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  Can i get Watchtower library 1999 for research anywhere

  by thetruthaboutjws in

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  is there anywhere i can download watchtower 99 or any version for that matter for research.

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  VM44

  Hi everyone!

  I would like to get the 2001 WT Library if it is available.

  I have been here awhile...this is post 301 for me. Hope I qualify as being OK!

  --VM44
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  Calculus Book Online - Free!

  by VM44 in

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  the watchtower published articles on many topics.. reading the awake!

  magazine over a period of years has been compared to being equivalent to a college education.. but, where are the articles on math?

  in particular, nothing has ever been published in the awake about calculus, which was the mathematics that really ushered in modern science and technology.. nothing in the watchtower library at all, not on calculus, algebra, or trigonometry!.

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  The Watchtower published articles on many topics.

  Reading the Awake! magazine over a period of years has been compared to being equivalent to a college education.

  But, where are the articles on math? In particular, nothing has ever been published in the Awake about Calculus, which was the mathematics that really ushered in modern science and technology.

  Nothing in the Watchtower Library at all, not on Calculus, Algebra, or Trigonometry!

  This so-called "College Education" is deficient!

  Does mathematics really have little or no application to Bible study?

  I found a free online text on calculus that looks readable. People may want to download it.

  "Eementary Calculus: An Approach Using Infinitesimals," On-line Edition, by H. Jerome Keisler .

  http://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html
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  Feb 8 Awake! Slags off Internet

  by Stephanus in

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  p31 at the back has another go at the internet.

  it also takes a swipe at other sources of info - other than them, of course!.

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  VM44

  World Wide Web Edition June 2002 Volume 15, Number 6

  "Global Village Idiocy" and the Community College
  Thomas L. Friedman International Affairs Columnist,
  The New York Times

  During a dinner with Indonesian journalists in Jakarta, I was taken aback when Dini Djalal, a reporter for The Far Eastern Economic Review, suddenly launched into a blistering criticism of the Fox News Channel and Bill O'Reilly. On Fox, said Ms. Djalal, "They say, 'We report, you decide,' but it's biasedthey decide before us. They say there is no spin, but I get dizzy looking at it. I also get upset when they invite on Muslims and just insult them."

  Why didn't she just not watch Fox when she came to America, I wondered? No, no, no, explained Ms. Djalal: The Fox Channel is now part of her Jakarta cable package. The conservative Bill O'Reilly is in her face every night.

  Information at Their Fingertips, But Out of Context

  On my way to Jakarta I stopped in Dubai, where I watched the Arab News Network (ANN) at 2 a.m. ANN broadcasts from Europe, outside the control of any Arab government, but is seen all over the Middle East. It was running what I'd call the "greatest hits" from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: nonstop film of Israelis hitting, beating, dragging, clubbing, and shooting Palestinians. I would like to say the footage was out of context, but there was no context. There were no words. It was just pictures and martial music designed to inflame passions.

  An Indonesian working for the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, who had just visited the Islamic fundamentalist stronghold of Jogjakarta, told me this story: "For the first time I saw signs on the streets there saying things like, 'The only solution to the Arab-Israel conflict is jihadif you are true Muslim, register yourself to be a volunteer.' I heard people saying, 'We have to do something, otherwise the Christians or Jewish will kill us.'

  "When we talked to people to find out where [they got these ideas], they said from the Internet. They took for granted that anything they learned from the Internet is true. They believed in a Jewish conspiracy, and that 4,000 Jews were warned not to come to work at the World Trade Center [on September 11]. It was on the Internet."

  What's frightening him, he added, is that there is an insidious Digital Divide in Jogjakarta.

  "Internet users are only 5 percent of the population. But these 5 percent spread rumors to everyone else. They say, 'He got it from the Internet.' They think it's the Bible."

  The Danger of an Open Sewer

  If there's one thing I learned from this trip to Israel, Jordan, Dubai, and Indonesia, it's that thanks to the Internet and satellite TV, the world is being wired together technologically, but not socially, politically, or culturally. We are now seeing and hearing one another faster and better, but with no corresponding improvement in our ability to learn from, or understand, one another. So integration, at this stage, is producing more anger than anything else. As the writer George Packer recently noted in The New York Times Magazine, "In some ways, global satellite TV and Internet access have actually made the world a less understanding, less tolerant place."

  At its best, the Internet can educate more people faster than any media tool we've ever had. At its worst, it can make people dumber faster than any media tool we've ever had. The lie that 4,000 Jews were warned not to go into the World Trade Center on September 11 was spread entirely over the Internet and is now thoroughly believed in the Muslim world. Because the Internet has an aura of "technology" surrounding it, the uneducated believe information from it even more. They don't realize that the Internet, at its ugliest, is just an open sewer: an electronic conduit for untreated, unfiltered information.

  Worse, just when you might have thought you were all alone with your extreme views, the Internet puts you together with a community of people from around the world who hate all the things and people you do. You can scrap the BBC and just get your news from those websites that reinforce your own stereotypes.

  A couple of years ago, two Filipino college graduates spread the "I Love You" virus over the Internet, causing billions of dollars in damage to computers and software. But at least that virus was curable with the right software. There is another virus going around today, though, that's much more serious. I call it the "I Hate You" virus. It's spread on the Internet and by satellite TV. It infects people's minds with the most vile ideas, and it can't be combated by just downloading a software program. It can be reversed only with education, exchanges, diplomacy, and human interaction stuff you have to upload the old-fashioned way, one on one.
  Let's hope it's not too late.

  Editor's Note: In a dialogue with Thomas L. Friedman after publication of this article in The New York Times , the author expressed extreme interest in supporting the role of the community college in combating the challenges he outlines. Friedman urged us to add comments that would more directly bring this discussion into the community college context. The comments that follow are from League President Mark David Milliron:

  All Learning is Global

  As the "Global Village" deals with the good, the bad, and the ugly of the connected world outlined by Friedman, institutions like community colleges are crucial. Community-based adult learning institutions must see it as their mission not only to use their instructional programs to speed the steady stream of technology and media, but to get people ready for the information that floods their way because of it. With the open sewer flowing, it's clear that teaching people basic habits of mindcritical thinking, problem solving, synthesis, analysis, and understanding contextis more important than teaching people how to get online. In fact, teaching the latter without the former is a recipe for disaster.

  More important, based on what we're seeing in the Middle East today, community colleges must also begin preparing people not only to access the connected world, but to effect meaningful interaction with the people at the other end of those connections. Getting along with people from different backgrounds, taking the time to see the world from another person's perspective, breaking out of the narrow mindsets that often accompany lack of education and povertythese are the skills that can help us bridge the gap between what Friedman calls "the Lexus and the Olive Tree," the gap between the new and modern world and the old and traditional world of beliefs, culture, and lifestyle.

  I know that your values as community college educators compel you to this kind of challenge. And, in this case, the stakes couldn't be higher. We can't afford to forget for a moment that in this connected world, all learning is global.

  Thomas Friedman is International Affairs Columnist for TheNew York Times and the author of The Lexus and Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. He can be reached at [email protected]. For ordering information on The Lexus and the Olive Tree, click here. Mark David Milliron is the President and CEO of the League for Innovation in the Community College. He can be reached at [email protected]. Article reprinted with permission from the May 12, 2002 The New York Times.
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  ARMAGEDDON!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  the following picture is from the watchtower, february 15th 1975 issue, page 100:.

  " book, 1988, page 52:.

  " book, 1988, page 127:.

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  There is mental illness here (after seeing the posted pictures) --VM44
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  "God's Purpose" rather than "God...

  by VM44 in

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  if you mention "god's plan" to a jw, an immediate response will often be "god does not.

  have plans, he has a purpose".

  why is this such a sensitive point with the jws?

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  If you mention "God's Plan" to a JW, an immediate response will often be "God does not
  have plans, He has a Purpose"

  Why is this such a sensitive point with the JWs? I have never thought it was a big deal.

  The distinction between Plan and Purpose must have started during the Rutherford years, as
  one of Russell's books was entitled "God's Plan of the Ages" (or something close to that!)

  Useless nitpicking about words is something I would expect Rutherford as a lawyer
  would do.

  --VM44
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  Russel's burial cemetery address in PA

  by Faraon in

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  i will be traveling to new york city tomorrow.. i wanted to film the mason cemetery where russel is buried in pennsilvania.

  i have a film of his pyramidal tumb, but wanted to film it myself with our daughters included in it.. unfortunately it does not show the address.. does anyone know the exact address?.

  will send a copy of the film.. thanks for your efforts beforehand.

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  There is some sort of Masonic Center on the other side of the road from the pyramid. Also, inside the pyramid, a time capsule was placed containing Russell's Studies in the Scriptures books. Mentioning the pyramid now to a local elder brought the comment that it was placed there by the "evil slave" --VM44
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  Twilight Zone dealing with Disfellowshiping

  by whyhideit in

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  years ago i was watching a modern twilight zone, which was titled something like "the invisible man.

  " i have seen it mentioned on twilight zone fan sites, but i have never been able to find a copy of it on vhs or dvd.

  if anyone knows an online source, i would like to find it.

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  Further web searching came up with the whole story available for download...for only 55 cents!!!! --VM44 http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook406.htm
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  Twilight Zone dealing with Disfellowshiping

  by whyhideit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  years ago i was watching a modern twilight zone, which was titled something like "the invisible man.

  " i have seen it mentioned on twilight zone fan sites, but i have never been able to find a copy of it on vhs or dvd.

  if anyone knows an online source, i would like to find it.

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  The episode is based upon a short story by a famous science fiction writer, Robert Silverberg. Here is some information I found on the web where the original story has been published. --VM44

  To See the Invisible Man

  Originally broadcast: January 31, 1986

  made for TV

  episode of The New Twilight Zone

  Based on:

  • "To See the Invisible Man" (April, 1963) by Robert Silverberg
    • Published in Worlds of Tomorrow magazine
    • Collected in Needle in a Timestack (1966) by Robert Silverberg
    • Collected in SF: Authors' Choice 2 (1970) edited by Harry Harrison
    • Collected in Earth's Other Shadow (1973) by Robert Silverberg
    • Collected in Another Tomorrow (1974) edited by Bernard C. Hollister
    • Collected in The Best of Robert Silverberg (1976) by Robert Silverberg
    • Collected in Earth in Transit (1976) edited by Sheila Schwartz
    • Collected in Dark Sins, Dark Dreams (1978) edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini
    • Collected in New Stories from the Twilight Zone (1991) edited by Martin H. Greenberg
    • Collected in Science Fiction Stories (1993) edited by Ulrike Becker, Claus Varrelmann
    • Collected in The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume 5: Ringing the Changes (1997) by Robert Silverberg
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  You might be a JW if ...

  by VM44 in

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  might be a jw .

  be a jw .

  you might be a jw .

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  VM44

  Found this at

  http://www.serve.com/larryi/mightbe.html

  It is right on target! --VM44

  You might be a JW if ...

  1. If your reaction to someone wearing a Cross is the same

  as a vampire's, you might be a JW.

  2. If you think demons can reduce their size to fit in jewelry,

  furniture, books, or into blue smurfs you might be a JW.

  3 If you equate the numbers 1 to 5 with hours on a time slip, you

  might be a JW (just not a very good one)

  4. If you feel that death is much more important than birth, you

  might be a JW

  5. If you think all R-rated movies are not worth seeing, you might

  be a JW

  6. If you think all men with beards and long hair are not acceptable,

  you might be a JW

  7. If you think that Circuit Overseers do not receive a salary,

  you are a JW

  8. If you think Circuit and District Overseers stay in cheap hotels

  or the drafty homes of common nieghborhood folk during conventions,

  your are a JW.

  9. If you think Jesus hasn't accomplished much of anything for

  the past 83 years, you aren't the only JW who does.

  10. If you think JW's are not a cult, you are a pitiful JW

  11. If you think the Wt is not capable of mind control, you are a JW

  12. If you think field service is other than working in the corn fields,

  you might be a JW.

  13. If you think elders are other than elderly people, you might be a

  JW.

  14. If the newspaper headlines read "All humans on earth are smashed,

  and destroyed on Christmas day. Only JW's survive!!" and this would

  brings joy to your heart, you'd be a JW

  15. If you have constant pain in your right shoulder and can't

  unclasp your right hand, you probably have bookbagitis, a disease

  unique to JWs

  16. If you can't have a conversation with another human being without

  hearing a voice in your head saying, "CONVERT HIM OR DIE!", you are

  probablya a Dub.

  17. If you are a male and sitting in a Kingdom Hall when a very good

  looking young lady comes in in a mini skirt, and your first thought

  is, "How immodest that sister is!" rather than,"Oh THANK GOD!!",

  then most likely you're a jdub

  18.If you eat a Turkey on Thanksgiving and feel guilty about it but

  insist that it is only because they were "on sale", you are a Dub.

  19.If you have costume parties for the "young ones" within a month of

  Halloween, and, if you wrap presents in brown paper to give to each

  other on "Family Gift Day", you are not only a Dub but a Worldly

  Wannabe and aren't fooling anybody.

  20.If you have awful dreams about getting caught holding someone else's

  cigarette and no one will believe you that it's not yours, yer

  probably Dub.

  21.If you can't buy a pair of shoes without thinking about how

  comfortable they will need to be while walking down residential

  streets in 95 degree heat, then yer a Dub.

  22.If you just bought a dress that comes down to your mid calf that has

  puffy sleeves, a collar that buttons to your chin and lace trim, then

  you are a Dub with a part on an Assembly. You might be even thinking

  about wearing makeup for the occasion.

  23.If you have a child that is 3 years old that sits quietly for hours

  at a time while adults discuss mind numbingly boring topics around

  him, and you brag about him to all your friends....you might as well

  get a saddle for him and ride him because you broke his spirit and he

  is no longer a child.And you might be a Jehovah's Witness.

  24. If you allow an organization to take the place of Christ, you are

  most likely a JW.

  25. If you think of an ark as an orgaization, your must be a JW.

  26. If you believe that God ignored everyone for nearly 2,000 years,

  then suddenly gave His truth to a man who sat around drawing

  pictures and plans of pyramids, you must be a Jdub....

  26 Or that God gave His truth to a small group of men who keep having

  trouble getting their days and years straight, you might be a JW.

  27.If you can't pick up a book, or anything else to read, without

  picking up something to underline with also, you might be a JW

  28. If you insist on calling the NT, the Greek Scriptures, you might be

  a JW

  29. If you treat all people wearing crosses like they're idiots, you

  might be a JW

  30. I you have a tendency to justify lying, cheating and stealing if you

  do it yourself, you might be a JW

  31. If when you drive by a church building you suddenly feel all smug

  and superior, you might be a JW

  32. If when you drive by a Kingdom Hall you suddenly feel all warm and

  fuzzy, you might be a JW or drunk, or both

  33. If you feel you have a great wealth of Bible knowledge, you might be

  a JW

  34. If you're sure your neighbors are all conspiring against you, you

  might be a JW

  35. If you've spent days at a baseball stadium and never saw a ball and

  didn't even have a beer, you might be a JW.

  36. If you possess the ability to sing loudly and proudly even if you're

  tone deaf, you might be a JW.

  37. If the only verse you can quote from memory is Psalms 83:18, you

  might be a JW

  38. If you're afraid of someone seeing you with a beer in your hand,

  you might be a JW.

  39, If you're always afraid someone might see and hear you when

  you're just finally being "normal", you might be a JW.

  40. If most of the songs you sing have numbers for titles, you might be

  a JW.

  41. If the first names of most of your best friends are either-"brother"

  or "sister", you might be a JW.

  42. If you'll never watched Friends or Sienfeld, you might be a JW

  43. If your church is a "hall" and a sermon is a "public talk", you

  might be a JW.

  44. If you wash cars or windows for a living but still own five suits,

  you might be a JW.

  45. If you've never worn comfortable clothes in your life, you might

  have been a JW, from birth

  46. If you can have a bible study without a bible, you might be a JW

  47. If you're 25 years old and have never kissed anyone but your mom,

  you might be a JW

  48. If you go to New York for the weekend and spend the whole day in a

  publishing factory in Brooklyn, you might be a JW

  49. If the words "New Light" do not remind you of the hardware section

  at K-mart, you might be a JW

  50. If you think morning coffee break is a perfect time to preach to

  someone, you may be a JW.

  51.If you think that service to god can be measured in hours, you might

  be a JW.

  52.If you think men are superior to women, you may be a JW.

  53.If you think sex is a yucky thing you must endure, you may be a

  female JW.

  54. If you think you're intitled to having sex regardless of what your

  wife, thinks, says or how she feels, you might be a male JW.

  55.If you think that a higher education is bad for you, you may be a JW.

  54.If you think bringing magazines to your hospitalized "worldy"

  neighbor is the most loving thing you could do ... you might be a JW.

  55.If you think it's unfaithful to God to get an education or get a good

  paying job you might be a JW.

  56.If you check The WT Index everytime you have a question about

  anything, you might be a JW.

  57.If you find out your coworker's mother died, and your first thought

  is not, "Oh, how awful," but, "This is a great opportunity to talk

  about the Kingdom!" ....you might be a JW.

  58.If you think a Buick is a spiritually superior automobile...you might

  be a JW (Or you might be right):)

  59.If the thought of entering a christian book store sends shivers

  up and down your spine, you might be a JW

  60. If you expect to receive Christmas presents but not to give them,

  you might be a JW

  61.If hearing the term "governing body" causes you to become awestruck,

  you might be a JW

  62.If you think the term pioneer refers to someone other than

  Davy Crockett, you might be a JW

  63.If you think of window washing as a career move you might be a JW.

  64.If you think attending 5 meetings a week is a delightful spiritural

  experience, you might be a JW

  65. If you think Santa is another word for Satan and the elves are

  demons, you might be a JW

  67.If you feel weak in the knees when you hear the term "apostate", you

  might be a JW

  68.If you think your "mother" lives in New York City, you might be a JW

  69. If you think all four door vehicles are "witness wagons", you

  might be a JW

  70. If you feel guilty for having natural desires, you might be a JW

  71. If you think 1914 is the year to end all years, you might be a JW

  72. If you think YOU conjectured the year 1975, you might be a JW

  73. If your closet is full of cheap polyester suits, you might be a JW

  74. If you never owned a Christmas tie, you might be a JW

  75. If you think the sound of a door slaming shut is Christian

  persecution, you might be a JW

  78. If you think. Russell, Rutherford, and Franz are gods in heaven, you

  might be a JW

  79. If you have a tendency to refer to books by color instead of by

  title...You might be a JW.

  80.If you read all of these, and didn't allow yourself to laugh...

  ...you're definately a JW!;-)

  81. If you hear "Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix or "Walk of Life"

  by Dire Straits and you feel spiritually refreshed, you might be a JW

  82. If you think the New World Translation is the least biased and most accurate

  translation, you might be a JW

  83 If you think it took 1,935 years to get 144,000 true Christians, you might be a JW

  84. If you think 1799 is the start of the last days, 1874 is when Christ returned, and

  1914 is the conclusion of

  Armageddon, you might be a very old, disfellowshipped JW

  85. If you think "The Finished Mystery" which was released in 1917 was "meat in due

  season, you might be a JW who has

  never read the book.

  86. If you think the "Should You Believe in the Trinity" brochure is nothing but

  honest and accurate information,

  you might be a JW

  87. If you think the destruction of Jerusalem occurring 607 BCE is soundly

  supported by historical evidence,

  you might be a JW

  88. If you think "Jehovah" was in the original writings of the New Testament,

  you might be a JW

  89. If the Bible makes a statement and the Watchtower says "Logically, this

  cannot mean what it says" and you

  believe the Watchtower is correct, you might be a JW

  90. If you view cleaning up a messy backyard as practice for working in

  the New Order, you might be a JW

  91. If gospel music makes you cringe, but secular music makes you feel good,

  you might be a JW

  92. If you believe there was a Governing Body before 1971, you might be a JW

  93. If you watch "Oprah" and you see the people who pass the microphones

  and it reminds you of a meeting,

  you might be a JW

  94. If you believe that New Light that becomes Old Light and then becomes

  New Light again is God's way of

  doing things, you might be a JW

  95. If you think the Watchtower was preaching the truth in the years 1914-1919,

  you are definitely a JW

  96. If you go to "Home Depot" and go down the aisle where the doors for homes

  are displayed and you feel the urge

  to knock on them, you might be a JW

  97. If the "ding-dong" sound on the Avon commercials gets you excited,

  you might be a JW

  98. If going to 7-11 is something to look forward to, you might be a JW in field service

  99. If you have no construction skills and you still go to all the nearby quick-build

  Kingdom Hall projects, you might be

  a JW trying to get out of field service

  100. If the WT Society used to preach a certain teaching years ago and you deny

  they ever did, you are a good JW
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  Russell became rich after founding WatchTower?

  by GermanXJW in

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  a participant on german infolink-board claims that russell was not rich before he founded the watch tower society.

  he refers to an english source.

  i am reluctant to believe this but here are people like rr who can answer with authority:.

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  Hi German, Thanks for posting this. It is an interesting thought, that Russell and his father were not wealthy, and the wealth came after forming the Watchtower Society. We need more documentation about this matter. Does anyone know how it can be obtained? --VM44