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  Society tells us to stop asking questions...

  by cedars in

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  i was just glancing at the back of the october 15th watchtower and the questions from readers.

  the question under discussion is "what should i do when i have a question about something i read in the bible or when i need advice about a personal problem?".

  the article goes on to discuss how we should consult the watch tower publications index among the many 'tools' that have been provided by the faithful and discreet slave whenever we have a question that is not directly discussed in the publications.. one statement really caught my eye, because it's the first time i've ever seen the society actually dissuade people from writing in with questions.

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  Maybe technically they are correct.

  It is my understanding that the role of the GB is to teach the FDS (the 144,000) ("feed my sheep")

  Doug
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  Illegal online version of Carl Jonsson’s book

  by Doug Mason in

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  the online version 4 of carl olof jonssons book, gentile times reconsidered is illegal.. unknown to carl, a swedish man prepared his book for the web and put his name on the copyright page.

  he also made some changes and additions to the book that carl does not accept.. he had it published and many have loaded it down from that site and published it on their sites.. doug.

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  I do not know the changes, and have simply provided the text of Carl's concern.

  As you would expect, I am not prepared to provide any links, given the illegality of the work. When you do manage to find a copy, you will see the admission on the title page that it was prepared by someone else other than Carl.

  Doug
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  Can the neo-Babylonian Chronology be Reduced? (Part 1), Carl Olof Jonsson

  by Doug Mason in

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  2. bible

  in this article, carl olof jonsson examines the attempts by some who are trying to shorten the chronology and move the reigns of its kings forward in time by hundreds of years.. http://www.jwstudies.com/can_the_neo-babylonian_chronology_be_reduced__part_1__carl_olof_jonsson.pdf.

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  In this article, Carl Olof Jonsson examines the attempts by some who are trying to shorten the chronology and move the reigns of its kings forward in time by hundreds of years.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/Can_the_neo-Babylonian_Chronology_be_reduced__Part_1__Carl_Olof_Jonsson.pdf

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  Illegal online version of Carl Jonsson’s book

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the online version 4 of carl olof jonssons book, gentile times reconsidered is illegal.. unknown to carl, a swedish man prepared his book for the web and put his name on the copyright page.

  he also made some changes and additions to the book that carl does not accept.. he had it published and many have loaded it down from that site and published it on their sites.. doug.

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  The online version 4 of Carl Olof Jonsson’s book, “Gentile Times Reconsidered” is illegal.

  Unknown to Carl, a Swedish man prepared his book for the web and put his name on the copyright page. He also made some changes and additions to the book that Carl does not accept.

  He had it published and many have loaded it down from that site and published it on their sites.

  Doug
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  Copyright Issues

  by irondork in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  one of the points ray franz brought out in both his books is that most of the early literature is out of print and simply unavailable to jehovah's witnesses (or anyone else) today.. would there be any copyright issues involved in setting up a website, or an addition to this website (just a scenario) with a database of all this old leterature?

  are writings from 100 years ago considered public domain now?.

  i realize it would be a massive undertaking but with so many people contributing literature from their own collections.... .

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  Doug Mason

  I think the magazine "Golden Age" was like a 1930s precursor to "Awake!". It was edited by a person who had the strangest "medical" ideas, although he did not carry on about the medical use of blood. I recall seeing an article (possibly from the late 30s/early 40s) which lauded the fact that a woman's life was saved through that procedure.

  Apologies for the lack of detail, but I do not have them immediately to hand.

  Doug
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  Questions from JWN readers 1914 & 607 vs 587 (parody)

  by stuckinamovement in

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  2. beliefs

  questions from jwn readers.

  1914 is a date that many people question.

  this is equal to 3.5 lunar years of 360 days.

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  Doug Mason

  Actually it should be:

  We think the first Returnees rededicated the temple site in 537 BCE. We think this marked the end of the 70 Years.

  And:

  We think that Judea became devoid of every person when a group of them entered Egypt. We think this marked the start of the 70 years. We think this happened in the same year that Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.

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  Wouldn't the predators on the ark have eaten everything by the time the 40 days was over?

  by highdose in

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  let say noah did manage to get all the species into the ark... about half of them would have been predators and the other half natural prey.. are we going to belive that they went without eating for 40 days and nights?

  or the ridiculous theory as the wt would have it that noah fed them nice tasty bales of straw which they happily munched on?.

  and even if one of these two exhuses were true, when the animals were let out of the ark into a world now deverstated by a flood, then wouldn't they have continued eating eachother???

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  How many flood stories are there?

  http://www.jwstudies.com/Two_Flood_Stories.pdf

  Doug
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  Scan needed 1897 Thy Kingdom Come

  by jwfacts in

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  does anyone have a copy of the 1897 studies in the scriptures, or a scan?

  i particularly am after page 342. .

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  Doug Mason

  I can only offer differences between a 1902 MD and a 1924 SS:

  http://www.jwstudies.com/Changed_MD_and_SS_words.pdf

  Give it a while to download and format (6.4 meg file).

  Doug
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  "the wife should have deep respect for her husband" (Eph 5:33)

  by Wonderment in

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  does anyone here think this command still applies in force today as it did 2000 years ago?.

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  Mary,

  Paul did not write Ephesians.

  It was penned some 50 years after he died, and a forger made out that it was written by Paul. That was the only way he could get his abominable position accepted.

  The writer of Ephesians was wrong, but it was not Paul who wrote it.

  The decision on the writings that would make up the NT was not made until the 4th century, and the Roman Emperors at the time were involved. Their acceptance of Ephesians was not their only mistake.

  Doug
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  "the wife should have deep respect for her husband" (Eph 5:33)

  by Wonderment in

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  does anyone here think this command still applies in force today as it did 2000 years ago?.

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  Women were a part of the group of disciples who followed Jesus as he preached. The Scripture makes it plain that the women provided the financial support to Jesus and his followers:

  Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod’shousehold; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. (Luke 8:1-3, NIV)

  Doug