Justin
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Will they ever be mainstream?
by Justin insome religions which have been on the fringe of society are eventually accepted into the mainstream because they have an aspect which is socially acceptable or beneficial to society.
for example, the seventh day adventists have hospitals and the mormons have the tabernacle choir.
but the jws seem to have nothing with which to appeal to the larger culture.
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Culture or the lack thereof
by Justin into belong to a culture is part of being human.
yet, jws and evangelicals are told to avoid being contaminated by the secular culture.
the evangelical movement, however, has created a subculture of its own.
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Bible Answers
by Justin inin coc, ray franz stated that, when he was a member of the writing department, he found older bible commentaries quite helpful to use for research.
now you can locate these types of commentators, such as adam clarke, albert barnes, and matthew henry online.
check out http://studylight.org/com/ and http://bible.crosswalk.com/commentaries .. the advantage of these commentaries is that the writers believed the bible to be the inspired word of god.
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Thought for the Day
by Justin in"some have such command of their bowels, that they can break wind continuously at pleasure, so as to produce the effect of singing.
" - augustine of hippo, the city of god, book xiv, chapter 24.
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Russell's Armageddon - Part 2
by Justin innow let's take a look at ways in which russell's views changed over the years.
initially, he did not use the term "armagddon" very much.
traditionally, armageddon was a battle that would be fought locally in the middle east and would be only one feature of the end.
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Russell's Armageddon - Part 1
by Justin inquestions continually arise regarding the differences between the original teachings of charles taze russell and those of jehovah's witnesses today.
particularly are we concerned here with russell's "armageddon," which was expected to be a social revolution.. .
let me say, at the outset, that these posts are of historical interest only, and are not intended to "trash" russell.
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History of Pyramidology
by Justin inthe great pyramid awaits thee.
click on the following link and you'll learn the history of pyramidology, including russell's involvement.
http://www.greatdreams.com/pyramid.htm
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The Tabernacle and the Gown
by Justin inthis is not the same as the original page number which began with the new year (in this case, the original page number being 149 of the may 1911 tower).
[r4816 : page 149] .
[r4817 : page 149] .
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A reading from William Miller
by Justin inwilliam miller was the founder of the advent movement in the usa, the forerunner of the bible students and jehovah's witnesses, as well as others such as the seventh day adventists.
you may now read his "25 reasons christ must come in 1843," first published in 1838, but going to: http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/pastwords/chl028.shtml .
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Gentile Times - When did they end?
by Justin inrecently a poster commented that pastor russell may have clapped his hands two days too soon because the gentile tiems were not supposed to end until october 4/5, 1914. i guess october 4/5 is the date now given (though i haven't seen it in print, being unfamiliar with the newer publications), whereas russell was satisfied to have passed october 1.. one would assume that, as the downfall of the judean kingdom (supposedly in 607 bce) was the beginning of the gentile times, that whenever they ended in 1914 would be the date that would correspond to the overthrow in 607 bce.
(it would, given all the society's presuppositions, be difficult to come up with an exact date, as the hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar and must be periodically adjusted to keep it in synch with the solar year.
) after all, god's words to zedekiah (the last judean king) are usually quoted to support the idea that the gentile times began when that king lost his crown and the kingdom authority would be held in abeyance until "he comes whose right it is" - understood to be christ jesus at the parousia.