brother knorr is rarely mentioned in the awake or watchtower and i don't really know much about him.
is there a reason why brother knorr does not receive as much mention as brother russell, rutherford or even frantz?
can you help me understand why he was like?
F.W. Franz, in the late 1980s WT article that featured his autobiography, described N.H. Knorr as having outstanding management skills. Others have observed that under Knorr, the operation of the WTS and the congregations was altered to more resemble one big business venture.
Other than that, compared with his two predecessors, Nathan Knorr was not a controversial personality - possibly why remarkably little is said about him anymore. (That was not the case, though, while he was alive).
Bill.
21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
This result should at last put to rest the "chokers" tag , that has all too often been applied to the All Blacks!
Bill.
21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
I retract what I previously said about Dan Carter's absence, sizemik! Aaron Cruden performed magnificently in his place.
Now there is only France to beat. While the odds seem to be heavily stacked against them, you never quite know what the French will do on the day. Were they to turn on another display like the 1999 semi-final, it would be a very interesting game indeed!
Bill
21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
All the Welsh fans will be disappointed.
But for a lapse of discipline, Wales would have nailed it (and finallysomepride would have been out of pocket!)
As it was, they were the better team - losing by only one point, despite playing with only 14 men for most of the game. I would imagine that Warburton isn't the most popular person in Wales right now!
Going on to this evening's semi-final, I cannot believe that New Zealand are entering this one as the favourites to win - not with Dan Carter out, and Richie McCaw crippled (when was the last game they won against a strong opponent, without both Carter and McCaw in the team?)
The "choker" tag surely doesn't apply this time!
Bill.
21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
Whatever today's results turn out to be, I will be plugging for the North / South rivalry (although Wales played distinctly NZ style rugby last weekend - legacy of its NZ coach, no doubt!).
Bill.
it used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.
more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?
who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.
This explanation made little sense to me at any time:
- and it made no sense at all after I got myself hopelessly tangled up a few times, while trying to explain it to others!
That was particularly the case if such persons knew something about the bible (and, contrary to WTS propaganda, such persons do exist - mainly because they actually read the bible, not the Watchtower.)
Like so many other things JW, this one, too, is just another Fred Franz fairy story!
Bill.
21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
Princess Daisy Boo,
Up until this afternoon, I would have classed the Springboks as the Dark Horses of this World Cup
i.e. keeping all their experienced players out of the last Tri-Nations and on the "injured" list, while keeping the rest of us guessing.
However, the World Cup in any sport always contains an element of the unpredictable - and we have all seen our teams crash out during the quarter finals!
Bill.
http://kristenfrihet.se/vtsvar/vtsvar1.pdf.
(thanks to augustin for bringing this to our attention in another thread.
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MrMonroe,
Rolf Furuli is a JW - one of the very few who rate as a "scholar" of anything.
Before too much be read into his input ref. the 607 / 587 issue, Rolf Furuli is a lecturer in Semitic Languages at Oslo University - and his area of expertise is in Ancient Languages:
- his area of expertise is NOT in ancient history, chronology, archeology or astronomy; i.e. in any of the disciplines that would give his opinion any weight in arguing for 607 BC over 587 BC.
Bill.
perhaps this has already been addressed, i looked ... i thought you might want to know, not much time left ..... harold camping .... some time after being released from a nursing home in june after suffering a stroke, camping, released an audio message on family radio's website saying, "we would have not been able to be used [by god] to bring about the tremendous event that occurred on may 21 of this year, which probably [will] be finished out on oct. 21 that's coming very shortly.
that looks like it will be ... the final end of everything.".
http://www.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-update-rapture-will-probably-finish-oct-21-57197/.
I thought that I had about another 30 years to go:
- however, Mr Camping knows best.
Instead, it looks like I will just have to do 30 years worth of living inside of just two weeks (could be fun!)
Bill.
as many of us realize- times are hard for the wt society getting men to " reach out " for an elders or ministerial servants position as young men aged ( 18-35 ) are opting out of doing that due to the pressure they are under from the wt society leaders and just that it takes up too much valuable time where men could be earning a living and helping their own families instead of a thankless magazine printing corporation.
in the article " train others to reach out " in this issue it has lots of strange, controlling, yet perplexing statements which i'm sure will confuse jw men who are considering " reaching out ".
in fact, i think this article will discourage more than encourage them from doing so.. on pg.
Isn't it marvellous what that Report Card column marked "Total Hours" will achieve for a person - or not achieve, if the figure is not large enough!
Bill.
