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  Need help from JW History Buffs

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i need help with writing an article regarding vaccinations, organ transplants, and blood transfusions.. i am doing my research using limited amounts of non-wt sources and mostly just the actual wt literature.. what i am having a hard time understanding is:.

  most of the articles in the golden age, at least at the beginning of the anti-vaccination stance, are actually written by contributors.

  since there are very pro-vaccination articles and then lots of anti-vaccination articles, how can i determine the actual wt viewpoint on vaccinations?.

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  Woodworth was definitely one of the strangest men in the wt in the pre WW2 era. He apparently had a free hand in editing the 'Golden Age' and 'Consolation'. I think that if we really knew all the facts we would find that 90 percent of the really bizarre content of those magazines was Woodworth's own ideas. Have to admit though that he had some intelligence, however misguided.

  A few facts about him I can recall:

  single handedly compiled the first Index to WT literature. It was called 'Gems from the mine' and covered all six Studies and 30 yrs of the Zion's WT thru 1909. A tremendous task back then.

  co wrote the Finished Mystery in '17.

  went to jail with Rutherford in 1918.

  worked secularly as an instructor for ICC, a correspondence school based in Scranton PA. I never heard what subject he taught.
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  My Last Thread

  by Maze in

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  my interest in posting here has deadened lately.

  this will likely be my last thread.

  initially i participated here because i was interested in sharpening my perception against opposing points of view.

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  Does anyone know what username the latest generation of maze is using now?
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  Music buffs.Here we go again. List you're all-time favorite Guitarists

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  hello ya'll.

  was just listening to great guitar music from some of my favorites.

  who are your all time favorites?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I am an acoustic guy, so here goes with a few

  Chet Atkins

  Merle Travis

  Tommy Emmanuel

  Leo Kottke
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  Sighhhhhhhh, the Draw Close to Jehovah book again for the Congregation Bible Study.

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

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  2. friends

  check out this gem from the dec 2013 km which explains why it's good to over this book a second go round.. "congregations previously considered this book during 2004 and 2005. however,for many of the approximately two million publishers who have come into the truth since then,this will be the first time that jehovahs endearing qualities have been discussed in detail.for those who studied the book before, the review will help them to deepen their appreciation forjehovahs attributes.ps.119:14".

  i gotta kick out of this because i can only think of maybe two or three new ones in our congregation who weren't present when this book was first studied.

  at the same time, going over jehovah's qualities isn't something new.

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  They have been recycling books for the weekday study for quite a while. Possible reasons that come to mind:

  There is still a remaining stock of the book they want to get rid of. I think that is the main reason they studied the Revelation book like 666 times.

  They don't have any other book available (to save money they haven't printed many books recently)

  They can't think of anything to write about. The writing staff is mostly laid off.

  They are afraid to produce any actual 'meat' for the flock. A sensible commentary like the one on James would be a benefit to everyone, but of course that will never happen again.

  They are leading up to discontinuing the weekday study. Does it really make sense to have one meeting and call it three? It's a joke.
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  A new cong in the circuit. Is the WT increasing in numbers?

  by KateWild in

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  my son told me the local needs item.

  we have a new cong forming in the circuit.

  my address is slap bang in the middle of the new map.

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  Our circuit just added two congregations that had been part of an adjoining circuit. This is not growth , but is evidence of declining numbers. Recent circuit assembly attendance has been very low. On the other hand the number of pioneers is up. It seems like there is a growing divide between a minority of super zealous and the rest.
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  2. friends

  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  Looking at this old program, what really strikes me is how much this religion has changed. The attendance was 40,000 plus every day, and over 50,000 the last day. There were 982 baptized, can you imagine that? The percent of attendees baptized 982/47911 = 2.0% !! Compare that to the baptism rate of recent years, where the percent has been around 0.5%.

  I was around back then, but for some reason it doesn't hit home until I look at something like this old program.
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  the last one is just the routine information about the site and departments

  
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  Friday and Saturday

  
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The program from Wed and Thursday

  
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  In effect the GB says the new testament was only written for the 144k - right?

  by Comatose in

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  2. bible

  because if you just read it then its plain that all should partake of the emblems and go to heaven etc.

  they get around that by saying it only applied to those when written who all anointed and then a small group today.

  so they take away the bible for the average witness.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It is my hope that the new NWT being more readable will open the eyes of a lot of the Witnesses. If a person simply reads the letters of Paul it becomes self-evident that the WT doctrines of two classes is wrong. For them to have the doctrine that the NT applies mostly to a small special anointed class, and that the vast majority of Christians cannot read it as a message to them, is a travesty. It robs the NT of its meaning and makes a joke of Christianity.