einstein:.
i do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense.
everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.
Listen to the Voice of Einstein!
Einstein Explains the Equivalence of Energy and Matter
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/voice1.htm
Einstein Speaks on the Fate of the European Jews
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/voice2.htm
Einstein Speaks on Nuclear Weapons and World Peace
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/voice3.htm
--VM44
einstein:.
i do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense.
everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.
Hi onacruse,
a nice little letter from Nathan telling me that I was "persona non grata" for at least 6 months
What did that mean?
Was it some strange bureacratic punishment? Do such and such, get 6 months, Do so and so, get 8 months, and so on.
And, what happened for you to receive the Wrath of Knorr?
--VM44
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it seems that at one point that anti-gravity devices were mentioned in the golden age.. talked about people having positive/negative gravity.. anyone shed any light on this subject!
Hi badboy,
The quote you are looking for may be found in "The List." Here it is. --VM44
"Many have wondered how accidents would be avoided during Christ's kingdom, since we are told that nothing shall then hurt or destroy. Most accidents are due to gravitation and its effects. Falling from airplanes... etc., may be avoided by an individual negative gravity device.
"Scientists tell us that there is enough atomic energy in a finger-nail to propel a battleship. The people of the future may carry a little of this energy around with them, and if they fall down an elevator shaft they can let themselves down easy. Then they can turn a little more on and go back up. ... No danger of falling down stairs then." - Golden Age, March 24, 1926, p. 404.
Well?
What do you think? Do they have similar personalities?
--VM44
are there any way to obtain electronic copies of the golden age magazines?.
are there any url that shows electronic copies of the golden age magazines?.
i know of some places that have old literature like this.
Mr. Raines has had some health issues in recent years and does not reply to email - at least, not from people he doesn't already know. It seems he has also not chosen to "pass his cloak" on to any sucessor, unfortunately.
Ken Raines site is at:
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/
If you want to save anything at his site, I would do so now.
Already some links are gone, in particular the dinosaurs.html page!
This page is where he quotes the Golden Age as saying "Venus now is as the Earth was before the flood." and "Dinosaurs may now be living happily on Venus."
Also a page still available "Jesus - Electron Man!" is funny. Makes you wonder who in the world was writing the Golden Age!
Jesus Christ: Electron Man!
A brief look at The Golden Age's claim that Jesus healed people by beaming electrons (electronic vibrations) at the sick.
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/electronman.html
--VM44
heathen's thread "property tax and the home bible study" veered off onto this subject, so i am starting a new thread for it.
the granite pyramid monument placed next to charles russell's grave site was also a time capsule!
placed with it were photos of russell, his writings, books, and other items!..
Who here has visited the "Pyramid"?
Also, I have heard that Russell's memorial marker has been defaced recently. Although I am critical of Russell, I do not approve of THAT sort of behavior.
Rutherford though is another story! ............(just kidding!...No one knows where he is now anyway.)
--VM44
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my mother mentioned something about a special talk that's going to be at "all the khs around the world" this weekend.
kj
This is a promotion tactic to get people to go to the meeting. Saying it is "Special."
Remember there was to be a "Special" announcement to be made at the last Memorial? Turns out it was only a letter from the WT Society thanking people for attending! What a letdown!
The same old material is rehashed over and over again, they are trying to reserve it again, and keep people interested by calling it Special!
What's next? Calling it "NEW AND IMPROVED"?
--VM44
heathen's thread "property tax and the home bible study" veered off onto this subject, so i am starting a new thread for it.
the granite pyramid monument placed next to charles russell's grave site was also a time capsule!
placed with it were photos of russell, his writings, books, and other items!..
heathen's thread "property tax and the home bible study" veered off onto this subject, so I am starting a new thread for it.
The granite pyramid monument placed next to Charles Russell's grave site was also a Time Capsule! Placed with it were photos of Russell, his writings, books, and other items!.
RR wrote:
The Society opened the pyramid in 1994 to retrieve the items, but it was found empty, apparently someone beat them to it!
Just like the pyramids of Egypt, this pyramid had someone make off with its contents!
--VM44
AT THE GRAVE On Monday, a party of about 150 was conducted by Brother Bohnet to the grave of Brother Russell. Upon a hillside, sloping towards the south, we joined hands around the grave and sang: ?Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.? Our last lingering look upon the scene recalled the peaceful manner of our Pastor?s ?passing beyond the vail.? Brother Rutherford?s words came to mind: ?I am glad this prison experience was reserved for us, rather than for our dear Brother Russell.? We visited the marble works and there watched the workmen slowly but surely chisel out the monument to be erected as a memorial to the Society. The Watchtower Society burial lots in Rosemont United Cemeteries, five miles due north of Pittsburgh City, contain ample grave space for all the members of the Bethel family, and the pilgrims and their wives ? in all more than 275 adult graves. In the exact center of the Bethel lot will be erected diagonally the Pyramid Shape Monument as designed by Brother Bohnet, and accepted by Brother Russell as the most fitting emblem for an enduring monument on the Society?s burial space. The size of this structure is nine feet across the base, and its apex stone is exactly seven feet above the ground surface level. It rests upon a concrete foundation five feet deep and heavily reinforced with barbed wire, the work of Brother Bohnet, who would not entrust this important task to anyone else, so we are assured that the job was well done. The brother gave a full description of the securing of the rock material at the time he piloted the conventionists to the cemetery and urged us to help ourselves to souvenir chips in the shop of the granite worker nearby ... Each slope of the pyramid will face one of the large lots, and on each of these slopes is cut in four-inch embossment a Teacher?s Bible, on the pages of which will appear the names of the ones buried there. The burial space for Brother Rutherford was indicated and his name, like that of Brother Russell, will be at the top of opposite Bible pages. A Bible space is being set apart for the Pilgrims ? all in one lot of forty eight grave space[s], so all their names will appear on the same Bible. Above the Bibles are spaces for inscriptions in full, W.T.B & T.S., I.B.S.A., ?Dead with Christ?, ?Risen with Christ?, etc. And above these the Cross and Crown and Wreath, and the whole capped with the apex stone, highly polished ? its shape of course being pyramidal. Within the structure, incased [sic] in a block of granite, will be a sealed metal box in which is a complete set of Karatol Scripture Studies, the Memorial Tower, and one of every tract, photographs of Pastor Russell, a copy of the Society?s charter, and many other things to interest the people who at some future date may open the pyramid and find them. It is expected the monument will be in place before the next Decoration Day. Any truth people desiring a chip of the stone may send postage enough to carry a piece about the size of an egg, with enough additional to pay the Society for the trouble of having it wrapped for the mail.? [Souvenir Report of the Bible Students Convention, Pittsburgh, PA., January 2-5, 1919, p. 7.]http://www.midwestoutreach.org/02-Information/02-OnlineReference/04-Etc/01-TheJournal/Volume5/No4-EnduringMonumentToPaganOrigins.html
my h and i are generally good at avoiding the subject, but the other day we got into a "debate" about the "truth".
anyway, he gave a few reasons why he believes the jws have the "truth" such as the scripture that says "it is better to not have known the truth at all than have known the truth and walked away".
okay, at the time i was too upset to think rationally and say, "okay, which scripture would that be?
....searching the web trying to find Knorr's exact quote....
What they say ?is the truth.? President Knorr was well known to say: ?It is the truth when it comes from the Ninth Floor? of headquarters in Brooklyn.
The essential thought is the same though, whatever the Watchtower says is the truth, is The Truth!
--VM44
Web Reference: http://www.nazarene-friends.org/pubs/confessions/005.htm
my h and i are generally good at avoiding the subject, but the other day we got into a "debate" about the "truth".
anyway, he gave a few reasons why he believes the jws have the "truth" such as the scripture that says "it is better to not have known the truth at all than have known the truth and walked away".
okay, at the time i was too upset to think rationally and say, "okay, which scripture would that be?
The JW's have their own terminology as to what certain common words mean.
The word "Truth" to a Jehovah's Witness means the current doctrines and teachings as put forth from the Organisation, and as printed in the Watchtower.
The third president of the Watchtower Society, Nathan Knorr, once said in a conversation that (paraphrased) "We may argue about it here, but what is printed on the third floor [where the printed presses were] is the Truth!"
This explains why the JWs accept changs or adjustments in doctrine so readily, as Truth is whatever is published by the Watchtower.
--VM44
