Bluegrass Tom
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Research on the validity of 1914
by Bluegrass Tom inhere are a few facts that i have recently discovered by doing some research.. the watchtower society uses the date of 539 b.c.e as the date that cyrus took over babylon.
they use the term "absolute date" to define this as an unquestionable point in time.
to do this they had to ignore 586 b.c.e which is the real date for the destruction of jerusalem.. therefore, if jerusalem never lay desolate for 70 years, when does this desolation and fulfillment of this prophecy take place?
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WTS Recognizes that Millions have Left the Faith
by Bluegrass Tom inat the portland maine district convention that was held this past weekend, brother buck from brooklyn bethel gave the last talk on sunday.
in this talk he mentioned the "millions of people that have left" in the recent past.
he also mentioned them in the concluding prayer.
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1,200,000 Publishers left between 1993-2002
by Bluegrass Tom ini have been bothered for some time by the sneaking suspicion that the publisher increases published annually are never realized in a tangible way.
therefore, i sat down and studied a 10 year period of what has been published by the society to see if i could get a warm and fuzzy feeling about these increases.
after hours i have realized the following:
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861,000 Left WT since 2000
by Bluegrass Tom inthe following is a summary of peak publishers vs. amount of people baptized since the 6 million mark was hit.. peak publishers.
here is what the average publisher numbers look like.. average publishers.
something happened to 526,989 avg.
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10 Longstanding Problems that I have with the WT Society: A Summary
by Bluegrass Tom ini have a problem with this.
do they know what the right thing is?
this must mean that college is worse today than it was years ago, but is now okay to attend?
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The offer that the WTS has made to you
by Bluegrass Tom inhere is something to consider in wts speak:
it takes about five minutes of time, a page from an encyclopedia and some electrical impulses passing between the ears to recognize that jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 b.c.e.
with a little more thought (and some arithmetic), it can be realized that this means that the 70 years of desolation never happened.
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WT a Member of International Federation of Religions and Minority Philosoph
by Bluegrass Tom ini found an active web site: http://www.religion.qc.ca/fiches/fiche134.htm which indicates that the watchtower society is/was a member of the international federation of the religions and minority philosophies.
this website is in french.
if you use google to navigate to it, google will translate into english for you.. this is an association founded in switzerland and france on october 7, 1992, and is directed against the association's anti-sects.
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WTS admits slanting scriptures
by Bluegrass Tom in"furthermore, the remnant of spiritual israel had for decades ... been looking forward to the ending of the times of the gentiles in the autumn of 1914. they were expecting god's messianic kingdom to be fully established in the heavens by then and also for the remnant of spiritual israel to be glorified with jesus christ in the heavenly kingdom at that time.
all understanding of the holy scriptures was slanted in that direction or adjusted to that idea.
" man's salvation out of world distress at hand, 1975, p.136.
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Re-post of validity of 1914 date
by Bluegrass Tom in.
something went wrong the first time.
here are a few facts that i have recently discovered by doing some research.
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WT-1-1-05 Study Article-New Light?
by Bluegrass Tom ini noticed in the article that was studied on sunday february 13, 2005 an interesting point.
at least interesting to me.. paragraph 15 states in part: " they acknowlege that riches can make life comfortable, but they know the wealth does nothing for their everlasting future".
please note the use of the term everlasting future (like after a ressurection), and not everlasting life are used.