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because we're the "We Say So" corporation
by rockhound inif the watchtower says that up is down, up becomes down.
the loyal witness makes the mental switch because the "we say so" corporation says so.
this is relativism in its purest form; and it does not serve truth.
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Nebuchadnezzar NOT KING in 607 B.C.
by rockhound inthe watchtower society certainly has had much to say over the years about king nebuchadnezzar destroying jerusalem in the year 607 b.c., and over 6 million loyal followers have accepted their every printed word as if the very finger of god had written it in stone and had handed it directly to editors of the watchtower magazine.
well, it would seem, that someone back in brooklyn doesn't know whether they "are a foot", or "horseback".
over and over, the soceity uses a.k.
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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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Is the word out that you are an "Apostate"?
by rockhound inliving in a "spiritual paradise" is not without its dangers.
at every turn lurks those who harbor private opinions born from independant thinking.
all are suspect to elders on a witch hunt.
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I'm going to get you "My Pretty"
by rockhound inwhen i read the article "the watchtower's secret manual for elders" by jason barker ,
i realized how many times i personally have seen these directives in the "pay attention " book applied.
i have outlined a eleven step process to show just how easy it is to be
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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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Is the "Good News" really about 1914?
by rockhound in"the good news" that jehovahs witnesses preach from door to door, world wide, has a definite theme that is different than "the good news" preached by the churches of christendom.
"let the honest-hearted person compare the kind of preaching of the gospel done by the religious systems of christendom during all the centuries with that done by jehovah's witnesses since the end of world war i in 1918. they are not one and the same kind.
that of jehovah's witnesses is really "gospel" or "good news," as of god's heavenly kingdom that was established by the enthronement of his son jesus christ at the end of the gentile times in 1914.
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Will the Real "Great Crowd" Please Stand Up!!!
by rockhound inin doing some research on the "great crowd" or "great multitude", i found some interesting watchtower articles that brought to the fore a very thought provoking question for all jehovahs witneses.
please follow the paper trail.. the watchtower of may 15,1995,p.20
18 in 1935 a bright flash of light revealed that the great crowd mentioned at revelation 7:9-17 was not a secondary heavenly class.
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Makes You Wonder!!!
by rockhound inin yesterday's study article "finding one pearl of high value" par.13 the society uses the vine's expository dictionary of old and new testament words as a authoritative source to add weight to the meaning of the word "press" and pressing forward.
next they refer to the bible scholar heinrich meyer and quoted his thoughts on matthew 11:12. just who is this bible scholar ?
a little research drew my attention to the watchtower's official web site, and at the end of their article on "should you pay your taxes?