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When Prophecy Fails
by refiners fire inthe scenario.
leon festinger, a young psychiatrist, and a group of his henchmen (students) joined a flying saucer cult that predicted a catastrophe.
they joined as observers and recorders to see whether its predictive pattern and method of dealing with post expectation disappointment fit the pattern for the cognitive dissonance theory festinger was researching.
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A Fireside chat with the Pastor
by refiners fire inpastor russell says:
odium attaches to the study of prophetic time by reason of past misapplications of it by "second adventists" and others, and the consequent failures to realize the events expected to occur at stated times.
p astor russell then goes on to explain the consequences of these recurring predictive failures.
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Why cults hide their old publications.
by refiners fire inhere is a classic example of why it is that cultic religions find it necessary to conceal their old publications from the scrutiny of the membership.
this example is from 7th day adventism, but i assure all readers it is a classic and well worth the reading.
still, it is necessary to lay out a little background to the speech i will be quoting from before proceeding.
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Illnesses, thanx and apologies
by refiners fire ini see that priscilla has posted a thread about my wifes situation , sigh, you cant tell anybody anything without it getting around and becoming public knowledge.
im not one to wear my heart on my sleeve or seek public sympathy for my problems, and i planned on saying nothing.
im viewed as a hard man and must preserve my reputation.
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The Structure of the "theocratic" Organization
by refiners fire inwatchtower, may 15, 1995
article: flashes of light great and small
quote: in 1971 another flash of light showed that each congregation was not to be directed by just one congregation servant.
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Mass Suicide Alert.
by refiners fire init seems that the anti cult world is extremely concerned at the moment about a group called "project portal" in brazil.
apparently there are hundreds of members and extensive defections are taking place at the moment, and the group leader, one urandir olivera, is being 'persecuted'extensively by the media.
cult watchers are drawing parallels with jonestown in that they fear olivera may lead his loyal followers in a collective 'beaming up'.
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Astronomy Vision
by refiners fire inself deluded channels and the justifications they concoct to excuse their false prophecies are a thing of fascination.
the most striking thing about these prophets is their predictability.
they all fall into the very same trap, they all get trapped by their own totalistic words .
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The Astronomy Vision
by refiners fire inself deluded channels and the justifications they concoct to excuse their false prophecies are a thing of fascination.
the most striking thing about these prophets is their predictability.
they all fall into the very same trap, they all get trapped by their own totalistic words .
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Prophecy understood when fullfilled
by refiners fire inpondering upon an old dub publication from the year 1942 i am caused to speculate upon the powerless nature of the watchtower god.
perhaps their god is in the privvy or is occupied with greater concerns than the fact that his channel of communication(the fds) makes a laughing stock of his name in the eyes of anyone who eyes eyes to read and brain cells to think with.
consider this from the 1942 book the new world chapter heading final end at hand it talks about the kings of the north/ south:
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A Minimuslike question....
by refiners fire inwhatever happened to all the threads where people congratulated other posters on their milestones?
1000 posts, 2000 posts etc.
does noone care about tradition anymore?