Has anyone of you read "Who Wrote The Bible" by Richard Freidman? It came highly recommended; the subject interests me and I've read neither. Any impressions/comparisons, etc.?
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WHO WROTE THE BIBLE by Washington Gladden, PT 1
by Quentin inam currently reading this book.
would like to share some excerpts from same.take note mr. gladden is objective in his wrting.see wikipedia for gladden bio.
excerpts, printed by waking lion press.
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Talking Blood in 2006 Watchtower, We Have a Problem
by Marvin Shilmer intalking blood in 2006 watchtower, we have a problem.
i have added a new article to my blog titled talking blood in 2006 watchtower, we have a problem.
my article contains a scan of a watchtower provided special outline.
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Excellent point, Blondie. How can the WT possibly endorse the use of blood "fractions" which can only come from the processing of previously stored blood. And another question: Can a JW conscientously offer his blood for the sole purpose of having it processed into "fractions" for his brothers/sisters without facing DFing?
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WHO WROTE THE BIBLE by Washington Gladden, PT 1
by Quentin inam currently reading this book.
would like to share some excerpts from same.take note mr. gladden is objective in his wrting.see wikipedia for gladden bio.
excerpts, printed by waking lion press.
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"I was considering readin the bool until I learned it was written in the late 1800s!!! This book seems too outdated to gather any knowledge from" The mid-late nineteenth century was for many the Golden Age of Bible exegesis and commentary. So many of the critical works, concordances, etc. come from that era. Ray Franz, among others, certainly thought so.
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K.I.S.S. Keep it simple (for the) STUPID! Considering 1914 anew
by Terry inhave you ever seen a stop sign?.
what if it were a "decelerate until stationary!
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Per Mary: " "Jerusalem will [continue to] be trampled on by the nations" whence the creative "[continue to]" embellishment to the text?
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How come it was Our Kingdom Ministry then it was Our Kingdom Service then it was changed back to Our Kingdom Ministry?
by hoser init was okm in the old days 50s and 60s then it was our kingdom service in the 70's then they changed it back again??????.
this is the publication used at the service meeting thursday nights showing how to preach in the territory..
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"Our Kingdom Service" was discredited and changed back in a Kremlin-style effacing of all vestiges of the creeping liberalization of the Ray Franz era.
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.... which is to say, YKnot, in your case it was the SPEAKER who was special
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Yknot, sadly there are far too few JW speakers of the kind you describe above; there never were too many to begin with and now they are on the point of extinction.
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Pennsylvania witnesses shot at
by Siddhashunyata inhttp://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20110501/news90/105010338/-1/news.
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That's one way to get them JWs to move fast!
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Comments anyone?
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Were There/Are There A Number Of Gays At Bethel?
by minimus ini remember the "boy's club" mentality from many of the bethelites in the 70's and 80's.
it seemed there were a number of males who were "effeminate" back in the day.. i knew of one guy that was told by the bethel brass that he would "go places" at headquarters if he could learn to deepen his voice and tone down his gestures a bit (and he was told it wouldn't hurt if he ever married a fellow bethelite sister).
this man was extensively used at conventions, became less "gay looking" and got married.. so my question is, did you see effeminate men in bethel?
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I was there in 1969 -- that's when they expelled more than 40 for being gay. I can't forget that, during my first month there, my table head, a senior Bethelite with a big job in the service department, a lifer, told me "there are a lot of guys 'light on their feet' here at Bethel. One school of thought which made rounds that it was ok - or at least tolerated -- as long as one was NPG, a non-practicing (i.e., celibate) gay.