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  Eisenhower's parents--info from the Eisenhower library

  by cabasilas in

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  came across this surfing tonight...info from the eisenhower library relative to his parents' religious beliefs:.

  http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/listofholdingshtml/listofholdingsj/jehovahwitnessesabilenecongregation.pdf.

  interesting stuff.

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  cabasilas

  Came across this surfing tonight...info from the Eisenhower library relative to his parents' religious beliefs:

  http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/listofholdingshtml/listofholdingsJ/jehovahwitnessesabilenecongregation.pdf

  Interesting stuff.
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  The December 31, 1924 Golden Age magazine

  by cabasilas in

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  recently, i obtained some pdf copies of old golden age magazines.

  i haven't had much time to read these but i just came across the december 31, 1924 issue.

  i had heard the golden age was a bit odd...this confirms it.

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  My guess it's supposed to be Adam.

  But, get past the cover. The real zany stuff is inside!
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  The December 31, 1924 Golden Age magazine

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, i obtained some pdf copies of old golden age magazines.

  i haven't had much time to read these but i just came across the december 31, 1924 issue.

  i had heard the golden age was a bit odd...this confirms it.

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  cabasilas

  Recently, I obtained some pdf copies of old Golden Age magazines. I haven't had much time to read these but I just came across the December 31, 1924 issue. I had heard the Golden Age was a bit odd...this confirms it. I thought the others here might enjoy reading it. I've put it up online at:

  http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/popestleo/g24DEC31.pdf

  If you want to save it for your files just click on the save file button on the top bar.

  It has stuff on the pyramids and they were still pushing 1925. It also contains an updated version of "A Bible for the Scientist."

  One quote that really surpised me was this on page 195: "The special doctrines of the Christian Church, as presented by Jesus, its founder, have no application to the human race as such, but only to a special few who are called out to form a new administrative order, a new creation, entirely distinct from the human creation."

  I know that's been the teaching but it seemed so strange to read so bald a statement as that.

  I'm sure there are other gems in the article but what I've read so far has made this issue one of the most interesting I've ever read.
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  Do you recall (Blondie or others)

  by Poztate in

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  2. friends

  i had a "discussion" with my wife today.

  i stated that in the past you should never be alone with those of the opposite sex even if they were relatives because of the dangers of fornication etc.

  (don't visit them alone) i don't think i am making this up.

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  cabasilas

  I think it goes back to Russell's time. Here is the "Vow" that he urged all his followers to take. Notice particularly the last part:

  "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. May thy rule come into my heart more and more, and thy will be done in my mortal body. Relying on the assistance of thy promised grace to help in every time of need, through Jesus Christ our Lord, I register this vow. Daily will I remember at the throne of heavenly grace the general interests of the harvest work, and particularly the share which I myself am privileged to enjoy in that work, and the dear co-laborers at the Bible House, Allegheny. I vow to still more carefully, if possible, scrutinize my thoughts and words and doings, to the intent that I may be the better enabled to serve these, and thy dear flock. I vow to thee that I will be on the alert to resist everything akin to Spiritism and Occultism, and that remembering that there are but the two masters I shall resist these snares in all reasonable ways, as being of the Adversary. I further vow that, with the exceptions below, I will at all times and at all places, conduct myself toward those of the opposite sex in private exactly as I would do with them in public--in the presence of a congregation of the Lord's people, and so far as reasonably possible I will avoid being in the same room with any female alone, unless the door to the room stand wide open--wife, children, mother and sisters excepted.'"

  It was published in the June 1908 Watchtower. Reprints p. 4191. The article that contains it can be read here: http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/r4190.htm

  or you can read it in the pdf file of the 1908 bound volume at:

  http://www.reexamine.info/watchtowers/wt1908.PDF

  Personally, I think this was an overreaction on Russell's part after the so-called "jellyfish" scandal.
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  info on the new 192 page publication LIVE WITH JEHOVAH'S DAY IN MIND

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got you truthseeker.... truthseekerre: saturday district convention notes: don't research jw's online!!!!

  03-jun-06 17:35jun 4, 2006. post 918 of 918. since 28-feb-03.

  master member.

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  cabasilas

  My ignorance is showing...

  what are the subjects they'd need to revise?
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  Any scans yet for "Live With Jehovah's Day in Mind"?

  by cabasilas in

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  does anyone here have a copy of the new book "live with jehovah's day in mind"?

  are there any scans of it available yet?.

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  btt

  Perhaps someone will get a copy this weekend for us.
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  Any scans yet for "Live With Jehovah's Day in Mind"?

  by cabasilas in

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  does anyone here have a copy of the new book "live with jehovah's day in mind"?

  are there any scans of it available yet?.

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  cabasilas

  Does anyone here have a copy of the new book "Live With Jehovah's Day in Mind"?

  Are there any scans of it available yet?
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  Did Russell ask that no publications be written after he died?

  by ackack in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is a debate brewing on wikipedia over whether russell's will stated that no new publications be made by the watchtower society, and if rutherford violated his will.. the relevant portion from his will reads:as the society has already pledged to me that it will publish no other periodicals, it shall also be required that the editorial committee shall write for or be connected with no other publications in any manner or degree.. .

  what's your opinion?.

  ackack

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  cabasilas

  I am still not convinced that Russell asked that no publications (meaning books) be written after he died.

  Those who support this view cite the Will:

  "As the Society has already pledged to me that it will publish no other periodicals, it shall also be required that the Editorial Committee shall write for or be connected with no other publications in any manner or degree." (Watch Tower, 1 December 1916, p. 358).

  This is all one sentence and refers to the same thing: a periodical or magazine. This is what the context of the sentence is all about. In the Adventist tradition (of which Russell was a part) a magazine was the vehicle that promoted the movement. Russell did not want an audience forming around another magazine or publication that would be the genesis of a new movement. He said 1) the Society was not going to publish another magazine and 2) that the Editorial Committee would be required not to be connected to some "other" publication in any way. Notice the word "other." This sentence is referring to in house periodicals or periodicals from other sources.

  I think to make "publications" in this sentence refer to future booklets or books is stretching it beyond the context of Russell's statement. As I've said before, the Bible Students who to this day revere Russell as "the faithful servant" have never felt qualms about violating the spirit of Russell's Will by publishing new books and booklets. If they felt that Russell really had asked for no other books to have been written then they would not have done so. And Russell himself is reported to have said that someone else would write the 7th volume. The December 15, 1916 Watch Tower indicated that the Society was contemplating publishing in book form the Memoirs of Pastor Russell together with some of his sermons.

  Again, I'm not supporting Rutherford's position. He obviously violated the Will by starting the Golden Age magazine.
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  WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE/WORST STUDY BOOK?

  by badboy in

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  which ones did you hate and which ones did you like out of the study books?

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  cabasilas

  For me it was _Paradise Restored to Mankind by Theocracy_ hands down.
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  Did Russell ask that no publications be written after he died?

  by ackack in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is a debate brewing on wikipedia over whether russell's will stated that no new publications be made by the watchtower society, and if rutherford violated his will.. the relevant portion from his will reads:as the society has already pledged to me that it will publish no other periodicals, it shall also be required that the editorial committee shall write for or be connected with no other publications in any manner or degree.. .

  what's your opinion?.

  ackack

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  cabasilas

  Just a side note. I mentioned above that the other groups that have descended from Russell also publish new material and books:

  Dawn Bible Students:

  http://www.dawnbible.com/dawnpub.htm

  Layman's Home Missionary Movement

  http://www.biblestandard.com/catalog/catalog_3.htm

  Chicago Bible Students:

  http://www.chicagobible.org/LDSOrderForm-Publicweb.PDF

  and none of them have ever indicated they did not respect Russell's Will.