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  Review of Dr. Chryssides' new book on Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-review.html.

  the book costs 140.00, but i bought it.

  i agree with dr. de vienne's review.

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  Old Goat

  Dr.R. M. de Vienne is not a 'he.' The R. stands for Rachael. She lives across the Columbia River from me, and I occasionally meet her for coffee and talk. She knows her stuff. I would have been proud to have had her as a student.

  The errors in Chryssides' book seem quite minor, especially for a first edition of a book of this type. What appealed to me is the lack of drama. It's straight-forward reporting of what is. You see places where he disagrees personally with Witnesses, but he didn't write a rant, wasn't interested in making wild statements that sometimes characterize similar books.

  Somewhere earlier someone made a comment about knowing all there is to know about Witnesses. That translates as "all I want to know." I was baptized in 1948 and served in various capacities. I still learn things. If you're not interested in learning, that's fine. I am.
  
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  Review of Dr. Chryssides' new book on Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-review.html.

  the book costs 140.00, but i bought it.

  i agree with dr. de vienne's review.

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  Old Goat

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-review.html

  the book costs 140.00, but i bought it. I agree with Dr. de Vienne's review. It won't be for everyone, but if you're into researching Witnesses, this is a book for you.
  
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  Any other teenagers on here?

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm 16 and it seems like most the people on this forum are adults.

  i would think since most teenagers have tablets/smartphones there would be more on here but maybe not?

  it would be nice to meet some other young people.

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  Old Goat

  I'm 88, almost 89. My body is falling apart, but in my heart I'm still 17. Most JW teens find a home on social media and quietly fade or are "secret rebels". Being a teen and a Witness is a hard life.
  
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  Old Goat

  Some of my post was omitted. Haven't a clue why. Baptism in March 1948.
  
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  Old Goat

  1) Were you raised as a JW, or did you convert?

  Convert

  Still nominally a Witness. Left mentally in 2005.

  Fifty-seven years. [Yes, I’m older than dirt.]
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  Charles Taze Russell

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know where is the grave of this person?.

  is it an urban legend that his grave stone is a pyramid?.

  would love to confirm this.. dy.

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  Old Goat

  Photo of Russell's headstone is here:

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=find+a+grave
  
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  If the Watchtower Society Had done this

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we've had a few threads about schulz and de vienne's books and historical research.

  if the watchtower had done done something similar and as honestly, i might still be a witness.

  shame on them for hiding history.. a rough draft of part of schulz and de vienne's next book is here:.

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  Old Goat

  We've had a few threads about Schulz and de Vienne's books and historical research. If the Watchtower had done done something similar and as honestly, I might still be a Witness. Shame on them for hiding history.

  A rough draft of part of Schulz and de Vienne's next book is here:

  
  

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/
  

  
  
  
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  Daily Manna book - anybody have one?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the russell days they had a 'daily manna' book which had a daily text, as well as a page to list all your friends birthdays.

  they had the same 365 daily texts every year.

  when was is replaced by the current daily text?

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  Old Goat

  It was replaced by yearbook comments in with the 1927 Yearbook, published late in 1926.
  
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  Daily Manna book - anybody have one?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the russell days they had a 'daily manna' book which had a daily text, as well as a page to list all your friends birthdays.

  they had the same 365 daily texts every year.

  when was is replaced by the current daily text?

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  Old Goat

  https://archive.org/details/dailyheavenlyman00seib
  
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  People's Pulpit?

  by bcpenney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i believe there was a magazine or newspaper published during russell's time called the people's pulpit.

  i'm specifically trying to locate vol.

  can anyone point me in the right direction?

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  Old Goat

  Penny,

  I don't know of any place on line you can find these. What picture were you looking for?