just had a quick read through the new 16 page edition of the watchtower, and noticed an article about able who was adam's son.
the article said in part.
abel speaks to you today.
1975 was stated as the end of 6000 years of human existance
The 1975 mistake was justified with "The 6000 years must be counted from Abel on, and we don't know when he was born". Not with "We found that the 7th day of creation does not last 7000 years".
just had a quick read through the new 16 page edition of the watchtower, and noticed an article about able who was adam's son.
the article said in part.
abel speaks to you today.
modern humans being around for only 6000 years
Humans at all. Whether "modern" or not.
just had a quick read through the new 16 page edition of the watchtower, and noticed an article about able who was adam's son.
the article said in part.
abel speaks to you today.
WTS claims that Adam would have been created 4026 BCE (so it would be 6037 years now), and:
*** it-1 p. 15 Abel ***
Since Seth was evidently born shortly after Abel’s death and when Adam was 130 years of age, it is possible that Abel may have been as much as 100 years old at the time of his martyrdom.
So "it is possible" that Abel was born around 3996 BCE or 6007 years ago. But actually the Bible does not mention his age at all. He may as well have been 30 years old instead of 100. If he ever lived, of course, which I don't believe.
one 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!
SCRWLDNSCPSSLTBSKRMNTTCNPD$NNTMLCXKCLN#NSDGGGNLKRGHT
I fully agree, but are you sure about the Dollar sign?
one 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!
THEGREEKLANGUGAGEDOESNOTONLYLACKEXCLAMATIONANDPUNCTUATIONMARKSBUTALSOSPACESANDLOWERCASE
Hbrw, n th thr hnd dd nt hv vwls, whch mks t dffclt t rd nd ndrstnd.
needless 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:
pop quiz for the watchtower writing department.... .
when was frederick franz baptized?
april 4, 1914 or november 30, 1913?.
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).
needless 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:
we all saw this coming - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/latest-candace-conti-news/.
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!"
needless 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.
