Posts by cabasilas

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The Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses ACLU 1941

by RR in

now before i scan this booklet and make it available, i need to know if it's already out there in the archives and if not, if anyone is interested in it:.

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the persecution of jehovah's witnesses published by the aclu january 1941.

Catholicism--Curious About It

by White Dove in

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does anyone here have any catholic experience or have friends who are catholic?

although i'm wiccan all the way, i'm still checking things out and would like input about it..

I'm a convert and a revert. I entered the Catholic Church in 1992 and then spent a year and a half in Eastern Orthodoxy before returning to the Catholic Church in 2000. I am also a member of the Byzantine Catholic Church. Not many people know about Eastern Catholics (those who are in union with Rome) because we are much smaller than our Roman Catholic brothers. A good overview is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches

A more advanced explanation of Eastern Catholics can be found here:

http://orlandobyzantine.com/parish-news/2-parish-news/102-eastern-catholic-video

Essentially, Eastern Catholics share the same faith as Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodoxy but differ with Eastern Orthodoxy over the role of the Bishop of Rome. We accept his ministry for the Church. Eastern Catholics have some different theological emphases than the Roman Church and we also have married priests (which often surprises Roman Catholics).

A good intro to Catholicism from the ex-JW point of view can be found in these lectures and writings of John Coffey (an Australian Catholic lay evangelist):

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22John%20Francis%20Coffey%22

A smaller intro can be found in "A Catholic Critique of Jehovah's Witnesses":

http://www.archive.org/details/ACatholicCritiqueOfJehovahsWitnesses

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Out of the Closet

by darkl1ght3r in

hi everyone... you might remember me from the username 'darklighter' ... if you don't, no big.

i used to post on here about a year ago.

i was stuck inside the watchtower corporation, with everone around me still believing.

cabasilas

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It took a lot of courage to make the break, but you don't have to live a lie any more. Welcome back to the board!

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An updated scan of "An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-four"

by Doug Mason in

a short while ago, i offered the scan of a 1902 book from echo publishing called an exposition of matthew twenty-four.. .

with the great work by a dear friend, i am now able to offer the scan with much improved scans of the pictures, and the file has bookmarks and is searchable.. .

this updated scan is available at:.

cabasilas

The similarities between early Watchtower literature and early Adventist literature is striking. That only makes sense as they both share the same heritage with the Millerite movement. I was reading in Day Dawn (the first book published by Russell and crew after the start of the Watchtower magazine) and the "1844 movement" is spoken of quite favorably. The idea seems to be that William Miller almost had it right and now (in 1880 when the Day Dawn was published) they fully understood the time prophecies.

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ROMANS 8:18-25 PROVES 2 CLASS WT TEACHING.. SAYS THE WIFE

by whereami in

can someone help me here?.

maybe narkissos or laolaia can help?.

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cabasilas

Thanks Narkissos for these observations. Certainly, the idea of two classes of Christians is foreign to Paul's theology.

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The Generation That Will Not Pass Away...

by undercover in

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534804,00.html?test=latestnews.

britain's last living world war i veteran dies at 111. .

how's that watchower prophecy working out?.

cabasilas

A question for former Bethelites....

Those in that picture on that 1984 Watchtower were old-timers at Bethel. I recognize a few of them, but not all. It would be interesting to post a picture of that Watchtower with the names of those Bethelites and note if any of them are still alive. I would guess that most of them have passed away by now.

I see Babette Herrlinger, Sophie Yuchienewicz (sp?), Harry Peterson, George Gangas, Mary Hannan....but I'm not sure of some of the others, though they look familiar.

Anyone else recognize a few faces?

Anyone know if any of these people are still alive?

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How many here actually still believe that there is a God??

by annalice in

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friends

after being gone from the jw's for many years now , and having done extensive research on the history of god and the belief in him , i can't seem to find any logical way to have a belief in an invisble being up there ruling over us.

how many here still believe?

how many don't?.

cabasilas

I believe.

There are many things I cannot explain.

Still, I ponder: Why do we have a yearing for love? Why do we crave a good family life, good friends, a good marriage? Why do we universally scorn hatred?

I believe it's because we've been imbued with the need and desire for love by Someone. I believe that Someone is God.

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ROMANS 8:18-25 PROVES 2 CLASS WT TEACHING.. SAYS THE WIFE

by whereami in

can someone help me here?.

maybe narkissos or laolaia can help?.

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cabasilas

Here's a 20 page document entitled:

"Is Your Hope Bible Based? Questions and Reflections for Jehovah's Witnesses"

It can be downloaded from:

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?
f=7886ed26b3348772e8c1b3a9e55ded78

It might be useful in these discussions.

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Yearbook gift disguised as request for money

by startingovernow in

i admit it, i used to love reading the yearbook.

when i got one i would have it read in about 3 days.

so imagine my joy when a bethelite asked me if i would like him to send me a copy before they were released to the general population of jws.

cabasilas

There may be some Bethelites who do that. I used to send out several every year without expecting a dime in return. It was kind of my own version of a "Christmas card" list. :)

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Smaller PDF versions of 1928 & 1931 Messengers -- Can be emailed

by cabasilas in

i've had a couple of requests for smaller pdf versions of the 1928 and 1931 messenger convention reports.

these are not searchable, but are easily read and are also bookmarked.

this should attach and email with many systems such as gmail and aol.

cabasilas

You're welcome, Atlantis and Nevada!

Some thoughts for those engaging in this email "service." If you email the 1931 Messenger and the subject of Beth Sarim comes up, you could do this as a "return visit" (or "back call" for some of you):

"Yes, that was interesting to read about that house in San Diego that Brother Rutherford lived in. I guess they really believed it was going to be used for resurrected prophets. Here's a PDF of an old Consolation (this was the magazine that was later renamed Awake!) from 1942 that tells the whole story about that place."

And then you attach this PDF (the May 27 1942 Consolation)....it's only about 5 MB. You can download that here:

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=4cddb6a808b3b4a6da6fab40e5e922fa

All you've done is shared interesting old Witness publications that contain crazy stuff. You aren't sharing "apostate" materials. The stuff speaks for itself.