i have a contact who needs an ongoing supply of all watchtower magazines.
they need the printed version, not mp3/mp4.. is there a site i can refer that contact to?.
doug.
I referred my contact to your help, and this is part of the response:
This is an excellent link. I was able to download all the Study WT for 2009. The last one, from May 09 has all the current articles, including the one that was studied last Sunday.
Thank you very much. This is an enormous help to ... the JW dissidents and everybody who needs to stay on top of the current WT material in order to reasonably argue with the members who are willing to listen.
i have a contact who needs an ongoing supply of all watchtower magazines.
they need the printed version, not mp3/mp4.. is there a site i can refer that contact to?.
doug.
These people I am writing on behalf of need an ongoing supply of written magazines to help them in their work.
This is a serious request, not frivolous, to enable these people keep in touch with ongoing trends.
I thought there was a site where a "faithful" JW made the Watchtowers available in ISOLO format. If that is the case, does this include the "internal" Watchtowers?
well, i'm a few chapters into who wrote the bible, by richard elliot friedman (thanks, primate, for the suggestion!
)...there's no way i could explain the book to you, but i can see exactly what it's saying.
the author really puts it in layman's terms to show how many people/men wrote the bible.
The issue is not only about who wrote the Pentateuch (and other books of the Hebrew Scripture) but who edited the books during the ensuing centuries and the motives of these editors, as well as the accuracy of their understanding of events that had taken place some centuries before.
The Hebrew record of their history is influenced by their theological focus, rather than precision in the record; hence differences, for example between the books of Kings and Chronicles. As another example, whereas political reality said that Assyria defeated Israel because of its overwhelming might, the Hebrews wrote that Israel was destroyed because the nation did not listen to God's prophets and priests.
Unlike the record of their neighbours, whose records were intent on praising the reigning monarch of the time, the Hebrew Scriptures were a product of the religious elite endeavouring to promote and preserve their power and influence. We do not see the records of their opponents.
There is no doubt that the Babylonian exiles (who were the intelligentsia of the Hebrews) played a major role in the shape and content of the record we now have. Whether they wrote Deuteronomy or simply edited it, it is plain they had a great impact on the text we now have.
i have a contact who needs an ongoing supply of all watchtower magazines.
they need the printed version, not mp3/mp4.. is there a site i can refer that contact to?.
doug.
I have a contact who needs an ongoing supply of all Watchtower magazines. They need the printed version, not MP3/MP4.
Is there a site I can refer that contact to?
Doug
it is my understanding that the scholars of the wts say that the "70 years" began when the land was "completely depopulated", not when jerusalem was destroyed.. .
if that is the case, they should have jumped from their 537 bce date back to the removal of inhabitants during nebuchadnezzar's 23rd year, thus making that 607 (or 606) bce.. .
did russell start the 70 years (and hence his 2520 years) with the destruction of jerusalem or with the depopulation of the land?.
It is my understanding that the Scholars of the WTS say that the "70 years" began when the land was "completely depopulated", not when Jerusalem was destroyed.
If that is the case, they should have jumped from their 537 BCE date back to the removal of inhabitants during Nebuchadnezzar's 23rd year, thus making that 607 (or 606) BCE.
Did Russell start the 70 years (and hence his 2520 years) with the destruction of Jerusalem or with the depopulation of the land?
If Russell started the period with Jerusalem's destruction, when did the WTS shift its starting point to the depopulation?
The WTS Scholars could have dated the depopulation in Nebuchadnezzar’s 23 rd year to 607 BCE when in 1942/1943 they amended Russell's date for Jerusalem's destruction and they moved the Parousia from 1874 to 1914. Doug
the grammar of matthew 24:45 46 (nwt) reads as follows:.
(a) who really is the faithful and discreet slave.
(b) whom his master appointed over his domestics,.
Thank you everyone for your insights, and for the efforts you put into this for me.
Doug
the grammar of matthew 24:45 46 (nwt) reads as follows:.
(a) who really is the faithful and discreet slave.
(b) whom his master appointed over his domestics,.
The grammar of Matthew 24:45 – 46 (NWT) reads as follows: (a) “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave
(b) whom his master appointed over his domestics,
(c) to give them their food at the proper time?
(c’) Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
(b’) Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings
----------------- The following expressions indicate that the “faithful and discreet slave” is an individual person. “Who IS the FDS? ... that slave ... finds HIM ... appoint HIM”.
When and why did the WTS make the change from “A slave” to “a slave CLASS”?
Does the WTS still say that the FDS and the “domestics” are the same people?
If it is the role of the FDS to teach the “domestics”, where do the rank and file fit in?
Am I correct in thinking that the WTS says the FDS were appointed over themselves as Domestics before the “parousia” and that when the Master “arrived” (1918???) that’s when he appointed the FDS over the rank and file?
How does this align with the fact that it was not until 1943 that the WTS officially changed the date of the invisible parousia from 1874 to 1914?
When was the mantle of FDS first applied to a “Governing Body”?
Confused? I certainly am. Perhaps someone could give me a simple explanation of the article that appeared in The Watchtower magazine of 1 February 1952, pages 76 to 83
Doug
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4 and in answer jesus said to them: look out that nobody misleads you; 5 for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am the christ, and will mislead many.
[it is more than apparent that many were misled even by the w.t.s.
Look carefully at the Hebraic parallelistic structure of Matthew 24:3 ff, and also compare its synoptic parallels.
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And in answer Jesus said to them: “Look out that nobody misleads YOU;
for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.
YOU are going to hear of wars and reports of wars;
see that YOU are not terrified.
For these things must take place, but the end is not yet.
“For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.
All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.
NOWHERE do we see the mention of size, damage caused, casualties, extent, impact, or any other factor. All we see Jesus doing is to warn his disciples of deceivers who would be using events in the human and natural worlds as indicators.
actually, my mom just said something like that to me, because i missed last week's meeting.
in my own account of our conversation, here's what happened:.
"i had an interesting discussion with mom about the blood issue.
In the Bible, "blood" = "death".
In a hospital, "blood" = "life".
the watchtower of 1 april 1978 (page 16), tells me:.
"through [the firstborn son], jehovah god brought into existence millions of angelic sons, the vast universe with its billions of galaxies and the earth with its abundant variety of plant and creature life.".
is the wt telling me that the "firstborn son" created black holes, dying stars, poisonous atmospheres, uninhabitable planets, comets that crash into planets, dangerous rays from the sun, and life-threatening places on earth?.
Hi,
No problems. Sorry my intent is not clear to you, I take the blame for that.
Regarding YHWH's wife (and I think that earlier she "belonged" to EL, but someone else can verify that for us), look at the www (and in your OT) for the name: Asherah.
You could also try searching ("googling") for:
Asherah YHWH
Asherah EL
