Posts by TheOldHippie

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1950- present PDF Scans of original mailed or literature counter, WTs ?

by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat in

i think these exist ?

has someone created pdf scans of original mailed or literature counter wts?

or have copies of those pdf's?.

TheOldHippie

Oh yeah? Give examples of what articles

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so much for babylon the great falling in 1919

by nowwhat? in

suposedly babylon the great lost her power and influence over the people and government rulers back in 1919. flash forward to today the russian orthodox church is behind the banning of witnesses in russia.

yet another failed prophecy!

have these guys gotten anything right?!

TheOldHippie

I think you have misunderstood a bit. Babylon the Great is said to fall at the beginning of the Great Tribulation, in other words a future event.

The 1919 fall was that it lost its power over the preaching capacity of the JWs. It had no power over them thereafter in the sense of being able to prevent the preaching. So bans cannot prevent, because preaching is then done underground.

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NWT is the finest translation of the Bible available to mankind. WTF

by Buster k in

this nugget of spiritual bullcrap is in there 2014 yearbook on page 4. .

paragraph 2. early in this service year, at the annual meeting of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, the new world bible translation committee released the newly revised english edition of the finest translation of the bible available to mankind.

jehovah used his own spirit-begotten sons to provide the original new world translation.

TheOldHippie

Pity they couldn't count up between 32 & 35 - then they could've got the chapters of the Bible book of Numbers in sequence in their updated, inaccurate/corrupted "silver sword" translation. (see chapter headings on pages 266 & 267)

Could you please tell me what you mean? It seems to be correct in my Bible.

Isn't the revised NWT technically a paraphrased version?

It definitely is not.

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Million Euro Scandal in Spain

by Calebs Airplane in

http://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/vida/testigos-jehova-agujero-empresarial-galicia_69908_102.html.

the jehovah’s witnesses leadership (in northern spain) requested that a local material supplier (owned by rank-and file jws) not divulge that a million euros are unaccounted for.

the cult leadership requested peace from the congregation so as to put pressure on the material company’s owners (who are jws) and thereby avoid any possible litigation.. this case affects a well-known construction supply company with its headquarters in a large northern city.

TheOldHippie

Pete Zahut tells about " A good friend of mine".

Saethydd tells about "A very good friend of mine"

Now THAT is what I call solid documentation. Perhaps I should come up with "a very very good friend indeed of mine" and conjure up some FAKE NEWS too ..................

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Amazing new graph - publisher increase compared to country population increase rates

by jwfacts in

world population growth rate is 1.13%, whilst jehovah's witness average publishers grew by 1.8%.

watchtower growth is outpacing population growth, though at a dismal rate considering the 2 billion hours of preaching required for an increase of just 115,194. this is an aggregate number, and most growth is from developing nations in africa and south america.

what i was really interested in finding is how watchtower growth compares to the population growth in different countries.

TheOldHippie

One thing which makes country-to-country comparisons "not so useful", is the huge amount of migration. Eastern Europe is "emptied" of carpenters, painters etc. because so many have migrated to Western Europe where the money is, and in some Western European countries Polish JWs make up 10 % or so of the total number. And then you have the opposite migration - if you see pictures taken from the witnessing work in some South Amercan amd African or Asian countries, you will se a large number of European or USA witnesses among them.

So countries are not that interesting to compare as earlier; foreign language congregations and groups should be considered in addition. And there are other factors such as death rate etc. A complex field, really.

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Since everything about the origins of the Watchtower magazine were proved wrong, what legitimacy can its inheritors claim?

by Half banana in

the original aim of ct russell in starting the watchtower magazine in 1879 was to announce to the world his pet idea that jesus had come to rule in the heavens five years earlier back in 1874. for the young entrepreneur this new magazine looked like a commercial runner and it was!.

most of us know how profoundly false the prophecy was but if you don't mind i'll give a brief overview for newbies:.

1874 was the failed adventist prediction year for the return of christ in the heavenly glory, which russell was now saying was the right year after all.

TheOldHippie

"Daniel (who could not have written Daniel) wrote his prophecies in around 165 BCE, centuries after the events foretold! Nice move ‘Daniel’ whoever you were!"

And this you of course know for a fact and need no reference for your assumption?

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FYI - A list and links to the ten news articles in Spain about JW child abuse that have appeared in less than a month

by AndersonsInfo in

periódico-28 nov. 2016. los testigos de jehová investigan internamente los casos de pederastia a través de las autodenominadas audiencias judiciales que forman .... australia, contra los testigos de jehová por la pederastiael periódico de aragón-28 nov. 2016. .

testigos de jehová dedican su jornada anual a la lealtadmeganoticias (comunicado de prensa)-28 nov. 2016. .

la justicia paralela de los testigos de jehovácompleto-el país-27 nov. 2016. .

TheOldHippie

Maybe you want to lower the number of articles? Two of them are announcements of conventions and have nothing to do with child abuse. Others are referring to the Australia hearing. Not much about Spanish issues.

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Is there any recent information about Watchtower owning 50% of Rand Cam Engine Corp & REGI Technologies?

by AndersonsInfo in

please, recent information is needed about this subject discussed some 12-years ago here on jwn?

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https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/85323/watchtower-society-50-share-holder-military-company?page=1&size=10.

TheOldHippie

With all Your background, You don't really believe that, do You?

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Cart contrast

by Fairlane in

i approached two sets of cart witnesses today the contrast in conversation was stark.

first couple older jws beware of content of internet etc...not able to answer questions on inspiration of jw publications content..she said "jesus and holy spirit" but they gb/fds not inspired, couldn't explain how without inspiration the fds got understanding of new light.

they knew nothing of australian royal commission into child abuse and nothing about the organisations involvement with u n at this point she said "i can't continue with this conversation and moved off.

TheOldHippie

"perhaps the 'old guard' are on the way out"

Well, are older people not always per definition on the way out?

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Around 100 billion people have died

by Funchback in

according to some, the earth may have 10 billion people living on it by the end of this century.

there is genuine concern about space and resources.. imagine, then, 100 billion people being resurrected to live on earth.

some jws will argue that not everyone will be resurrected to earth, including 144,000. imagine 50 billion then, assuming that half of the people who ever lived did something so horrific that they aren't deemed worthy to be resurrected.. jws who are lurking and reading this: where are they going to live?

TheOldHippie

"my research has led me to believe that there are far more than that, how about 500 billion?"

And what are the sources of your research? You will find that is WAY higher than what researchers within the demography circles state.