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  Barnes and Noble

  by stillajwexelder in

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  2. current

  so i am going to barnes and noble with a mission next weekend - i want to buy some good thought provoking books.

  what can you all recommend at the moment please?

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  JW_Researcher

  M. Scott Peck.

  The wisest man around (he just recently passed) next to Captain Picard, of course.
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  Dr. Joseph F. Zygmunt, Ph.D.

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometime within the past couple of weeks someone here mentioned joseph zygmunt's ph.

  d. dissertation about jehovah's witnesses.

  a question was asked about where the dissertation could be obtained from.

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  JW_Researcher

  I have Curry's dissertation in PDF (12MB) and Cronn-Mills' dissertation (9MB) in PDF.

  PM me if you want to try to e-mail them or some other method of transfer.

  I believe my ISP can handle 12MB...not certain though.

  There are other options also.

  On the other hand, you may not be interested in the dissertations.
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  Dr. Joseph F. Zygmunt, Ph.D.

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometime within the past couple of weeks someone here mentioned joseph zygmunt's ph.

  d. dissertation about jehovah's witnesses.

  a question was asked about where the dissertation could be obtained from.

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  JW_Researcher

  I have Zymunt's article below in PDF I can share. Contact me via PM and I'll e-mail it to you. It is 2.675 KB.

  Prophetic Failure and Chiliastic Identity: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses

  Joseph F. Zygmunt

  The American Journal of Sociology > Vol. 75, No. 6 (May, 1970), pp. 926-948

  I thought I scanned his dissertation but I can't lay my hands on it ....got lots of CDs around....with lots of topics. :-)
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  Russell a con man and a criminal?

  by SickofLies in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just checked out the kingdom of the cults by r. zacherias from the library, origionally published in 1965 it has be revised and re-released in 2003 and it had some very interesting background info on c.t.

  russell.

  this has probably been covered here before, but since the infamousone wants non-fluffy posts this ones for you brother!.

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  JW_Researcher

  My guess is that Penton is examining Martin's work on Jehovah's Witnesses because Penton is an expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and, as an expert, would be in a position to judge what Martin wrote about JWs.

  Penton is not an expert on, say, followers of Moon, so would not be in the best position to judge Martin's scholarship on Moon.

  Martin's books should be used for "clues" etc. Whereas Penton you can cite in any academic paper.

  For a carpenter illustration: Martin you have build your deck. Penton you have build your kitchen cabinets.
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  need data

  by mathead in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am currently doing a mathematical analysis on the remnant population.

  (the number of partakers left).

  i need the number of remnant for the last 15 years, preferably from the "year book" and the average age of the remnant in 2006. my initial work shows the population figures are tampered with.. i think i can pinpoint what the wts is doing here and how they come up with the figures they do.. thanks for any help here

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  JW_Researcher

  For future reference, what was your methodology?

  Please and thank you.
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  need data

  by mathead in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am currently doing a mathematical analysis on the remnant population.

  (the number of partakers left).

  i need the number of remnant for the last 15 years, preferably from the "year book" and the average age of the remnant in 2006. my initial work shows the population figures are tampered with.. i think i can pinpoint what the wts is doing here and how they come up with the figures they do.. thanks for any help here

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  JW_Researcher

  My suggestion, then, is that you download the Watchtower CD at www.reexamine.org

  It is an ISO image file so you'll need software (freeware or share ware) to convert it for use.

  Next, use the search function and hunt for the exact numbers.

  Finally, you can post the numbers so they'll be in the archives for the person behind you. :-)

  Best of luck!
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  need data

  by mathead in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am currently doing a mathematical analysis on the remnant population.

  (the number of partakers left).

  i need the number of remnant for the last 15 years, preferably from the "year book" and the average age of the remnant in 2006. my initial work shows the population figures are tampered with.. i think i can pinpoint what the wts is doing here and how they come up with the figures they do.. thanks for any help here

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  JW_Researcher

  from http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm
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  Institute Objectivist Studies--Education and Psychology--EXJW John Bechtel

  by sf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.objectivistcenter.org/showcontent.aspx?ct=384&h=51

  even though you can live forever, you do not have immortality; it is still possible for you to die, should you have a fall from grace.

  also, they bring answers to the most asked questions: "why do bad things happen to good people?

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  JW_Researcher

  I'm a bit confused:

  including ten years at the top of that sect,

  At 27, Bechtel reached a crisis of faith and resigned from the Jehovah's Witnesses

  He was "at the top" from 17 - 27 years of age?

  Guess I don't get it?
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  Form SS 77 "Notification of Disfellowshipping or Disassociation"

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  just noticed a form ss 77 "notification of disfellowshipping or disassociation" is posted at

  http://www.reexamine.org/index.php/image:ss_77.jpg

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  JW_Researcher

  Just noticed a Form SS 77 "Notification of Disfellowshipping or Disassociation" is posted at

  http://www.reexamine.org/index.php/Image:SS_77.jpg
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  Anyone heard of this JW counselor Online? Interesting...

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  counselor makes the principal thing available online .

  pastoral counselor and teacher derrick whitt announces an online counseling center and bookstore

  syracuse, ny, march 29, 2006 --(pr.com)-- in keeping true to making wisdom the principal thing in his life and sharing it to christians who are struggling with emotional, relational and spiritual issues, new life ministries for jehovahs witnesses, an online counseling ministry created by derrick whitt, announces the opening of an online counseling center and bookstore, featuring publications writing by the syracuse-based pastoral counselor and bible teacher.

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  JW_Researcher

  As noted, he is to be found about the web.

  His Doctorate is from

  http://www.ficotw.org/school.html

  "St. Luke Evangelical School Of Biblical Studies is the educational outreach ministry of The First International Church Of The Web and is not an accredited school..."