That book, and "Choosing the Best Way of Life" were both written by Dunlap -- and both regarded as the best every published in their era
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Commentary on the Letter of James
by lepermessiah inzoiks inspired this thread when he mentioned this book elsewhere.. i have read other threads on this forum about it, but i always enjoy the fresh insight on here.. commentary on the letter of james was always my favorite book from wtbs, partly because i love the book of james, but also because it was one of the books that dealt with more practical christian living than constant wt doctrine.. i mentioned to a number of people that i loved that book, and got a few comments of "well, you know that book was written by an apostate.".
it didnt take me long to do a little math - that book came out i believe in 1979/1980, right around the time of the great purge.
how could someone write such an excellent book and then be branded an apostate just a few months later???.
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Confused about the current generation teaching? Get your Watchtower Generation chart
by truthseeker inenjoy!.
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http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4126/generationh.jpg.
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I beleive in Ray's COC book, he mentions that Albert Schroeder posited that "this generation" meant the "generation of the anointed" in several talks in Europe, and was chastized when he got back to Brooklyn. "Too fanciful" I believe was what he was told...... my, my what a difference 30 years can make!
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Wha was a Missionary, Bethelite or CO here?
by cyberjesus inwe have 3 missionaries for sure and lots of bethelites.
i was a permanent volunteer for a year in the branch in mexico.
oh and we have one gb member :-).
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Brooklyn Bethel 1965-1969
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Why Are They Called Privileges?
by Quillsky inseems like work to me....... doing the microphones, manning the magazine counter, spending countless (sorry, counted) hours every month knocking on doors.. privileges?.
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... for the same reason Tom Sawyer convinced his pal Huck Finn that whitewashing the fence was a lot of fun.
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JWs having Facebook Sex - Strongly warned to get off FB at CA yesterday
by shopaholic inso it appears that jws are letting their freaky side come out on fb for everyone to see.. there was talk on the ca yesterday strongly warning all true lovers of jehovah to delete their fb accounts.
the talk was solely about fb.
the speaker mentioned that jws are associating with people that would not associate with in real life, often using the excuse that the person is a relative.
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Whether it's Facebook, LinkedIn, or JWN, The Internet genie is out of the bottle, and nothing's gonna stem the tide of disclosure! That's the GB's worst nightmare....
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Anybody Know What Presiding Overseer's are Being Told at Bethel School ?
by flipper ini guess there is a special training school going on for presiding overseers according to my jw mom.
my elder brother went back there for a week training session .
he explained that they are doing this training first in the united states only for presiding overseers and if it works out well - they'll implement it across the world in other countries.. apparently he stated that the training they are getting is very detailed and to the point.
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I know that a close friend just returned from this PO (or whatever they're called these days) to say he was surprised that the WTS considers pornography a major problem..... don't know whether the reference is to just elders or to the flock in general.
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March 15, 2010 Watchtower -- "One Flock, One Shepherd"
by sd-7 inmarch 15, 2010 watchtower, p. 27, par.
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"paul also helps us to understand that those with an earthly hope do not partake of the memorial emblems.
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Mary: I've long been a proponent of your suggestion 3; it's easily the most pragmatic way out of the corner they've painted themselves into
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March 15, 2010 Watchtower -- "One Flock, One Shepherd"
by sd-7 inmarch 15, 2010 watchtower, p. 27, par.
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"paul also helps us to understand that those with an earthly hope do not partake of the memorial emblems.
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Friends, this is another of their annual "don't partake" articles; they appear like clockwork along with other signs of spring, like daffodils. A bit later in the year, they trot out another perennial favorite: the "please don't misbehave at the district convention," although that one's usually reserved for the Kingdom Ministry.
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Bethel reductions in Europe
by Lost-In-Translation inperhaps this has been discussed before, but at the extjforo.com (the spanish ex-witness website) there has been a lot of discussion of the governing body's decision to either close or severely reduce bethel homes in europe - in particular spain.
there was even a letter sent to all congregations in spain explaining the situation.
bethalites are being asked to leave - they are not even getting other assignments.
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Does anyone know whether GB member David Splane made his visit to Spain, and how that went?
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Would the WATCHTOWER sell a Kingdom Hall to the Catholic Church? YES!
by Nathan Natas inin 1993, a former jehovahs witness kingdom hall in commerce became the new spiritual home for some two dozen catholic families and it was named st. catherine laboure to honor sister catherine and the french nun who was given the vision of mary now inscribed on the miraculous medal.. .
see: http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2009/12/24/st_catherine_laboure_dedication/.
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All of this reinforces how money influences so many of their policies. It's invariably the hidden agenda behind, for example, why the baptism vows were changed in 1985; why DF announcements avoid mention of the reasons; why they perpetuate the myth of congregational autonomy; why they caution elders never to say they acted on the advice of Brooklyn/Patterson, etc. In all of these cases just lurking beneath the surface it's money and insulation from leagal liability. What other religious organization of comparablesize has such a large legal department?