Posts by glenster

even after learning ttatt i had a hard time departing from the idea that a centralized body of administration may have existed then and may need to exist now.

glenster

Assuming you're clear about the diplomacy to preach Christianity you're
wondering what merit there is to imagining that Acts 15, etc., indicates a JWs'
GB?

You're not going to find the GB's claim to authority in the gathering of
apostles for a discussion or that two had a disagreement so continued
separately. Since early Russell the claim of that strain of leaders that
they're of a literal 144,000 is meant as verified by the reasoning and evidence
for their dozen or so distinctive or distinctively taught rules (more recently
like extreme shunning and a ban of the medical use of blood and blood products).
And that gives expose writers a lot of material.

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Acts 15... common decision making or peace treaty?

by StarTrekAngel in

acts 15, along with the fds parable, are the basis for the existence of the modern day gb.

it is not difficult for anyone who is beginning to study the bible with jws to see this and be utterly convinced of the matter.

even after learning ttatt i had a hard time departing from the idea that a centralized body of administration may have existed then and may need to exist now.

glenster

Acts 16
3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because
of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a
Greek.

Acts 21:17-26
Four men go through Jewish purification rites to socialize with Jewish law
followers. Likewise, the Gentiles are told the four rules.

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Series

by Berengaria in

don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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glenster

The Daily Show

PS: "Why 'The Big Lebowski' Is Secretly 'Alice In Wonderland'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8lAF12OF1c

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Rutherford's Hitler Letter - An Alternate History

by cappytan in

if you're unaware of the letter tinged with anti-semitism and offering tacit approval that rutherford wrote to hitler, see this article on jwfacts.. so, we all know the witnesses were persecuted quite a bit during the war years.

i personally had family that was in jail with brother schroder in the 40's for the crime of "peddling.

i'm an agnostic fader, however i still think the mob violence against the witnesses was deplorable.

glenster

Rutherford another sincere believer so misunderstood? I get tired all over
just thinking about it. Russell, even, let alone Rutherford.

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Did judge Rutherford piss off Hitler

by greenhornet in

the jws at the time in germany where considered part of the aryan race, (since they were not jews).

then things changed for the jws after rutherford mailed a letter to hitler bragging about jehovahs kingdom on earth.. so can we add this to the bloodshed that that the watchtower corp is responsible for?.

glenster

I made a timeline of Russell, Rutherford, etc., and secular leaders at the
next link. Rutherford was notorious for having JWs provoke for headlines for
his sales then, always, claim persecution.
http://glenster1.webs.com/gtjbrooklyn6.htm

Rutherford, failing to get special approval from Hitler, threatened to bring
him down (from his US home) by sending unarmed JWs through Germany to reveal
the truth about him. After that JWs started appearing in prison camps.

Hitler was an a-hole, but would anyone want Rutherford in charge of doing that
to them? Rutherford just stepped up his usual venom for any leaders--including
Allied leaders--as deserving to fall. The history of the JWs leaders' peddling
of antisemitism deserves attention, too.