Topics Started by AlanF
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The Watchtower and Creation
by AlanF init struck me this past year, with respect to jw teachings about the timing of genesis 1, that even in things that really have no impact on what most jws think of as "core doctrine" the watchtower society sticks to its traditions over what the bible says.
this was again brought home in the september, 2006 awake!
17 between me and the sons of israel it is a sign to time indefinite, because in six days jehovah made the heavens and the earth and on the seventh day he rested and proceeded to refresh himself.
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Looking for KM's 2002 to Present
by AlanF in.
i'm looking to fill in my collection of kingdom ministries with issues from 2002 through the present.. if anyone wants to get rid of some, please pm me.. thanks,.
alanf
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Thirdwitness -- An Agent of the Governing Body?
by AlanF inthirdwitness -- an agent of the governing body?
this evening i was talking with an old friend about recent postings on this forum by jw defenders.
we concluded that something unusual is going on.
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Fact Jews Returned In 538 BC Kills Off Watchtower Chronology
by AlanF inthe watchtower society's 1914 chronology hinges on a dicey chain of claims.
if any of these claims is wrong, then the chain is broken and watchtower chronology collapses.
along with it goes the entire belief structure built on it, including most importantly the claim of the leaders of jehovah's witnesses to have been specially appointed in 1919 by god over "all christ's belongings" on earth.
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Why the Watchtower Society Interprets Genesis Non-Literally
by AlanF ina literal interpretation of this passage shows that the author of the passage viewed the earth as the center of the universe, with the sun and moon going around it.
just why does the watchtower society view passages such as in joshua 10:12-14 as not literal?
the creation account in genesis and exodus.
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Complete Audio Recordings of 2006 DC Talks
by AlanF ini came upon the following link to a complete set of windows media compatible audio recordings of this summer's district convention talks:.
http://www.evanjhoush.com/wtb&ts/2006/deliverance.at.hand.district.convention/.
enjoy!.
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Looking for Kingdom Ministries
by AlanF in.
i'm looking to fill out my research collection of kingdom ministries for the u.s.. if anyone has kms from 2003 onward that they want to get rid of, i'll be happy to take or buy them.. alanf
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Circuit Overseer Pensions and the Implications
by AlanF ini just learned that the watchtower society has instituted a pension plan of sorts for circuit overseers.
this is a big change.. previous to this new plan, the various kinds of "traveling overseers" were pretty much on their own when they retired from the traveling work.
in a few cases, such men were invited to live out their lives in bethel, but in most cases they simply went back to being normal rank and file members who had to fend for themselves financially.. i can only speculate that the reason for this change was that the society has been having difficulty getting elders to become circuit overseers.
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Very Bad Apologetics For Honest Seekers
by AlanF ingod had no beginning, so god did not need to be made.. .
if our local space-time universe is uncreated, then of course it is meaningless to ask who created it.
of course, everything that had a beginning had a beginner.
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Why "Intelligent Design" Is Not Science
by AlanF infrom http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/opinion/28dennett.html.
op-ed contributor.
show me the science.