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  January 2013 Watchtower. Interesting comment re 6000 years

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  processor

  modern humans being around for only 6000 years

  Humans at all. Whether "modern" or not.
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  January 2013 Watchtower. Interesting comment re 6000 years

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  processor

  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.
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  One Silly Little Comma = WT Idiocy

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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!

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  SCRWLDNSCPSSLTBSKRMNTTCNPD$NNTMLCXKCLN#NSDGGGNLKRGHT

  I fully agree, but are you sure about the Dollar sign?
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  One Silly Little Comma = WT Idiocy

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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!

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  processor

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  processor

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz for the watchtower writing department.... .

  when was frederick franz baptized?

  april 4, 1914 or november 30, 1913?.

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  processor

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  processor

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we all saw this coming - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/latest-candace-conti-news/.

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  processor

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.
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  New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org

  by St George of England in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  processor

  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.