Topics Started by AlanF
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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
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Bethel Getting Paranoid, Tightening Screws
by AlanF ini have it from solid sources that brooklyn and patterson are now recording all incoming telephone calls.. a word to the wise if you have friends there you talk to.. alanf
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You-Know-Esque Science
by AlanF inas regular participants of this board know, our beloved poster you know.
claims to be the most astute bible student in the world.
in the thread.
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Rutherfordian Science
by AlanF inthe wise man j. f. rutherford wrote about the "cause of the flood" in his 1927 book creation (pp.
here he informed us of "jehovah's" view of the scientific "annular flood theory" of one isaac newton vail, which the watchtower society had been promoting for decades:.
annular means that which has the form of a ring, or ring-shaped.
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Brave New Genus
by AlanF inseems to me that we've seen the rise of a new genus of human-like creature over the last century:.
cephalomorticus.
this is evolution in action!.
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Humor from President Georgie
by AlanF inpolitical food in due season from our fearless leader:.
(this is a poem made up entirely of actual quotes from george w. bush.
quotes have been arranged only for aesthetic purposes, by washington post.
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Looking For 1998 Watchtower Bound Volume
by AlanF ini'm looking to buy or trade to get a 1998 watchtower bound volume for my collection.
if anyone has one to trade or sell, please email me at [email protected] .. thanks,.
alanf
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Perversion of Baptismal Vows
by AlanF inan appendix in the book contains some 120 questions along with hundreds of scriptural "proof texts" that the proselyte is then expected to study.
12 jesus commanded his followers to baptize new disciples in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.
the following quotation shows what the proselyte is expected to study just prior to baptism:.