Posts by ElderEtta

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The 26 Prophetic Failures of Watchtower’s Most Heralded Date, 1914

by FatFreek 2005 in

below is a paste of the front of this, my recent, essay.

most jws, and lurkers here, have never really thought of the scope of watchtower's 1914 prophecy.

to them, 1914 was a simple one and done -- a mistake was made and it's been corrected.

ElderEtta

Great thoughts all.

Etta

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The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

by FatFreek 2005 in

dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

"but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

ElderEtta

Great list Splash perhaps someone can merge the two lists into one list

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"Watchtower Beliefs Clarified", JW.ORG site Ripe for the Picking.

by FatFreek 2005 in

i can just hear them now.

oh, how wonderful that the faithful and discreet slave is by going to bat for us against those wicked apostates who are always trying to dig up mud, especially from the older publications.

hey, they even go all the way back to the year 1870. hey, they even concede, with this timeline, the triple flip-flop of changes that the superior authorities teaching was changed to position no.

ElderEtta

Must be nice to put your head in the sand and rewrite history or that's the way they think anyway

One of the board's biggest problems is that most of the Free World have computers in their house and can access everything they have ever published

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"Watchtower Beliefs Clarified", JW.ORG site Ripe for the Picking.

by FatFreek 2005 in

i can just hear them now.

oh, how wonderful that the faithful and discreet slave is by going to bat for us against those wicked apostates who are always trying to dig up mud, especially from the older publications.

hey, they even go all the way back to the year 1870. hey, they even concede, with this timeline, the triple flip-flop of changes that the superior authorities teaching was changed to position no.

ElderEtta

Bump

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The Prince conundrum

by ElderEtta in

2 questions remain in the passing of brother prince:.

will an autopsy, that won't be made available for several weeks, reveal that he died of a drug overdose?.

did prince bequeath a large sum of money to watchtower corporation upon his passing?.

ElderEtta

2 questions remain in the passing of brother Prince:

Will an autopsy, that won't be made available for several weeks, reveal that he died of a drug overdose?

Did Prince bequeath a large sum of money to Watchtower Corporation upon his passing?

The conundrum? If we learn that both of the above answers turn out to be affirmative then what will the Watchtower Corporation decide as to accepting money from a practicing druggie?

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Please post new forum feedback or questions here

by Simon in

well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.

ElderEtta

Hmmm ... that ice photo is a paste from an image on my hard drive. So -- no need to upload to Photobuck et al. That is good news.

Etta

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Please post new forum feedback or questions here

by Simon in

well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.

ElderEtta

I am not reporting any problem, just trying to get the feel for the new changes so am using this topic to play around.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their favorite forum.

Etta

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Illegals not allowed positions of responsibility?

by ElderEtta in

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ElderEtta

I've been fading for some 3 years now and hope that my elder husband can somehow see the light of the WT hypocrisy. This issue may be one in which he tips. Probably not.

This situation is another one where WT goes to all costs to turn the other way when it comes to their membership breaking the law. Illegals could be providing big membership numbers for them and they don't want to disturb that.

Etta

ps: sorry about my posts -- see garbage code -- above where I pasted from Word. I'm quite new here.

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Illegals not allowed positions of responsibility?

by ElderEtta in

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ElderEtta

I don't know whether "accessory after the fact" comes into play here but if so, does that not make any knowing elders lawbreakers as well?

Hey, I'm not placing an illegal immigrant into the same bucket alongside murderers and rapists. However, my role as citizen, or employer, or elder (I'm just a wife) is not to make judgment. We have a system of law for that. On the other hand, should my husband look the other way?

Etta

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Illegals not allowed positions of responsibility?

by ElderEtta in

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ElderEtta

An illegal alien is a lawbreaker. I am disturbed by the Society’s apparent position of looking the other way. For example, an illegal alien can get baptized but cannot hold a position of responsibility.

I can understand that if a person doesn’t divulge his status, then the elders couldn’t accurately know one way or the other and therefore allow baptism. However, being baptized – then not being allowed to serve in some responsible position because of illegal nationality status infers actual knowledge by the elders that they have a lawbreaker on their hands.

Is this happening elsewhere?

Etta