I believe the logic goes like this: Astrology is forbidden under Jewish Law, therefore the sign could not be of divine origin. The question they have asked is, Why would Jehovah on the one hand forbid Astrology and then go straight ahead and indulge in it.
In Jwitty land there are 3 forces. Satan and his hordes of fellow demons, Jehovah and his angels and then us. Since it couldn't have been Jehovah who put the Star in the sky for reasons stated above, and since man had no available technology to do it, it therefore was the booogie man himself, SaTan.
In reality it was probably just halley's comet!
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by reagan_oconnor ini was talking with my husband the other day about the jw's belief that the "christmas star" that guided the magi to christ was the doings of satan.
he didn't believe me; this is what i found in the "my book of bible stories" (copied verbatim from cd-rom).
who do you think made that new star to shine?
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Simple as that!
Good night!
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To everyone here.... it's a bit late i know, but who cares. HO HO HO!
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1914? Wrong! See why.
by thinker inwent to an interesting site the other day concerning 1914 and the wtbts.
it seems well researched and true.
hope you'll visit it and comment here.. http://home.online.no/~jansh/wteng/chron.html.
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WHAT!!!!!, 1914 is wrong?..but.. but how can that be? Next you'll be tellin' everyone Armageddon didn't start 1925
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To the hit-and-run "lurkman class"
by TR inif you are going to grace the board with your presence, why not try to at least debate?
unless your iq is too low to sustain a conversation, that is.. tom.
edited by - tr on 26 october 2000 23:49:19
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They could just use anonymizer Simon, if they are that desperate to remain Anonymous.
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To the hit-and-run "lurkman class"
by TR inif you are going to grace the board with your presence, why not try to at least debate?
unless your iq is too low to sustain a conversation, that is.. tom.
edited by - tr on 26 october 2000 23:49:19
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You can check IP's (well, Simon can) but it wouldn't tell you much Tom. All a person has to do is find a secure proxy and post away, that will give a different IP. Its very easy to do. Kind of useful too, if your servers slow.
http://proxies.hotmail.ru/proxies2.htm
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Donating to library
by Zep ini went to the library yesterday and was looking in the religious section and came across none other than the blue creation book.
i read this book when i was 15, and thought it was great!
it was my introduction to dubs.
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I promise, i will be buying those books for local library.
So whats some of the old literature you've picked up Waiting?
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by HAL infirst off, we want to thank everyone who emailed us in response to our last post.
yes, your concerns are being addressed, and what went on at the annual meeting was only the first step.. h2o and many similar sites were thrown in disarray as they were forced to admit that they were blindsided by the reorganization announcement.. so much for their claims of higher ups in the reform movement, funneling them inside information.
the truth is that reform consists of isolated embittered individuals with an ax to grind.
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I get the impression that someone who use to post on this board never really went away. He just changed names and moved country maybe!?
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The lost books of the Bible
by Kristen inand the lost books of eden.
books that didn't make the cut into the official 66 we have now.
anyone ever read or research them?
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What about this site:
http://www.bible2000.org/lostbooks/forgottenindex.htm
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by Zep ini went to the library yesterday and was looking in the religious section and came across none other than the blue creation book.
i read this book when i was 15, and thought it was great!
it was my introduction to dubs.
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Actually, i just did a search of the local library database. This is the entire list of Dub related literature that they have. Someone had the gall to donate 'You people ask'. There's only one copy of COC for my whole state and its the 2nd edition.
I'd like to know a little about this one: 'Fifth column slanders God's kingdom, Jehovah's ambassadors are the real friends of the British people'. Sounds pretty weird and was published in Aus as a pamphlet. Sounds whacky!Title: The spirit and the sword : Jehovah's Witnesses expose the Third Reich /
Author: Pellechia, James N. Date: c1997.2. Title: Crisis of conscience /
Author: Franz, Raymond. Edition: 2nd ed. Date: 1992.3. Title: Questions young people ask, answers that work.
Date: c1989.4. Title: Thirty years a watch tower slave : the confessions of a converted jehovah's witness.
Author: Schnell, William J. Edition: Abridged Ed. Date: 1971.5. Title: Fifth column slanders God's kingdom, Jehovah's ambassadors are the real friends of the British people.
Author: Watchtower Press. Date: 1940?Title: Mankind's search for God.
Date: c1990.