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  "End of All Kingdoms in 1914!" 8-30-1914 World Magazine PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over the past 50 odd years, an article that was published in a new york city newspaper in 1914 has been quoted several times in watchtower publications.

  this article was published in the august 30, 1914 world about pastor c.t.

  russell's predictions for 1914. modern watchtower publications omit the facts from that article that show that russell's predictions for 1914 do not match the watchtower society's current understanding of 1914 as a "marked year.

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  cabasilas

  Atlantis, Yesidid and yknot,

  You're welcome!

  If anyone has leads on the rest of the article, please contact me by PM. I'd love to put the whole thing together into a single PDF.
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  Watchtower Chronology 1823 to present

  by Ultimate Reality in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over the course of a few years, and thanks to many on this board, i have assembled a history of the watchtower's most relevant articles that show the development of the 70 years, 607 b.c.e.

  and how these ultimately get calculated to reach "the last days" with the appointment of the "faithful slave".. .

  the following link contains a pdf with very little commentary and minimal notes.

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  cabasilas

  Great work! Thanks for posting this!
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  "End of All Kingdoms in 1914!" 8-30-1914 World Magazine PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over the past 50 odd years, an article that was published in a new york city newspaper in 1914 has been quoted several times in watchtower publications.

  this article was published in the august 30, 1914 world about pastor c.t.

  russell's predictions for 1914. modern watchtower publications omit the facts from that article that show that russell's predictions for 1914 do not match the watchtower society's current understanding of 1914 as a "marked year.

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  cabasilas

  Over the past 50 odd years, an article that was published in a New York City newspaper in 1914 has been quoted several times in Watchtower publications. This article was published in the August 30, 1914 World about Pastor C.T. Russell's predictions for 1914. Modern Watchtower publications omit the facts from that article that show that Russell's predictions for 1914 do not match the Watchtower Society's current understanding of 1914 as a "marked year." For example, the April 1, 1984 Watchtower, page 5:

  1914 a Marked Year—Why?
  
  WHERE were you in the year 1914? Would you answer: ‘I was not born’? But a few million people today can still remember the year 1914.
  
  In 1914 Mary was completing her last year in high school, learning German and anticipating a rewarding career as a schoolteacher. That summer, before going off to college, she was out in the fields of her father’s farm on the northeastern coast of the United States picking worms off the shiny skins of ripening tomatoes when halfway around the world, in Sarajevo, an assassin’s bullet cut short the life of an Austrian archduke. It sparked the explosion of World War I. When news of the war reached Mary, she thought: ‘It has come true! Just what the Bible Students were saying has come true; 1914 is going to be a marked year!’
  
  Mary was not the only one who felt that way about world events. On August 30, 1914, the arresting headline “End of All Kingdoms in 1914” blazed across page 4 of the Sunday magazine section of The World, a leading New York newspaper. “The terrific war outbreak in Europe has fulfilled an extraordinary prophecy,” stated this feature article. “For a quarter of a century past, through preachers and through press, the ‘International Bible Students [Jehovah’s Witnesses],’ best known as ‘Millennial Dawners,’ have been proclaiming to the world that the Day of Wrath prophesied in the Bible would dawn in 1914. ‘Look out for 1914!’ has been the cry of the hundreds of traveling evangelists who, representing this strange creed, have gone up and down the country enunciating the doctrine that ‘the Kingdom of God is at hand.’”

  Actually, the World newspaper article did note that the year 1914 had been predicted by Russell and the Bible Students. But, not as merely a "marked year." Instead, the newspaper article noted what was predicted in 1914 was "the date of the downfall of the Kingdoms of earth."

  I have been able to obtain a scan of the first full-page article from the August 30, 1914 World magazine. It's from a microfilm and the quality isn't the best, but it's readable. Hopefully, the material from page 17 can be obtained later to be added to the file. But, as it is, the material in this PDF shows the misuse of the World article by the Watchtower Society.

  For those interested, the file (under 2 MB) can be downloaded from this filesharing site:

  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?
  f=1437fcebc272936363dd5897ade69fdf
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  The Missing Issues of the Herald of the Morning Magazine 1877-1878

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.archive.org/details/1878heraldofthemorning.

  http://www.archive.org/details/1879heraldofthemorning.

  http://www.archive.org/details/1874-1876heraldofthemorning.

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  cabasilas

  For those following this thread:

  Some additional scans from early Herald of the Morning issues have been added to the original file. There's also some text files available. The updated file can be downloaded from:

  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=22635b1cf244c49d1c325732004ecea0
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  Lawyer for JWs talks about going door to door

  by blondie in

  1. social
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  http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-p2cover2793819jul20.story

  going door to door despite legal roadblocks and persecution - even mob attacks - jehovah's witnesses spread their messageby paul moses.

  paul moses is a regular contributor to newsday.. .

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  cabasilas

  For those interested, the oral arguments in this Supreme Court case can be listened to at:

  http://www.archive.org/details/WatchtowerVsVillageOfStrattonOralArguments
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  The Missing Issues of the Herald of the Morning Magazine 1877-1878

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.archive.org/details/1878heraldofthemorning.

  http://www.archive.org/details/1879heraldofthemorning.

  http://www.archive.org/details/1874-1876heraldofthemorning.

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  cabasilas

  Just got word of a microfilm with issues of the Herald of the Morning from 1875 to 1903, supposedly complete!
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  Questions From Readers Nov 15th 2009

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest flip-flop (allbeit a minor one.).

  the "wise instruction" (as described by the society) given is that sisters now have to wear head coverings when interpreting sign language public talks.. differs from the previous instructions that sisters didn't need to do so.. .

  w02 7/15p.27 questions from readers.

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  cabasilas

  But, the "higher rating" is simply based on visibility, not on teaching.

  I'm not convinced that listening to a speech interpreter who is a woman for an hour would be any different than watching a female sign language interpreter. I guess the "sticking point" for the GB is the large image of a woman interpreting at a JW meeting.
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  Questions From Readers Nov 15th 2009

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest flip-flop (allbeit a minor one.).

  the "wise instruction" (as described by the society) given is that sisters now have to wear head coverings when interpreting sign language public talks.. differs from the previous instructions that sisters didn't need to do so.. .

  w02 7/15p.27 questions from readers.

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  cabasilas

  So, because sign language interpreting is visual and not auditory, the sister needs to wear a head-covering!? And women who interpret spoken languages do not need to wear a head covering?!

  This "revised direction" discriminates against sign language interpreting.
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  Chinese Deaf Dancing Troupe -- Amazing!

  by cabasilas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we saw a deaf dancing troupe from china on the jerry lewis telethon last night.

  they are amazing!.

  i found these you tube videos about them.. .

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  cabasilas

  I agree with you regarding the terminology. Many people still use the older terminology, but mean no disrespect.
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  Chinese Deaf Dancing Troupe -- Amazing!

  by cabasilas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we saw a deaf dancing troupe from china on the jerry lewis telethon last night.

  they are amazing!.

  i found these you tube videos about them.. .

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  cabasilas

  We saw a deaf dancing troupe from China on the Jerry Lewis Telethon last night. They are amazing!
  
  I found these You Tube videos about them.
  
  A couple of performances:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q36LlQ7a1oo
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HpWkNsGCms
  
  A news story about them:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3du7uz36V4