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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  How do you know that ? vienne ? with any certainty ?
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  Your right Wasanelder Once , my blue and just to clarify things more , was it Marley Cole or Macmillan in his book that gave the impression he was not a witness when actually he was.?

  And to get back to vienne`s question "Jehovah`s Witnesses in The Divine Purpose" was a WT publication with no author identified.

  vienne ,If i may ask why do you want to know who the author of this book is specifically when their are heaps of other books that the Society produced with no authors name given ?
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  jonahstourguide your not confusing this book with "Faith On The March" are you by Marley Cole who made out he wasn`t a JW but in fact was are you ?

  If my memory serves me correct "Jehovah`s Witnesses In The Divine purpose" the large hard cover green book was printed by the Society with no name of the author .

  I stand to be corrected if I`m wrong but I don`t think so.

  Marley Cole wrote a book titled " Jehovah`s Witnesses A new World Society " maybe you are thinking of this one .

  And in this he gives the impression he is not a JW when in fact he most certainly is.
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  All the culty name that were used instead of JWs

  by kairos in

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  the truththe society.

  the friends...you remember.

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  Colporter ? not sure of the spelling
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

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  Correct me if I`m wrong but wasn`t it WT policy not to put a name to any of the books published by the WTB&TS ?

  They never published the authors name of any of their publications.
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  [Insight book said "angels have no sex(gender)". Then why does the GB/JW always present them as males ?
  
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  One day convention and..

  by zeb in

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  my wife went off to.. and returned without being cranky this is unusual..and gave me a strange look or two.. most unusual.. i can only hope she has heard something that has caused her to realize that i may be onto something..one can only hope..

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  maybe zeb you could say i go to work to provide for this family { acknowledge it if your wife does too} and i don`t judge you because of your beliefs and you shouldn`t judge me because of my beliefs or lack of in your view.

  Why can`t we be a happy couple in our marriage respecting each others views without having confrontations .

  Plenty of people in the world have marriages of mixed religious beliefs and don`t have these problems ,why is it that it seems to be such a big problem in the JW religion.?

  Then again maybe your wife needs to start thinking for herself and not being influenced by her female peers.

  Take care buddy
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  Do you remember when you realised it was all bulls£&t

  by moley in

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  2. experiences

  i remember when my faith left me.

  i used to enjoy meetings and used to participate but then all of a sudden i was finding myself bored shitless at meetings.

  i was taken off the theocratic ministry school for not attending when i was due to give a talk and not long after did something naughty and got disfellowshiped.

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  It was a long gradual process with me ,so many little things that just kept building up until I could no longer ignore it.

  Then just drifted away found sites like this ,honed in on this one and after about 15 years said bugger it i`m going to DF them .,so I sent in my DA letter.

  And here I am.
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  Examining The WT Child Abuse Policy

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  here is a part of a current discussion i am having with a jw.. comments appreciated.. .

  vanderhoven said.... reporting child sex abuse allegations is mandatory in many places.

  the second witness might be semen or dna evidence...that elders cannot assess but authorities can.

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  What is also missing in this discussion is that the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses and their writing department / legal department all speak out of both sides of their mouth,they speak with a forked tongue .

  What they say in print and what they do in practice are two entirely different things.

  Partly because of flip flops / new light / contradictions / Legal Department / Not bringing reproach on the organization /not bringing reproach on Jehovah`s name.

  And when it suits them they claim clergy privilege in a Court of law of their members and when it does`nt their members are just lay / volunteer preachers.

  Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson under oath at the CARC when asked {yes he took the oath/affirmation} to tell the truth and nothing but the truth ,whether Jehovah`s witnesses were the only ones that had the "Truth" he said that "it would be presumptuous of me to say that " ? what a lie that is .

  Vincent `Toole the legal eagle of JW`s . { he also took the oath/ affirmation to tell the truth and nothing but the truth }when asked about shunning at the CARC he stated that he had heard the phrase but never knew what it meant . another lie.

  OF All of the cases of child sexual abuse cases around the world within the Jehovah`s witness religion, surely it should warrant a much more detailed investigation into this religion and its practices to protect vulnerable children that such a small sect has failed to do.
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  Old Brooklyn Bethel back in the 1990s

  by omikolestivengo in

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  https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/ysd2bf.

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  omikolestivengo

  You didn`t show any photo`s of the infamous pillows ?

  All those hot chicks and just a couple of studs ? Oh to be a fly on the wall back then .

  The five Amigos or the WT on how to exploit our youth.

  Is that you with the twin towers in the background ?

  A nice neat tidy room

  And the Brooklyn Bridge I presume.? ( i`m in ozzie land down under )

  I wait with baited breath mike on hearing your story ,sounds like you have an interesting story to tell.

  I look forward to it

  OH ,and Welcome to the board .