i am posting this information taken from christain witnesses .com...... if what he is saying comes to fruition it would be interesting.. .
some major january 28, 2012 notes from .
johnny the betheliteafter coming on late, johnny still did not have a magazine that had not been put on jw.org.
It may seem a small thing to some, but the UK man charged is named Paul Wood, not Paul Woods. I would like to know what evidence there is that the 'Paul Woods' of the Reading Tilehurst Congregation is the same person who is said to have been living in Derbyshire.
The East Anglian Daily Times reported on this case as it was dealt with at Ipswich Crown Court, Suffolk:
* file: wtsp_accounts_1998.pdf.
* description.
* file: wtsp_branch-closure_1999.pdf.
UK WT DOCUMENTATION
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/file/qWYzTan_/ukwt1.html
All individual listed documentation files (as shown below) for UK WT Society corporations/charities in one download file.
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* Name: WTSP ACCOUNTS 1998
* File: wtsp_accounts_1998.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/TQs33WB9/wtsp_accounts_1998.html
* Description
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania was registered in England and Wales as company number FC004273. This short accounts report was signed by Swingle (then Secretary and Treasurer), Henschel (then President) and John Andrews (UK Attorney). Total liabilities and net assets for that year were given as $705,130,822.
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* Name: WTSP BRANCH CLOSURE 1999
* File: wtsp_branch-closure_1999.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/Mv_j1BWS/wtsp_branch-closure_1999.html
* Description
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania was registered in England and Wales as company number FC004273. This document is a "Notice of closure of a branch of an oversea company".
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* Name: WTSB MEMART 2000
* File: wtsb_memart_2000.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/yFUQNpHT/wtsb_memart_2000.html
* Description
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Britain memorandum and articles of association 2000 containing an official definition of "Jehovah's Witnesses" (Section 9.1 of the articles of association)
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* Name: WTSB REPORT 2010
* File: wtsb_report_2010.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/U-Obe92e/wtsb_report_2010.html
* Description
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Britain report of the trustees and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2010
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* Name: IBSA MEMART 2006
* File: ibsa_memart_2006.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/dZTegUxv/ibsa_memart_2006.html
* Description
International Bible Students Association Memorandum and Articles of Association 2006
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* Name: IBSA REPORT 2010
* File: ibsa_report_2010.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/DdAZ7yJc/ibsa_report_2010.html
* Description
International Bible Students Association annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2010
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* Name: TKHT REPORT 2010
* File: tkht_report_2010.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/AJzlvyj5/tkht_report_2010.html
* Description
The Kingdom Hall Trust (UK) annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2010
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* Name: EAJW NOTICE 2000
* File: eajw_notice_2000.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/c299rB9J/eajw_notice_2000.html
* Description
Notice given on 29 December 2000 of the first annual general meeting of The European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses.
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* Name: EAJW CONSTITUTION 2001
* File: eajw_constitution_2001.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/4fUlk3aI/eajw_constitution_2001.html
* Description
Constitution of The European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, adopted on 23 January 2001.
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* Name: EAJW REPORT 2009
* File: eajw_report_2009.pdf
* Link: http://www.4shared.com/document/lLK6ap1J/eajw_report_2009.html
* Description
The European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2009.
awakening of the young through education.
a recent special report (january 2012) by peter henderson and kristina cooke, of the news agency reuters, focused attention on a problem facing the mormons with regard to falling membership.
mormon elder marlin jensen said that he and other leaders of the religion knew that members are "leaving in droves".
AWAKENING OF THE YOUNG THROUGH EDUCATION
A recent special report (January 2012) by Peter Henderson and Kristina Cooke, of the news agency Reuters, focused attention on a problem facing the Mormons with regard to falling membership. Mormon Elder Marlin Jensen said that he and other leaders of the religion knew that members are "leaving in droves". He even admitted that his own daughter had been one of those who were asking forthright questions such as why she had not been told that Joseph Smith was a polygamist. It was also admitted that "the manuals used to teach the young church doctrine" are "severely outdated".
It seems that the Watch Tower Society's religion is not the only one having to face the fact that younger ones are questioning their parents' religion on account of having greater access to alternative information sources.
The full article can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/30/us-mormonchurch-idUSTRE80T1CM20120130
the north london assembly hall of jehovahs witnesses report 2010:.
[page 4].
"reserves policy.
Yes, Blonde this calculation is something that I'd thought about many years ago, what with the 1914 pivotal date coupled with "as the days of Noah were..." And then there was the autumn of 1974 and the number of years Adam was on his own in the garden of Eden; would that be 30 years (maturity?) = 2004, or maybe 40 years (a biblical judgement period?) = 2014? Although I was told recently by an elderly JW that "it's not long now"!
Funny, this reminds me of a book I saw on the shelf of my central library back in the late 90's. I think it may have been "Armageddon AD 2033 Facts On Bible Time Prophecies" by John Denton.
I just wonder how much the extended lease or freehold acquisition is going to cost? Is it worth all that money for just two years use? However, it could be that the Assembly Hall will be protected and preserved through Armageddon (unlike all those false religious buildings that will probably be destroyed by thunderbolts). Then it will be available throughout the thousand year reign. So probably it would be a good investment after all?
the north london assembly hall of jehovahs witnesses report 2010:.
[page 4].
"reserves policy.
the north london assembly hall of jehovahs witnesses report 2010:.
[page 4].
"reserves policy.
THE NORTH LONDON ASSEMBLY HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES REPORT 2010:
[PAGE 4]
"Reserves Policy
"The Trustees foresee the need to maintain reserves against:
"1. The replacement of fixtures and fittings at the Assembly Hall to keep it in an appropriate condition for the holding of religious meetings.
"2. Either renewal of the lease or obtaining the freehold when the lease of the building expires in 2032. (The extent of this requirement for reserves is uncertain at present, pending review of the legal and commercial situation with property consultants, but the sum required is likely to be substantial.)"
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"5. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
"In 2009/10 this includes a sum of £8,433 for legal and other consultancy regarding the possibility of acquiring the freehold for the Hall."
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Emphasis mine.
Charity number 1117465, report 2010:
www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends65/0001117465_AC_20100831_E_C.PDF
i'm sure by now you are all aware of the feb 15th, 2012 study edition of the watchtower, and its outrageous experience depicting domestic violence.. as you may know, i have been looking into the matter in some detail.
i decided to contact the uk domestic abuse charity "refuge".
they indicated their concern towards the article and offered to help in any way they could.
Roski, a very informative post. Thank you.
i'm sure by now you are all aware of the feb 15th, 2012 study edition of the watchtower, and its outrageous experience depicting domestic violence.. as you may know, i have been looking into the matter in some detail.
i decided to contact the uk domestic abuse charity "refuge".
they indicated their concern towards the article and offered to help in any way they could.
Cedars, well done on actually trying to inform people outside of the organization about things like this. I think in the UK, like the US, it is easy for the WTS to hide behind the word 'religion' and therefore get the authorities to keep their distance. Unless the WTS said something like, "If a wife is physically abused by her husband then she should pray about it and hope that things will get better in time, but should never seek to end the marriage", then I think there is very little that can be done other than to publicise the way the WTS publications have dealt with this issue over the years.
In my view this is another example of the organization's Pharisee-like thinking, effectively making the marriage certificate (the symbol) more important than the people in the marriage itself (the reality), or put another way "the sanctity of marriage" is more important than "the sanctity of the marriage partners' bodies". We all know what can happen when the symbol of something supercedes the thing that it represents, particularly when it comes to the lives of human beings. It would be extremely sad if even one JW woman with a physically abusive husband (JW or not) saw it as showing respect for "the sanctity of marriage" to continuing living with her spouse on account of an example of 'patience' and 'endurance' found in the pages of one of the publications. There is never any excuse for husbands to be violent towards their wives. Certainly those husbands who claim to be Christians "ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies" (Ephesians 5:28).
You know, I hope the members of the Writing Department who wrote on this subject didn't simply ask themselves, "Now what particular scripture(s) somewhere in the Bible can we find to fit this situation?" I think it would have been good if they had asked themselves something like, "Now, given that we are trying to promote the Christian way of doing things rather than the way of doing things under the old Mosaic law, and being aware of how the scriptures describe the kindly character of Jesus and his genuine concern was for helping the disadvantaged, if he were present with us right now, what do we honestly believe God's Son would advise as being the most important issue here?"
do you think that we are in the last days?
i really don't think we are in the last days.
i came to the conclusion that 1914 is false and is no more than another year in man's history, so hence we are not living in the last days prophesied by jesus.
"'And in the last days,' God says, 'I shall pour out some of my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams;'" (Acts 2:17; NWT)
Peter is applying these words to what was happening to those Christians at Pentecost during the last days of the Jewish system of things. That is why there is a sense of urgency in various letters to the early Christian community. Those letters were written to people living in the first century, so why would the writers be talking to them about some time period in the future that would not affect them? Why would Paul warn Timothy about "critical times hard to deal with" if those times would never touch his life?
"It must have been also with reference to the end of the Jewish system of things that Christ Jesus was spoken of as appearing and carrying on his activity 'at the end of the times' or 'at the end of these days.' (1Pe 1:20, 21; Heb 1:1, 2) This is confirmed by the words of Hebrews 9:26: 'But now he [Jesus] has manifested himself once for all time at the conclusion of the systems of things to put sin away through the sacrifice of himself.' "(Insight, Vol 2, "Last Days", 'Last Days of the Jewish System of Things', second paragraph)
1. charles taze russell was not a jehovah's witness (because judge rutherford had not invented the term as yet); he was a 2nd adventist (wannabe).. .
2. adventists were hung up on one idea that they could not let go of no matter how many times they were proved wrong: end times date-setting.. 3.pastor russell threw every gimmick he could cobble together into creating a personal theology for sale using books and magazines through his publishing house.
dispensation charts, pyramidology, claims of inside information (fds bullshit) created a fanbase of customers.. 4. the eventual prediction for the end of the world was 1914 since jesus had already returned.
After describing his humble position and view of himself to the readers of the Zion's Watch Tower in the 15 July 1906 issue under the heading "A Sketch of the Development of Present Truth" (on page 229), with such statements as "I claim nothing of superiority, nor supernatural power, dignity or authority; nor do I aspire to exalt myself in the estimation of my brethren of the household of faith" and "my position among men of the world and of the nominal church is certainly far from exalted", he goes on to tell them that he is "an index finger, as I have previously expressed it, to help you to trace for yourselves, on the sacred page, the wonderful plan of God" and "God's mouthpiece"!
As Terry pointed out, CTR was influenced by Second Adventism. He knew about people like William Miller (www.presenttruthmag.com/7dayadventist/1844/2.html) and the desire to engage in date setting and failure of predictions (www.presenttruthmag.com/7dayadventist/1844/3.html).
One wonders why the Second Adventists and CTR thought that it belonged to them "to get knowledge of the times or seasons which the Father has placed in his own jurisdiction" (Acts 1:7; NWT).
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Luke 11:47-51 - Accountability for blood spilled from Abel to Zechariah to be required from "this generation".
Luke 17:20-25 - Jesus to be rejected by "this generation".
Luke 21:5-7; 32 - The destruction of the temple at Jerusalem ("these things that you see") would come before "this generation" passed away.
