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The final and most important question ... Were the WTS. doctrines specifically created to attract the attention to the organization's printed literature and to proliferate that literature to its fullest possible capability ?
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wts.

over its long history has made some very brazen and bold proclamations in its professed doctrines, such as christ return in 1874,. then moved up to 1914, then they made a false claim that mankind's existence accumulated to 6000 years ending in october of 1975.. taking all of these proclamations in a whole, the pertinent question remains were they intently and calculatedly devised as circumventing.

marketing schemes in the proliferation of the wts.
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Take a break and have a laugh, recent events and the oncoming Christmas dilemma has put many people in a down state
by Finkelstein in
1. social
2. entertainment
post some funny stuff you've found on the net.. this is a skit from little britain and is a bit crude so fair warning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqtsasbiodg.

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Top Ten (Failed) Proofs for God's Existence
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here's a series of talks concerning the viability of the bible and of god being the source .

of its information in its written form.

thought it was informative and interesting, its in ten relatively short parts .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzebpcuf7re.
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Music of the 60's ... Peace Love and Understanding
by Finkelstein in
1. social
2. entertainment
retrospectively looking back at some the music that was being produced during .

the 60's, 70's and even in the 1950's there really was a lot of good music without the.

entailing commercial visual hype that so apparent in popular music today.. this was of course pre music videos, the music had to stand on its own to create its own public appeal.. whats some of the music that you fondly remember all you baby boomers ?
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Internet Explorer 10 now availble for WIn.7
by Finkelstein in
1. social
2. entertainment
i thought i would make notice to ones using windows 7, .

been using it now for a couple of hours now and it does appear quicker than ie9.. its suppose to have higher security built into it as well.. there's also fair amount of updates on ms update program that might be worthy to do as well.. by the way i had to log in to jwn once i rebooted and returned here.. here's a link to microsoft http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/download-ie.

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The Watchtower Corporation hides its lies and corruption behind the belief in the Bible
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when one takes a close analytical look at the workings of the watchtower corporation.

over the years, right back from its very beginning, it becomes obvious that this religious .

publishing house has exploited the bible toward its own concerning means.. commercialism in the face of religious virtue.. this organization has always created its own established doctrines to lure people toward the.
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Do most people become Jehovah's Witnesses out of fear they might be destroyed at Armageddon ?
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a practical question concerning human psychology .

it very well be that it was the jws who were.

responsible for first approaching this posing question to people to incite their interest and concern.. i can confidently say it was for my 20 something year old mother back in the early 50's.. unfortunately people who did so, weren't completely discerning the probable commercial .
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Is the Watchtower Corporation guilty of purposely infusing a overwhelming amount of fear to control people ?
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you were to pin point out the workings of the wts., of what attracts people to the.

organization and what is the catalyst that controls them once.

they are inside of it, the conclusion would most likely be drawn that fear is the paramount.
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The biggest enemy the Watchtower Corporation faces now is "The Truth"
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thats my opinion because the wts really has been preaching false information now for so long about the end times and armageddon soon.. also the doctrine that jesus chirt has taken a position over his earthly and heavenly kingdom in 1914 .... etc.

its been a winfall marketing scheme for such a long time, which now really doesn't have much leg to stand on.. time in conjunction with reality has made the wts's doctrines redundantly weak or useless more or less.. i'm even believing the leaders of the wts are even starting to know this for themselves.. the wts future and its main supporting pieces of literature, the watchtower and awake magazines may eventually be tossed aside.

for some new doctrines as well newly named pieces of literature .
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Would mankind be better off without religion today ? A topical debate .
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is an interesting debate paneled by people representing both pro and con aspects of religion as a ideological concept in human sociality.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfix_e1qnbm.