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70Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????
by DwainBowman inback in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.
dose anyone else remember this?
i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!
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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????
by DwainBowman inback in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.
dose anyone else remember this?
i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!
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Common Sense vs. Religion:
Chris StevensonTags: Child Sexual Abuse · Fred Franz · Governing Body · Jehovah’s Witnesses · Pedophile · Pedophilia · Pleasure Police · The Vatican · The Watchtower · The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society · Wallkill
(Guess which side is winning)
by Chris Stevenson
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people– Gregory House
Today we have reached a point where common sense is an endangered species, a scorned woman. The one entity that is giving it the worst beating is religion. Religious leaders are backing their members into a corner and forcing them to choose between the two, and common sense has been losing.
There was a time when the Baptist Church, in particularly the black community, could be relied upon to be a launching pad for various things from slave revolts, to runaway slaves, to Civil Rights. The worst news you would hear about them is the occasional womanizing by some a some Minister. This was before the recent absurd news about a black congregation in the south wanting a pedophile Pastor so badly, that their leaders agreed to ban the children in the congregation from attending services. On the other hand, there are more strict faiths, (Jehovah’s Witnesses, Catholics, Mormons) the thing about them is how they start out insisting on playing the role of pleasure-cops, only to be revealed as pleasuring themselves at the expense of your kids. The question remains is if it’s possible to maintain a scandal-free church, much of which began during the Dark Ages? All these faiths including the black Christian Churches that originated during those times, or came during slavery or later, but adopted beliefs and practices from that era sooner or later will carry the amoral stain of sexual deviancy.
As with most things, when present corruption comes to light, you soon begin to find certain things beginning to unravel in their history too. This scene is currently being played-out by the Jehovah’s Witnesses (now considering a name change to Jehovah’s Whistle-Blowers). Their old farm in Wallkill for years had trucks that would dump barrels of inks and waste by-products into unpermitted dump cells. Over the decades fumes and liquid would leak, contaminating the soil and streams according to an unknown JW or former JW source in a column in the Buffalo Bullet. This began during a period of great minority recruitment within the sect, blacks especially being drawn-in during the black migration from the south and just prior to the Civil Rights Movement. Blacks played a primary role in their increase in urban America back then, gaining promises of eternal assimilation with not just whites, but with wild animals too. This struck quite a contrast to racist whites in the real world-at-large.
The men on the all-white jury known as the Governing Body devised clever ways to implant the thought in many a Witness mind that they were geniuses. Stories back in the ’70’s about one of their late-presidents, Frederick Franz being one of the top-5 smartest men in the world made their way to Witnesses and non-Witnesses across the nation. The Watchtower Society’s Bible, called the “New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures” is now being scrutinized as to the 110 people it took to translate it from the King James version etc., and how all of them were said to know Greek. Investigators now say that none of them knew Greek, and Franz is the only one of them that took just one semester of Greek and did not speak Hebrew. Of course all of this news comes in the wake of reports of their own child molestation scandals that have come to light in recent years; sexual abuses that go way back in their history, and have gone unreported to the police, Sheriff’s Office, and other local law enforcement in the vicinity of their mostly white-rural congregations.
The biggest miracle regarding the Watchtower Society is their dazzling ability to keep news of their shortcomings from really spreading, especially in comparison to disparaging stories regarding other faiths. They are experts at distractions, the most divisive religion out there with the possible exception of some Muslim sects. Nothing makes the Watchtower happier than turning friends and family against each other and people they don’t even know, over their hard-and-fast rules. That is the Apostasy scam they sold millions on. Millions now living will always lie.
This prevents individual members from realizing their true power, and collective strength. Let’s face it, these religions are not going anywhere. 2,000 years from now the Vatican will still be laundering money, and the Watchtower Society will still be doing the things their publications accuse other faiths of doing. They’re counting the new suckers born every minute, and they can detect the sucker-gene. But while these long-tenured Churches will always be around, they can still be made to reform through their followers uniting to make their headquarters purge itself of it’s most blatant brain-dead principles. And make their houses of worship safe especially for their children. Money talks. The best way to straighten out any religious order, especially the strict and insular ones, is by its followers coming together to confront the very Churches they pay their money to, and force change by making common sense the new guideline over that of their myopic literature.
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Chris Stevenson is a regular columnist for blackcommentator, Political Affairs Magazine, and a syndicated columnist. - See more at: http://thebuffalobullet.com/common-sense-vs-religion/#sthash.PPgzZ8UP.dpuf
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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????
by DwainBowman inback in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.
dose anyone else remember this?
i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!
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- Fred Franz and high IQ
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/52976/fred-franz-high-iq?page=3
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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Blondie, thank you for posting that link. Very interesting, thoughtful, and chilling!
I think EX-J-DUBS have a lot to say using creative means to alert the world at large how insidious this seemingly benign group of lovely people really is.
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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Why give JWs a future?
Ha! It is a future whereby the villains get their 'just desserts' and we
ex-J-Dubs vicariously relish every moment of their reckoning!
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Just deserts vs. just desserts
(The expression meaning that which is deserved was originally just deserts. The phrase is the last refuge of an obsolete meaning of desert—namely, something that is deserved or merited. But because most modern English speakers are unfamiliar with that old sense of desert, the phrase is often understandably written just desserts.
Using just desserts is not a serious error, and it is much more common than just deserts in 21st-century texts. Some people still consider it wrong, however. Whether to pay this any heed is for each of us to decide for ourselves.)
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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I confess to having had dreams of sitting in a movie theater and seeing all this unfolding on a giant screen.
There is a scene near the end where a gigantic ape smashes through the Mars headquarters office of the GB leaders and rips the limbs off of one of the old fellas as he shrieks in terror.There is another scene when GB leaders are inaugurating the Monorail and a fearsome insurgency beheads and devours. . .oops! Don't want to give all the good stuff away :)
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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I fell in love with Louise Boyd. Wow! She was the real deal. I would have loved to have known her. Secondarily, Jack Clayton is a Burroughs character now in the public domain, so . . . duh--had to do it.
Nikola Tesla, Roald Amundsen, Teddy Roosevelt are all larger-than-life real people with outsized personalities.
I also sought to parallel H.G. Wells' own War of the Worlds by dovetailing my plotting directly into events occurring inside The War of the Worlds.
I used the technique J.S. Bach used to write counterpoint, btw :) -
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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It was mad fun doing it. I got so carried away toward the end, believe it or not, I was writing 19 pages a day. Of course, after editing, I removed about 87 pages or else, I'd have ended up with WAR AND PEACE.
The climax of the book takes place on Mars (which has been converted into a kind of Disneyland/ Las Vegas for the Watchtower Society. It's their new digs :)
A climactic slaughter has been planned for the inaugural of the Monorail.I combined historic figures as well as turn of the century fictional hero, Jack Clayton (son of the Apeman wink-wink, nudge-nudge).
It is a tribute to my favorite writer in my teens, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)
by Terry inso many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.
i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.
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Terry
So many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world
it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the Watchtower religion.
I decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmAwZI8yYZS18rLfw41QXzfCUaUS-yyNhQIUm9r0Wo/edit?usp=sharing
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I endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate. However, obviously the book is fiction and only a numbskull would be confused as to which parts are made up. I mean--MARS--duh! :)
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The book is available on Amazon or at Lulu.com
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Astounding! How much do you REALLY know the history of the Jehovah's Witnesses? I bet you DID NOT know about this!
by park ave boy inquick background.
a few days ago someone brought up an old new york newspaper called the "brooklyn eagle.
" during lunch i had a little time to do some research about the whole jw.borg and what i found almost knocked me out of my seat.
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From my book, The Monorails of Mars:
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(Excerpt from Chapter THE JUDGE___________________________"Joe Rutherford had been warned no more sass would be tolerated. His father had cautioned him with a steely red glare in his eyes. But as a young man growing up in Missouri, in the Bible belt, he just couldn’t get his mind around the crazy ideas his church insisted were true.
“God loves us—so why would he throw us in a lake of fire forever and ever? It just makes no sense to me!”
He’d been born four years after the end of the Civil War at home in his parent’s bedroom and from the start, his strong inclination to debate landed him in trouble. His mother tried to take his side by saying,
“The boy’s just got a sense of justice, that’s all.”
His father took a contrary view.
“That ain’t it—he just can’t stand being wrong and won’t quit till he gets his way.”
Those who knew him as he was growing up on the farm would shrug.
“That’s why he wanted to become a lawyer and a judge—when you have the law on your side you can pretty much have your way.”
His mother would tell her friends, “Joe can be like hot peppers on your ice cream—not likely to please most people’s taste.”
Joe put himself through Law school as a door-to-door book salesman. Long hours knocking doors proved difficult, but his gift of gab won the day. He swore to himself, “No matter what—any book salesman who offers me a book can count on a sale! “ Joe was quick to find advantages in learning shorthand; taking verbatim notes of lectures as well as quick-drafting his own jury presentations for handy reference with little effort.
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He was so fast and accurate he landed a job as court stenographer which proved to be a tremendous learning experience. Listening to court proceedings carefully, word by word, Joe absorbed the parlance of debate, law and adjudication in a way few other law students could acquire without many years of practice.
Old Judge Edwards had taken a shine to the boy. Joe would join him in his chambers and split a bottle of booze with the jurist, asking questions and getting advice five days a week. The old judge was a lonely man whose fondness for the bottle had chased all his family and loved ones away. But Joe seemed to see E. L. Edwards as a hero. Edwards fostered a strong sense of kinship for young Joe.
“Judge a man by his questions and not by his answers.” The old Judge had said to him. “That’s how I got to see your burning ambition and keen mind, young man.”
When the old jurist got pretty deep in his cups the raw side would come out and he’d lay dark and troubling wisdom upon his protégé’.
“The weak man seeks to understand others rather than judge them. The strong man bends the will of others to himself.”
Young Rutherford could keep up with the heavy drinking without a wobble, but in so doing he’d adopted the iron will and caustic philosophy of his mentor.
On May 5th, 1892 he earned the right to practice law in the state of Missouri. His two-year tutelage under Judge Edwards gave him the leg up he had needed. He went to work right away at the legal firm of Draffen and Wright as a trial lawyer in the quaint little town of Booneville, Missouri.
Four years as public prosecutor honed his skills. When appointed Judges fell ill or went off on vacation, which fellow got the substitute appointment? Judge Rutherford did, of course. Joe liked the title, too. He would call himself “Judge” whenever introductions were made. Eventually, he was simply, The Judge.
On a hot summer’s day in the Missouri District Attorney’s office, Joe was chatting with the D.A. when a traveling colporteur (book salesmen) came to call with a large book bag filled with religious offerings. Joe listened to her quirky message and thereafter he could not stop himself from purchasing the set of books authored by a man named Charles Russell.
Sister Beeler opened the cover and demonstrated a Chart of the Ages, explaining how each epoch of human history connected to prophecies. At her close came the call to action.
“Did you know the Bible tells us, Mars will invade us in 1914?”
Captivated by the unusual nature of the message, and her smile, Rutherford purchased the set of books. He soon fell ill with fever. He read and read until the fever made him delirious with weird visions. He fell unconscious. In three days, Rutherford recovered and returned to the law office a changed man.
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A meeting was arranged between Pastor Russell and the Judge; they were joined by another man named MacMillan. In an hour’s time, MacMillan and Russell confronted Rutherford, moving in close to him, intimately coercing him.
“Judge, you are a man gifted by the Lord with a powerful force of intellect—He wants you preaching His message.”
“I’m not a preacher—I’m a lawyer and a Judge.”
“Well, now, Judge, Just listen to me. I’ll show you what you can do. You go and get a copy of the Holy Bible and a small group of people, and teach them about life, death and the hereafter. Show them there is no hellfire, there is only destruction or the reward of Paradise. Tell them about Mars and its role in prophecy.”
The Judge stood between the two persuasive men as they lay hands upon him, and in his heart he stood convicted.
“Well, that doesn’t sound too bad. It is a matter of life and death rather than heaven or hell. I guess I’m in!”
In 1907 Rutherford became Tower Society’s legal counselor. To do this, he made application and was admitted to the New York bar, becoming a recognized lawyer for that state. On May 24 of the same year, Rutherford was also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Rutherford visited Egypt and Palestine, and in 1913, accompanied by his wife, he traveled to Germany, where he addressed audiences totaling 18,000.
Within three years, Rutherford had positioned himself comfortably for the takeover of the worldwide organization with himself as its sole Presidential dictator. But first, Russell had to be in a better place, somewhere far, far away."
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Note: The biographical statements are accurate. Naturally, the inserted "Mars" parts are fiction inasmuch as my book is Science Fiction.
