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I fully agree, but are you sure about the Dollar sign?
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One Silly Little Comma = WT Idiocy
by Farkel inone would think that the god of gods, the creator of everything who wanted to give we puny little humans a handbook for salvation(tm), would make sure that handbook remained authentic.. one who thinks that way would be wrong.. since punctuation is critical to convey exact meanings, i find it strange that the god of gods would pick a written language for his handbook that has no punctuation!
oh, wait!
he also picked another language for that book that had no written vowels!
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One Silly Little Comma = WT Idiocy
by Farkel inone would think that the god of gods, the creator of everything who wanted to give we puny little humans a handbook for salvation(tm), would make sure that handbook remained authentic.. one who thinks that way would be wrong.. since punctuation is critical to convey exact meanings, i find it strange that the god of gods would pick a written language for his handbook that has no punctuation!
oh, wait!
he also picked another language for that book that had no written vowels!
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THEGREEKLANGUGAGEDOESNOTONLYLACKEXCLAMATIONANDPUNCTUATIONMARKSBUTALSOSPACESANDLOWERCASE
Hbrw, n th thr hnd dd nt hv vwls, whch mks t dffclt t rd nd ndrstnd.
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New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org
by St George of England inneedless to say it's the same old rubbish.
the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.
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What sort of program generates these numbers?
I copied the text from WTLIB or PDF to Word and used the "Word Count" function.
Could you possibly do the same for the Watchtower.
Did that already:
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Attention WT Writing Department: When was Frederick Franz baptized??? Please make up your mind!!!
by Calebs Airplane inpop quiz for the watchtower writing department.... .
when was frederick franz baptized?
april 4, 1914 or november 30, 1913?.
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One more:
*** jv chap. 9 p. 111 Jehovah’s Word Keeps Moving Speedily (1976-1992) ***
Background of F. W. Franz
... On November 30, 1913, he was baptized. In May 1914 he left the university, and he immediately made arrangements to become a colporteur (pioneer).
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New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org
by St George of England inneedless to say it's the same old rubbish.
the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.
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I made some more statistics - from the German edition, but should be around the same for the English one:
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The Very Latest Candace Conti vs. The Watchtower News
by God_Delusion inwe all saw this coming - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/latest-candace-conti-news/.
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One more idea about this:
Maybe they want to avoid paying MONEY to avoid critical questions in field service. So, when a homeowner says: "You had to pay millions because of child abuse!", they can reply: "No, we did not! Where did you hear such? It is a lie, spread by evil apostates!"
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New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org
by St George of England inneedless to say it's the same old rubbish.
the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.
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They should make a simplified Awake! in the style of the "Listen to God" brochure.
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New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org
by St George of England inneedless to say it's the same old rubbish.
the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.
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Actually, the content dropped by much more than 50 %. A quick analysis:
- Awake! January 2000: ca. 61000 characters
- Awake! January 2011: ca. 58000 characters
- Awake! January 2012: ca. 50000 characters
- Awake! January 2013: ca. 22000 characters
The actual content is ca. 1/3 of what it was a decade ago.
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Help With Bible Chronology Please
by Yan Bibiyan inmy question revolves around prophecies.. believers will claim that one of the sure signs of the divinity of the bible is that it predicts events hundreds/thousands of years before the events actually occuring.. from a more pragmatic viewpoint, a prophecy is a prophecy if it was predicted and documented ahead of the events in question.. the oldest known copies of biblical texts aare the death sea scrolls, dated from what i understand somewhere between 200bc-100 bc.. is there anything in the scrolls (not other books of the bible, but in the few biblical texts in the actual scrolls) that points to historically confirmed events postdating the scrolls?.
in other words, are there biblical prophecies written on paper (or whatever medium) that:.
a. can be confirmed to have been written prior to the predicted event - by means of radiological dating or other scientific metod, and.
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@Leolaia: Nice =) ... I might translate that to German once I have time.
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Help With Bible Chronology Please
by Yan Bibiyan inmy question revolves around prophecies.. believers will claim that one of the sure signs of the divinity of the bible is that it predicts events hundreds/thousands of years before the events actually occuring.. from a more pragmatic viewpoint, a prophecy is a prophecy if it was predicted and documented ahead of the events in question.. the oldest known copies of biblical texts aare the death sea scrolls, dated from what i understand somewhere between 200bc-100 bc.. is there anything in the scrolls (not other books of the bible, but in the few biblical texts in the actual scrolls) that points to historically confirmed events postdating the scrolls?.
in other words, are there biblical prophecies written on paper (or whatever medium) that:.
a. can be confirmed to have been written prior to the predicted event - by means of radiological dating or other scientific metod, and.
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King David's throne would be established forever
So, where is it?
Jesus did not sit on David's throne, which has been destroyed centuries before Jesus was born.
He claimed that he would inherit David's throne, but this was just a claim, not a fulfilled prophecy.
Daniel predicted when an anointed one would be rejected
There were thousands of people who claimed to be "anointed ones" and have been rejected. Just go downtown, tell everyone that YOU are the Messiah, and see how they will reject you.
God promised another prophet like Moses
There were (and are until today) lots of prophets. Why should this prophecy have been fulfilled with Jesus?
The Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham
Sure, since all Jews (the only people that believed in a Messiah) were descendants of Abraham.
Isaiah foreshadowed the virgin birth of Jesus
No, he did not. He told the king that a young woman (not a virgin!) will get pregnant and call her son Immanuel ("God is with us"). This should show that Syrian threat would be over before a young woman would give birth (= within 9 months), so that she would give her child a positive name. Isaiah did not mention a virgin, and he did not mention the Messiah. And, Mary gave Jesus the name Jesus, not Immanuel.
There would be a son called God
Jesus was called God? And if he was, what about the Roman emperors? They were called Gods too.
He would perform miracles
And according to Matthew 24:24, "false Christs" would also perform miracles. Nothing spectecular.
The Messiah would be preceded by a messenger
Lots of people were preceded by a messenger. Nothing special.
God's salvation would reach the ends of the earth
Yes, God's salvation can be seen to the ends of the earth today. No hunger, no pain, no death. He saved us all.
Jesus was spat upon and beaten
As were countless other people.
The Messiah would be rejected
All religious leaders, cult founders and other persons were rejected by the majority of people. I reject your ideas too, does that mean that you're the Messiah?
God's servant would die for our sins
Jesus died, and claimed that it would have been for our sins. Yet, nothing has changed since then. We are still sinners, and still we die. As death is the consequence of sin (according to the Bible), if Jesus would have taken away our sins we wouldn't sin and die anymore. So, nothing happened.
God's servant would be silent before his accusers
As was Obama in the first TV debate.
God's servant would be buried in a rich man's tomb
As were all rich men.
God's servant would be "numbered with the transgressors"
As were all transgressors.
The Messiah would be a descendant of King David
As were countless other Jews
All who believe in Jesus will be saved
No, he just claimed that.
Jesus proclaims that he is the Messiah
Ähh ... was this a prophecy about the Messiah that he fulfilled???
Jesus foretold his death and resurrection
Yes, but wrongly. He was not dead for 3 days. According to the Bible he was dead for barely 2 days.
The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem
Over the centuries countless people have been born in Bethlehem.
Jesus was betrayed by a friend
Me too.
The Messiah would enter Jerusalem while riding on a donkey
This is one of the prophecies that he fulfilled by intention (if the Bible is true).
Zechariah foreshadowed the crucifixion of Jesus
Jesus was not really "pierced through".
Apart from that, most of these "prophecies" were no prophecies. They were just statements. Later, the Christians saw prophecies in this accounts and claimed that Jesus would have "fulfilled" those.
