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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  Marvin Shilmer

  I think this audio should be the October Broadcast!

  Why not? It fits right in with all the current kookiness coming from "the voice of GOD" (read: Guardians of Doctrine).
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  Theocratic War Strategy and Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole...

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  remember brother toole's testimony to the royal commission that he was unaware of watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

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  well wait until you read the letter i just posted on my blog: theocratic war strategy in action?

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  There's something fundamentally bizarre about using "theocratic warfare" to try to refute the concept of "theocratic warfare".

  Yes, there is. In the world of Theocratic Warfare (TW) "lying" takes on a special meaning that precludes intentional deception when the subject is supposedly a threat to the Kingdom's interests. Hence TW practitioners find themselves asserting that they are not lying even when they're intentionally deceiving!
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  Theocratic War Strategy and Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole...

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  remember brother toole's testimony to the royal commission that he was unaware of watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

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  well wait until you read the letter i just posted on my blog: theocratic war strategy in action?

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  It would have been funny if he'd signed it

  The letter may not have Toole's signature but it does have the Service Desk stamp, and as an active Circuit Overseer in 1988 Mr. Toole had been working nearly a decade for the Service Desk. If anyone was familiar with Watchtower theocratic war strategy doctrine it would have been someone in Toole's position at the time.
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  Deconstructing Splanes 'Generation' explanation

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at around 4 minutes into the september 2015 video splane said "for the man and the baby to be part of josephs generation they would have had to have lived at least some time during joseph's lifespan.".

  this is the lynchpin of the wt argument, that two lives must overlap to be considered the same generation.. let's take an example of twins who are born just a few minutes apart.

  obviously, these twins are the same generation as each other.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  In the context of Splane's argument we would have to read the text of Exodus 1:6 to mean Joseph's children are part of "that generation" Joseph is said to belong to. But something tells me the context of Exodus 1:6 does not suggest this.

  But, hey, context never gets in the way of Watchtower leadership when it wants to ram something down JWs' throats.

  
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  Bethel Provides Excellent Clarification of "This Generation"

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  bethel clarifies "this generation" via letter.

  /s.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctzzxpiqj2w.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  Watchtower insiders don't know how to answer for stupidity any more than their leaders. Thanks for sharing.

  We were raised and/or otherwise led to expect more. We got the same crap we were told other religions were spewing. Made up man-made religion.
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  Theocratic War Strategy and Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole...

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  remember brother toole's testimony to the royal commission that he was unaware of watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

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  well wait until you read the letter i just posted on my blog: theocratic war strategy in action?

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  I couldn't quite read the letter on your blog

  You can right-click on the image and open it in a different tab or window. Then click on the image and it enlarges for easy reading.
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  Theocratic War Strategy and Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole...

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  remember brother toole's testimony to the royal commission that he was unaware of watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

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  well wait until you read the letter i just posted on my blog: theocratic war strategy in action?

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  Marvin Shilmer

  Remember Brother Toole's testimony to the Royal Commission that he was unaware of Watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

  Well wait until you read the letter I just posted on my blog: Theocratic War Strategy in Action?

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  TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

  david spane does his best to explain it again.

  the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  These buffoons have set up a class distinction within the rank of future governing body members. Will they be:

  1. This Generation-ers

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  2. Not This Generation-ers

  Perhaps more importantly, who on earth would believe a group of men who didn't know what they were ("faithful slave-ers) for decades and only recently figured out they belonged to a generation they supposedly belonged to the whole time?
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  Saw the invisible, but didn't see ourselves

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the recent chart-thumping nonsense from governing body member david splane inspired a new article on my blog.

  it highlights the level of "spiritual discernment" demonstrated by these men, and those who follow them.

  saw the invisible, but didn't see ourselves .

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  The recent chart-thumping nonsense from Governing Body member David Splane inspired a new article on my blog. It highlights the level of "spiritual discernment" demonstrated by these men, and those who follow them.

  Saw the invisible, but didn't see ourselves

  Fact is stranger than fiction!
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  Current blood doctrine

  by Warren Wilson in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am new to this site.

  i was a jw from age 8 to 28. i am now 48 and leaving the organisation is the best decision i ever made in my life.

  anyway,could somebody please tell me the current jw mis-stance on blood.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  Not even Watchtower's top leadership is willing to stand in front of a learned audience and answer pointed questions about its blood taboo. The reason is simple enough: the whole thing is utterly indefensible.

  This nonsense about "major" this and "minor" that is a perfect example. Today's Jehovah's Witnesses can and do accept a blood product known as cryo-poor plasma (also termed cryosupernatant). This blood product is 99% of plasma and comprises more than 50% of whole blood. Yet Jehovah's Witnesses accept transfusion of this blood product, and for one reason: Watchtower's blood policy does not forbid it under pain of its organized communal shunning program.

  See: Over 96% Accept 99%!

  Watchtower's blood doctrine is one of the biggest lies the organization has ever involved itself with. It has killed Jehovah's Witnesses by the thousands!

  "It is estimated that approximately 1000 Jehovah’s Witnesses die annually worldwide and as many as 100,000 may have died by abstaining from blood transfusions since the blood ban was introduced in 1945."--Welsh, The Management of Adult Jehovah’s Witnesses in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Australian Anaesthesia 2011, p. 125

  See also: More than 50,000 dead

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