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  Why was the "Manking Search For God" publication never a study book?

  by truthseeker in

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  any takers?.

  i'm guessing it's because people might get too curious when covering the material and wonder about different religions..

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  A number of convincing reasons have been advanced, however I heard the book was researched and written by a 'sister' in London Bethel. An attractive young sister who, before going into Bethel, used to work as a research assistant at the British Museum.

  And I don't think sisters are allowed to write any material that is used for 'teaching,' whether WT study articles or book study publications

  After all, everybody -- well, every holy high roller, anyway -- knows that holy spirit doesn't flow through those of the feminine gender. Especially attractive young ones.

  Which does rather beg the question, why the heck did they publish it in the first place ... ?
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  need advice on internet radio braodcasting and call-in - HELP

  by Dogpatch in

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  greetings gang!.

  today is st. patrick's day (i'm irish) and a new project has begun in apostate land.. gary busselman and i are going to start a radio talk show on the internet.. we need your help.. i know nothing of the technology of doing this.. i have a lot of experience on regular radio interviews and talk shows.. as far as i know i am the only "called on" cult expert los angeles, so the news services are familiar with me.. here's what i have in mind and what i need from someone out there.. first the name of the show.. we are thinking the buss and watt show: "what we meant to say.".

  (watt was my nickname in the pressroom at bethel, given to me by thomas cabeen).. it will be hosted at www.armageddonokies.com .. i choose a subject to discuss, for 45-60 imn.. we have callers.. no doctrinal issues discussed whatsoever.. the theme is social behavior with a humorous bent.. don't need ideas for what talk about or who to have on or what to say, but.... i need advice on the technology of creating a talk show on internet using existing services or whatever would be best.. i already have an audience.. i would sincerely welcome your comments,.

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  Randy and Gary,

  Superb idea. Go for it, guys!

  I'd strongly second Sad Emo's suggestion to also make each show available as a podcast.

  Here's a useful tutorial to Create your own podcast:

  You might also be interested in reading about INA - The International Nanocasting Alliance.

  There's an interesting page on Solutions For Recording Phone Calls in Your Podcasts and Webcasts:

  Hope this helps.

  Best wishes.
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  1917 Watchtower Schism Documents PDFs

  by cabasilas in

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  2. bible

  i've had these items laying around for awhile and thought i'd make pdfs of them.

  they are scans of some of the actual documents from the 1917 schism at watchtower headquarters: the dispute between rutherford and 4 members of the board of directors.

  as far as i know, these exist as text files on a couple of sites and are also on another site with garish watermarks through them.

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  cabasilas,

  If anyone has Rutherford's Harvest Siftings (I and II), I'd love to see scans of those made available as well.

  I have these, but only as text files, not scans.

  Are they of interest?
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  UK Charity Law Changes

  by Paddington Bear in

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  you may or may not be aware but the charites act 2006 is now in force and it means that from end 2007 charites (including the jw's) will have to proove that they offer public benefit if they are to still retain their charitable status and in turn get gift aid on nearly every single donation and keep their tax exempt status.. the charity law association made some very interesting comments regarding the witnesses in their memorandum that was submitted in evidence to the joint commitee on the draft charites bill.

  their comments on the taylorite sect of the exclusive brethren "excluding children from the family home" is also quite relevant.

  this is only enidence from an outside body but it shows things could change.. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200304/jtselect/jtchar/167/4061625.htm.

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  Paddington Bear,

  Thank you for that clarification.
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  UK Charity Law Changes

  by Paddington Bear in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you may or may not be aware but the charites act 2006 is now in force and it means that from end 2007 charites (including the jw's) will have to proove that they offer public benefit if they are to still retain their charitable status and in turn get gift aid on nearly every single donation and keep their tax exempt status.. the charity law association made some very interesting comments regarding the witnesses in their memorandum that was submitted in evidence to the joint commitee on the draft charites bill.

  their comments on the taylorite sect of the exclusive brethren "excluding children from the family home" is also quite relevant.

  this is only enidence from an outside body but it shows things could change.. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200304/jtselect/jtchar/167/4061625.htm.

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  Paddington Bear,

  They are about to start consultations regarding what public benefit should mean for different charitable sectors, including religion.

  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the consultations closed some time ago:

  Consultation ends 6 June 2007

  The Charity Commission have now published their guidelines. See Charities and Public Benefit.

  Regards.
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  News from Mother ship

  by jefferywhat in

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  2. beliefs

  1. bethel in ny suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.

  2. major organizational changes about to start rolling out, one is changes to the "service committee" and titles, po to be done away with, thats all i know for now.

  was told that if you are the sort of person that cant handle changes, you wont stay in the org for long.

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  1. Bethel in NY suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.

  That's encouraging, if they suspect there's only one ...

  Movers and shakers you wont find in this group, it needs an external "trigger event" for them to break loose.

  The rumour I heard was they seriously expected all the GB would be arrested by the FBI over their conspiracy to cover up child molestation.
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  Pick a Title

  by kwr in

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  AA,

  Kayak - $500
  
  Panama Hat - $30
  
  Sending that idiotJaracz on the last vacation he'll ever take: Priceless

  Hope you approve ... !
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  A Holiday Gift to JWD, from Scully & Friends

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been working on this little project for quite some time, and it's finally ready to share with all of you... just in time for the holidays!.

  this project entailed converting scans of hard copies of public talk outlines into pdf format and then compiling all of them into zip folders.

  there are over 150 documents in total, complete with update notices from brooklyn.

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  Scully,

  Yes, those BOE letters are the same as onacruse's. In fact, he got the CD from me originally. I downloaded them when dirtclod.com was still active. (So there, WTS!! )

  Thanks for the link, Scully.

  I think I only visited dirtclod.com once or twice before it shut down and hadn't then realized the value of saving as much as possible on my local hard disks. So, thanks for your foresight!

  By the way, if anyone's interested, I use -- and can highly recommend -- a program called HTTrack to save whole web sites to my PC. It's invaluable.
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  A Holiday Gift to JWD, from Scully & Friends

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been working on this little project for quite some time, and it's finally ready to share with all of you... just in time for the holidays!.

  this project entailed converting scans of hard copies of public talk outlines into pdf format and then compiling all of them into zip folders.

  there are over 150 documents in total, complete with update notices from brooklyn.

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  AlphaOmega,

  Thanks for the new link.

  Scully,

  Thanks for Volume 4. Superb.

  Are your BOE letters the same as onacruse's? (If you know!)

  Is there a link to download them, or would you prefer us to pm you our email addresses?

  onacruse,

  How do we get hold of this CD? Are the contents downloadable from somewhere ... ?

  Many thanks to everyone for your hard work.
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  WHATEVER BECAME............

  by Dansk in

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  2. friends

  of wingman & the letter campaign?.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/144313/2597136/post.ashx#2597136.

  did it work for anyone?.

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  Ian,

  No rumblings from family members?

  Especially not from family members!

  It's hard enough to get them to talk to me at all, even about about 'essential family business,' never mind about anything JW-related ... <sigh>