The terms BCE and CE are becoming more common in all types of literature. The WT adopted the practice earlier than many, but they are not the only ones to use it
dropoffyourkeylee
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Does using BCE/CE draw attention away from Jesus? AFA similarity with WTS
by truthseeker ini have never known the watchtower bible & tract society to use ad or bc, they have always maintained the bce and ce dating system.. i never thought about questioning it either, as it was no big deal.
however, i found one of the afa's latest news quite interesting... (american family association) is there a connection between the article below and the wts use of the bce/ce system?
is this evidence that indicates the wts is drawing attention away from jesus?.
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C T Russell and His Numerology.
by Lost in the fog ini came across this older wt which i assume c t russell wrote the article.
unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.. and he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the great harlot with 18 letters [in english] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!
strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I've read similar things in other literature of the 1800's, so he probably was not the origin.
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Ministry school
by road to nowhere inwhat is the purpose?
the skits are not real.
i have been assigned a reading again.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I believe that in its origin, the Ministry School was invented in the WW2 years to support the WT claim that all JWs (men only at first) were ministers and could then get classified (ie: Qualified to be Ministers) as a minister and thus get draft exemption. In the Walsh case they presented this argument to support their stand. There was even a written exam for a time.
The 'school' has morphed into something else over the years, but I think that was the original impetus to introduce it into the weekly meetings.
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Will Adam Eve be resurrected? If not why? WT tell us.
by James Mixon injan. 15, 1960 wt.
page 53.
"since the supreme judge never makes a mistakes, there is no need for him to take under.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I remember reading some back and forth on this subject in some old books. The Bible Student groups held to the Russell teachings, opposed to Rutherford's (and Franz's) teaching on it. I seem to recall one of the PSL Johnson books going into it a great deal. -
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Interesting place for a KH. My thoughts
by joe134cd inyesterday i happened to be driving through a rural town where i made an observation.
first let me describe this town.
it’s almost a shadow of its former self.
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dropoffyourkeylee
A KH in a place like that is hard to sell, so they are probably not in a big hurry to close the congregation like they are in more affluent places.
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Fred Franz 85 talk on WTS History
by Vanderhoven7 inlearn why fred quit university to join the watchtower.
https://youtu.be/fkjw-r9oitk.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Franz's statements about this were always ambiguous enough to leave a lot of questions. I only half believe what he said on the subject.
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Watchtower Society's progression of Pirate Black Beard after his resurrection
by RULES & REGULATIONS ingood news from god!.
lesson 6. .
what hope is there for the dead?.
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JW living on Military Bases?
by Iamallcool ini just read that civilians can live on military bases.
i was wondering can jw live there and still be in a good standing?
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dropoffyourkeylee
My mother-in-law was an active JW and lived in Air Force base housing for 21 years. Mostly in the US, as far as I know.
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Has the Kingdom Interlinear Translation been pulled off the shelves
by homme perdu ini was searching for it at the hall's library and i didnt find a copy.
i also asked the literature department for a copy and they said they werent familiar with the bible.
what is going on?
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dropoffyourkeylee
This may be old news, but the JW app contains the Kingdom Interlinear, with the Interlinear portion in English. It isn't exactly the same as the print version, as it does not contain the parallel English NWT on the right side.
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Jehovah`s Witnesses owe their existence to Christendom`s groundwork.
by smiddy3 in1.jehovah`s witnesses base their bible on christendoms determination of what books of scripture were to become what is known as the bible today,going back to the third century ad.. there were many ,many other books of scripture in existence at that time that these men decided in their own imperfect wisdom not to include them .. where it suited them the jw / gb would use the research of christendoms learned men who compiled bible dictionary`s and bible concordances.. 2.by far the vast majority of jehovah`s witnesses today are off-shoots of many of christendom`s religions from whom they poached members from and then gave birth to their own offspring to grow in numbers.. with all of there self praise of witnessing in all of the earth ,it is mainly wholly contained in lands where christendom has established the major religion of that land and jw`s have poached the most vulnerable people of that time.. 3.how many thousands of people have they converted in bangladesh ?
pakistan ?
china ?
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dropoffyourkeylee
Very true. The missionary work of the Christian Churches, many US-based, of the 1500's to 1900's made the WT expansion possible around the world. Where this missionary work was successful is where the WT message later found people who were ready converts.