Posts by tfjw

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CAN A HUMAN-ANIMAL HYBRID BECOME A JW?

by badboy in

jw
friends

suppose for the sake of argument that such a hybrid existed in the flesh,could it become a jw?

tfjw

That depends. Can a smurf become a pioneer?

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i have a lot of consolation magazines that i could scan.. if you want a particular issue for research, tell me and i will scan it, and you can tell to the board more what are your research, so everybody will have more insight.. .

here is one of this magazine concerning the madison square garden incident.

this incident is connected with the olyn moyle's trial and it is interessant to see the vision of rutherford concerning this.. he tried in this magazine to excuse the usher, because what he said on stage was "the word of jehovah", so nobody must stop the "spreading of the word of god".

tfjw

Thank you, chasson. These are excellent resources. Thank you for the offer and for taking the time to make these available to researchers.

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"hoodwinked by these false prophets"

by tfjw in

i love these quotes... .

"...it is plain that the forming of a visible organization of such gathered out ones would be out of harmony with the spirit of the divine plan.

" (watchtower, december 1, 1894, page 1743) .

tfjw

I love these quotes...

"...it is plain that the forming of a visible organization of such gathered out ones would be out of harmony with the spirit of the divine plan." (Watchtower, December 1, 1894, page 1743)

"Beware of 'organization' It is wholly unnecessary." (Watchtower, September 15, 1895, page 1866)

"Will the people continue to be hoodwinked by these false prophets, who are wise in their own conceits and who pose as preachers of the gospel, or will they be guided by the plain Word of God, which is now due to be understood? Let each hearer answer for himself." (Watchtower, May 1, 1935; page 142)

"We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with God's Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are lovers of the truth, there is nothing to fear from such an examination. It should be the sincere desire of every one of us to learn what God's will is for us, and then to do it." (The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life, page 13)

Stephen

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Witnesses designed own non-pagan calander in 1935 Sunday=God day?!!

by Witness 007 in

in a disasociation letter sent to rutherford from olin moyle bethelite/lawyer in july21 1939 he mentions; "...a tongue lashing was given to c.j woodworth.

{editor of golden age} woodworth in a personal letter to you stated that it would be serving the devil to use our present day calander.

for that he was humiliated and called a jackass and given a public lambasting...".

tfjw

I found additional information on this at this link http://www.freeminds.org/jwcalendar.htm with a 7 megabyte pdf with all the documentation.

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Are You Sure That You Don't Still Think & Act Like A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you still have jw traits left remaining within you?

be honest.

tfjw

Honestly speaking, unfortunately, I do. I try to recognize those on a daily basis and wash that tower right out of my hair. I was born and raised in the tower and it is still very difficult to get rid of those evil influences.

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Witnesses designed own non-pagan calander in 1935 Sunday=God day?!!

by Witness 007 in

in a disasociation letter sent to rutherford from olin moyle bethelite/lawyer in july21 1939 he mentions; "...a tongue lashing was given to c.j woodworth.

{editor of golden age} woodworth in a personal letter to you stated that it would be serving the devil to use our present day calander.

for that he was humiliated and called a jackass and given a public lambasting...".

tfjw

This is fascinating. I was never aware of this. Is it possible to provide scans of these charts and the calendar explanation? I was born in 1935 but my towers do not go back that far. We had an estate sale a long time ago and much of what my parents had was either sold or thrown away.

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Faith vs Accurate Knowledge

by writetoknow in

although that organization may presently be under going a name change do to recent sex scandals plaguing the group.. .

basing their doctrinal teaching of accurate knowledge from john17: 3 of the new world translation.

however, other translation put the verse this way: and this is eternal life; to know thee, the only true god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent.

tfjw

Here here! writetoknow, very well said! You have captured the whole of what the WT truly means by "accurate knowledge". They have supplanted simple faith in God with an "accurate knowledge" of the WT doctrines and the ability to speak the "pure language" of their publications. Well said! Thank you.

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W.W 2 - 1940's Australia Bethel helps out war effort!!

by Witness 007 in

australia bethel had from 1938 began to make big money!

they employed many brothers.

they opened a saw mill, bakery, 20 kingdom farms, and an engineering company.

tfjw

Thank you for that link Atlantis.

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W.W 2 - 1940's Australia Bethel helps out war effort!!

by Witness 007 in

australia bethel had from 1938 began to make big money!

they employed many brothers.

they opened a saw mill, bakery, 20 kingdom farms, and an engineering company.

tfjw

Very good information, thank you.

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They have created Web sites

by Word in

kingdom ministry september 2007 .

..in various parts of the world, a few associates of our organization have formed groups to do.

independent research on bible-related subjects.

tfjw

"More and more groups are splitting away from the WT each year."

Got any links or listings?

M.J. here are three: True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses Association (started in Romania, spread throughout Eastern Europe) - was an embarrassment to the Society when they found out there were "Witnesses" doing the witnesses work, being identified by "Jehovah's name" - but no longer with any association with the Watchtower in Brooklyn. I was once associated with this group but left over differences. They follow Rutherford staunchly and I was not aware at the time that Rutherford was a Nazi Hitler's bed partner (so to speak). There link: http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/index.html The group I started is called "International Theocratic Studies Association" and is a reformed JW Bible Study group. http://www.theocraticstudies.org/ The site is very much under construction with some bad links. My grandson is reconstructing the site after we moved off of Geocities. There is a newer group on the East coast I think called "Bene Yeshua", meaning "Sons/Children of Yeshua" from the Hebrew phrase. They say they are a Judeo-Christian reformed group of JW's. Their link: http://www.beneyeshuatemple.com/ I am not entirely familiar with this group but I know they differe on the WT chronology. There are others I am familiar with but I do not have those links, then there are those who do not have websites. There are several in Eastern Europe and some in Germany that have split off the WT and split off from each other as well over doctrinal/chronological issues. Most of them are not associated with The Bible Student Movement as far as I am aware.