Posts by finallysomepride

yes, a long long time ago my grandmother, freshly immigrated from post-war england to rural australia, waiting for months for her husband to follow, with only her baby for company, heard a knock at the door.

she opened it and there were two witnesses, who, after hearing how she'd just been crying in the kitchen, begging god for a friend, probably couldn't have believed their luck.

finallysomepride

Welcome gorgia glad that you found us.

Where in oz are you, I'm in Brisbane

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Hi, newbie here

by casio in

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i've lurked on this site for about 18 months and read with interest.

nice to be able to see that there are others who have similar feelings to me.

i'm still in but feel a bit of a phoney given the way i think about things.

finallysomepride

Welcome Casio, greetings from Australia, glad that you finally joined up

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A Brief History of Racism in Watchtower Publications

by cedars in

i've just completed a lengthy article on the history of racism in the society's publications.

many people (including myself, until recently) aren't aware that the society's early publications were brimming with racist rhetoric, and this only calmed down as the public mood towards racism changed, most notably with the civil rights movement in the 50s/60s.. a few "headliners" from the article are:.

russell segregated blacks from whites for viewings of the photodramarussell believed that the skin of a black man would turn white during the millennial kingdomunder russell, the society's publications portrayed the black races as "degraded" and the white race as "superior"rutherford viewed the blacks as a "race of servants", and spoke of "sobering the southern negro" in an article against prohibitionunder rutherford, the golden age slammed uncle tom's cabin (a work that helped end slavery) as being "the work of satan"; the same article branded spaniards a "backwards race"rutherford accused "jewish business men" of "oppressing the peoples of many nations"in 1929 the golden age (acknowledged by the society as essentially the same magazine as the modern awake!

finallysomepride

bookmarked & going to bed

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New Here

by confusedteenager in

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hey,.

i've been lurking on this website for a few years now and finally made an account.

i have serious doubts about the organization in general and still have not made up my mind about what to believe.

finallysomepride

Welcome Nancy, great to have you here, finally