in zions watchtower 1896 december 15th, russell's comment on an article in the n.y observer which rightly cast doubt on the imminent formation of a jewish state in these words:.
come, and that although palestine will again become cultivated.
and prosperous, to the jews it may alwavs be a land of promise.".
Could you imagine if the chance made about 1914 teaching happened during the time of the internet?
"Yeah so 1914 wasn't the start of the great tribulation... it was... it was the start of the last days. Yeah! That's the ticket!"
"Well where is Jesus? You said he was going to return in 1914."
"Yeah he did return... but it was invisibly. Yeah you can't see him. He's totally there though."
this subject is coming up this month in the tms.
i just thought i would start a post for newbies or lurkers.
if you have any scans of the awake inside cover that would be awesome.
This crap they shovel makes me want to punch a hole in the wall. So infuriating.
i've been trying to avoid posting this, due to extreme paranoia but its time to post my story.
i hope to not post too many details, as we've avoided being df so far, our group elder was young and lovely and cool and i just hope that in time he learns the ttatt.. i'm a regular lurker on here, occasional poster (i can't post much as my phone browser only lets me read but not post, so i only post on the odd occasion i get a time alone on the pc).
i have been fading since round about last september ( so almost my first anniversary of learning ttatt).
Wishing you in the best in your recovery from the WT and also your child's recovery from cancer.
if you believe what is officially stated on the jw website, jws are not creationists.
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the fact that the exact jw belief is in fact specifically called "day-age creationism" seems to have alluded them.
They mean that they aren't young earth. Although they sort of shift back and forth on this it seems.
sampling:.
6 famous documentaries that were shockingly full of crap.
the 9 most racist disney characters.
I enjoy reading Cracked all though sometimes you need to take what their writers say with a grain of salt.
i was researching the history of the jews and in wikipedia it is said that in origin the jews were polytheists by default and became monotheist in a later period of time.
i was not aware of this (neither do many others) and am therefore putting some of my findings here:.
first of all the obvious things.
The old testament makes a lot more sense when you look at it in the context of polytheism.
can't seem to find anything about this in the reasoning book.
what do jehovah's witnesses usually say / instructed to say to try and get athiests interesteds in joining?.
Atheism is as much of a religion as off is a tv channel.
is there a compilation of at least the top 10 doctrines/beliefs that clearly shows the watchtower does not have the truth?.
i do have on my list the false prophecies.
i know jwfacts have lot of info.
Here's a letter I wrote (did not send it though): http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/242808/1/My-letter-to-the-elder
in john 8:44 jesus is quoted as saying that the devil is a "liar and the father of the lie.
" an obvious reference to the serpent story in genesis chapter 3.
(the johannine community, responsible for the gospel of john, the epistles of 1, 2, 3 john and revelation, was among the first to equate the serpent of genesis with satan, see rev.
The serpent was a revolutionary, revolting against a horrible tyrant.
so i was helping some friends move and it came time for a break, i took my kids to mcdonalds.
we're sitting there and there's a family across from us, man, wife, 2 kids under 4. in the next booth is this older guy, maybe late 60's.. i'm not really paying attention, but then this older guy says something to the family about everybody being "me-first" these days.
so that caught my ear.
Somebody that many years along, who has devoted his whole life to it. It is probably all he has. It's his social circle. It's his way of staying relevant in some way.
