Topics Started by peace_lily

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The Real Purpose of Shunning Holidays
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower endlessly prates on about pagan traditions in popular holidays - while the bible itself is loaded with subtle pagan religious ideas - such as wicked spirits being cast "into tartarus" (a pagan greek place in which the rebels against zeus got imprisoned) or "sacred secret" - a term the apostle paul likes that was adopted from pagan 'mystery' religions.. then we can throw in the reference to being divinely 'called christians' in acts - which uses a pagan term that refers to demonic oracles of the day.. of course, the watchtower has no objection to accumulating millions of pieces of paper that feature occult symbols (any dollar bill!).

in recent years, for good measure, they have added birthdays and thanksgiving to the official banned list, despite the sketchiest justification for doing so.

if birthdays are wrong simply because they figure in two negative accounts, then it makes much more sense to ban dogs as pets because of all the negativity in the bible about them!.
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Stack all Society's literature together in one pile -- how tall?
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
any of you math wizards willing to try a guess?

i mean everything -- books, magazines from 1879, booklets, pamphlets, tracts, etc.. it may be an interesting number.

ten feet?
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Does anyone have the 1957 Kingdom Ministry newsletters?
by peace_lily in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm looking for an article from one of the 1957 kingdom ministry newsletters.

i'm sorry idk the month, but the title was something like "which world did god so love?

" i heard don nelson refer to it in his testimony, and i've been wanting to read it.. i don't want to put anyone out, but if anyone has it in pdf, a copy/paste of that article would be much appreciated..
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Help With an Elusive Rutherford Book?
by Teary Oberon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've managed to find scans of all of judge rutherford's 100+ page books (23 in total) except for one rather elusive title:.

"can the living talk with the dead?

" circa 1920 by judge rutherford (128 pages).
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Does anyone recognize this ex-JW testimony from WNFJ convention?
by peace_lily in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm trying to find the testimony of a lady who spoke years ago at the witness now for jesus convention (i believe in pennsylvania).

she mentioned that her husband (i assume not a witness) came out as a homosexual during the years the org did not consider such to be grounds for divorce.

the elders advised her she didn't have grounds for divorce.
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How many people watched "The Princess and the Frog?"
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. experiences
how many christians?.

how many jehovah's witnesses?.

what do you all think of it?.
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1972 Kingdom Ministry School Course-PDF!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here is a file some of you might want in pdf.click the link below and then scroll down to where it says, (click here to start download from sendspace) and click that link.1972 kingdom ministry school coursestart here:http://www.sendspace.com/file/lzbd1iatlantis
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Jesus is NOT the Mediator for the Great Crowd?
by Resistance is Futile in
1. jw
2. friends
so according to the watchtower, jesus is not the mediator for the great crowd.

evidently jesus is only mediator for the anointed.

this means that about 99.9% of jehovahs witnesses cant say that jesus is their mediator.
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looking for 1968 truth book in pdf? Also looking for info about 1975 stuff.
by average joe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anyone have a pdf version of the unrevised truth book they can share with me?

also i am looking for information about what all was offically said about 1975..
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JW Site District/Circuit/Special Programs & Talks--Many MP3s--Wow!
by cabasilas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just had this site pointed out to me.

a great resource for researchers.

follow the links to many district & circuit assembly programs and many mp3s of talks from them.