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  Rutherford's Rainbow download?

  by mavie in

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  i see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format?

  (scanned image) .

  i'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?

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  mavie

  Another reason I'd like to donate my time.
  
  This information needs to be out there for current JW's and other researchers. It may help some who are on the fence, trying to decide if they need to get out. A scanned image of the book in question would be very helpful in some cases, I know it would in mine.
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  Rutherford's Rainbow download?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format?

  (scanned image) .

  i'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?

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  mavie

  Is anyone willing to donate the books for this project? I will gladly donate my time to scan these and publish them.
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  New Aust Census - other Christians growing, JWs falling

  by jwfacts in

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  the following figures are from the australian census 2006 as found at http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/home/census (30th june 2007).

  very interesting to see that the number of people admitting to being jehovah's witnesses has fallen over the last 10 years by 3%, whilst baptists have grown by 7% and mormons by 18%.

  looks like jws are not the only ones preaching afterall.. .

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  mavie

  Interesting the see the Penecostal growth. I also noticed 7th Day Adventists are gaining on the JW's.
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  Rutherford's Rainbow download?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format?

  (scanned image) .

  i'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?

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  mavie

  No, I didn't mention stolen goods. I'm interested in public domain works here.
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  Rutherford's Rainbow download?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format?

  (scanned image) .

  i'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?

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  mavie

  Actually...
  
  Yes I would like to see public domain works be in the public. There are some major efforts online to accomplish just this. Please see:
  
  http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
  
  http://books.google.com/bkshp?tab=wp
  
  http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html
  
  I'm thankful to all who spend time scanning and uploading public domain works as it assists the flattening of information.
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  Rutherford's Rainbow download?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format?

  (scanned image) .

  i'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?

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  mavie

  I see this for sale everywhere, but is it available for download in pdf format? (scanned image)
  
  I'm assuming the copyright has expired on these works and it's all public domain..so why is it still being sold?
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  Disgusting comment re: education from Tacoma 2007 District Convention

  by Justitia Themis in

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  this is from saturday afternoon program.

  the speaker first starts with what he called the "alphabet soup" of degrees....a.a., b.a., m.a., ph.d., etc.

  ; he said they were nothing more than "sheepskins on the wall.

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  Recording? This would be very helpful in 'waking up' some current JW's.

  I'm interested in the context of the D.E.A.D. comment. Was he inferring this would happen because a college grad on average would spend more time away from theocratic activities than a high school grad? I've always heard from members that college education is not discouraged. Rather, it's the tendency for a college grad to drift away from the org that has them worried. It's doublespeak..but to a dub it makes sense.

  They are constantly taking a statistic and inferring some parameter for an entire population. If they actually had some college education they might realize this.
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  Disgusting comment re: education from Tacoma 2007 District Convention

  by Justitia Themis in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is from saturday afternoon program.

  the speaker first starts with what he called the "alphabet soup" of degrees....a.a., b.a., m.a., ph.d., etc.

  ; he said they were nothing more than "sheepskins on the wall.

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  I hope there is a recording of this. I would *love* to have it as I've always heard dubs do not try and discourage ones from higher education.
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  Saturday is just beginning(here in the U.S.). What's going for today?

  by R.F. in

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  i think i will stay around the house a bit today.

  catch up on some video games...yes i'm a videogamer..or at least i try to be.

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  500th post. Thread forthcoming.
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  College or Contributions?

  by watson in

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  it's probably been suggested here before, but it just hit me that maybe one of the reasons we are discouraged from sending our youngin's to college is that it might put a crimp in our available funds for the "world wide work.".

  possibility?.

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  Of course, a bachelor's degree is worth an average of $1 million. Very short sighted if it's only about the money.