Thanks, Smiddy. Mom and her writing partners have put in hundreds of hours in getting it right. Volume one is slowly being revised to update it. I've read bits. And like it. I hope people read this; it changes the story of Watch Tower beginnings.
Posts by vienne
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6Mom's history research
by vienne inthough mom died, the book she contributed to is nearing completion.
a nearly finished rough draft of a chapter is posted here:.
https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.
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Mom's history research
by vienne inthough mom died, the book she contributed to is nearing completion.
a nearly finished rough draft of a chapter is posted here:.
https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.
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Though mom died, the book she contributed to is nearing completion. A nearly finished rough draft of a chapter is posted here:
https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/
This is from volume 2 of Separate Identity, a history of the Watch Tower's earliest years.
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Famous Movie Quotes You Like
by The Bethelite inthe last lines from the movie platoon.
"i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.
the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.
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And then there are these ...
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Famous Movie Quotes You Like
by The Bethelite inthe last lines from the movie platoon.
"i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.
the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.
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there are so many ...
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Who shoots 223 AR15s?
by rockemsockem ini have a few and built two 80% lowers.
just got a larue two stage trigger.
i can get 2moa out of it at 100 yards with a nikon 223 scope.
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My mom used to distance shoot using a 45-70 Highwall and a 45-90 Sharps. These are black powder rifles, very powerful. I enjoy shooting as well. Mom's best was on a 2 ft by 2 ft target at 780 yards using iron sights. Mom also participated in timed shoots. That's firing at a target with a pistol [Hers was a High Standard Olympic] as fast as you can with the best possible score. Mom won medals for that. She also had a single shot 45-70 Government load Thompson Contender. That's a pistol. Powerful enough to bring down a Buffalo, but only used for target practice.
I do not do nearly so well. I do not hunt, though one of my uncles does, and I enjoy the venison.
There is nothing wrong, in my opinion, with having a gun for protection, for hunting, or for target shooting. I will refrain from insult -okay so it's a mild insult- but American interest in guns and shooting meant that twice Americans and Canadians saved your sorry European butts.
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Debate
by gabcol inback in the day, russell and rutherford would hold debates with other religious leaders.
why has jehovah's witnesses stopped doing that?
i think it would be very interesting to see how they would hold up on a debate now.
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I'm not certain a public debate would accomplish anything. Most people come out of a debate with the same opinions with which they entered, don't they? I was never swayed by a debate, but then most of those I attended were put on by students who weren't always the sharpest nail in the took kit.
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Should Reparations Be Given To Relatives of Slaves?
by minimus insome people say that’s the least we should do while others say no way!
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what do you think about dispensing reparations?
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How about the descendants of those brought here as indentured servants, slaves for seven years, sometimes prostituted? White males and females from England ...
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Should Reparations Be Given To Relatives of Slaves?
by minimus insome people say that’s the least we should do while others say no way!
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what do you think about dispensing reparations?
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No. My family were not slave owners; my American ancestors fought in the Civil War to free slaves. Why should our taxes go to pay for sins of others now over 150 years past? Asking for reparations is a cover for failure to assume personal responsibility.
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Do You For The Most Part Trust The News Media?
by minimus inthe media is very powerful.
many news people just want to get a scoop even if their breaking story isn’t checked out for accuracy.
some journalists are precise and double check whatever they are reporting.
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Do I trust the media? No, Never.
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Window Washers
by Nikki collins ini know @hiddenpimo is going to laugh at me for this because we had several in our old congregation, but what is with all the window washing businesses owned/managed by jws???
they are everywhere!
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My grand uncle, a long-time Witness, gave up teaching for three years to pioneer. He says he was a 'window washer' during that period and made more than he made as a professor of history. Never despise a trade.