years ago i remember reading an old book about the life of charles t. russell.
as a young man, russell was indignant with the major churches and at night used to write scornful letters and placed them on the buildings for the public to see.
he used harsh phrases such as "off spring of vipers" and "harlots".
Who could care? CT Russell was disfellowshipped by the Watch Tower several years ago. May be he'll get reinstated in the future, but even the possibility if that is bleak.
By undoing all the things Russell taught, and referring to them as old light (so old now that they've lost their shine), the Watch Tower somewhat dumped Russell. But not only him; Rutherford too... and all the 1919 teachings, plus that Jesus came and saw them feeding the flock with good food is gone with the wind.
the wt representatives was definitely using the benefits of their ngo status.
imagine being in the same room as so many "babylon the great" representatives:.
commonwealth of australia.
...Sickening
as of 6:02 pm last night i received a facsimile from paul hoeffel at the un on the wts.. he gave me 3 of the 4 things i requested in two paragraphs.. i have sent a scanned version to steve bates and someone else.. i sent it to kent and randy.
and kent and randy have posted the official united nations letter on their web sites.. here is the letter - put your cursor on the image and then right click on your mouse and hit "save image" to your computer.. .
after you look at kent's web site and you people still think this it is a fake letter, phone paul hoeffel yourself at (212) 963-8070.. hawk
Watchtower September 1, 2001, page 9, paragraph 6
"He encouraged the Romans to make peace with others 'as far as depended upon them'. No, he did not want them to compromise their beliefs for the sake of peace"
Watchtower September 1, 2001, page 9, paragraph 7
"Jehovah has revealed his judgements against organizations and classes..."
all new registrants must be referals now.
and the contemplations forum where the only really interesting stuff ever is (e.g.
the 'free to remarry' thread) is being made private.
... And it follows the pattern of thinking inherent in the Borg, talking about it alll in hushed tones. If there's a matter for contemplation, don't say it out, only to the responsible brothers. Then keep quiet and be a waiter on Jehovah...
all new registrants must be referals now.
and the contemplations forum where the only really interesting stuff ever is (e.g.
the 'free to remarry' thread) is being made private.
IT's a congregation of sorts... Security must be tight. The guy who started the UN thread that was killed by someone who calls himself man of true god and nother called bennadam is in hot soup. But it was late. The discussion was started in their congregation and it's out. Damage control has begun.
the genesis writer tells the story of labans agreement to give as wages to jacob, the tender of his goats and lambs, all light-streaked goats and dark-streaked lambs born while the flocks were in his care.
to increase the birth rate of streaked animals, jacob made white stripes on brown tree branches by peeling away dark strips of bark to expose the blond wood underneath, and put these branches in the animals drinking troughs, where they came to drink when they were in heat.
after the animals had mated in front of the branches, they bore young that were streaked; the normally brown goats were streaked white, and the normally white lambs were streaked brown.. its hard to believe that this story can actually be found in the bible, but it can.
Alward,
I think it's good that you're raising these issues here. And it's also interesting that not everyone is concurring. Of course, it's diificult for those of us who have been brought up, or have chosen to believe the bible as God's inpired word to be objective on certain points. Your point with respect to the Jacobian story is valid. Until not long ago, I also believed the story the way it is, that what happened was just possible. It would have been better for the bible writer to have stated that it was a miracle, but that would only have been if he thought it was not naturally possible.
check out this paragraph from the article "serve jehovah without distraction" in the april 1994 kingdom ministry:.
time-consuming side issues: some have got caught up in efforts to resolve common problems in modern society.
christians need to avoid becoming involved in the worlds endless debates over social issues or its futile struggles to correct injustices.
Sounds like Comment's got some training in the Writing Department... So what's the society doingin the Helsinki commission/committee... they say many words to suit the occassion, and then the literature and paper trail if full of mind numbing contracdiction. They should'a listened to Sol: inthe writing of many magazines and brochures, there does not fail to be transgression.
following the link given by kent,.
i have several observation to make:.
(from the link : http://www.un.org/moreinfo/ngolink/brochure.htm).
Thanks Nelly. Thanks.
the second study article of the november 15, 2001 watchtower is entitled jehovah is our refuge.
on page 19 under the subheading.
no calamity will befall us in paragraph 14 the following is stated:.
Unbaptised, don't ever fall (again!) for that cleansing-of-Jehovah's-house line. It's been used before - have you got to the 1919 story in your study? What the WT is facing is a consequence of its hypocricy. And if you still think Jehovah's been dwelling since anytime, read the history of the Tower again. Not good to be blaspheming Jehovah's name, that he would've been dwelling in that house of deceit for so long, not good.
Anglise, even if there's s troll, at least it was scrutinized by GB members, who are under the DIRECT influence of the holy spirit. You forget, it's real food, plus meat, at the proper time. And know that the brothers 're going to be happy about how timely the article is.
this is actually posted under the first massive thread about the society and un, but i thought maybe it should have a post dedicated to this shocking softening of opinion.. my original post was as follows:.
i just shared the information with my wife about the society and the un.
she then replied that this situation was no different than paul making use of the goverment to further the preaching work.
I told a friend about the affair between the Watchtower and the United Nations. He's checked it up on the UN site and is really down. He doesn't want to see me anymore, and he's been ill since last week.
