Posts by bats in the belfry

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The J.W fishpond of marriage mates! How many of us married a idiot!! No choice.

by Witness 007 in

what a horror.

instead of there being "more fish in the sea" our marriage mates came from the small and crapy witness pond.

anyone got burned by going with mr or mrs you will have to do?

bats in the belfry

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If you marry one that doesn't do a sentence without the word "Jehovah" in it . . . then you know you've hit the jackpot of constant tribulation in the flesh.

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A Manufactured example? (Morning Worship, by Kenneth Flodin: Beware of Deceit)

by bats in the belfry in

the only 1910 watchtower i ever came across are the wtbts reprints.

has anyone ever seen the original 1910 watchtower scan online?.

flodin's story line does not add up.

bats in the belfry

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The only 1910 Watchtower I ever came across are the WTBTS reprints. Has anyone ever seen the original 1910 Watchtower scan online?

Flodin's story line does not add up. If Kenneth compared the original (which may reside in the WTBTS library) to the photocopy sent in by the lady, then her's must have been from the reprints.

From that point onward his story line appears fabricated. At 06:30 minutes into his ramblings he says:

One example I came through in my stack of letters. It was a sincere older lady it seems by the look of the scrawl or handwriting; it was probably an older woman.
And she sent in a photocopy from a page of a 1910 Watchtower.
And her question is "Why did your Mr. Russell say that you only need to read his "Book Studies in the Scriptures" instead of the Bible?
I read over the photocopy and it looks like that is exactly what it said.
But then I got an original of the 1910 magazine and compared, and very quickly you could discern the deceit, the trickery that was involved.
When photocopying that page they put a piece of white paper over the bottom part of the page so you didn't see the bottom of the first column.
And they are very tricky, they placed it exactly on a line where it sounded like when reading down the first column that the sentence completed on the second column.
But what was in the first part of that column that they had made invisible with the paper?
It was a subheading "SCRIPTURE STUDIES NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE". And here is what it said in that text that disappeared with the photocopying...

Besides, the whole thing is about omission, which the WTBTS can be accused of many times over. Would they call themselves apostates for doing do?

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God's name

by Gorbatchov in

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first at all, there is a new marketing video of god's name, clearly saying the name of god is jehovah.. link: https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodbible/docid-502014331_1_video.

and then, there is the video with geoffrey jackson (gb) clearly saying that the original name of god is not known and the use of jehovah is because of it is the most used variant in english.. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwv_8ocvkj8.

so, something contradicts here, isn't it?.

bats in the belfry

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His / her / its name is Gormuna, stupid !

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The Emphasised Bible

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The Watchtower Society's Purpose

by compound complex in

"the sole purpose of our existence as a society is to announce the kingdom established in 1914 and to sound the warning of the fall of babylon the great [in 1918].

we have a special message to deliver.

"--- fred franz's words to bethel family, november 17, 1979..

bats in the belfry

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It has always been some SPECIAL message - issued from but ONE publishing house..

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Be it further resolved, that we will not have any part with or spend our time listening to human teachers who desire to express their private interpretation of God’s Word, but will at all times use The Watchtower and other books and booklets put out by the above-named society.
The Watchtower - April 1, 1934, page 109

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"Personal Decisions" (Study Article of July 11-17, 2016)

by bats in the belfry in

concise thoughts from the wtbts.

par.2) however, there are numerous situations for which the bible provides no specific command.. par.3) in the absence of specific laws, how can we know what choices will please jehovah?.

par.16) many matters could be decided one way or another, and jehovah would still be pleased.. .

bats in the belfry

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Concise thoughts from the WTBTS:

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Par.2) However, there are numerous situations for which the Bible provides no specific command.
Par.3) In the absence of specific laws, how can we know what choices will please Jehovah?
Par.16) Many matters could be decided one way or another, and Jehovah would still be pleased.

Everything else is fluff.

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Did you have "Your chair" or place you sat at the K.H??

by karter in

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i never really did but lots of the "friends" did like one brother who felt the cold and had "his chair" by the window and was always closing the window when everyone else wanted it open.. karter..

bats in the belfry

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'Kingdom of God's birth in heaven in 1914' - first reference?

by EdenOne in

can someone tell me please when was the first time that the wts published something to the effect that the kingdom of god was born in heavens in 1914 / jesus enthroned invisibly in 1914 ?

i see an obscure reference to an article in a golden age magazine in 1930 but i can't find the actual quote,.

not looking for quotes that talk about the "coming" or "presence" since 1914. i'm looking for actual mention that the kingdom started in heavens in 1914. when was the first ever time this was clearly said in the publications?

bats in the belfry

The earliest references I came across, so far:

wt 1927, August 1, page 230

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wt 1928, September 1, page 260

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RC Was Worse Than I thought...

by JW_Rogue in

i was visiting with my family and it seems the rc was worse than i thought.

now they all seem to think that "we are so close to the end" and that the "brothers are really preparing us for the gt".

some even saying that soon our message will change to a judgement message for mankind and talking about how we need to improve "everything we do".

bats in the belfry

Just a question. Judgement message, what will that be?

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Back in 1969 they said this:

"This judgment message has to do specially with the international organization for world peace and security, which the clergy have claimed to be the “political expression of the Kingdom of God on earth,” but which the symbolic locusts tormentingly proclaim is a mere man-made substitute for God’s Messianic kingdom and is therefore doomed to fail and be destroyed by God’s true kingdom (w69 p. 721 par. 34)."

Perhaps it will be a flyer of sorts, chucked under your door, to proclaim the United Nations will be x-rayed to hell ... soon.

Remember all those pronouncements (trumpet blasts) against the clergy? The countless resolutions to whoever?

It's all been forgotten, lest never be noticed. Who cares?

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HTTPS (SSL security) Now Available

by Simon in

i've setup an ssl certificate so you can now use https to browse the site.

this creates an encrypted connection between your browser and the server which is more secure and prevents urls visited from being shown in router logs, content can't be eavesdropped etc.... there are also some performance benefits but they won't kick in until i make some more changes.. consider it experimental for now but at some point it will likely automatically redirect you to the secure version of a page.. you can try it by adding 's' to the http part of any address or just goto the home page and browse from there (some mixed content means you may not get the fully green https status in your browser just yet though).. let me know if you have any issues using the site..