. This may be the only source that some JW's will trust.

I need feed back on how to improve this. Please help me make this better!

	Watchtower Quote	Year
Babylon fell 539 B.C.E, End of Belshazzar’s Rule	"The End of Belshazzar’s Rule. On the night of October 5, 539 B.C.E." it-1 pp. 284 Belshazzar	539 B.C.E
	"October 5, 539 B.C.E. (Gregorian calendar), when Babylon fell before the invading Medo-Persian armies under the command of Cyrus the Great." - it-1 236 Babylon, History
	"Babylon fell in 539 B.C." Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184
Plus Nabonidus	"On the basis of cuneiform texts he is believed to have ruled some seventeen years(556-539 B.C.E.)." it-2 p. 457 Nabonidus	+17 years
Plus Labashi-Marduk	"Labashi-Marduk, a vicious boy, succeeded him, and was assassinated within nine months." w65 1/1 p. 29	+1 year
	"Labashi-Marduk ... was a vicious boy, and within nine months he had his throat cut by an assassin." Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184
Plus Neriglissar	"For Neriglissar... contract tablets are known dated to his fourth year." it-1 pp. 453 Chronology	+4 years
	"Neriglissar ... reigned four years" Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184
Plus Evil-Merodach	"Evil-merodach reigned two years" w65 1/1 p. 29	+2 years
	"After reigning but two years King Evil-Merodach was murdered" Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184
Plus Nebuchadnezzar	"Nebuchadnezzar ruled as king for 43 years" it-2 pp.482 Nebuchadnezzar	+43 years
Equals Start of Nebuchadnezzar's reign	Calculated by adding above figures	606 B.C.E.
MinusNebuchadnezzar's 19th year	2 Kings 25:8-9 "And in the ... nineteenth year of King Neb·u·chad·nez´zar ... the servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. And he proceeded to burn the house of Jehovah"	-19 years
Date for Destruction of Jerusalem=	539 B.C.E +17 +1 +4 +2 +43 -19 =	587 B.C.E.

FAQ:

Did we skip any kings?
No Kings were skipped or added: it-1 p. 425 - Insight, Volume 1
That's only 48 years. What about the prophecy of "70 years"?
Compare with Tyre:
“These nations will have to serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” (Jeremiah 25:8-17, 22, 27) True, the island-city of Tyre is not subject to Babylon for a full 70 years, since the Babylonian Empire falls in 539 B.C.E. Evidently, the 70 years represents the period of Babylonia’s greatest domination ... ip-1 p.253 par. 21

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Hope y'all in Texas are doing OK !

by Simon in

some terrible flooding happening there.. i never realized that texas was so prone to serious floods and flash-floods because of the geography and weather.

it tops the stats nearly every year for flood fatalities.. stay safe, stay dry if you can and don't take any chances.

water is unbelievably powerful - whatever vehicle you have it can sweep it away like a twig.