So? He tours all the time. In fact, his group, Answers in Genesis, maintains an ongoing tour schedule for many of their more prominent personalities. It's not surprising that he would eventually end up in the UK at some point.
NeonMadman
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CREATIONIST MINISTER ON TOUR IN BRITAIN
by badboy inmr ham,who is with answer in genesis has been touring britain, talking at church seminars etc.
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CREATIONIST MINISTER ON TOUR IN BRITAIN
by badboy inmr ham,who is with answer in genesis has been touring britain, talking at church seminars etc.
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NeonMadman
So? He tours all the time. In fact, his group, Answers in Genesis, maintains an ongoing tour schedule for many of their more prominent personalities. It's not surprising that he would eventually end up in the UK at some point.
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Did the WTS actually get it right in 1942?
by Olin Moyles Ghost inrecently in the book study, we discussed revelation 17:8 which says, in part, "the wild beast that you saw was, but is not, and yet is about to ascend out of the abyss, and it is to go off into destruction.
" in chapter 34, paragraphs 4-5, the revelation climax book relates that in september 1942, knorr gave a talk called "peace--can it last?
" in that talk, knorr noted that the league was in the abyss at that time as a result of world war 2. he asked "will the league remain in the pit?
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NeonMadman
I wasn't around in 1942 to tell you from personal experience, but here's my understanding:
While the Judge was alive, the expectation was that the war that was ongoing (World War II) was going to escalate right into Armageddon. The Judge died in early 1942 and Nathan Knorr took over (with Freddy Franz as head theologian :P). A very short time prior to these events, there had also been a major change with regard to the war: the United States had entered it. This created a very different outlook for the future, and attention came to be focused on the likelihood that the war would end and be followed by (hopefully) world peace. So, yes, Knorr's talk presented "new light" on the subject in accord with the changed situation.
If I had to make a bet, I'd guess that there was already some talk going around of a revival of the League of Nations, though possibly not in the form of a completely different organization, as actually happened. The League still existed officially at that time, but was obviously ineffective in its peacekeeping mission, given that most of the world was embroiled in war. When a glimmer of hope for peace appeared on the horizon, however, it was only natural to speculate that the LoN (or something very much like it) might have a role to play in the politics of the coming peaceful world.
So, did the WTS get it right? In a sense, I guess you could say so, but not in a way that couldn't have been duplicated by anyone at the time who was reading the newspapers and thinking a bit about the future. I suspect that someone with more time on their hands than I have could probably root around and find quotations from non-JW sources at the time predicting the same thing. If God were really giving them their information, they should have known that the war would end BEFORE events in the world made it obvious to ordinary observers.
Even if we did have to acknowledge that they got one right, it would be meaningless given the overwhelming number they have gotten wrong. The JW's qualify as a bona fide false prophet in the manner of Deuteronomy 18:20-22. They have repeatedly spoken in God's name ("Jehovah's prophetic word," "the Creator's promise," "God's dates, not ours") and their predictions have failed to come to pass. One failed prediction is sufficient to identify a false prophet; one correct prediction does not make one a true prophet.
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"The Word" Who is He? According to John
by BONEZZ inwould that be john ritter?
john wayne?
no, seriously i came across this wtbs booklet called that, from 1962...right after they introduced their new bible translation.
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NeonMadman
I don't think the "Survival After Death" booklet had anything to do with Jeane Dixon. As you point out, that booklet was printed in 1955. Jeane Dixon didn't come to prominence until about 1964, when she gained fame for having allegedly predicted the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. Spiritualism and occultism were gaining in popularity back then, and I think that's far more likely to be the reason for the booklet being published.
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EVERLASTING vs ETERNAL life?
by hamsterbait ini don't have access to the references.. in the late 70s early 80s, the witchtower argued that the annointed get eternal life (ie life in themselves like jesus hence, immortality).. the other sheep get everlasting life, (they will need to keep breathing, eating, drinking, sleeping, peeing and crapping to stay alive.).
this is why the "troof" book was changed to "truth that leads to everlasting (not eternal ) life.. in view of this, do you think the nwt of john 6: 50 - 58 actually shoots the witchtower theology in the foot?.
can somebody post the relevant wts??.
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NeonMadman
Many Christian theologians believe that God transcends time, that He effectively exists in an eternal "now" and is not affected by the passage of time. Time, in fact, was itself created by God (as was space) as part of the framework of creation. So time is subject to God, not the other way around. The term for this timeless quality of God is that He is "eternal."
"Everlasting," on the other hand, seems more to suggest a subjection to time that is the nature of creation. Something that is "everlasting" may exist for an infinite number of moments, but will never be beyond time in the way that God is.
In JW theology, however, God himself is subject to time, and therefore the terms "eternal" and "everlasting" are synonymous to a JW. Their Jehovah is less than eternal, less than transcendent and less than omniscient (since he doesn't completely know the future). As the late Christian philosopher Dr. Ronald Nash said of such a God, "If I thought that God was really like that, I'd want to pray for him."
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Does anybody have a print copy of the 15-Feb-2003 Watchtower?
by DanTheMan inthe reason i ask is because on the wt library (2005) the second of the two study articles from that mag has a blurb at the end that i found rather bizarre: .
[footnote].
published by jehovahs witnesses but now out of print.
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NeonMadman
The footnote in the bound volume says just that, and it is a reference to the quotation from Studies in the Scriptures in paragraph 8. Obviously, SitS had been out of print for many years before this article was written.
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Classic JW misconceptions. Then & now.
by jambon1 in'if you go to college you will come out an evolutionist'.
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"Everyone who leaves the truth and writes a book makes millions off it."
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Anybody Here Into the Poetess/Punk-Rocker Patti Smith?
by Rapunzel intwo of my favorite songs by her are "horses" and "rock n' roll n*****.
" what do you think of patti smith?
one singer whom she definitely does not get along with is ted nugent.
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NeonMadman
Isn't she an ex-JW?
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We had a whole bunch of Pharisees.
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After Divorce
by pjj62 inif a jw wife divorces a non jw husband, can she remarry?
i thought she couldnt unless it was due to infidelity.
is that true?.
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NeonMadman
In theory, the innocent mate in a case of adultery is free to remarry (after the divorce, of course) if he/she chooses to divorce the guilty mate. If no adultery has occurred, then there is no basis for divorce and neither mate can remarry.
One catch-22 is that after the divorce, the guilty mate is also free to remarry (assuming the divorce was on grounds of adultery). And, it can be the guilty party who seeks the legal divorce if the innocent mate has "rejected" him/her. My ex-wife divorced me based on HER confessed adultery. She was not disfellowshipped because she was "repentant," even though she informed me privately that if I forgave her for the adultery (thus removing her ability to get the divorce) she would just go out and do it again.