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  The Watchtower CUSTOMER battles

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we think of jehovah's witnesses as salesmen and their books and magazines as product and their purpose as gaining customers.

  we can gain several important insights into their proprietary theology and its gradual developement over time.. .

  who were pastor russell's customers and what product did he offer?.

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  james_woods

  It would have been simple (in my viewpoint) to just charge sales tax to the publisher witnesses who bought the literature at the KH magazine room.

  Every other business in the USA, including many "Christian" book stores, charges sales tax.

  Now they have to struggle to get enough funds coming in to pay for printing the stuff.

  I would not be surprised if they thought up some "new light" about how good witnesses should vow to tithe a percentage of their income to the WTBTS.

  But - back to your original topic - what is really rotten about the Watchtower message is that it has far exceeded its "shelf life" - they are painted into the corner of obvious false prophecy and the "end of the world" message has begun to reek as badly as the Camping nonsense.
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  The Watchtower CUSTOMER battles

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we think of jehovah's witnesses as salesmen and their books and magazines as product and their purpose as gaining customers.

  we can gain several important insights into their proprietary theology and its gradual developement over time.. .

  who were pastor russell's customers and what product did he offer?.

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  james_woods

  The business of the Jehovah's Witnesses today does not differ much at all from a Mary Kay cult of weird religious activity.

  Except that they have now done something that Mary Kay or Avon would NEVER be idiotic enough to do - they have undermined their economic structure by putting their product on a "contribution only" basis in a curiously stubborn strategy to avoid paying sales tax.

  They are now paying the price for that decision.
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  Great Crowd & Earth Questions

  by turtleturtle in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  revelation 20:7-9.

  7now as soon as the thousand years have been ended, satan will be let loose out of his prison,8and he will go out to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, gog and magog, to gather them together for the war.

  the number of these is as the sand of the sea.9and they advanced over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city.

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  james_woods

  "Eternal" life on Earth becomes a rather silly notion when you understand the Hydrogen-Helium fuel cycle of the Sun.

  It will last a long time to come - but certainly is not eternal.
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  does lars really think he christ? or does he want attention?

  by unstopableravens in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean no disrepsect to lars,but i find it real hard to believe that someone really believes there christ..

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  james_woods

  I am taking the opposite view - I think it is all an elaborate spoof (for attention) at our expense.
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  I like the Christmas lights, but not the Commercial part of Christmas

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's that time of year, again.

  neighbours competing with each other for the best display of christmas decorations.

  some are tackyy t, and some are very tastefull.

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  james_woods

  The LED type of Christmas lights are more reliable than the old kind.
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  How Would "Who Is Candace Conti" Bumper-stickers go over?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  you think if i had a few hundred made up and passed them out, would we throw some attention in the "court of public opinion" on this topic?.

  i am confounded how many jws don't know anything about the pedophile issues plaguing the watchtower society!

  is this a stupid idea or waste of money?

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  james_woods

  I agree with 144001 - this is a private matter for the Conti lady...nobody should be using her name for their own purposes without her permission.
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  Celebrating Christmas?????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious, and not judging.

  if you are a christian and you know that december 25th is not jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?

  i was raised a dub as most of you know, and have learned the ttatt so i know how wrong they are about a lot.

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  james_woods

  The aribitrary date doesn't bother me, its as good a date as any, and the one most people observe. The JWs accept "Jehovah" as Gods name, even though we do not know the correct pronunciation, and Jehovah is an aribrary one. I don't see the difference.

  An excellent point, LisaRose - especially considering that the JWs put GREAT emphasis on using the "correct" name Jehovah.
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  Celebrating Christmas?????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious, and not judging.

  if you are a christian and you know that december 25th is not jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?

  i was raised a dub as most of you know, and have learned the ttatt so i know how wrong they are about a lot.

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  james_woods

  But a fun holiday - almost as much fun as Halloween.
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  the 4 Gosples were OLd Testament

  by themaccauk11 in

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  2. bible

  in the 4 gospels jesus was alive.so that means they could not be new testament because you cannot have a testament unless the testator is dead.a testament is not in force until after the death .

  also no one could have been saved because there was no shed blood yet.

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  james_woods

  I would suspect that most Rabbis would be rather unenthusiastic about the gospels, designs.
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  Celebrating Christmas?????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious, and not judging.

  if you are a christian and you know that december 25th is not jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?

  i was raised a dub as most of you know, and have learned the ttatt so i know how wrong they are about a lot.

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  james_woods

  How do we know that Dec. 25th was not Jesus birthday? It is not exactly like they recorded it at the courthouse and he had a birth certificate...

  If we don't know which day (and we obviously don't) then Dec. 25th is as good a day as any, right?