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  Question to DEDDAISY on Rand/Reg/Regi

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "rand also has rand technologies of michigan, inc. and rand worldwide.".

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36482&site=3

  could you please show me the relationship between these corporations?

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  Gerard

  Thanks deddaisy! You've given me enough leads now.

  Cheers,

  Gerry
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  Question to DEDDAISY on Rand/Reg/Regi

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "rand also has rand technologies of michigan, inc. and rand worldwide.".

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36482&site=3

  could you please show me the relationship between these corporations?

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  Gerard

  Hello. Just because certain company includes the word RAND in its name it does not mean it belongs to Worldwide Rand.

  A wild search brings up: Rand Institute, Rand Areaguide, Dresser-Rand, Ingersoll-Rand, Rand McNally...get my point? It is like saying all bussiness containing the name Smith must be incorporated.

  The Watchtower holds stocks on these two following companies, but when I looked for a link between Rand Cam Engine Corp. and Rand Energy Group Inc. with Rand Worlwide, I could not find any, that is why I am requesting this particular info so if it is true I can correct my article at http://www.geocities.com/wtgreed/article.htm Thanks.

  Cheers,

  Gerry
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  Question to DEDDAISY on Rand/Reg/Regi

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "rand also has rand technologies of michigan, inc. and rand worldwide.".

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36482&site=3

  could you please show me the relationship between these corporations?

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  Gerard

  "Rand also has Rand Technologies of Michigan, Inc. and Rand Worldwide."

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36482&site=3

  Could you please show me the relationship between these corporations? I need to have accurate information.

  Thank you,

  Gerry

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  Elders to discuss Rand Cam - Info Req'd

  by KAYTEE in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  2 elders are visiting us next friday 11 oct.. i urgently need some information on how i can obtain original documents regarding the rand cam shares.. i have printed out loads of earlier discussions from this forum, (thanks to everyone involved for all the hard work) but i need to have some authentic material on hand, because that's obviously what they are going to ask for.

  does anyone have a phone number where i can obtain this information ?

  time is running out !

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  Gerard

  Kaytee,

  I was wondering if the elders threatened you for doubting the WTBTS?

  Gerry
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  Vatican rejects US sex abuse policy

  by Gerard in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2339749.stm

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  Gerard

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2339749.stm
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  Resurection of billions will bring famine

  by Gerard in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when billions of people resurect, in flesh and bone, their bodies will again need a source of energy: food.

  the world will be seriously overpopulated overnight and food will become scarce; should we expect cattle rustlers, gangs, tribal wars?

  will history repeat itself?

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  Gerard

  "Really, after 10 months on this board, every new little 'item' I read doesn't surprise me anymore..I just continue shaking my head in disbelief."

  Yep...Every day...
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  Resurection of billions will bring famine

  by Gerard in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when billions of people resurect, in flesh and bone, their bodies will again need a source of energy: food.

  the world will be seriously overpopulated overnight and food will become scarce; should we expect cattle rustlers, gangs, tribal wars?

  will history repeat itself?

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  Gerard

  When BILLIONS of people resurect, in flesh and bone, their bodies will again need a source of energy: food. The world will be seriously overpopulated overnight and food will become scarce; should we expect cattle rustlers, gangs, tribal wars? Will history repeat itself? What does the WT "feed" in this subject?

  Inquiring minds want to know...

  Gerry

  Edited by - Gerard on 17 October 2002 15:21:47
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  Daniel Prophesied the Watchtower desolation

  by Nassau in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  daniel prophesied the exact day when the un-watchtower covenant came into force:.

  it is not hard to see that this agreement was the transgression that causes desolation and that it resulted in the disgusting thing (this covenant) standing in the holy place.

  but to prove categorically that this agreement was the transgression that causes desolation please see [157].. there you will see that the un accepted the watchtower as an ngo 4600 solar days before the constant feature ends.

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  Gerard

  "Before the computer age, man's ability to examine the Bible text in this way[computers] was limited. In August 1994, however, the journal Statistical Science published an article in which Eliyahu Rips of Jerusalem's Hebrew University and his fellow researchers made some startling claims. They explained that by removing all spaces between letters and using a sequence of equidistant jumps between letters in the Hebrew text of Genesis, they had discovered the names of 34 famous rabbis encoded in the text, along with other information, such as their dates of birth or death, in close proximity to their names.* After repeated testing, the researchers published their conclusion that the information encoded in Genesis was statistically beyond the possibility of chanceproof of inspired information deliberately hidden in code form in Genesis thousands of years ago.

  Building on this method, journalist Drosnin ran his own tests, searching for hidden information in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. According to Drosnin, he found the name of Yitzhak Rabin embedded in the Bible text by a sequence of every 4,772 letters. With the Bible text arranged in lines of 4,772 letters each, he saw that Rabin's name (read vertically) intersected with a line (Deuteronomy 4:42, running horizontally) that Drosnin translated as "assassin that will assassinate."

  Deuteronomy 4:42 actually speaks of a manslayer who has killed unintentionally. Thus, many have criticized Drosnin's arbitrary approach, claiming that his unscientific methods could be used to find similar messages in any text. But Drosnin stood his ground, issuing this challenge: "When my critics find a message about the assassination of a Prime Minister encrypted in [the novel] Moby Dick, I will believe them."

  Proof of Inspiration?

  Professor Brendan McKay, of the Department of Computer Science at the Australian National University, took up Drosnin's challenge and made extensive computer searches through the English text of Moby Dick.# Using the same method described by Drosnin, McKay claims to have found "predictions" of the assassinations of Indira Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, and others. According to McKay, he discovered that Moby Dick also "prophesied" the murder of Yitzhak Rabin."
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  Is the Bible self-evident? Why join the JW then?

  by Gerard in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found this article in which the wt dismisses the possibility of hidden messages, codes and prophecies in the bible.

  yet the wt claims one must resort to their teachings in order to understand the bible.

  but in this phrase they imply the bible is self-evident: .

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  Gerard

  I found this article in which the WT dismisses the possibility of hidden messages, codes and prophecies in the Bible. Yet the WT claims one must resort to their teachings in order to understand the Bible. But in this phrase they imply the Bible is self-evident:

  "The concept of a Bible code has its roots in Jewish mysticism, utilizing "artfully contrived" methods that obscure and distort the plain meaning of the Bible's inspired text. The Hebrew Scriptures themselves unequivocally condemned such a mystical approach."

  http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/4/1a/article_01.htm

  If there are no hidden codes and messages, how can they simultaneously sell the idea of Armageddon happening on specific (and failed) dates? Isnt it a "mystical approach" to claim to be the sole channel to God when the Bible says nothing bout a building in Brooklin?

  It goes on with: "This [JW instruction] is far better than trying to learn about our Creator by searching for hidden messages that are the products of private interpretation."

  This is laughable as past WT presidents created a cult based on their own private interpretations. This doctrine is a world of contradictions and amazes me it still flourishes without much critical though by most new recruits.

  A penny for your houghts. Cheers,

  Gerry

  Edited by - Gerard on 15 October 2002 18:2:44
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  Today I had been DA

  by Ginosko in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first of all, sorry for my bad english i'm from peru south america.

  there's a lot to tell but i'm going in this time to be brief, because i'm very busy.. i had been an elder for almost 8 years and a jh for more than 22 years.. i'm a searcher of the truth from the 10 years old.

  i grow as a catholic and got baptized as a jh at the age of 21.. in october of 2001 a jw friend ask me about the un&wt and bulgarian affair.

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  Gerard

  Amigo, le hicieron un favor a usted. No questione las preguntas de usted sino las respuestas de la WT y vera que hay muchas mentiras que la WT ha creado. Hagalo sin culpabilidad, ya que su busqueda es por la verdad.

  Gerry