...apparently i ordered a copy over the internet in a drunken online shopping rage.. .
btw...i am glad i ordered the book...been meaning to read it for awhile.. .
luv, jojo
Ray Franz, if you can stomach the boredom, is a much more effective at letting his presented facts shape his conclusions.
What?!?! Franz' books are not only filled with a wealth of documented detail, but also the author's objectivity shines through?!?! We certainly don't want that!!!! [sarcasm -- for those who are slow on the uptake]
hey watchtower!
can you feel it?
that cold, hard knot in your stomach?
Well, something is in the wind. You'll remember that Sheep/Goat Flip-flop and "adjustment" of the definition of "Generation" in Oct. bzw. Nov. 1995 was preceded by an article series in May on "New Light". Now they've presented the Faithful with another such article. What's it all mean?
http://www.watchtower.cc/internet.htm .
the first paragraph on the page: .
"a number of publishers have telephoned the branch office regarding certain recordings of kingdom songs sung in a popular style that are presently being circulated among jehovah's witnesses.
A number of publishers have telephoned me, bennyk, regarding certain false doctrines that are presently being circulated among Jehovah's Witnesses. They wonder if these teachings have my approval. I am aware of these teachings and would like to inform you that they do not have my approval. Please do not circulate these false doctrines from the Watchtower. We trust this information will clarify matters.
paragraph 14 "administration" linked to "kingdom government".
christians, those who hope to live in heaven, partake, whereas the majority,.
2 jehovah is a god of purpose.
Of course, God has not assigned anyone to recruit others for this privilege.
Oh, really?!?!
What were those 1.- early 20. Century Christians doing, then? (Even according to the WTS.)
And if one should say times have changed, and there is now a different Hope offered to Christian believers (despite Eph. 4:4), Paul says: "Let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:6-9)
comments you will not hear at the march 12, 2006 wt study (february 1, 2006 issue, pages 22-26)(witness/nations).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
Thanks for the hard work, Blondie!
Regarding paragraph 13:
Only two sentences before where they begin quoting, the 1928 WT includes a statement regarding the time of the end beginning in 1799. I find this rather at variance with a statement in the 22.01.73 Awake! (p.8): "Based on what [Jesus] said, along with the words of Daniel and John, Jehovah's witnesses pointed to 1914, decades in advance*, as marking the start of 'the conclusion of the system of things.' " This is clearly untrue. And then the footnote: "see, for example, the Bible Examiner, vol. XXI, No. 1 (Whole No. 313), October 1876, pages 27, 28." (Also, the Bible Examiner article says nothing of the sort: rather it promises the restoration of natural Israel by 1914 and the pre-1914 rapture of the Church.)
It is also interesting that the quotation as rendered in the 2006 WT includes a bit of editorial work: the word [purpose] replaces "plan of the ages", which had been a reference to the teachings found in the "Studies in the Scriptures" series, which books (in their post-1914 editions) were still considered authoritative -- even including series VII: "The Finished Mystery". As virtually all those teachings unique to the Bible Students of that era have since been rejected by the WatchTower Society, it is more than a little misleading to have employed the quoted material from 1928 as having reference to the current activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Apparently, the WTS does not find it necessary that the "Truth" be true.
dear brothers,.
i am writing to you with many concerns which i will outline.. i was baptized on 17 march 1996. in that time i received much opposition from my family and husband.
i felt so alone even though i was regular at meetings.
Inbyathread,
Maybe you could send them a dvd of the recent DF'ing of Schne- (I think they're shy re: the INTERNET ) I get a warm feeling just thinking about it...
my mom always warned her new studies that satan would take notice right away that they were studying the truth.
she would give examples, so they would recognize the devil's activities for what they were.
sure enough, the phone rang during a study just as mom asked the lady to read a scripture.
LOL @ dvw !!!
ok, if i was satan, i would do exactly the opposite of what jehovah said i would do. instead of coming out of the pit after the 1000 years..... i would just sit around in there. i wouldnt gather everyone together for the "great war". i wouldnt do shit. as a matter of fact, i wouldnt try to steal people away from god. i would guide them directly to the one true religion. wouldnt that really F-up the whole bible? if satan was real why would he play along? he can read.
dear brothers,.
i am writing to you with many concerns which i will outline.. i was baptized on 17 march 1996. in that time i received much opposition from my family and husband.
i felt so alone even though i was regular at meetings.
Bravo, Hawkeye.
I predict a few moments of tension in the McD and Tripp households. And could this be the same kindly "Brother" Tripp of recent memory (Letter following Disfellowshipping: www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/107652/1.ashx)? It sounds as though Marshfield, WI is one hotbed of "Apostasy".
okay i'm still a newbie but i was quite surprised when reading some info of a statement about the 'end being fluid' and that .
'present truth replaces past truth ,however present truth may be replaced by future truth'.
cambridge dictionary definition on truth -the real facts about a situation, event or person.
The WT study article for this week includes decapitated quotes from the 1928 WT. Only two sentences before where they begin quoting, the 1928 WT includes a statement regarding the time of the end beginning in 1799. I find this rather at variance with a statement in the 22.01.73 Awake! (p.8): "Based on what [Jesus] said, along with the words of Daniel and John, Jehovah's witnesses pointed to 1914, decades in advance*, as marking the start of 'the conclusion of the system of things.' " This is clearly untrue. And then the footnote:) "see, for example, the Bible Examiner, vol. XXI, No. 1 (Whole No. 313), October 1876, pages 27, 28." (Also, the Bible Examiner article says nothing of the sort.)
Apparently, the WTS does not find it necessary that the "Truth" be true.
i just looked at my avatar after i made my 500th post here and realized that i have officially signed up on this forum 3 1/2 yrs ago but was lurking for several months prior to that.
now 500 posts isnt that much for over 3 yrs and i am still a jw in "good" standing while so many of you have come here, left, and moved on already.
so how long did it take you to leave after coming here?
Some leave before coming here. This is true of a number of the "locals" from Wisconsin, including myself.
