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It is a well known fact that John Aquila Brown played with some numbers in 1823 until he came up with 2,520 years (Gentile Times)...
But the Governing Body has repeatedly claimed that this bizarre calculation actually originated with the Bible Students in the 1870's...
Regarding the 2,520 years that supposedly ended in 1914, here'e what a GB member said in the 2010 DVD "Faith In Action":
"The fact that they were able to pinpoint that year is just phenomenal" -Anthony Morris, Governing Body
interview with a prosecutor .
background: on july 26, 2011, the entire worldwide religious and corporate hierarchy of jehovahs witnesses was charged in the magistrates court of victoria, australia, with 35 serious criminal breaches of the states mandatory child protection laws (working with children act 2005).
among the legal entities charged were the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania and the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
barbara... I didn't mean you...
interview with a prosecutor .
background: on july 26, 2011, the entire worldwide religious and corporate hierarchy of jehovahs witnesses was charged in the magistrates court of victoria, australia, with 35 serious criminal breaches of the states mandatory child protection laws (working with children act 2005).
among the legal entities charged were the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania and the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
Steven Unthank... if you're reading this, please reconsider... you're about to put yourself in a position that could cause major damage to an extremely important case...
In case you are unaware, it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Rick Fearon has absolutely no interest in verifying his sources of information before presenting things on his call... he is only interested in having people DIAL IN to his conference call (only he knows why)...
I know this is NOT Rick's call per say... but this particular call will be viewed as "guilty by association"...
Can you at least wait until the court proceedings are done and over with?... remember... there's a lot at stake here if you don't choose your words correctly.
Frankly, it is highly irresponsible of these people to invite you to an interview at this stage... I have to wonder if they're genuinely interested in this case or are trying to re-establish lost credibility...
At least give this some thought...
Thanks
Alfred
i'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.
i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.
Growing Girl.... realizing that non-JWs are not "evil" or "bad association" will be one of the best things you'll get from your awakening (IMHO)... I remember the feeling I got from knowing that I was finally free to make friends with people from all walks of life... and it was fantastic!!!
why the unrelenting pressure for more and more organized religious activity?
today i uploaded a new article to my blog exploring the reason why watchtower promotes more and more of its work onto the community of jehovahs witnesses.
it turns out that in 1943 nathan knorr had a thing or two to say about why this constant push for more, more, more.
when you're extremely busy, you really have no time to verify if people are telling you the truth...
being a jw exposed me to many bible stories.
when i am with any group of people today, except seminary students, i know far more stories and obscure ones, too.
after i left, i went on a tour of the cathedral in ny.
I find that many JWs have simply memorized an entire repertoire of texts that have been repeated continuously over the years (along with their corresponding twisted interpretations). But very few have taken the time to actually analyze what they read...
This reminds me of when I had to memorize the periodic table in chemistry class... Oh I memorized it alright... and people around me were amazed at how much I knew about chemistry... The truth was: I knew nothing about chemistry... I was merely able to regurgitate the periodic table and few tid-bits about chemistry here and there... but I knew nothing about chemistry at all...
Likewise today, some people are amazed at how many texts JWs are able regurgitate on demand... but the fact is that most JWs know nothing about the Bible itself...
just my opinion from my own personal observations...
british dubs are invited to attend a special convention next summer in dublin , irish republic.
o k, this kind of trip has been done many times before.
however i have never seen such a crude and rigid set of rules that would apply to their own people going on a trip, at their own expense of course.
Have they ever had these so-called "Special Conventions" where the need ($$$) is great (like Haiti, Ethiopia or Zimbabwe)???
in his book he says he still went out on field service.. why would he do that?
i'm finding it so hard to go out, i only take my bible.. .
bromac.
3 possible reasons come to mind
is it just me?... I don't see the post...
why is it, the c.a.s are not upbuiling, and the whole bible is replaced with, "how to do more for jehovah!
" talks.
the "two day assemblies" are no.
designs... very fitting metophor.... on the other hand, the cookie monster does tend to drop the entire cookie on the floor as he crazily munches away... the WT would never drop one red cent!
