Posts by Splash

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How to debunk the 1914 calculus ONLY using JW publications?

by psyco in

i remember having read somewhere, but i cannot find it anymore, that it is possible to debunk the 1914 calculus using only jw publications, like "insight on the scriptures" (chronologies) for example.. do you have any sources about that to suggest to me?.

thanks..

Splash

Apologies for the formatting (posting on a tablet), but here’s the Insight confirming 587BCE. The important bit is in bold.

We need to look at the timeline from the destruction of Jerusalem through to when Babylon was overthrown and the Jews allowed back home. Keep in mind that these dates are all BCE which means the higher the number, the further back in time it is.

WT say this was from 607BCE until 539 BCE - approx 70 years.

Scholars say this was from 587BCE until 539 BCE - approx 50 years.

The one thing scholars and WT agree on is the date of 539 BCE which is when Babylon was overthrown and Cyrus gave his permission for the Jews to return to their homeland. This means we have to start at the agreed date and work backwards to find the starting point for when Jerusalem was destroyed.

1. First you need to identify the list of kings from the decree of Cyrus (which gives us a fixed year in time - 539 BCE) back to the fall of Jerusalem. Insight Vol 1 p.425.

2. Also establish that Cyrus gave his decree for the Jews to return at the same time, in 539 B.C.E. Insight Vol 2 p.332

3. Now work through that list backwards in time and let's add how long each king reigns:

- 539 BCE - The end of Belshazzars rule. Insight Vol 1 p.283-284

- Minus Nabonidus rule (17 years) = 556 BCE - Insight Vol 2 p.457-458

- Minus Labashi-Marduk (9 months) = 557 BCE - W65 1/1 p.29

- Minus Neriglissar (4 years) = 561 BCE - Insight Vol 1 p.453

- Minus Evil-Merodach (2 years) = 563 BCE - Insight Vol 1 p.773

- Minus Nebuchadnezzar (43 years) = 606 BCE - Insight Vol 2 p.480

- This gives us 606 BCE as the start of Nebuchadnezzar's reign (from 606 BCE to 563 BCE), but it was in 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign that Jerusalem fell, so one more sum:

- ADD 19 years to 606 BCE = 587 BCE - Insight Vol 1 p. 447

Apart from Labashi-Marduk, all the kings details are in the Insight books, so it's pretty easy to work out. What does get confusing is that the Insight book also uses their own, fictitious dates all the way through, but going by this factual list of kings and dates you can prove the Insight books contradict themselves and the 587 BCE date is proven correct.

Look, all JW's can go to any encyclopedia and prove that Jesus Christ was not born on December 25th. This is the line often used by Jehovah's Witnesses to point out that Christmas is NOT a Christian holiday. Yet, those same encyclopedia's are not trusted when it comes to the date of Jerusalem's desolation because they all disagree with the Watchtower's date of 607 B.C.E.

WT repeatedly state that no scholars accept the 607 BCE date. The old AID book said on p.322-348 "These dates are some 20 years later than those presented in the chart accompanying this article ... This is because we accept the Biblical information, particularly as regards the seventy-year desolation of Judah (running from 607 to 537 B.C.E.), as accurate and as superior in reliability to the ancient secular records."

Even in WT's two article defence of 607 BCE in Oct/Nov 2011 they add the footnote: "Note: None of the secular experts quoted in this article hold that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E."

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Born in 2014

by Splash in

it just occurred to me that those born in 2014, 100 years after the epochal date of 1914, will be 9 years old this year and are starting to become candidates for baptism.. 1914 used to be relatable in that our parents or grand parents lived then, but not any more.. it’s dropped so far into history that any significance linked to it is just as convincing as the black death being a harbinger for armageddon.. never mind that we are also now crossing the 100 year threshold for the 7 trumpets of declarations that occurred during the 1920’s!

remind me, how important were these angelic messages?

if i was still a jw i would have to isolate my jw brain from all thinking and reasoning so i could continue to believe.. honestly, did it even make sense back in the day?.

Splash

It just occurred to me that those born in 2014, 100 years after the epochal date of 1914, will be 9 years old this year and are starting to become candidates for baptism.

1914 used to be relatable in that our parents or grand parents lived then, but not any more.

it’s dropped so far into history that any significance linked to it is just as convincing as the Black Death being a harbinger for Armageddon.

Never mind that we are also now crossing the 100 year threshold for the 7 trumpets of declarations that occurred during the 1920’s! Remind me, how important were these angelic messages? What were they again?

if I was still a JW I would have to isolate my JW brain from all thinking and reasoning so I could continue to believe.

Honestly, did it even make sense back in the day?

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East Pennines A$$emb£y Hall

by punkofnice in

so, my spies tell me that the east pennines a$$emb£y hall is being sold and all proceeds going to jobo hq.

there's a surprise.....not!.

i understand there are other properties too.

Splash

This assembly hall has an overseer's home attached to it.

I wonder where the current incumbent will be turfed out to.

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I think Splane is the Cult Leader. And I think there are more apostates working on the inside than we can imagine.

by pistolpete in

so in the latest leaked video, splane goes on this crazy delusional rant about how faithful witnesses should never research their faith.. he criticizes the worldly court system and says they are not fair toward witnesses and the organization.

he says the court system is rigged and witnesses who get convicted, (implied child sex abusers) are innocent.

he is literally trying to justify child molesters and elders who cover them, as good people in "god's eyes" even though "human authorities" may judge them and put them in jail.

Splash

Splane even goes so far as to suggest that JW’s get convicted in court because the judges get bribes or payoffs.

No proof, just deceitful suggestion to further the WT agenda that JW’s are always innocent.

He obviously never thought through the consequences of his baseless rant.

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'covid isnt real'

by joey jojo in

im not here to start a debate.. ive heard the above expression countless time over the past year and a half and genuinely want to know what it means.. if you feel this way, do you mean :.

a. there is no covid19 virus?.

b. covid19 is real but not a threat of any kind?.

Splash

Masks are more about protecting others than yourself. It stops you splashing people 20ft in front of you with a sneeze or cough, but unless it’s the high grade masks they don’t do a great deal to protect yourself.

So the purpose of masking up is to reduce transmission rather than prevent contracting it.

I guess the good thing about the vaccines is that in the UK we’re getting 50,000 new cases each day but just a tiny fraction going to hospital. Contrasting that to last winter when no one had the vaccine and with a similar infection rate 1,000’s were going into hospital each day.

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WT UK admit they are a building company

by Splash in

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03858051.

they have registered their business at companies house under business code 41100 - development of building projects.. opening their latest full accounts filing it says on page 4 under principle funding sources:.

”the society currently has two funding sources, one of them being the construction of new facilities or places of worship, which is invoiced at cost to other charities with similar aims”.

Splash

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03858051

They have registered their business at Companies House under business code 41100 - Development of building projects.

Opening their latest Full Accounts filing it says on page 4 under Principle Funding Sources:

”The Society currently has two funding sources, one of them being the construction of new facilities or places of worship, which is invoiced at cost to other charities with similar aims”

We know that this invoicing never ends so it’s hardly at cost.

I wonder what the faithful would make of their beloved religion self classifying as a building company.

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I have a tee shirt idea

by mickbobcat in

i have an idea for a jw tee shirt.

jehovah's witnesses redefining words since 1914.

Splash

A JW T-shirt doesn’t have any arms.

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Further thoughts on the thread dealing with wandering Jews pooping outside the camp

by Doug Mason in

i think the excellent thread on the wandering jews having to defecate outside the camp could have explored further implications, such as animal faeces, and also the fact that when women are in a group they cycle (menstruate) together.

imagine what the place was like with their attitude towards a menstruating woman, or with the disposal of the "rags".how did they dispose of all the placentas, etc.

?where are the skeletons of the millions of people and animals?

Splash

The size of the camp, for those in the UK, would be about three times the size of Birmingham. Just take a look at the size of Birmingham UK on google maps and triple it in your mind.

Imagine the fecal swamp that would be created overnight by 3 million people folding out yesterdays digested manna.

Now imagine squelching your sandalled feet through acres of colon created stinking bog and the accompanying fog of swarming flies, every time the camp moved location.

Pining for cucumbers would be the last thing on my mind, unless they were going to be used as bum plugs.

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Praying for others?

by pixel in

i’m looking for an article, from the watchtower, where it says that we should not pray for other members from the stage.

does anyone remember an article saying this?.

Splash

And yet it’s so much easier to pray for someone than actually help them out. You know, like friends or Christians would do.

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The Holy Spirit made a mistake in selling off KHalls ?

by Splash in

a couple of years ago the wt began their program of selling off dedicated kingdom halls and consolidating congregations into fewer halls.. had they kept these halls, more sparsely occupied as they were, they could by now be bringing everyone back while respecting the distancing laws.. jw’s love to find reasons how jehovah foresaw something and guided them, but it never works the other way when they make a decision that later on turns out to have been a bad idea..

Splash

A couple of years ago the WT began their program of selling off dedicated Kingdom Halls and consolidating congregations into fewer halls.

Had they kept these halls, more sparsely occupied as they were, they could by now be bringing everyone back while respecting the distancing laws.

JW’s love to find reasons how Jehovah foresaw something and guided them, but it never works the other way when they make a decision that later on turns out to have been a bad idea.