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beth sarim
by jurs in
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i've been reading up on beth sarim.

once, when i was out in servive, a householder mentioned that rutherford had lived in a mansion.

i thought it was a lie that some evil apostate made up.
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"THE GLORIOUS ONES" WT TWISTING THE ...
by ARoarer in
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i have been reading from other bibles and comparing them to the wt.

translation in the nwt and found it interesting that the information that they use in the reasoning book regarding apostates is taken from jude and the experience of korah with moses.

it seems they use this scripture to identify elders as the "glorious ones", and anyone speaking against the society is compared to korah speaking against moses.
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Blood, The Watchtower and Deceit
by Maximus in
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while much attention is given to doctrine in sites such as this, very little is noted about the watchtower societys intellectual dishonesty in its publications, especially when it comes to quotations.. oftentimes the societys writers will cite a scholar or author of some repute: "professor blank observes that blah, blah, blah.

" the reader assumes from the quotation that professor blank is in agreement with the organizations position, of course, and that the quotation chosen accurately depicts the authors thoughts.. heres the catch: the words between the quotation marks may be accurate, but the snippet may not at all faithfully represent someones actual thesis or position.

much like a newspaper ad for a movie that quotes a reviewer as saying "monumental!
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Who Will Cry For the Babies?
by Farkel in
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here's something i found on kent's site just now.

i wrote it december last.

i didn't know that he purloined it but then again, he purloins lots of stuff, and furthermore i don't save most of what i write.
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Report on Jacksonville losing WT convention
by expatbrit in
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city loses big convention .

by bill johnson, special to the daily record.

wash your car, it will rain.
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Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD in
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for those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.

is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.

of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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Greenlees & Chitty -- Some Sources
by AlanF in
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posted on an email message board:.

posted on an email message board:.

posted recently to the h2o message board:.
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Elders- "Trained or UnTrained- WHICH IS IT??
by JT in
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the biggest error wt has continued to make for the last 120yrs is they leave a wonderful paper trail behind - where a serious student of study will have no problem following and seeing that so many of their lofty claims simply don't fly .

case in point - are the elders trained or untrained clergymen as it were?.

well for those of you who have never served as an elder allow me to share with you what elders are told about their training.
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Thank You Ray Franz.
by Martini in
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hello friends,.

in a thread over at witnesses.net entitled "society bracing for law suits" fellow jw's are taking swipes at ray franz.

not too long ago, while i was still under the wt spell i also would have similarily spoken abusively of ray.
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Blood = Organ Transplant Awake! '99
by waiting in
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this was posted by jang at another forum, she had not seen it before either.. has this been questioned, talked about, etc?

i've not heard anything on it...... but then that's sometimes the case with me..

awake aug 22 1999 page 31 states: .