i've been working on this homework for a week now (have completed everything else) and have been searching the answer for this one question without any luck.
can some of you history buffs steer me in the right direction?
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just imagine what the WTS would be like in government, and you would have this guy...
oliver cromwell. lord protector, 1653-1658
parliment had king charles I, had his head chopped off, and the great general cromwell became the country's ruler. although making the country strong, he was a puritan, who banned christmas celebrations, theatre and dancing and people had to wear drab clothes.
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do you think that at least one active person on this board is working for the watchtower and trying desperately to get information on people here?
do you know who you can really trust on this site, or is everyone a potential watchtower spy?
snake eyes watching you!
"why of course the people don't want war.
that is understood.
but, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
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i knew it would be that quote you've put on here when i saw the title. nice one mate. what a great quote.
i always found it funny that jws hated pop groups with a passion.
here's some groups, that i was always being had a go at for listening to, or told that they shouldnt be listened to...
guns n roses - for sexist and viloent lyrics.
when acid house came out, it was another big underground dance scene that drew a lot of critisim, for the drugs and illegal warehouse parties. i remember when i first started going to meetings that the elders in my circuit made a bust of some sort on the organisers of a large get together at some nightclub. those that were found out were disiplined in some way and nothing was ever organised again.
there is a JW youth subculture in england, that use cellphones to meet up at various locations for unsupervised parties etc.
since my red wings tanked so bad and toronto is not looking real good either i am going to start watching basketball.
my pistons are a #1 seed in the eastern conferance and they start the series today against the orlando magic..oh no another disney team!
if there is a god maybe he can save detroit against the demon that is disney!
i dont know much about basketball, but is there a team called the detroit spinners?
after perusing the various "freedom of speech" threads, i noted that anti-semitism is prohibited here, as (i imagine, by logical extension) would be anti-black, anti-latino, etc.
statements.
as well these things should be.
anti-american is an absurd notion
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why do people join cults, even though some are very intelligent people?
what religions do you consider to be cults?.
they might be bored and want to have something to do in their spare time.
ok give us your money and i'll tell you what God's planning! just think of all those checks rolling in, fantastic.
the founder of tbe watchtower has been said to be a good christian man, "the faithful steward", a child molester, "the laodecian messenger", a fraud, and a number of other things.
when you became a witness, charles taze russell might have been downplayed or exalted, depending upon who was talking about him.
what is your opinion of the society's first president??
i think he was a to$$er.
there appears to be "new light" in the latest watchtower magazine (june 1st 2003 issue).
several watchtower publications for the last 50+ years have said that the united nations (u.n.) organization ("the scarlet-colored wild beast" of revelation) would definitely be the organization that will carry out jehovah's judgment on "babylon the great" (false religion), and then, under satan's [gog of magog's] direction, the united nations organization would become "greedy", and try to attack the remaining remnant of the "anointed" jehovah's witnesses and their companions, the "great crowd" of "other sheep", and then jehovah and jesus would destroy the united nations organization, along with everyone else who was not a jehovah's witness.
here is a quote that shows this: .
Trusting in Jehovah will include trusting the modern visible channel that he has clearly been using for decades to serve his purposes. As never before, true Christians will then need to place their confidence in fellow worshipers authorized by Jehovah and his reigning King to take the lead. These faithful men will direct God's people. Ignoring their direction could end in disaster
...and the money keeps rolling in.... same as it ever was.
