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  The Gentile Times Reconsidered

  by Spade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  disproving the date 1914 as a significant year in bible prophecy is of great importance to some (e.g.

  carl o. jonsson).

  along with the meticulous details of bible and secular chronology, broadening one's horizons when assessing exactly what this date represents when compared against the 6000 years of human history likewise has merit.

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  Spade:

  "I don't understand Carl O. Jonsson's motivation. Really." If that's the case, why not simply ask him, as we did you? He's not inacessible. He occasionally posts on Channel C
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  Earthquake in N.Z.

  by smiddy in

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  2. friends

  i guess the witnesses are rejoicing over the death and destruction of the latest earthquake in n.z.as proof of the imminent coming of armageddon,and their deliverance into the "new world system of things" i can just see it now ,the kh`s in nz will be filled to overflowing in the next month,......then in six months later it will be back to the status quo.. p.s when jesus said their would be" earthquakes in one place after another" couldn`t he have identified these areas for the faithfull ?

  so at least beleivers would have been spared the trauma ?

  of course non beleivers would have suffered the consequences,but why should beleivers suffer also ?.

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  So far there are no reported casualties or missing among our brothers and sisters...

  As if the rest of the population counts for nothing.....
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  A roaring current of change.... Is The Watchtower in the process of a major overhaul of their religion?

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a roaring current of change..... what is going on at the world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses?

  in the last couple of years unprecedented changes in policy, procedure, and doctrine have been coming forth in rapid fire sequence.

  this uninterrupted episode of new information is beginning to backfire for the rank and file witnesses.

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  Two things -- the inexorable passing of time and the rapidity of the information dissemination on the internet -- will push them toward the mainstream.
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  How and when was the New Testament Compiled?

  by ProdigalSon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  early christian writings.. .

  let alone "inspired by god?

  church councils) this is what i mean by spiritual osmosis.. there are other early lists of new testament books that.

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  I wonder if there's a list somewhere of a book-by-book explanatiion of why each one either passed muster or was excluded from the canon
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  Going Door to Door with Scrolls

  by VM44 in

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  2. bible

  does anyone know where this anachronistic and propagandistic picture came from?.

  did a watchtower artist draw it?.

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  Doesn't the Bible say the apostles and early disciples were "unlettered and ordinary?" This illustration is ludicrous.
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  Do you think a lot of JWs are ashamed of their beliefs?

  by I quit! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the reason i asked this is because i'm going to the funeral of a man who wasn't a jw.

  my mother-in-law has lived in the same neighborhood as him for years and knows his wife.

  i asked her if she was going attend the funeral service.

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  Whether they admit it or not, many, if not most JWs know most of their beliefs will not withstand objective criticism or a challenge of any sort.
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  Four Americans killed on pirated yacht off Somalia: report

  by chickpea in

  1. social
  2. current

  washington (reuters) four americans on a yacht taken over by pirates were killed near somalia, cnn reported on tuesday, citing u.s. defense officials.. the americans were apparently shot during negotiations, cnn reported.

  yahoo news is reporting it.

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  Convention invitation distribution campaign - Apr KM

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a quick look at the april km - they are having (yet) another invitation campaign to the convention.

  slight twist though , in that any invitations not used are to be taken to the convention & used in informal witnessing.. traditional "convention reminders" insert - usual stuff about "jehovah arranging the program" , get early to the stadium , tip restaurant staff , don't make a scene at hotel reception desks if they have messed up your booking , no peeing in the hotel pool etc.

  (i made the last one up , but you get the gist.

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  It just gives the put-upon 30-hour April "pioneeers" an easy was to get in time... less preaching, more handouts after a five-second "here's an invitation; see ya" presentation
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  It might be better to not even have the Internet. April 15th WT

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok i was just blown away when i heard this today while driving, at first i thought it was the some old same old but then it went on and it seems like it is on a different level.. the subheading is "guard your heart by exercising self-control.

  on page 27 par 17 it says "one way a person could wonder into the foolish course of the "young man in want of heart" is by aimlessly flipping though television channels or surfing the internet.

  whether intentionally or not, he might chance upon sexually stimulating scenes.

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  "Whether intentionally or not, he might chance upon sexually stimulating scenes." ----- Excuse me? How does anyone unintentionally chance upon sexual explicit material on the net? What planet are these idiots on?
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  Taking Notes at Meetings and Assemblies

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  i was considering recently the value and content of talks by reviewing notes i'd taken.. it seems i've taken copious notes but the content was naff.

  not because i'd missed interesting bits but the talks were bland 'ministry' adverts.. the talks all seemed to be full of 'do more or god will murder you'.

  'feel guilty because you don't measure up.

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  I can't imagine anything as pointless as taking notes at a meeting or a convention.