Okay Kent, what tabloid did you get this off of?
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12Anna's lesbian fling with a JW
by Kent inbusty sexbomb anna nicole smith is having a lesbian affair with her 21year-old personal assistant.
jehovah's witness kimberly walther has moved in with the blonde beauty in houston, texas.. this interesting piece of information was just published, and you can read the story on my website.. http://watchtower.observer.org.
any comments?.
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Serena Williams
by expatbrit infrom the bbc:.
serena williams showed real maturity to come from behind and win the indian wells title with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 victory over rising star kim clijsters in front of a hostile crowd.
the younger of the williams' sisters incurred the wrath of the crowd because of her route to the final - elder sister venus pulled out of the their semi-final with a knee injury.
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You guys ever see those commercial with Serena and Venus? If I didn't know any better, I'd swear they were lesbian lovers.
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"Knight Templar ","Cross&Cro...
by MacHislopp inenchanter .... .
just type the name & ad.
on "yahoo", and wait for the result.... .
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Interestingly, everyone thinks the Cross and Crown symbol is a Masonic logo, and although they do use it, it did not originate with them. There are many Churches who use the symbol in various forms.
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Orwell.hystory rewritten??? WTS -1920
by MacHislopp inon pag.
126 of the book "millions..." published in 1920. there was this quote :.
the unique bible commentary-.
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You know what I find funny about the whole 'Finished Mystery' fiasco? Is that About ten percent of the quotes are really attributed to Russell, and these quotes are of no importance, they aren't doctrine defining. Russell had very little to say about the books. most of what he explained were pretty much self explanatory text.
That being said, very few people realized, that just a year after 'The Finished Mystery' was published, the Society published another verse-by-verse commentary on Revelation, published in 1918 was a book titled "The Revelation of Jesus Christ," it was a little smaller than a check book and contained extactly 200 pages. I have a copy in my library.
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Sunday's Watchtower Study: Saved by Grace
by ozziepost inthis week's watchtower study article "are you living up to your dedication?
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"in any case, our salvation depends, not on anything we might do, but on jehovah's undeserved kindness [grace] through christ jesus, our lord.".
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I knew a sister who left the Society in the 1950s, she is now a Bible Student, she use to subscribe to the Watchtower, read all the articles, write her comments on the margin, refuting what they stated, with scripture, then mail it back to the Society, need I say, her subscription was cancelled!
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Orwell.hystory rewritten??? WTS -1920
by MacHislopp inon pag.
126 of the book "millions..." published in 1920. there was this quote :.
the unique bible commentary-.
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I have a better one in regards to 'The Finished Mystery'.
Notice this statement found in the book; 'Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose.'
The insistence that Russell had been "that Servant" led many to regard Russell in what amounted actually to creature worship. They believed that all the truth God had seen fit to reveal to his people had been revealed to Russell, and now nothing more could be brought forth because "that servant" was dead." [1959, pg 69]
As recent as 1988, in the book 'Revelation - It's Grand Climax at Hand!' The Watchtower makes this claim:
"The John class, however, emerged from the tumultuous days of the first world war with a love for Jehovah and for the truth that impelled them to serve him with flaming zeal. They resisted those who tried to introduce sectarianism through practically idolizing the first president of the Watch Tower Society, Charles T. Russell, following his death in 1916." [p. 35, 36]
Who were "those" the "John class" tried to resist? And how did "those" try "to introduce sectarianism"? The answer lies in the book; 'God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached' published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1973. It had this to say concerning the issue of idolizing C.T. Russell:
"This view was prominently featured in the book published in July of 1917 by the People's Pulpit Association of Brooklyn, New York. This book was called "The Finished Mystery" and furnished a commentary of the Bible books of Revelation and Ezekiel and The Songs of Solomon. On its Publishers page the book was called the "Posthumous Works of Pastor Russell." Such a book and religious attitude tended to establish a religious sect centered around a man" [pg 347]
Who or what was the People's Pulpit Association? The answer again can be found in the pages of the book Qualified to Be Ministers published in 1967, by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. It had this to say about the Association:
"Such a corporation came into legal existence February 23, 1909, and was named People's Pulpit Association. Thirty years later, in 1939, the name was changed to its present one, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc." [pg. 309]
So, in essence, the Watchtower Society itself was to blame for promoting the idolizing of C.T. Russell, not a group of individuals. The Book 'The Finished Mystery' was published by the Watchtower Society, it was sanctioned by then president J.F. Rutherford, and was the cause of much schism within the IBSA, not because it was promoting Russell, but because it was filled with misquotes, half truths and perversion of thoughts.
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Studies in the Scriptures - Free Download
by apostate inread pastor charles taze russell's most celebrated works!.
studies in the scriptures - download your free copy today!.
these writings are in pdf format.
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Whose time, yours or Jehovah's?
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Studies in the Scriptures - Free Download
by apostate inread pastor charles taze russell's most celebrated works!.
studies in the scriptures - download your free copy today!.
these writings are in pdf format.
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Scorpion
You may not see the controversy because you support the false assumptions of Russell. Russell was wrong about the date's as well as his false expectations. Christ did not come in 1874 and the end did not take place in 1914. The date's mean nothing as well as the failed events.
tell you what 'Scorp' let's just end the conversation here, I don't see any problem with the chronology or what was/is to be expected. If you choose to reject it and any/all of Russell's commentaries that is fine with me, I however, have faith in it, having studied it out and compared scripture with scripture BELIEVE in it. Time will tell who was right and who was wrong. You have a nice life!_______________
Less Religion and more Jesus!Edited by - RR on 14 March 2001 21:56:19
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Studies in the Scriptures - Free Download
by apostate inread pastor charles taze russell's most celebrated works!.
studies in the scriptures - download your free copy today!.
these writings are in pdf format.
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Scorpion
The change in the measurements may not have altered the theology, but it did change the date 1914 to 1915.
No controversy here, Russell calculated his years the Jewish way, October to October, thus the year would be October 1914 through October 1915, remembering that there was no Zero year.
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Studies in the Scriptures - Free Download
by apostate inread pastor charles taze russell's most celebrated works!.
studies in the scriptures - download your free copy today!.
these writings are in pdf format.
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Scorpion
So much for Russell's promise of 1914. His meanings as well as the dates and measurements he set were in fact changed by Russell himself.
Actually, Russell NEVER measured the pyramid, he took it upon faith what Piazzi Smyth had recorded, later it was Smyth who Changed the measurements, when he went back on another visit. Russell then had no choice but to make the correction, the change did not it any way alter the theology.
There is no reason for changing the figures; they are God's dates, not ours; 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but the end! WT 7/15/1894
And I agree, Russell did not chnage the dates, the dates WERE accurate, the expectations were not!"We did not sat [say] positively that this would be the year." WT 11/1/1914
I think the key word is "positively," I could show you a dozen or so references to this effect.How can one like yourself still believe in the nonsense Russell taught?
Because I am a 'fool for Christ.' And the truth is to be nonsense to those who can't or won't see it!I wonder how one can be a Bible Student in the sense of promoting Russell's works, when there is a division amongst the BS faiths as far as what is accepted in the works of Russell.
Hmmm ... kind of like the hundreds of different Christian denominations who ALL claim to be teaching the Bible._______________
Less Religion and more Jesus!Edited by - RR on 13 March 2001 21:18:55