Interesting idea. I don't know if something specific as this caused the millenarian revival of the early and middle 19th century. Since that revival took place mainly in the US, I think a reason was the immigration of European zealous protestants to the US in the 18th and 19th centuries, like Priestly. Many of them believed in the millennium and the second coming, and had often unorthodox ideas, which were persecuted in Europe, but welcome in the New World. The newly founded States proved a fertile ground for those ideas to spread freely.
Posts by Syme
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61783 Laki eruption....theory did this cause the 1800's religious revival J.W Mormon Aventists??
by Witness 007 inlaki iceland 1783 for 7 months millions of tons of toxic gas and lava spewed from volcanic fissures.
this blanketed all of europe killing thousands and turning the moon blood red for a year.
many said hell had come to earth.
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2016-01-01 BOE Re: 2016 Memorial and Special Talk
by wifibandit inpdf.
thank you atlantis / wtunderground !.
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Syme
in addition to visiting inactive ones, you should make a special effort to invite dis-
fellowshipped ones to the MemorialLol, they are scared by the steady decline in memorial attendance!
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"Theocratic Warfare" still alive and well within Watchtower in 2016!
by ILoveTTATT2 init seems like the watchtower is still encouraging "theocratic warfare".
in the no.1 watchtower of 2016, they (ironically) printed an article on honesty.here is something they said:"lyingwhat is it?
saying something false to someone who is entitledto know the truth.
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So, by their own definition, if one does not consider himself part of this structure, and has gone inactive for instance, he does not have to tell things to the curious elders, even if he hasn't DA'ed.
That's nice.
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The new Star Wars movie reminds me of TTAT
by Barrold Bonds innot really.
i just wanted to post this because it's funny.. .
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Youths planning for the future leaflet
by slimboyfat indoes anyone remember around the tear 2000, maybe just before or after, there was a leaflet released at the summer convention aimed at teenagers called something like, "planning for a worthwhile future"?
basically it argued that you shouldn't go to college or university and put your trust in "the world".
instead you should trust in jehovah, pioneer and reach out for bethel or missionary service.
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Man, I liked so much that darn leaflet! It made me fantasize about MTS, Bethel, everything. I achieved some of those later, so I guess that little piece of S has a portion of blame for my wasting of my best years... -
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No One on GB Anointed
by TakeOffTheCrown inwhat if no one on the governing body is truly anointed?
what if they just proclaim they are anointed and partake in order to gain authority, but they are not anointed?
what will happen to them when they die?
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Of course they're not anointed. There's no such thing as "anointed". There's no resurrection, there's no Heaven and no New System of Things(tm).
Now, let's get on with our lives.
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Has anyone watched the movie "Stigmata"?
by WireRider ininteresting movie about biblical cover-ups.
"no gospels in jesus's own words.
" the vatican, admittedly the largest collection of all christian scrolls and documents, would split up pages between translators to keep it secret.. theme: "split a piece of wood and i am there.
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2015-BOEs For Volunteers/Application Forms!
by Atlantis inclick the green download button.. .. re: simplified applications for expanded service .
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/jcgn5af.
.. application to become a member of the.
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Man, the last letter is completely hilarious
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Proof of Aliens
by Coded Logic inso today i just found out that aliens are real.
two people came by my house and shared the good news.
the conversation went something like this:.
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Noah's Ark
by Darkknight757 inso i'm reading the book "the atheist book of bible stories" and something just occurred to me.. noahs ark rested on the top of mount ararat.
how the hell did all the land animals, dinosaurs and other monsters get to ground level?
did noah and his family just push them off the mountain and hope for the best?
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The question, for an Ark believer, is: how on earth did all the marsupial mammals go straight to the Australian continent right after the Flood, and ONLY in Australia? Did god's Spaceship transport them? The same question applies to all the indigenous species of far-away islands.
When I was researching my doubts, I tried to look up on Insight volumes. I, thought something would have been written. And it was written, alright. That's what I read, in the article about flood or sth, as I recall it:
"Some raise the objection about how could all those animals from Noah's Ark go to their respective habitats after, some of which were far away in different continents. However, in the past, geologists tell us that continents were linked by "land bridges". The animals could have crossed from there". (italics mine)
The "land brigdes" that the passage said form gradually over the course of millions of years, but Noah's flood supposedly happened 4,300 years ago. At that time, the geology of the Earth was roughly the same as it is now! That made me realize that the WT deliberately used the phrase "in the past" to tell a half-truth, in other words, to willfully deceive its readers. That realization shattered my faith in the WT borg. They weren't just mistaken, they were deliberate liars.