In a recent post You Know maintained that "the Russellites have faded into irrelevance." They certainly are not as numerous as Jehovah's witnesses. But they certainly are not as irrelevant as he believes. The Watchtower has many daughters. Check out the following:
Kenneson
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The Influence of the Russellites
by Kenneson inin a recent post you know maintained that "the russellites have faded into irrelevance.
" they certainly are not as numerous as jehovah's witnesses.
but they certainly are not as irrelevant as he believes.
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Kenneson
Hi KKLuv,
So you're right outside of Baton Rouge. I know well where Denham Springs is. I lived in Baker for a year and worked in Baton Rouge while there.
I was born in Breaux Bridge, but was reared in Carencro (near Lafayette) and graduated there.
I moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1989 and have been here since.
I usually visit La. annually. My sister and some of her children live in Plaquemine (Iberville Parish). One nephew works in Port Allen. One niece lives in Prairieville. I have other relatives still living in Breaux Bridge, Carencro, Lafayette, Opelousas area, Ville Platte.
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KNOW I HAVE SEEN IT ALL
by obiwan ini just talked to a friend that knows a jw that went to the district convention here in michigan a few weeks ago,this jw's father happens to be an elder.this jw told my friend that there was a person that was handing out fliers saying,"stop supporting child abuse" it went futher to quote dateline and other references about silent lambs.this jw also said that they called the police to try and stop this person from handing out fliers,but all the police could do was get them off the silverdomes property,so then this person was handing out fliers on the sidewalk.this jw went futher and said that the elders were going around trying to find out who had the fliers and confiscate them.this whole thing only went on for a short while as there was a brother that was directing people around this person so they would not get or see the flier.now you know if the role was reversed the jw's would be crying foul,i guess they forget how many times they went to court so they could "preach".
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Kenneson
I'm sure the way Fred feels about those fliers is the same way a lot of people feel about Watchtower literature.
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JW Literature?
by KKLUV155 inthis is my first post, just wondering how long after you left the borg.
did it take you to get rid of all your books and literature.
i felt ashamed to get rid of mine and it took me about 5 years to finally break down and dispose of it.
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Kenneson
I gave all mine to a university in Louisiana, when I moved to Florida. It included Jw literature, Bible Student literature and anti-Witness. I haven't returned to find out if they kept any of it or not.
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Blast From The Past
by Frenchy in**however, from 1892 to 1927, the watch tower did set aside space for comment on the text featured in the "international sunday school lessons," which were then popular in many protestant churches.
these texts were for many years selected by f. n. peloubet, a congregational clergyman, and his assistants.
the watch tower discussed these texts from the standpoint of the bible students advanced understanding of the scriptures, free from the creeds of christendom.
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Kenneson
Bonjour Frenchy,
Comment ca va?
I agree with you 100%. The Cajun language is dying because the schools forbade us to speak it on the school grounds. They discouraged parents from teaching their children by saying that now we were Americans and the language was not needed. Now decades later, with the advent of James Domengeaux and the Council for the Devleopment of French in La. (CODOFIL) they tried to bring it back but too late. Besides, they tried to teach standard French, which is different from the Cajun dialect. So some kids might be able to say a few phrases in French, but they can't carry on a conversation. Since Cajun is a spoken language and not a written language, it could have been handed down only orally by parents. That's how you and I learned it. It was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. But as less and less parents spoke Cajun, their children did not learn it either. And the little French they are learning today is the Parisien French. It's a shame. The only things I see that will remain in the Cajun culture for a long time to come are the music and the food.
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Weird??
by Undecided inhi folks,.
this is kind of strange, everyday i find a penny, on a parking lot, floor of a store, driveway, or whatever.
yesterday i hadn't found any money, i didn't think about it until i started to get in bed.
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Kenneson
"A penny for your thoughts."
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Assemly food tickets - WHY??
by home_and_dry ini was laying in bed last night thinking how lucky i am that i havent had to undergo the mental torture of attending the district convention.
then i started reminiscing about the old days and i suddenly remembered those ridiculous tickets you had to buy to pay for food.
they were those brown cheap cardboard type efforts with i think 10 tickets per sheet.
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Kenneson
I was a pre-meal ticket Witness. But I remember attending a convention in Houston, Texas where a robbery occurred at one of those concession stands. If I remember correctly, one Witness was killed. Maybe it was that type of occurrence that paved the way for the meal tickets???
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"seven stars" of Revelation 1:20 - JW...
by stevieb1 in.
according to the march 15, 2002 wt page 14 the "seven stars" of revelation 1:20 in christ's righ hand apply exclusively to appointed jw elders today and since they and the governing body are under christ's direction we should submit to their leadership etc.. .
at the kingdom hall last week i heard a talk in wich the speaker intimated that since the congregations in asia minor all received letters they were organized in much the same way as the wt is today.. what is your take on this matter?
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Kenneson
Good points! Even John admitted that he received his message (not from an elder), but from an angel. (Rev. 1:1
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Blast From The Past
by Frenchy in**however, from 1892 to 1927, the watch tower did set aside space for comment on the text featured in the "international sunday school lessons," which were then popular in many protestant churches.
these texts were for many years selected by f. n. peloubet, a congregational clergyman, and his assistants.
the watch tower discussed these texts from the standpoint of the bible students advanced understanding of the scriptures, free from the creeds of christendom.
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Kenneson
Frenchy,
Are you Cajun? I'm part Cajun. My mother was a Boutin and on my father's side I'm Anglo. Her people were Acadians from Acadie (Nova Scotia, Canada). When the Acadians arrived in Louisiana (beginning in 1764) the Creoles of New Orleans shortened the word to Cadiens. In time the Ameicans corrupted it into Cajun, much like the word Indian became Injun. Sorry for the digression. At any rate, I was born in the heart of Acadiana, in Breaux Bridge, which is the "Crawfish Capital of the World." My mother tongue is Cajun; I learned English in school. Are you from La.?
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LATEST INSTALLMENT: ANSWERS 22-31
by You Know in22. if the holy spirit is god's impersonal active force, how could he: be referred to as "he" and "him" in jn 16:7- 8 and jn 16:13-14; bear witness (jn 15:26); feel hurt (isa 63:10); be blasphemed against (mk 3:29); say things (ezek 3:24, acts 8:29, 10:19, 11:12, and heb 10:15-17): desire (gal 5:17); be outraged (heb 10:29); search (i cor 2:10); comfort (acts 9:31); be loved (rom 15:30); be lied to and be god (acts 5:3-4)?.
how can this be since if jesus had been created by god, then he would have been with god when everything else was created?
why is the word "other" inserted?
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Kenneson
Perpsi writes: "Firstborn would be the only creation that God himself directly created." This is in reference to firstborn of creation, that Jesus is the first creature created by God.
What would "firstborn from the dead" in Col. 1:18 mean? Does this mean that Jesus was the first to be brought back to life from the dead? Apparently not, as Elijah raised a child back to life in 1 Kings 17:21-23 And Jesus himself raised Lazarus (John 11:43) How, then, was Jesus the "firstborn from the dead"?