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JW'S neither Catholic nor Protestant? WHAT, THEN?
by Terry inthe main split in christianity (between catholics and protestants) is the issue of who tells you what to do and how they tell you.
the catholic church has staked out the "chain of evidence" theory which is sacred tradition.
the church has all authority in faith and morals.. protestants (since martin luther) cling to the assertion that the bible alone can give instruction directly, or; sola scriptura.
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Can YOU identify this photo (1914 Rapture?)
by AlphaOmega ini need help identifying the source of this photo, which purports to show the watchtower crowd going up to the top of the mount of olives in 1914 awaiting the rapture.. .
i would like to show this photo to several jws along with the article in the october 8 1968 awake, which says.... true, there have been those in times past who predicted an end to the world, even announcing a specific date.
some have gathered groups of people with them and fled to the hills or withdrawn into their houses waiting for the end.yet nothing happened.
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This is the man who made it all happen!
by Terry inwilliam miller.. do you know how important this man has been to your life?
do you know your life would have been entirely different (without a doubt) had he not lived?.
read on!.
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What was Pastor Russell really like?
by Doug Mason inwhat was charles taze russell really like?
he is often held in contrast to his brusque, domineering, and rude successor, j f rutherford.
was ctr, the philanthropist who poured his fortune into the movement he founded, the pure democrat, a contrast to the dictatorial jfr?.
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We know Where/When/What and How...but WHY is the Watchtower here?
by KW13 inwhy does the watchtower exist in this modern day world?.
it started off because someone wanted power, authority and control.
are those still the main reasons?
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Pyramid book by Smyth online from Morton Edgar's personal library
by cabasilas ini was playing around with internet archive last night and found this interesting item: it's a scanned copy of "new measures of the great pyramid" by charles piazzi smyth published in 1884. he's the one who wrote "our inheritance in the great pyramid" which c.t.
russell relied on for his pyramid theories.
(in fact, c.t.
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Russell's prophetic framework
by Doug Mason ini do not believe ctr expected the end of the gentile times would usher in an era of war and strife.
his prophetic framework (see below) focused on events leading up to october 1914 (although he was quite prepared to move the end to october 1915).
his framework started with the end of the millennium, christs presence, closing of the high calling, time of trouble, probable translation to heaven in 1910, with the end of the gentile times ushering in universal peace under the jews.
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Divine Plan of the Ages
by the_classicist ini don't know how useful this will be to anyone, but google books has the full view of divine plan of the ages available.
you may have to sign in to your google account to view it.. http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn0972824308&id=ra5ldrmz4rqc&pg=pp1&lpg=pp1&ots=47eb7spvpm&dq=intitle:divine+intitle:plan+intitle:for+intitle:the+intitle:ages&sig=3i5kugm6ytkz2mrzttfqyz3kbbs.
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Did Russell change his expectations re 1914?
by Doug Mason inbefore starting this post, i would like to take this opportunity to "thank" all you people for your great help.
this is a good pool of knowledge and understanding.
in a previous post, i asked about the change that russell made to the dimensions of the great pyramid.
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144000, Where did Russell get his idea, and what do other religions believe
by jwfacts inwhere did russell get the notion that the 144k are a literal number, and that they are the rulers in heaven?
what do other religions believe this group to represent?.
what did john really mean?.