Hey, Doug
Thanks for all of that research and combined references. You should march right into that Brooklyn Writing Department room and put that right on the Publishers desk. I'm sure that they will print a retraction to their article......Not.
Quarterback
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Critique of the October 1 Watchtower article"When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?"
by Doug Mason inmy critique of the october 1, 2011 watchtower article "when was ancient jerusalem destroyed?
http://www.jwstudies.com/critique_of_when_was_ancient_jerusalem_destroyed.pdf .
i am looking forward to hearing of correction or omissions.. please note that this is a large file (almost 7 meg) which takes a while to download and a while to format in a web browser.. the design of the critique allows a single major topic to be individually printed, so that those pages may be handed to an apologist for the watchtower society.
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New Literature Arrangement
by Quarterback injust recently the org has changed the literature distribution to the congregation members.. the changes are:.
1) publishers are to pick-up their mag's weekly in preparation for what they think they will use that week.
2) group conductors shall now distribute the study article of the wt, and the km.. wonder why they have changed this?.
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It also is a good arrangement to make sure that you attend your meetings regularly.
Most people can't predict when they are going to be sick during the month, so if they are planning to go out in the FS that weekend, they can only pick up their mags that week. Meeting attendance will soar.
Yes, we have group Overseers. These ones are in charge of the weekend service arrangements that use to exist previously. Makes them feel still important.
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City Overseers discontinued immediately 9/16/11
by Gayle inletter dated 09/16/11 to all boes about city overseers being discontinued effective immediately.. this is from a very reliable jw anonymous source.. .
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I see....so they should of been called the Deficit Overseer, all along.
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Local Needs: Low Hours
by breakfast of champions inthe local needs was about low fs time in the cong.
about 1/3 of publishers are averaging 4 hours per month.
that is unprecedented in our cong, a usually 'zealous' congregation.. my take is this: if you don't believe it yourself, why are you going to waste valuable time telling others?
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Yup...just see the drop next year.
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The Walrus Was Paul
by MoneurMallard inmany new testament biblical students today of both messianic jewish and christian backgrounds, are finding out that paul of tarsus simply doesn't fit with the remainder of new testament theology.
there is an article i've recently read, from the judaism vs. christianity dot com website that deals explicitly with this topic.... well, now i cannot seem to access it, but here is the link:.
http://www.judaismvschristianity.com/paulthe.htm.
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So what are we to make of this post? Are we to extract Paul's letters, excluding the Hebrew book, from the new testament?
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Are you sick of conspiracy nuts?.....9/11
by Witness 007 inyes apparently the staff at the twin towers on 9/11 didn't notice the explosives strapped to all the beams on each floor......of course a plane fully loaded with jet fuel going so fast it nearly flew through the building {blew out the otherside} would not be enough to cause a collapse.
the building were glowing red!
people jumped due to the heat and smoke.
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I have never had a conspiracy nut. I have had a Walnut, Pecan nut, Cashew nut, and Hazelnut. But, a conspiracy nut?
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New Literature Arrangement
by Quarterback injust recently the org has changed the literature distribution to the congregation members.. the changes are:.
1) publishers are to pick-up their mag's weekly in preparation for what they think they will use that week.
2) group conductors shall now distribute the study article of the wt, and the km.. wonder why they have changed this?.
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Found Sheep: You mean that they started this all because you left? Thanks
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Which songs/Albums were considered "Demonic" in your Congregation...did you toss some?
by Witness 007 in"hotel california" was considered a major demonic song.
ac/dc stood for anti-christ devils children....{not according to the band} kiss stood for knight s in satans service {not according to the band} anyone else have to toss albums?.
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WA: I saw Pink Floyd in Montreal when they played that song ...frickin awesome.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds what another missunderstood song. They thought that because the letters LSD was capitialized in the title of the song on the Sargent Peppers lonely Hearts band album, it was about drugs. But, later on we found out that John Lennon's son, Julian had written it when he was at grade school ...they wanted to take the focus off him at the time. I knew that it was ok.
Hey Jude was another missunderstood song. They thought it was about drug abuse. It really was about trying to help John Lennon's son, Julian cope with the divorce and missing his dad.
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Local Needs: Low Hours
by breakfast of champions inthe local needs was about low fs time in the cong.
about 1/3 of publishers are averaging 4 hours per month.
that is unprecedented in our cong, a usually 'zealous' congregation.. my take is this: if you don't believe it yourself, why are you going to waste valuable time telling others?
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Most of the growth is from family members. They only allow 1 hr per week of service to have a bible study with the family. So if you have a family, and you are averaging 7.5 hrs. how many hrs are you spending in field service per month?
BOC: I know, it's a hard message to preach. My wife and I have some good RV's and people that like to see us return over and over again. These ones will never change. They just enjoy the company. Plus we don't hound them or judge them. The people in our group have the same type of RV's. In the last 5 years I have seen only 5 new ones come, and then leave in our KH. There are too many Not at home.
Someone from Africa told me that he thought living in a free country is very hard. That is because he came from a country that was under ban. He didn't like the challenge of marching up to the doors and facing the householder with our message. He thought that having a ban, was so much easier....going to a park....wearing normal informal clothing....speaking to a stranger about the weather...trying to test to see if you should mention religion.... no pressure there. There are actually Special Pioneers that do that all the time in certain banned countries. Be suspicious of those hrs that are mentioned in the Yearbook.
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You All Need To Read This New Letter Sent To All Conregations In Victoria Australia About Police Checks For Elders
by Hairyhegoat inpolice minister peter ryan has written a letter to mr unthank advising that jw's are now applying, in mass, for the wwc in victoria.
to little to late.
criminal charges still stand and cannot be backdated!
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I remember the case in Plainville, Quebec, Canada. They wanted the JW's to obtain a permit card that would allow them to witness between certain hrs during the day. There were some restrictions. The Soc back then were strong on the Donation arrangement. This was at the crux of the permit issue. Then in Quebec, a special meeting ensued. No one was allowed to ask for a donation in their door to door witnessing. The Society told the members to cooperate with this new approach to spin it. Till this day, we don't mention the donation arrangement in Canada. The Soc. won the case.
The Soc has somethin up their sleeve.