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  Has the rescent change in the identity of the FDS been released in print yet

  by A.M. Number 1 in

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  just wondering what wt issue has actually put it down in print.

  i know that some of my jw frineds already know about it, but they didn't tell me if it was an announcement at the hall or actually in the wt..

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  TheOldHippie

  Since the only literature in which it will appear, will be the study issue of the Watchtower, and since the January 2013 issue is now available and the change is not mentioned there, the earliest possibility will be the February issue, and the articles therefore studied in late Spring. Since the writing and preparation period for articles is rather long (the 2011 annual meeting was covered close to a year after it took place), then either it will not appear in a amgazine till next Summer, or the change has been prepared for months ahead of the talks, and therefore the February issue could cover it.
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  Notes from Safeguard Your Mind assembly - day 1

  by raxxxx in

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  2. bible

  it was an entertaining and incredibly sad experience... anyway!

  here are some notes i have managed to take in between all of the crying and laughing as well as occasional mental breakdown.

  enjoy!

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  TheOldHippie

  Having a bad day, WTWizard?
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  A cautionary tale... the extremely beautiful sister and the worldly guy at the office

  by cedars in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-flmy8ltada.

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  TheOldHippie

  The VampireA fool there was and he made his prayer
  (Even as you and I!)
  To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair
  (We called her the woman who did not care)
  But the fool he called her his lady fair
  (Even as you and I!)
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  A cautionary tale... the extremely beautiful sister and the worldly guy at the office

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-flmy8ltada.

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  TheOldHippie

  "a hank of hair and a piece of bone" ...that is what he thought of women"

  Actually, it was Kipling who said that, and Rutherford was merely quoting him .....................
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  Any document pdf evidence of the supposed court case showing WT funding by the jewish mason...

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. scandals

  i'll just quote what some websites have put, and wonder if any pdf's of the letter or court papers on this.

  most things stated bout wt have a papertrail, so this should too hopefully.

  "a swiss physician, dr. fehrmann, at a public meeting on jan. 21, 1924 upset some people by asserting the bnai brith and the international jews had contributed large financial sums to the ernst bibel forscher (that is in swiss german the earnest bible students, the followers of the watchtower societywere know as.

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  Garbe discusses this letter and other pieces of "proof" in detail, and if anything is certain, it is that the statement that the letter was unquestionably genuine - is a very questionable one, to put it mildly. It is viewed as a provocation, and the wording sounds VERY strange to be put in a letter. What is strangest, though, is that when there was to be a retrial, the letter meanwhile had mysteriously disappeared and has been so ever since. I can have a look in Garbe and see if I find the pages in question. What it undoubtedly WAS, was a part of a very aimed campaign towards the WTB&TS and that it tried to link it to Masonism and the "Jewish Bolschewism" in order to put them in a bad light amidst growing nazism.
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  Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

  by Leolaia in

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  2. scandals

  there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

  in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

  he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

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  TheOldHippie

  there are quite a few mistakes in the second and third post, as to what is Q and what is A.
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  JWs are attending the OSCE meeting in Warsaw as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) & giving presentations

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  watchtower representatives (jehovahs christian witnesses) are once again attending the osce, organization for security and co-operation in europe,meeting in warsaw on september 24 - oct. 5, 2012. http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012to see jehovahs witnesses listed as a non-governmental organization, click on http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012?view=conference_documents&display=page_2&arg=92455.

  please scroll down under non-governmental organization and click on administrative centre of jehovahs witnesses in russia as well as european association of jehovah's christian witnesses.

  once you click on them, you will be brought to a page with a list of all of their presentations at the osce.

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  TheOldHippie

  Nothing but a great forum in front of which to publisize the persecution carried out by the various authorities within the borders of the previous Soviet Union, as well as other nations. Nothing stranger than taking cases to court. WT uses this as an arena to tell what is going on and to try to make changes through discussions, and they have met with governmental representatived for decades, so now they can meet them all at once. I fail to see any problem at all.
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  Watchtower teachings on the length of human existence.

  by free @ last in

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  2. beliefs

  anyone know the current wt teachings on the length of time humans have been in existence?

  do they still teach that the first man and woman were created approximately 6,000 years ago?

  have they made any comments on archeological findings that show paleo-indians living in the america's 10,000+ years ago?

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  "they can begin to see that they are listening to the thoughts of men."

  Well, if you read the verses of the Bible dealing with chronology, I think it is very difficult not to reach a 6,000 years (apporx.) history since Adam. Hard to get around. So in stead of "thoughts of men" it is more like "thoughts of the Bible" ...............
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  JW molester, Barry Snow, UK, not reported by elders, molested again, court statement

  by blondie in

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  2. child-abuse

  campaigners make call for changes in the laws.

  thursday, 27 september 2012. .

  special report: child abuse and the churches.

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  TheOldHippie

  "do the decent thing (that everyone else already knows) to protect children ?"

  Well, the Catholic Church has not exactly been a front runner for an open policy on this, has it? Forced from barrier to barrier, it finally has been forced to adopt a policy which in theory looks good. I am not interested in defending JW policy when it comes to this, but there are MANY organisations that have skeletons in the closet. Child abuse and rape in general never was a priority among the police or prosecuting authorities. Jury members are still quoted as saying that a woman dressed like that has to bear the guilt herself, that a woman responding to an invitation knew what was coming - comments sounding more like coming from Moslem communities than from a Western courtroom. Great parts of modern society have a lot to answer for and are burdened with a huge amount of shame for how they have failed women and children. This is only slowly starting to be treated with the seriousness it should. Thousands upon thousands of lives have been destroyed right in front of the eyes of an indifferent society. Good that it is beginning to be changed. Sad that the WT is not a front runner, but still partially sticks to the "keep it inside the congregation" attitude and only follows what is required by law and not what according to morals should be the most natural thing to do - follow the Christ and take care of those in need. There are unlikely good elders and congregational members out there, but others are so immature and inhibited and dare not do anything that is not written on the pages of the WT.
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  Watchtower Library NOT identical to printed publications

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i realise the title of this thread will come as no surprise to many of you.

  i've certainly heard before of subtle variations between extracts from the watchtower library and the actual printed literature.. what i didn't expect was to find this openly admitted to in the license agreement for the watchtower library, where it says in article 4:.

  4. limited warranty.

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  TheOldHippie

  The 1957 Theocratic War Strategy missing page is nothing revisionist. If you look at almost ALL the reprinted bound volumes, you will see the same - that the last page is blank. And why? Because the books advertised for in the original bound volumes or original loose magazines no longer were available, were out of print, at the time the reprinted volumes were issued. You'll find lots and lots of these white back pages. Adverts removed, not TWS specifically removed.