Doug Mason
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Mental condition of Jehovah's Witnesses, healthy or not ?
by Handsome Dan ini thought i'd open a discussion on the mental health condition of most practicing jws.
and get viewpoints on what kinds of mental health effects the wts.
may have for most of the people that are practicing witnesses.
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Jack Finegan on the date of Jerusalem's Destruction
by Doug Mason ini am not fussed whether jerusalem was destroyed in 587 bce or a year later in 586 bce.
some are interested and as promised i have scanned some pages from a book by jack finegan which some might find interesting and useful.
but please do not raise issues with me -- i am the messenger, not the creator of the message.
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When DID the Jews return?
by Doug Mason inthe date of the jews return to jerusalem following their captivity in babylon, is absolutely crucial to the gb.
importance of the date .
this date (537 for the return of the jews to their homeland) plays a very important role for all bible students (jws), for by it we can fix the time of the beginning of the desolation of the land of judah and the beginning of the times of the gentiles, or, the appointed times of the nations.
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Is the GB "Christ"?
by Doug Mason inwhere in scripture does the gb get the idea of being anointed?
jesus warned his disciples to watch out for the deceivers (matt 24: 4) who would falsely point to wars, famines, and earthquakes (verses 6 and 7) as the sign of the end of the age (verse 3).
at the same time, jesus told his disciples that these deceivers would claim to be christ (verse 5), which means anointed one.
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Nisan 14 and polycarp - Memorials in March??
by hamsterbait ini have been reading about polycarp and the disputes with the western churches over the celebration of easter.. polycarp celebrated on nisan 14 as did the jews.
in rome it was the first sunday after nisan 14. according to what i am reading, nisan 14 cannot come before the end of march in any year.. when was the last time the wtbcs celebrated the memorial in march, and if so, why - if the information above is correct?.
and if they have incorrectly calculated the date, does this invalidate the annointed eating the emblems?.
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HELP!
by bendineen inmy name is ben and i attend a high school in australia.
in my english literature class i sit next to a jw pole girl whom i have some grave concerns for, and the reason i am posting this thread is to see if someone can give me a reasonable explanation for her and her parents attitudes before i intervene.
the situation is this - this girl is failing her final year of high-school because her parents force her to distribute jw leaflets and do other such activities instead of doing homework, she also vocally refuses to vote (which is compulsory in australia) and criticizes australians for not accepting her family as one - even though they insist they are not.
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For Lurkers: Is the cover of the March 15th Watchtower deceptive?
by seek2find inthe cover of this issue pictures a group of modern day people standing looking up as if looking to the sky and the title says something like "christ comming what does it mean to you?
" i think it's deceptive because witnesses teach that jesus already came in 1914. the article is talking about his comming to exucute the wicked and does not even mention 1914, but the photo and title on the cover would lead people to beleive that his comming is still in the future.
isn't this deceptive?
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Proof for the 586 date for the temple of Solomon
by Wafe ini need to get proof that the temple of solomon did fall in 586 bce.. .
please help.. .
thanks.
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Dating Babylon's Fall
by Doug Mason inhow does the wts calculate that babylon fell in 539 bce?
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doug