The old time Bible Students also had a lapel pin of the cross and crown which they liked to wear to conventions, etc. I posit the theory that Rutherford's move to discredit the cross and replace it with the stake was a deliberate move to alienate the Russelite/Bible Students.
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The Cross & Crown on Watch Tower
by BoogerMan incan anyone state what year russell & co. first introduced the cross & crown on the cover of the watch tower?.
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Local congregation donation and expense report. Very telling
by nowwhat? inin july the congregation received $2300.00.
only 40.00 for the worldwide work and zero for ramapo project!!!.
if this is typical no wonder the org.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Maybe I am mistaken, but I think the 'worldwide work' donation is extra money beyond the monthly stipend the congregation sends to Warwick. The previous 'mortgage payment' has been changed to a 'monthly donation-which-never-ends' and is considered a standard monthly expense for the congregation.
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1915 Millennial Dawnism!
by Atlantis in1915 millennial dawnism,the blasphemous religion which teaches,the annihilation of jesus christ, by i. m. haldeman, d.d.
pastor, first baptist church: broadway and 79th street, new york, n.y..click the link by the blue arrow.,http://www.sendspace.com/file/n9cmir..petra
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I had a copy of this fine publication once upon a time. Haven't seen it in 40 years, so I presume it lost.
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New Store called Best Life Gifts
by Franklin30 ini noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.
the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!
one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.
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I also recall all kinds of ministry-related products you could buy. They would even take WT literature (which you had to send to them) and rebind them in leather, emboss your name on it, etc. Harmless enough, I guess, but I always thought it in poor taste to presume on the brotherhood to make money. -
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Watchtower vs Islam: Why the deafening silence?
by raymond frantz inwhy has the watchtower failed spectacularly to evangelize to the muslims?
considering the recent influx of muslim people in european countries you would think that some attempt from the religion that touts the are preaching the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth would have been made.instead the only meaningful attempt dates back to 1953 ,almost 70 years ago!!!!
book " man's search for god.what do you think?
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dropoffyourkeylee
I think the OP raises some good questions that I have never heard addressed. Why is it that JWs, and other Christian missionaries over the years, have had so little success with Muslims. I don't personally know anyone who has converted from a Muslim faith to any Christian faith. I am sure there are some, but very few. So why is that?
I have read the Koran and I found it similar to reading the Psalms over and over again. Without getting into the mind of the Muslim life and culture it is hard to understand.
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Watchtower vs Islam: Why the deafening silence?
by raymond frantz inwhy has the watchtower failed spectacularly to evangelize to the muslims?
considering the recent influx of muslim people in european countries you would think that some attempt from the religion that touts the are preaching the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth would have been made.instead the only meaningful attempt dates back to 1953 ,almost 70 years ago!!!!
book " man's search for god.what do you think?
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Muslim countries historically have banned Christian missionaries. For instance, in Morocco, The JWs who live there preach only to people who are already of a Christian faith. Proseletyzing to Muslims is illegal. If a need-greater goes into Morocco, they are on their own. WT gives them no support. I even heard about one couple from the US who went into Morocco who used ficticious names and occupations to get to stay in the country.
Also, my opinion is that the JW religion has built up on the backs of the Christian missionaries of previous centuries. The missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, went into all those countries in South and Central America and Africa, translated the Bible into their languages, converted the people to their brand of Christianity. Those missionaries lived and died there, doing the hard work all those years. The JWs went in post-1940 and found a fertile ground in those who were disaffected for some reason and that is why JWs have been successful. In other areas where the missionaries were not particularly successful (India, Pakistan, Muslim countries, China), the JWs have had little success.
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LOL
Looked at the pictures and I turned the pages
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So who knows/knew William Malenfant?
by L3G insince a previous thread is getting comments that this guy may become a new gb member, the topic above is worth pursuing.
here's what i found out by searching so far---in other words, not much.
surely others must know something about the guy.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/198944/1/william-malenfant-learn-from-me-mp3-trinidad-2010-zone-talk.
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They’ll find a way to get around the ‘ must be anointed’ problem. It evidently will be God’s will
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Will the faithful slave now allow birthdays..........
by BoogerMan in.....or ban jw sisters from using mascara??????
"the bible never refers to a servant of god celebrating a birthday.
this is not simply an oversight, for it does record two birthday celebrations by those not serving god.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I have always had the suspician that the birthday and Christmas ban (both instituted under Rutherford in the '20s) were directly intended to reduce contact between family members who stayed with the WT vs those who left the WT and joined with the Bible Student breakaway groups. Not so much the 'worldly' people, but the groups that were defined at the time as the 'evil slave'.
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Did you ever meet someone born in the 1800’s?
by Fisherman ini met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.
but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..
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dropoffyourkeylee
Yes, Brother Friend was a well known figure back in the day. I think his first name was Maxwell, but I might be mistaken. His voice was really distinctive and was used in most of the assembly dramas in the '70s and '80s.