Ultimate Reality
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The Governing Body and the Sept 15, 2010 WT
by Ultimate Reality inthere have been a few threads on this magazine already.
but i cannot recall a wt that has so many references to the gb and its authority throughout the articles as this one.
the grip of authority and control is tightening.
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Jesus is NOT the mediator for all?
by Ultimate Reality inthe current interpretation of the watchtower society is that christs role as mediator applies only to a small group of individuals - the 144,000. the assumption is that since the new covenant applies to their roles and kings and priests, jesus mediates between them and jehovah god, while those with an earthly hope are often described as beneficiaries of this arrangement.
for more information on this, see jwfacts.com.
there is some shifty reasoning used by the society to justify their view that christ actually mediates for fewer people than moses:.
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New Jeremiah Book Question
by Ultimate Reality inif anyone has this book, could you please quote or scan whatever section covers jeremiah 25 and the 70 years issue in that chapter?.
some in my family thought that a new jeremiah release would answer my 'questions' about the 70 years interpretation.
now, i am sure they will be happy to hear about this book, thinking that 'jehovah has provided the food at the proper time.
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Scan Request - Dec. 15 1971 WT chart & full page
by Ultimate Reality inhey everyone,.
i am writing an important letter to my family and i would like to get a full page scan with the famous 'chart' of jehovah down to the local rank & file.. i am hoping that the chart and the infamous, "it is a theocratic organization, ruled from the divine top down, and not from the rank and file up.
", are on the same page.
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What Josephus Really Wrote about the 70 Years
by Ultimate Reality inthere have been some partial quotations of josephus on this board recently in relation to how he explained the '70 years'.. .
in the interests of scholastic honesty and so that his words are not taken out of context, here are some relevant passages with their context.
you might ask yourself, do the 70 years (as spoken by the prophet jeremiah) begin with the destruction of the temple or before the destruction of the temple?
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What Josephus Really Wrote about the 70 Years
by Ultimate Reality insee next post.... moderator, please delete this one..
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48,165 New Publishers in ONE MONTH!!!
by Ultimate Reality inthe december 2009 okm (courtesy of iloowy) provides a new field service highlight: in august 2009 the u.s. reported publishers of 1,154,275; a new peak and an increase of 48,165 from the july 2009 report of 1,106,110.. .
fyi: 2008 peak publishers for the u.s. were 1,105,798. therefore, an increase of only 312 publishers from 2008 to july 2009. where did these 48,165 come from in one month?.
how are they manipulating these numbers?.
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Watchtower Chronology 1823 to present
by Ultimate Reality inover the course of a few years, and thanks to many on this board, i have assembled a history of the watchtower's most relevant articles that show the development of the 70 years, 607 b.c.e.
and how these ultimately get calculated to reach "the last days" with the appointment of the "faithful slave".. .
the following link contains a pdf with very little commentary and minimal notes.
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Unusual "Experience" at the DC yesterday - Apostasy & Honor Killing
by Ultimate Reality induring the concluding part on sunday's dc at the stanley theater, a missionary was interviewed and asked to give an encouraging experience from his assignment in an african country.. he started off by saying his "experience was bitter-sweet".
it was about a woman in her mid-20's that became a witness.
but she was a muslim and her mother had her hunted down and murdered as an honor-killing.
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Non-Existent First Century GB / Council Quotes from Old Publications?
by Ultimate Reality ini am looking for any references regarding the existence or (even better) the non-existence of a first century council / governing body in old watchtower publications.
it would most likely center on acts 14 and 15.. many of us have heard the fred franz recording about how there was no such body in the first century.
anybody have any pre-1970's quotes on this subject?.