Eiben Scrood
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My Experience in the Watchtower (Part Three)
by Eiben Scrood init's been a long time but some may remember that i wrote part one of my life story a couple of years ago.
i followed that up with part two a few months later.
i have found that i have to be in a certain mindset to write about these things and only now have i been able to continue with the third part.
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Random thoughts on preparing for the end.
by Eiben Scrood inall i can say is "stay alive till 75" (specifically the jewish month of tishrei).
yes, friends, we are all so tired from running the race that we have been finally told the month and year (our oracles are still working on the day and hour) of the end.. .
for further proof, we have the overlapping generation of tyndale, luther, einstein and now finally samuel herd.. my bible reads that no one knows the day nor hour but that has not discouraged me.
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Public Apologies and the WTBS
by gubberningbody inwhat type of public apology do people need to hear to be able to believe it and accept it?.
the authors of the five languages of apology, gary chapman and jennifer thomas, might have an answer.. when we apologize we hope that the act of sincere apology will eliminate bad consequences and automatically earn forgiveness of other people.
but the authors discovered that ...sincere apologies may not always be received as sincere and forgiveness and reconciliation are not always forthcoming.
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"Overlapping generations" and silent movies
by sir82 ini'm a big fan of tcm, the cable channel that shows old movies without commercial interruption.. last night they showed "the birth of a nation", the famous (infamous?
) dw griffith silent classic that defends the ku klux klan.. the movie was made in 1915 - 96 years ago.. as i was watching it, it occurred to me, "all these actors are now dead.
most have been dead for 50, 60, 70 or more years.
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October 1, 2014
by Eiben Scrood infriends, how happy we are to be nearing the date of october 1, 2014!
(allow for applause).
yes, we are soon to commemorate 100 years since the gentile kings have had their day.
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The Traveler
by Eiben Scrood inwhat is life without some excitement, yes, even some danger?
i know the people on the right path care about me and will look after me.
i have tried for many years to follow this path the way i have been told to.
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Who Has the Most to Answer For?
by Eiben Scrood inthere have certainly been a number of "characters" in watchtower lore who share much responsibility for misery endured by the rank and file for the last 100 plus years.
as much as rutherford certainly seemed to be a megalomaniacal control freak, i would still put the majority of the blame on one fred franz.. i know it was rutherford who wrote the book children which told people not to get married in the early 1940s because the "princes" would be soon ruling the earth but from that point on, was it not freddie who published one piece of bullshit after another?
his infamous tirades against education such as the 1968 publication saying you would never grow up to use it being one example.
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Development plans for WT property on schedule (with Dogz' commentary)
by Dogpatch inwarwick advertiser > newsdevelopment plans for watchtower property proceeding on scheduleby birgit boglerpublished: august 5, 2010warwick - the watchtower bible and tract society is on schedule to provide the town of warwick this fall with plans to develop the 253-acre site of the former international nickel company off long meadow road in warwick.. .
were trying to produce something that is going to blend in with the natural setting, said richard devine, spokesperson for a religious order known more commonly as jehovahs witnesses, in a telephone interview from his office in brooklyn.. (yeah, a religious circus of clones to entertain the town).
we did hire (perkins eastman) to give us an architectural theme and our board hasnt finished their review of it, he added.
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Would you even want to?
by Eiben Scrood injust for a moment, let's assume jws are the true religion meaning their portrayal of god is the correct one.
would you even want to serve a god like that?
i'd like to think that god is better than that.
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Times Indefinite Is Gone
by Eiben Scrood ini checked daniel 2:44: "never be brought to ruin" is now "be destroyed" and "it itself will stand to times indefinite" has changed to "and it alone will stand forever".. they made such a stink about not using "forever" in the past.
it's interesting that they changed this..