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Lurkers - PLEASE watch this excellent video on 1914 that uses only Watchtower quotes!
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is a truly awesome video, with a lovely overall presentation, that uses watchtower literature to explain how the expectations of russell and his followers regarding 1914 differ significantly from what is portrayed in modern publications.. if you're visiting this forum for the first time, please watch it!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zap6keflhpe.

cedars.
40
The significance of Sparlock
by botchtowersociety in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower has depicted sparlock as a commercial plastic toy to be thrown into the garbage with impunity.. i submit to you all that he is something far greater.

sparlock represents all the hopes and dreams of jw children everywhere.

he is the magic of childhood.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - Faith In Action Part 2 - thoughts?
by Captain Obvious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
most of us remember the thread last month about the video that was supposed to be watched in prep for discussion at the meeting.

well at the end of this month, there is a discussion on part 2. .

part 1 had at least that one big glaring lie, about what the bible students were expecting in 1914. it then went on in the usual fashion, blaming the students themselves for having made up their own expectations.... .
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Faith In Action Pt 1 DVD
by the truth is mine in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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the service meeting for this week was almost entirely made up of questions based on the dvd faith in action pt1.
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Awake! July 2009 No one should be made to choose between their beliefs and family
by Awen in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just as the title says.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw1dfohdkao&feature=related.

peace,.
13
JWs, Faith in Action, Part 1: Out of Darkness transcript
by cabasilas in
1. watchtower
2. bible
don't know if this has been posted here.

it's making the rounds on some jw sites.

this is a transcript of the new dvd: jehovah's witnesses, faith in action, part 1: out of darkness:.
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DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!
by Wasanelder Once in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.

i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.

you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".
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Awake July 2009
by mouthy in
1. jw
2. friends
check it out = the july 2009 awake magazine.

watchtower & religious freedom - a double standard?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplhxi812yc.
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Why 1914 is utterly true (and so is 607 B.C.E.)
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
1914 is a very significant date for true believers.

faithful and eager students of the scriptures figured out (and "proved") jesus would return to kill the wicked and reward the meek in 1874. the signs were obvious.

but, it didn't happen.
70
2034 - A Future History of Jehovah's Witnesses
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't know what i am talking about... read this post at your peril.

back in the 1960s there was, seemingly, a brief period of relaxation in authoritarianism among jehovah's witnesses.

those who have read raymond franz's 'crisis of conscience' will have heard the story about dan sydlik's remark about the need to 'open some windows to let some air in here'.