Topics Started by AlanF
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Russell as "That Servant"; Re: Dunsscot
by AlanF insince dunsscot claims he's leaving this board, and in answer to my specific request for a committment to answer all replies i might give to his latest replies to my previous dissections of his nonsense he said that he would not, i won't be giving a detailed reply to him.. however, dunsscot's posts contain a number of statements that prove how easily the watchtower society fools the jw community by lying to it, either outright or in so many words.. in this post we will examine a fiction that the society has managed to get poor people like dunsscot to believe with respect to c. t. russell, namely, that russell never claimed that he was "the faithful and wise servant" of matthew 24:45. the simple truth is that russell did indeed believe it.
the fact that he did was printed in the watch tower, and the society itself taught it until about 1927.. let's first look at the context of dunsscot's denial of this important bible student teaching.
in the set of exchanges below, the reader can see that dunsscot is attempting to deny that jw leaders claim to be god's exclusive earthy spokesmen.
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To Dunsscot: Kierkegaard: Blood: Part 2
by AlanF incontinued:.
:::: conversely, if god declared that from now on marriage was a dead institution (new scrolls opened and all that), and men and women should be like bonobos and free have sex with whoever they pleased, what humans could properly tell him that he had set up an improper standard?
jw leaders and other pharisees?
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Zev Please Contact Me
by AlanF inhey zev!
i hear you're going to an upcoming district assembly.
please contact me about doing me a big favor: [email protected] or 970-206-1555 in colorado.. thanks!.
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Who Were the NWT Translators?
by AlanF ini just posted this information to a private email list, but i think it will be of interest to people on this board.. the following list of translators of the new world translation is a compilation from a variety of sources:.
frederick w. franz: main translator.
took liberal arts sequence at university of cincinnati; 21 semester hours of classical greek, some latin.
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Sexual Morality in OT & NT
by AlanF insexual morality in the old testament differs from that in the new testament .
conservative christians like the jehovah's witnesses often claim that, like the new testament, the old testament forbids all sexual relations outside marriage, including relations between unmarried people.
that is not quite true.
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District Assembly Experience on Volunteering
by AlanF ini seem to recall that on this summer's district assemblies there is an experience given about a woman who was involved in various voluntary community services, but quit them and became a pioneer.
does anyone remember this?
if so, can anyone provide more solid documentation?.
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JW Organization On Autopilot
by AlanF inthese days it's pretty clear that the jw organization is running on autopilot.
charles taze.
russell, joe booze rutherford, nathan knorr and freddie franz all had a certain amount of vision.
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Looking for German to English Translators
by AlanF inanyone who can decently translate german to english, please contact me at [email protected] .
there's an interesting project i'm trying to get some support for.. alanf
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WTS Deception on Alternative Military Service
by AlanF inuntil 1996 the watchtower society's official policy was that a young jw man who volunteered for alternative military service, rather than being imprisoned or letting a court sentence him to some kind of alternative civilian service, had violated christian neutrality and therefore was either to be disfellowshipped or declared to have voluntarily disassociated himself from the jw organization.
beginning in 1978, the governing body voted on changing this policy a number of times, and generally had a simple majority who voted for change, but because the gb had a policy that all changes needed a 2/3 majority, and that was never reached until 1996, the policy remained.. in 1996, it appears that jehovah changed his mind, and so via divine direction instructed the governing body to change its policy.
in the may 1, 1996 watchtower (pp.
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U.K. Elders Please Contact Me
by AlanF inany u.k. elders who can provide me some inside information -- please contact me at [email protected] .
thanks.. alanf