Well, someone (not the Watchtower Society) took their time to scan it all and organize it in nice pdf files for us. The CD's are relatively cheap, considering the amount of time this work must have taken. It's not the "crap" we pay for when we buy them, but the work done to make the "crap" available.
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9Watchtower PDF 1879-1949
by ralema56 inwww.4shared.com/account/dir/4409793/434fff7a/watchtower_1879_-_1949.html
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Watchtower PDF 1879-1949
by ralema56 inwww.4shared.com/account/dir/4409793/434fff7a/watchtower_1879_-_1949.html
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dust
Hey, these Watchtowers have been scanned and spent time on by the people who actually sell the pdf files. The files originate from the CD's produced by Research Applications International, and can be bought both from them and from Randy's site http://www.freeminds.org/. I don't represent either of them, but think it's not very nice to violate copyright like this.
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It's on in Murieta.
by pseattle2 insource: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_webtestify.23d1b64.html.
appellate court denies request to intervene in molestation case.
an appellate court today denied a request to intervene in the case of a jehovah's witness facing child molestation charges.
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Free To Air Satellite TV - Is this "stealing" satellite?
by gaiagirl ina jw i know was describing his satellite installation, which he describes as "free to air", consisting of a dish and a receiver which does not use acess cards, hooked up to his tv, allowing hundreds of channels with no monthly subscription or payment to a satellite provider.
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is this legitimate, or is he receiving something free which he should be paying for, in effect "stealing" satellite tv?
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A "Free To Air" (FTA) broadcast is a channel that is not encrypted, and which thus offers its programmes free of charge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air
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Repudiate "Valueless Things" 4/15/08 WT
by bud2114 inhot off the presses - just some of the latest garbage coming out of brooklyn as found in the 1st study article - repudiate "valueless things" (4/15/08 koolaid edition wt): .
par 17: another example of valueless words is found among the religious leaders of christendom.
these claim to speak in god's name, but most of their utterances are not based on the scriptures, and what they have to say is basically worthless.
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Par 18: ...In harmony with John's counsel, we always encourage those we meet in the preaching work to test what they have been taught by comparing it with the Bible. That is a good rule for us too.
And then the test criterion:
Rather, we ask: "Is the one spreading this story acting in harmony with what the Bible says? Do these stories or allegations further Jehovah's purpose? Do they promote the peace of the congregation?" Anything we hear that tears down the brotherhood rather than builds it up is a worthless thing. - 2 Cor. 13:10,11.
So, the main criterion while testing is to see whether something is tearing down or building up the JW brotherhood. If it's tearing it down, then it's not in harmony with the Bible. In other words: If we discover that the WTS says something that is not in harmony with the Bible, then we have done something bad, because then we are tearing down the brotherhood.
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The United Nations, the Scarlet Colored Beast and the Watchtower
by jgnat inthis week, the watchtower society set about vilifying the united nations as the scarlet colored beast.
i learned from the revelation book, chapter 34, that it was knorr who started the trend with his public talk in 1942. the revelation book suggests that the league of nations and then the united nations that followed, are direct fulfillments of the prophecy in revelation 17:8. here's an excerpt from the book:.
"the un is actually a blasphemous counterfeit of god's messianic kingdom by his prince of peace, jeus christ - to whose princely rule there will be no end.
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I note that the society is careful to tag the committee with it's national origin, though the committee itself doesn't.
Not a big issue, but this time the Watchtower is accurate. There are several Nobel Committees, and the official name of the one that awards the Peace Prize has been the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1977. http://nobelpeaceprize.org/eng_com_mem.html
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Your comments on this Memorial Bible reference (1 Cor. 11:26)
by OnTheWayOut in(1 corinthians 11:26) for as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you keep proclaiming the death of the lord, until he arrives.. here's mine.
i was told that i have an earthly hope.
i won't eat from the loaf or drink from the cup, so i won't.
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Also, the Lord arrived already, so the Memorial should be cancelled.
According to Jehovah's Witnesses--Proclaimers of God's Kingdom p. 137, Jesus' invisible presence since 1914 does not involve his being present, not even invisibly:
They also came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ’s invisible presence had begun and that this was, not by his personally returning (even invisibly) to the vicinity of the earth, but by his directing his attention toward the earth as ruling King.
But of course, if he didn't arrive in 1914, and if that's why the Memorial is still practiced, then neither was anyone appointed over his belongings in 1919 (Matthew 24:45-47).
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Losch hawaii zone visit
by isaacaustin inbefore this talk was given the chairman said the audience could make audio recordings for their personal use but specifically requested that they not make additional copies.
here are notes from someone who was in attendance.. this has already been posted but here are someone elses notes:.
what the near future holdsjanuary 27, 2008 (hawaii zone visit) gerrit loschalthough we cannot know our individual future, we do know mankind's immediate future (2 peter 3:17 "you, therefore, beloved ones, having this advanced knowledge").
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The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven. The 2/15/94 Watchtower, page 20, indicates that this will likely be frightening phenomena in the sky more impressive than what was observed in Jerusalem.
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We can assume that there will be a gradual resurrection (Insight book estimates 200-300 years)
He refers to the Watchtower and the Insight book as though they were the Bible.
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Going to see the inlaws....
by 4mylove inso we're making the drive to see my inlaws this weekend.
we called to invite the brother that hasn't seen them in more than 8 month, he said he's "sick".
granted we're going to go help out with a new business, but....well just dreading it.
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She might talk about the use of Gods name, the JW being the only ones that use it.
There are many religious groups who use God's name. Even in church I have heard the vicar talk about "God", "our Father", "the Lord" or "Yahweh", depending on the situation and context.
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Part 2: OMG - I did it - I told my Mom and Dad how I feel...
by Princess Daisy Boo in5 days after the big showdown with my mom, she called me today.
well she is a bigger person than me - i certainly did not have the guts to do it.
we made a bit of small talk and then she brought up saturdays discussion.
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her and my dad care about me too much and they dont want to have to lose all contact with me.
So they don't want to lose all contact with you, because they care. Some not very pleasant questions come to my mind:
Do they care so much that they would be willing to give their lives for you? (Most parents would say yes.)
Or is this greatest kind of love (John 15:13) appropriate only if there is a certain chance that life on a Paradise earth will be granted anyway? Like, they'll give their lives if they can get their lives back afterwards.
If you leave, you'll be dead in their eyes. But far worse, they won't even be allowed to hold your hand the little time that you have left. If they do hold your hand, that would be (as they see it) to sign their own death sentence. Would they be willing to do that for you, if the only purpose would be to show you their love (John 15:13)? Or is love simply not worth it?