Wow...
How do you get a down vote for nominative statements of fact that can be verified from your state's body of revised statutes???
Posts by TD
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17How Do You Think Election Votes Should Be Counted?
by minimus indo you think voters should be required to prove that they are legitimate?.
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First 3 Presidents never knew JC began his reign as King in 1914 ?
by smiddy3 inthe first 3 presidents of the i.b.s.a ./ jehovah`s witnesses / wtb&ts.. w.h.conley ,c.t.russell ,j.f.rutherford .. how many jehovah`s witnesses know that ?
how many ex jehovah`s witnesses knew that ?
the wt society teaches that jesus returned to begin his "invisible presence" in 1914 directing his attention toward the earth as ruling king.
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TD
There is some evidence that Rutherford first mentioned 1914 as the beginning of christs second coming in the 1930`s.
"Some evidence" implies that the question is not resolved or in some way in doubt.
It's not....
The dismantling of Barbour/Russell dates has been meticulously documented by Crompton, Penton and various other scholars
The crowning of Jesus as King of God's kingdom was moved forward 40 years to correspond with the end of the Gentile Times in the year 1920 (The Watch Tower July 1, 1920 p. 96) which was just a couple years after Rutherford became President
The resurrection of the saints (first resurrection) was moved forward ~40 years (1878 to 1914) in the year 1927 (Light Volume I p. 226)
The very last clear reference to 1874 as the start of the Parousia can be found in the book Prophecy pp 65-66
The first clear reference in The Watchtower to 1914 as the beginning of the Parousia occurs in the December 1, 1933 edition page 362. That this change was about to be made official can be seen in The Golden Age, April 30, 1930 pp 503 - 504 and Light, Book I, p 74)
At this point, virtually every time element of the Barbour/Russell eschatology had been modified. The only thing left was the idea that 1873 marked the end of 6000 years since Adam's creation
Perhaps this chart would be helpful:
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How Do You Think Election Votes Should Be Counted?
by minimus indo you think voters should be required to prove that they are legitimate?.
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TD
Do you think voters should be required to prove that they are legitimate?
Yes. My state went that route and it's not that big a deal.
You ballot is printed for you and you alone. It is tied to your Photo ID by control number
Here's how it works
Photo ID is required to vote in person. The 3d barcode is scanned and a living, breathing person compares the picture to your face. Your ballot is then printed
Absentee ballots must be requested in writing and your Photo ID number is required. Photo ID is required a second time when you drop the ballot off. If you chose to mail in the ballot, your signature is hand checked with the signature on your Voter ID
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Rush Limbaugh Is Dead
by minimus inthe conservative icon rush limbaugh passed away today.
he had lung cancer and finally succumbed to the disease.
what is sad and disgusting is how some people are happy and thrilled that he is gone.
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It was a two week segment he did in 1990 where he would read off names of people who had died while songs like Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places played in the background.
He apologized for it and said it was the single most regrettable thing he'd ever done. (Or something like that)
It would be nice to be able to take back our mistakes, but none of us can. (Which is why it's better not to make them at all)
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Rush Limbaugh Is Dead
by minimus inthe conservative icon rush limbaugh passed away today.
he had lung cancer and finally succumbed to the disease.
what is sad and disgusting is how some people are happy and thrilled that he is gone.
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I listened to him faithfully, back when he was funny and am truly sorry that he has past. Seventy is not exactly young, but it's not old anymore either.
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First 3 Presidents never knew JC began his reign as King in 1914 ?
by smiddy3 inthe first 3 presidents of the i.b.s.a ./ jehovah`s witnesses / wtb&ts.. w.h.conley ,c.t.russell ,j.f.rutherford .. how many jehovah`s witnesses know that ?
how many ex jehovah`s witnesses knew that ?
the wt society teaches that jesus returned to begin his "invisible presence" in 1914 directing his attention toward the earth as ruling king.
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TD
Still curious about the idea that Rutherford didn't know about it, in view of the fact that the relocation of the Barbour/Russell chronology forty years forward in time was done by him
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Drinking during Prohibition
by Davros induring a recent conversation i had with someone, a question came up that i really don't know the answer to.
did jw's still drink during prohibition in the us during the 1920's until it's repeal in 1933?
was alcoholic beverages considered forbidden and possibly subject to disfellowshipping?.
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TD
Sacramental wine was legal. That might not seem like a big demand until you stop and consider that the Catholic Church needed it for communion
Vineyards operated under religious permits.
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C T Russell and His Numerology.
by Lost in the fog ini came across this older wt which i assume c t russell wrote the article.
unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.. and he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the great harlot with 18 letters [in english] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!
strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title.
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TD
It'd make you laugh...
Yes
A 21st century observer laughing at the ignorance and naivete of a 19th century writer doesn't mean a whole lot though.
It's like us laughing at H.G. Wells notions of how a technically advanced alien race would fight a war
Russell's writings are wacky by today's standards, but it is one pebble in a riverbed of wackiness
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First 3 Presidents never knew JC began his reign as King in 1914 ?
by smiddy3 inthe first 3 presidents of the i.b.s.a ./ jehovah`s witnesses / wtb&ts.. w.h.conley ,c.t.russell ,j.f.rutherford .. how many jehovah`s witnesses know that ?
how many ex jehovah`s witnesses knew that ?
the wt society teaches that jesus returned to begin his "invisible presence" in 1914 directing his attention toward the earth as ruling king.
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The change from 1878 to 1918 (Christ receiving his kingly power) was made during the Rutherford era
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Do You Think Trump Is Done?
by minimus incertain forces appear to be trying to make sure donald trump never runs for president again.
some republicans are clearly abandoning trump and of course the democratic press has been saying trump is done!
is trump’s goose cooked?
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Trump's problems are far from over