Posts by TerryWalstrom

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Is Knowing/Using The Name Of God Important?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i say no.. although the tetragrammaton appears close to 7000 times in the hebrew scriptures, the personal name of god does not.

seems to me that god made sure that both that his personal name does not appear therein and that no one would ever actually know it or learn even how to pronounce it.

he also made sure that his name (baring 3 hallelujahs in revelation) did not appear in the new testament.

TerryWalstrom

If there were only ONE living God there would not be need of a name because a name distinguishes and differentiates one from another of a kind.

The Old Testament is a strange and mythical world. It is an admixture of history and mystery and accretions of legend, myth, and perhaps absorption of Homer's epic tales of Odysseus.

A Greek god was arbitrary, capricious, and whimsical. To obtain the favor of such a personality a great sacrifice was in order.

The idea of "giving" to God is perhaps the most peculiar of all human ideas. God needs nothing and can make no use of something burned on an altar. The fable spinners, however, like to assure us God's nostrils can be pleased by the aroma of burnt oxen. The Physics of molecules and the distance from Earth to Heaven was much more (ignorant) simple in the old days.

To invoke the deity by Name was a tetchy business. If you bandy the name about without sufficient respect you are in for it.

This doesn't seem to bother the fetishistic JW's who now are so bold as to abbreviate the Living Eternal God with but 1 letter of the alphabet.

The tetragrammaton was 4 letters and the Dubs claim that is short shrift.

Go figure.

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A Forensic Investigation disproving Watchtower’s self-made MYTH

by TerryWalstrom in

a forensic investigation disproving watchtower’s self-made myth(chosen by jehovah as the only true religion on earth).

[ it all began when joseph rutherford removed four members of the watch tower society board of directors under a legal technicality that equally applied to himself, and then authorized the writing and publication of the book "the finished mystery" contrary to pastor russell's will, the society's official charter, and without approval of the board, and then falsely advertising the book to the public as the "posthumous work of pastor russell".

] pastor-russell dot com.

TerryWalstrom

THEGIRLHASNONAMEa day ago

HI Terry, I was reading your article above and I am very interested in your sources concerning the death of Charles Taze Russell. You state he died on Halloween on a train in Pampas Texas after inspecting why his gold mine had not been producing any gold. Also the statement that Russell was plagued by hemorrhoids and was taking pain killers was mentioned. Would it be possible for you to provide the source material for these statements so that I can look them up? Thank You!

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I think there were 3 or 4 sources I directly remember using and a third which was told me by Farkle a couple of years ago.
I wrote the following piece after he told me about it in a phone call:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/243434/last-moments-pastor-russell-sleeper-car-pampas-texas?page=1
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First, there is the Audio recording of Fred Franz telling his life story:
https://archive.org/details/DecisionMyLifeStoryByFredFranz

Secondly, there is:
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/T3BGTA0VV95NHCT2U
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3rd:
THE INTERNET'S BEST

HISTORY of the JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

and the WATCHTOWER SOCIETY

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http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/russell2.html

Thanks for asking!

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Admiral Kolchak

Since: Jan 09

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#1 Apr 23, 2009

In October 1916 Pastor Charles Taze Russell left New York on a journey from which he never returned alive. According to A. H. Macmillan one of the reasonsPastor Russell made his final journey out west was to inspect a rich gold mine. In a lecture titled: THE HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1910 TO 1920,Macmillan says:

“Then he began going into details about how the work was to be carried on. How he was going away to California on a trip (from which he never returned alive). Some brothers developed the idea that they could dig up millions of dollars down in the southern part of Nevada at a place called Soda Lake. They had rich deposits of gold, mercury and quicksilver and they wantedBrother Russell to come out and look it over.Â”

What became of this mine with vast stores of gold from which Russell could finance his publishing empire? Or were these “brothersÂ” actually con men who planned to fleece the Pastor in a bogus investment scheme?

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Somewhere on this mess of a page:
http://truth1.org/russell-3.htm

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Calling All Who Were JWs Between 1967 and 1980

by -Crossroads- in

jw
friends

hello jwn,.

to introduce myself, i am still in the jws but learned ttatt some months ago.

i now ask this question to get more info on a past teaching.. between 1967 and 1980 was when the 'current understanding' of the wts was that organ transplants were cannibalism, and thus abhorrent.

TerryWalstrom

Just think of the question you're asking:
"Dear Watchtower,
Is it permissible for any Jehovah's Witness to practice cannibalism?"

Could you imagine any answer which included:"So we see, practicing cannibalism, while wretchedly disgusting, is strictly a matter for each Christian's conscience to decide."

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A QUICK STORY for you

by TerryWalstrom in

gallery memoriesit was 1982.. california summer.. the entrance of creative galleries.. the limousine arrived and she emerged.. there is a word i’ve been saving for the sort of story i’m about to tell you.

she debouched from the limo.

(she deserves a special word.).

TerryWalstrom

LV101a day ago

Terry - did you ever meet or know of an actress named Louise Allbritton (Albritton)?

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No, I didn't. I would likely not have recognized her.
Some actors still look like their public persona except for natural aging and gaining weight. Others, who have resorted to Botox and facelifts, don't actually look human. They resemble masks of humans.

Probably the oldest actor I recognized was Paul Henreid, who was born in 1908. He is most famous for Casablanca and Now, Voyager.

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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !

by flipper in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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TerryWalstrom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69KFAdUhIk&list=PLE8ED03313DB251F7

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A QUICK STORY for you

by TerryWalstrom in

gallery memoriesit was 1982.. california summer.. the entrance of creative galleries.. the limousine arrived and she emerged.. there is a word i’ve been saving for the sort of story i’m about to tell you.

she debouched from the limo.

(she deserves a special word.).

TerryWalstrom

In the ten years I lived in California I constantly came across these former character actors, singers, celebrities, writers, directors in grocery stores. I could compile quite a list. These were very famous "in their day" but who didn't get hired any longer.

What is weird in such encounters is this. They are so familiar to me, I feel like I know them. The natural tendency is to speak to them.
Very often--more often than not--such a greeting startles them.
That only tells me they've grown accustomed to being ignored.

You see, in California, there is an unwritten rule. You don't intrude on celebrity. That behavior is for tourists and paparazzi. Live and let live.

So, it is like coming across a bald eagle or a platypus. Endangered species.
Working as I did in an Art gallery, I took advantage of a non-threatening opportunity to have casual a conversation now and then.
Some were crazy; others were skittish; still others were stupid.

A cultural trove of sadness and desuetude is what I'd call it.
Having been famous is not unlike having survived a tragedy.

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JWs destroy archaelogical artifacts

by John Doe in

jw
friends

thousands of years old.

this makes my blood boil.. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroy-ancient-indigenous-temple-in-mexico-20160628-0009.html.

TerryWalstrom

A similar "scare" developed when it was reported that Sirhan Sirhan (murderer of Robert Kennedy, JFK's brother) was from a Jehovah's Witness family.

There was a fearless and searching inventory of congregations for any supporting evidence followed by a blanket denial.

JW's cannot afford any public outcry which equates them with the Islamic iconoclast group which destroyed ancient shrines.
The ability to get out ahead of a negative story and spin it is really important.

I find the reasons given why it could not have been JW's very unimaginative and unconvincing. They need to try harder than, "We translate or propaganda into foreign languages, therefore we must be very inclusive in our superstitious taboos."

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Interesting times-does anyone speak for rational debate anymore?

by fulltimestudent in

australia's coming to the end of a long election campaign, marked as usual by mistruths and half-truths by both of the main contenders for government.

i read today of d. trump's promises to bring back us industry and then saw this clinton tweet:.

trump has some interesting things to say, but why does he try to con some of the poorer people in the usa, in this way?

TerryWalstrom

I've been disgusted with Politics a long, long time. I don't buy into the idea that 300 million people are best served by a person only 150 million agree with. That guarantees half the country is always pissed off, disaffected, negative and ready to undercut the leader.

The structure of our Political contests are downright silly.
The people who vote are usually ignorant, misinformed, emotional, and motivated by their worst instincts.
Until every ballot contains a box marked NONE of the Above, we are stuck with the lesser of two evils.

Let us face a truly condemning fact:

If you vote for the lesser of two Evils; you are still choosing Evil.
Any choice which compels you to choose Evil is a decision best abandoned.

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What were the Bible Students expecting in 1914, after all?

by EdenOne in

skimming through old watch towers, i encountered this statements on the 1914 january 1st edition of the watch tower (vol.

xxxv, p.5373), in the article "views from the watchtower":.

"so far as our judgement goes, the year 1914 is the last of what the bible terms "gentile times" [...] the end of their "times" marks the date for the beginning of messias' kingdom, which the bible declares is to be ushered in with a great time of trouble, just such as we see impending.

TerryWalstrom

During the Millennium, the Kingdom authority and power of God through Christ and the church will be exercised amongst men; and yet they will not see it with the natural eye, but merely with the eyes of their understanding."

What an imagination as well as a talent for seemingly saying something without saying anything.
The only check or restraint on the FDS wild imaginings has been the actual disproof of failed events. And even that barely slows them down.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Education - old foes

by EdenOne in

i was skimming through old numbers of the watchtower and came across this interesting bit.

under the headline "ungodliness and discontent", the article claims:.

"[...] we have more than once called attention to in these columns, namely, that the spread of education, and increase of wealth, are not tending to make mankind happier, holier or more content, but rather the reverse.

TerryWalstrom

Sounds like Category Error.

Education isn't the same as knowledge.

Schools, colleges, tutors, Gurus, etc. are delivery systems of ideology and propaganda all too often.
I see so many extreme college age students who are ignorant of what they have been carefully taught to "hate."
That isn't education of a useful nature. It is a program for indoctrinating useful idiots.