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The Logisitcs of Destroying Organized Religion
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
they define babylon the great as the "world empire of false religion", and that jehovah god will use the united nations to turn on her.. .

the "keep on the watch" brochure says the following, regarding the destruction of babylon the great:.

"for our day, the bible forecasts that political governments, like a wild beast, will turn on "the harlot" and strip her naked, exposing her real .
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Circuit Overseer's Talk: " We need 5 meetings a week and weekly mags"
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
at the circuit overseer's talk last week he made the comment that some "of the friends" are finding it difficult to move ahead with jehovah's organization (tm).

the co said that a few had asked, "is it necessary to have 5 meetings a week, and a magazine every other week?".

"couldn't we do without one meeting a week, and have monthly editions of the watchtower?
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Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
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Do you REALLY know how crazy J. Rutherford was?
by gumby in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
below is an interview with the drunken, pipe-dreamin, selfish, psychopathic bastard back in 1930.. the interview with j.f.

rutherford that appeared in the sun diego sun, march 15, 1930. .

"but how will you identify king david or any of the other representatives from god?
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Tartarus in 2 Peter 2:4
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in my recent thread on the nephilim and the rephaim (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/68224/1.ashx), i indicated that the legend of the titans was broadly related to the canaanite and hebrew myths of the nephilim and rephaim, but here in 2 peter we see more recent hellenistic influence on jewish legend.

according to hesiod and other greek writers, the titans were the wicked offspring of ouranius and gaia ("heaven" and "earth") who initially had sovereignty over the cosmos but whom zeus and the olympian gods defeated and consigned to eternal bondage in the prison called tartarus in the netherworld.

iliad 8:13-16 describes tartarus as a bottomless pit located below hades, a distinction reminiscent of hades and the abyss of revelation.
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Enoch's Sumerian ancestors
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
within the antediluvian geneology lists of genesis, one figure stands out.

in the formulaic "priestly" geneology, we read: "when enoch was sixty-five years old he became father to methuselah.

after the birth of methuselah he lived for three hundred years and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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Early Christian apocalypses
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
early christian apocalyses

i thought it would be a good idea to put together into a single thread all the early 1st.

cent.
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Shunning via Rumor
by NeonMadman in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i went back to the area of my old congregation yesterday.

my daughter's best friend amanda was getting married, and despite my trepidation, amanda had begged me to show up and to dance a dance with her.

my trepidation was twofold; first, my ex-wife was going to be there, and after our messy divorce only six months ago, i had no desire to be anywhere where she was.
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Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
why was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?

was there a different procedure with a different name?

was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?
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Gods Total Management Survey
by SolidSender in
1. social
2. humour
please fill in and return to god.

god would like to personally thank you for your belief and continued.

___ divine inspiration.