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"No one will be so foolish..."
by rockhound inthe following was found in an article ( jws and necromancy) by ken raines.
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/necromancy.html.
i found rutherford's comment in 1934 to be a major conflict with the present watchtower teaching about the 24 elders communicating somehow with brooklyn today.. on page 144 of the finished mystery they again stated their belief that the now "spirit being" c. t. russell was directing their work from beyond the grave:.
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To Serve, or NOT to Serve, That is the Question!
by rockhound inthere seems to be much interest and discussion on the prophecy of jeremiah and whether the message he delivered was one about jerusalem's desolation, or about the servitude of jerusalem and all the nations all around it, to babylon.
was jeremiah's message about the 70 years, a message of total desolation, for just the jews in jerusalem and judah, or was the 70 years a message about babylon's time as a world power?
babylon was used by jehovah, for punishing his wayward people and then at the end of babylons appointed time, she also was punished by jehovah.. it is doubtful that the average witness has actually taken the time to sit down and read the book of jeremiah.
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Quotations from the past
by rockhound init occured to me last evening, while reading "famous quotes", that if the word government was replaced by the word religion, how many of these quotations would apply to the watchtower society and it's members.. we will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
--dr. martin luther king jr. .
the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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Extra, unrecorded king(s)...ONLY possible explanation of the facts
by AuldSoul inmrs. congeniality gave us this: easy math for 586/587, which is a stripped down version of alleymom's kiss method.. the upshot of this reality is that for 607 bc to be correct, a king or kings must have reigned for 20 collective years before jehoiachin's exile (a.k.a.
jeconiah) in 597 bc and be missing completely from the record.. the reason for choosing this date as pivotal is two-fold, (1) the number of years between the exile of jehoiachin and the destruction of jerusalem is known and was entirely covered by nebuchadnezzar's rule, and (2) the time that passed from jehoiachin's release until the restoration is known.. why could not jehoiachin have been exiled in 617 bc as the wts asserts?
because, if that were the case, babylon was destroyed in 559 bc instead of 539 bc.
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The Blinders On??
by rockhound ini found this poem a few minutes ago, and i thought you might find it as thought provoking as i did.
"blinders".
ever-forward, ever-forward -- to think, to learn, and grow!
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"A Text without a Context, is a Pretext"
by rockhound inan old saying that must be drilled into the brain of every christian is "a text, without a context, is a pretext" reading the context, context, context, is a must do for all, in order to find out who?, what?, when?, where?, and why?.
we all learned these basis rules in english class, back in our school years.. the watchtower society has endlessly used scriptural quotes from 1 john, 2 john, and 3 john about the "antichrist" and applied these text to those who question the teachings of the society, and even though their faith in jehovah god and his son christ jesus was then, and is still, as strong as ever.
never the less, on went the lable "apostate" and friendships, and family were torn apart, and in many cases terminated.. who were the ones labled "antichirst"?
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A long time friend called today!
by rockhound inour fellow poster, and long time family friend, cold creek swimmer called my wife and i today to let us know that he had lost his father in death yesterday.
our thoughts and prayers go out to you dear friend.
i pray that the god we love so much may give your family strength to get through the next few days.
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They say "What does it really matter"
by rockhound in"can't you just forget all that old stuff and put it all behind you?
" "what does that really matter, new light has cleared all that up.
" "all that was before brother russell was enlightened" "if your researching all that stuff about russell, then don't waste you time" .
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Important Notice to Publishers - Listen Up
by rockhound innotice: new and continuing direction from the governing body here in the big apple (you know...the place where we've got all your contributions stored away for safe keeping).
notice: to all publishers - new work incentive program.
the new program for september is.....work or get fired!!!
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Does is really matter?
by rockhound in"so what's the big deal about the date 607 b.c.
being off by 20 years?
" "that was a long time ago, and i can't see where it really matters".