i have heard anecdotal evidence about the marriage of nh knorr to audrey monk [i think that was her name] and how it had never been consummated, in other words that it was a sham.
but does anyone know the facts about how this marriage ended?
did knorr engineer a divorce at some time, and if so, on what grounds?
You may be thinking of C. T. Russell. He stated right in the WT that he and Maria never consummated their marriage—insightful now given all their marital difficulties. I read the WT statement years ago myself, but don't have the ref. any more. Surely someone here does. Penton, I think, made a deal about this in one of his books.
Given how much Knorr changed after marriage, I doubt that he followed Chuck's lead on this one.
jwfacts show that publisher growth was 15% pre- 1975 and has decline to about 2%.
what prevents them from fudging the annual growth and keeping it at something more positive like 10%?.
"a great crowd that no man is able to number".
parents are turning their children in for such offences as stealing from the cookie jar, not cleaning their room and worst of all, not eating their vegetables!
many parents are writing the org.
if they should shun their 8 year old.
Lemonparty,
Well, maybe not but nowwhat? may be onto something. We all remember how nutty/stupid some of the R&F, as well as some elders, are. I can certainly picture some of those types shortsightedly threatening baptized youngsters, who will soon become a numerous force, with judicial action as an "immediate" way to control their childish behavior (like parents who threaten to spank kids without ever doing so). That will eventually open up a whole new can of worms. Oh, the decisions the GB makes that have not been thought out!
which bible translation is the best, according to biblical scholars, anybody knows?
please chime in.. i plan on getting it and doing comparison with the new world translation.
sl.
Your question presupposes that "according to Biblical Scholars" there is one, "the best" Bible translation. No offense, but this attitude may show that some Witness-type thinking is at work in your mind. There is no one "the best" Bible translation. Some are more literal, sometimes missing the meaning. Others are free, at times taking liberties that may not be legit. There are many factors that go into producing a Bible translation. Short of learning Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek (!), you could just start using several translations (note the comments from others above).
One more thing: biblical scholars are all over the page. They're hardly a unified group. Some are liberal, some conservative, some atheists or agnostics. Some are Jewish, others Catholic, others Protestant, others non-denominational. The Bible, like any other body of ancient literature, is complex, so looking for simple solutions will only lead to either disappointment or a biased fantasy.
My "chime."
at the end of april, there was a zone visit in france, with tv broadcast in all kh.. g. losch told he received a letter from a girl, 10 years old, baptised at 5, reg pioneer since 4 years !
what a fine example, he said....... let s imagine the faces of the parents in the kh!
i was happy to see i was not the only one to find it crazy.. if you have a child, you know how mature he is at 5. how can a child preach 2.5hours/day after 7hours of school and homework to do??
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An elder I know who's still loyally in told me that online porn has become "a real problem" among brothers (males) and that their wives are often the ones who turn them in.
I guess this letter just reflects one way the organization is attempting to deal with the issue. (???)
BTW, thanks for the share of the letters!
anybody heard what's up with committeechairman?
his comments were so insightful and i miss the guy.
he's not posted in months.
how do you convince a jw that every decision that comes from the governing body is not from god?.
my mom who is a pioneer said that the students are getting their work book a month early, then proceeded to say " jehovah knows what we need".. for you who now know ttat what did it take for you?.
Its not that ANY school tells you what books to buy and study in advance, no no, ONLY PIONEER SCHOOL (tm) does that!
Morpheus,
Have you been to college? That's what the professors in most classes require!
while working on a comments for one of the articles in the march 15, 2015 watchtower (on types and antitypes) i decided to make a transcript of the talk that turned into that particular article.
as usual, the article that finally saw print had evolved quite a bit from the original.. anyway, here's the transcript that i also put up on the ad1914.com site.. the 2014 annual meeting program video can be found on tv.jw.org (currently found under programs and events).
the following speech can be found about the 2 hour and 8 minute mark in the video.
