Franklin Massey
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"The organization has never disappointed us..."
by Franklin Massey inin the simplified english edition of the july 15th, 2011 watchtower, in an article that warns jws about apostate influences, the following quote is given as a reason to stick close to the watchtower organization:.
"the organization has never disappointed us and always gives us an abundance of pure waters of truth from god's word.".
a scan of the page can be found here: http://www.jwfacts.com/images/watchtower-2011-jul-15-p12-apostates.jpg.
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How many of your elders & servants are "Preachers Who Are Not Believers?"
by Franklin Massey inmany people in positions of teaching others the doctrine of their particular religion do not actually believe the doctrine themselves.
this is a fascinating article from daniel dennett and linda lascola.
i could relate to some of the expressions made.. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/non-believing-clergy.pdf.
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"If this 'system of things' goes on..."
by Franklin Massey ini have been hearing more people saying this now than ever.
especially those in the over-40 crowd.
i just got off the phone with an older jw family member who was reviewing options for golden years living.
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WOW. This is getting tougher II
by Franklin Massey inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/206514/3/wow-this-is-getting-tougher.
after the last comment from sweetbabycheezits, the thread disappears with no place to continue posting.
i went to page one and added a comment to the thread but i can't see it.. suggestions?
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More Partaking at Memorial, Could It Be the Elderly?
by Franklin Massey inthis is not a conspiracy theory, although the goofy title may suggest otherwise.
the memorial partakers keep going up and up each year.
there are obvious reasons for this and the wt, feeling the embarassment and threat to the 144,000 doctrine has addressed it in the publications.. but i was thinking back on an odd situation that happened with two older, long time, faithful jws.
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"Doom Now Awaits Them...They Will Not Survive Armageddon!"
by Franklin Massey inhere's a nice, positive, uplifting song from the jehovah's witnesses' "sing to jehovah" song book.
my favorite part is at 1:30.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wrlknhwwxs8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
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Answer Up
by Franklin Massey inwe don't have this expression in the us.
"i always 'answer up' at every meeting.
" i love it!
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Family Worship Evening, The Mormons Had It First
by Franklin Massey inthis has been commented about on here before but since this weeks service meeting has a continuation of the article "help for families" i thought it would be appropriate to mention that the jw family worship evening, appears to be direct copy of the mormons family home evening.
if you have the january 2011 km, compare the insert to the resources found at the official latter day saints website on how to conduct the family evening.. http://lds.org/hf/fhe/welcome/0,16785,4210-1,00.html.
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Like him or not, Richard Dawkins is helping spread the word about JWs
by Franklin Massey inhttp://richarddawkins.net/articles/643264-war-of-words-breaks-out-among-jehovah-s-witnesses.
http://twitter.com/#!/rdfrs.
http://twitter.com/#!/richarddawkins.
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What is the official procedure for JWs in disaster relief situations?
by Franklin Massey inhere is my understanding of how jws handle disaster situations: they are directed to take care of only jws first.
once all the jws are accounted for and assisted, they will move on to preaching to others in the affected area but not providing any real material assistance to non-believers.. i hope i'm wrong about this.
i have been told by some people that my view is incorrect and that jws are also told to go out into affected communities to provide material assistance to non-believers by providing shelter, water, food, etc.