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  The 1914 Doctrine and The Threat of the Egibi Business Tablets

  by VM44 in

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  could the watchtower and the jehovah's witnesses survive the discarding of their 1914 doctrine?

  the doctrine that in 1914 the end of the gentile times took place, jesus took up rule in heaven.

  for some reason the jws think the outbreak of world war i in 1914 is proof their prophetic calculations were correct.

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  You're never going to get a complete list of the neo-babylonian kings. You know why? Because the Organization has never bothered to provide a list.

  There is no tenable chronology, but in the face of it all, nuts will still attempt to make sense of it.

  Its all inherited anyways, and its just painful watching the society attempt to defend this inherited mess.

  But notice how Scholar has consistently always ducked out of showing the neo-babylonian kings. You can't blame him. He's no better than those that "sent" him.

  Just incidentally, my dad, an elder, privately admitted that 607 wasn't historically sustainable. But hey, 1914 or 1934 or whatever... it was all good to him. I just find it sad him comment about it: "You can't go around saying its wrong, because that would damage too many people's faith." A faith based on falsehoods. How sad.

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  The 1914 Doctrine and The Threat of the Egibi Business Tablets

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could the watchtower and the jehovah's witnesses survive the discarding of their 1914 doctrine?

  the doctrine that in 1914 the end of the gentile times took place, jesus took up rule in heaven.

  for some reason the jws think the outbreak of world war i in 1914 is proof their prophetic calculations were correct.

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  Jeffro & others:

  Why do you continue to feed the troll?

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  YOUNG PEOPLE ASK - HOW SHOULD I DEAL WITH MY DOUBTS 01/04/2002

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  young people ask - how should i deal with my doubts?

  awake: april 2002. .

  we live in a world of many philosophies and many world views and young christians might be tempted to have doubts about the loving guidance set out by the faithful and discreet slave.

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  If you HAVE to make up an article, at least pick a realistic date for it. :)

  Come on people! On the 8 th or 22 nd !

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  Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...

  by Quotes in

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  court file no.

  superior court of justice.

  watchtower bible and tract society of .

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  Just noticed that another site has picked up the story.

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  What are your favorite Sci Fi Movies or Books?

  by joelbear in

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  what are your favorite sci fi movies or books.. mine.. asimov's foundation series.

  clarke's childhoods end.. the day the earth stood still.

  close encounters.

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  I agree with all the above, but how could you leave off...

  Ender's Game

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  The book "What the Bible really teaches"

  by TheListener in

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  i've got my copies and reviewed them, like many others here, but i didn't see any references to the faithfula and discreet slave.

  did i miss the reference or is it really not covered in the publication?.

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  I couldn't find any references to the FDS doctrine in this book.
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  Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...

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  court file no.

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  Indeed. EULAs are not legally tested in anyway.

  This does seem to be more of a copyright question, which I still believe is covered under "fair dealing".

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  Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...

  by Quotes in

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  court file no.

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  Ithinkisee, I submitted this as my /. entry:

  The website quotes.watchtower.ca has been sued for (in part) violating a EULA. As seen in the Statement of Claim, "the CD-ROMs constitute confidential information" despite the fact that these publications have been disseminated publicly for years. Can someone take publicly available content, slap a EULA on it, and now its confidential? WTF?

  hope it helps..

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  Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...

  by Quotes in

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  court file no.

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  watchtower bible and tract society of .

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  What would make this interesting from a slashdot perspective is the heavy emphasis this lawsuit places on the violation of the EULA.

  If you want to submit this to slashdot, do so from that angle. <just my two cents>

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  Arrival vs Coming

  by ackack in

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  2. bible

  looking at the nwt, i notice that matt 24:46 uses the word "arrival".

  but in vs 44 where it says you wouldn't know the day or hour, it uses "coming".. this is the same greek word though.

  obviously this is an attempt to seperate these two verses, to make them seem like two seperate events.. doesn't this blow away the fds concept?

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  re: tenses. Yes, they are different tenses, but how are these two verses seperated in explaining the FDS doctrine. Its really quite incredible that these verses can be pulled so painfully out of context, when right beside it, it explains when this "coming" or "arrival" would be.

  But I shouldn't really talk, I fell for it long enough myself. :)