If I am not mistaken, Pastor Russell's first pamphlet (don't remember the name of it) was about the anti-typical interpretation of the ark in the wilderness. The material he wrote then was later included in one of the Studies in the Scriptures, volume 4 or 5. He didn't invent the typology about the ark, in fact there are other religions who still use the idea. But the Russellite's went wild with it and found interpretations in almost everything they looked at. I used to have Paul S.L. Johnson's series called 'Epiphany Studies in the Scriptures' and it is hundreds and hundreds of pages of type/antitype interpretations. Very foolish sounding now, but it illustrates the extent to which the Bible Student (and JW) movement was invested in the type/antitype thinking.
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Revelation - it's grand climax is at hand
by Listener insome people point out the subliminal pictures in the wtbts publications but sometimes things are just so obvious, such as the title of the book above.. the person who came up with the title for this book must have had a good old laugh.. interestingly, this book first came out in 1988 and has not been included in the online library but nothing has replaced it.
the org is really going backwards when they ditch old light and cannot come up with anything new.
they are real wankers ;)..
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The fraud that is the WT member numbers
by Crazyguy inok i'm just thinking out load here so to speak.
but let say in the year 2000 the wt says they have 1 million publishers and at the end of the year they say they had 300,000 people get baptized so in the beginning of the year 2001 they show 1,300,000 publishers.
then in this new year they state another 300,000 get baptized but with 50,000 deaths and 50,000 disfellowshippings they stated at the end of year 2001 a total of 1,500,000 total members.
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The WT maintains that a 'publisher' is a Witness and someone who isn't a publisher is not a Witness. In this context a publisher is one who has reported time in at least one of the past six months. Some of these are baptized and some are not. One thing that happens frequently to appear as growth is when former publishers who have become inactive start to go again. I think it fair to say that many of the 19 million memorial attenders are former publishers. The WT would love to have these ones start up again, but most will not. They attend the Memorial once a year for family reasons only. -
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Is it true that they decided not to build Walkill Recreation center and then buried the foundation?
by Indian Larry ini saw this on ex jw reddit:"this may not be news to you but it was to me.
forgive me if this has already been posted before.
it came from a reliable source working on the warwick project.. wallkill bethel had broken ground and laid the foundation for a new recreation building.
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If they postponed the building of a rec hall after starting the foundation, it could be uncovered later and used with no harm done. A little unusual, perhaps, but not crazy. -
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Is it true that they decided not to build Walkill Recreation center and then buried the foundation?
by Indian Larry ini saw this on ex jw reddit:"this may not be news to you but it was to me.
forgive me if this has already been posted before.
it came from a reliable source working on the warwick project.. wallkill bethel had broken ground and laid the foundation for a new recreation building.
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Revelation - it's grand climax is at hand
by Listener insome people point out the subliminal pictures in the wtbts publications but sometimes things are just so obvious, such as the title of the book above.. the person who came up with the title for this book must have had a good old laugh.. interestingly, this book first came out in 1988 and has not been included in the online library but nothing has replaced it.
the org is really going backwards when they ditch old light and cannot come up with anything new.
they are real wankers ;)..
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dropoffyourkeylee
I hadn't seen the article of 3/15/15 wt which negates the type-anti types. That' s very recent!
I had noticed that they had not mentioned it for some years ( usually a tip-off that a change is coming), but had not seen an official retraction.
This change illustrates how the religion is not the same anymore. Types were a staple of many religions, not just JWs, for years. It was the underlying basis for most of the books 30's thru 70's.
no wonder they don't have much to write about anymore.
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JWTalk Forum
by Newly Enlightened indoes anyone know if jwtalk is a real jehovah witness forum?.
are the owner bob & an admin jerry in good standing in their congregations?
or just apostates posing as jw's?.
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One reason behind the slow steady decline of JWs
by AllTimeJeff inhello first of all to those that remember me.
i'm doing well, 10 years since my missionary trip to cameroon.
i've met a couple of goals.
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Pure cult propaganda Communiqué de presse Novembre 2015– Regain de prosélytisme chez les Témoins de Jéhovah, de l’indécence à l’écœurement ...
by wannaexit ini found this from an another site, for those of you who read french.
the world is taking note that when tragedy strikes rather than help in practical ways, jw take advantage of a tragic situation to spread their cultist propaganda.. http://caffes.fr/communique-de-presse-novembre-2015-regain-de-proselytisme-chez-les-temoins-de-jehovah-de-lindecence-a-lecoeurement/.
communique de presse novembre 2015 regain de proselytisme chez les temoins de jehovah, de lindecence a lecurement.... novembre 20, 2015 actualites, journal a loccasion des evenements dramatiques qui frappent notre pays, les membres du caffes et toutes les personnes qui y sont accompagnees souhaitent faire part de leur vive emotion et temoigner de leur solidarite aux familles des victimes.
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Pure cult propaganda Communiqué de presse Novembre 2015– Regain de prosélytisme chez les Témoins de Jéhovah, de l’indécence à l’écœurement ...
by wannaexit ini found this from an another site, for those of you who read french.
the world is taking note that when tragedy strikes rather than help in practical ways, jw take advantage of a tragic situation to spread their cultist propaganda.. http://caffes.fr/communique-de-presse-novembre-2015-regain-de-proselytisme-chez-les-temoins-de-jehovah-de-lindecence-a-lecoeurement/.
communique de presse novembre 2015 regain de proselytisme chez les temoins de jehovah, de lindecence a lecurement.... novembre 20, 2015 actualites, journal a loccasion des evenements dramatiques qui frappent notre pays, les membres du caffes et toutes les personnes qui y sont accompagnees souhaitent faire part de leur vive emotion et temoigner de leur solidarite aux familles des victimes.
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dropoffyourkeylee
The article appears to be from a public site, not just one for ex JW's. If so, it speaks volumes of a general dislike of JWs and their message in France. -
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What is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?
by StephaneLaliberte inwhat is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?
does any one has an actual number?
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My brother was there for a while and I think he received som cash about $100 and also some kind of clothing allowance.