Topics Started by VM44
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Waters Above the Firmament, the source of rain?
by VM44 in.
my own unscholarly thought is that the "waters above the firmament" mentioned in genesis chapter 1 was an attempt to explain the source of rain (water) that falls from the sky (heaven or the firmament).. ok, now as o'reilly would say, "where am i wrong?"..
--vm44
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The Watchtower and Fire-Walking
by VM44 inhere are some comments from the watchtower concerning fire-walking.. note that the 1955 comment was somewhat reasonable, but in the 1970's and 80's they were back to saying that evil spirits were protecting the fire-walkers.. --vm44.
*** g35 11/20 p. 116 british empire *** (from leolaia's golden age goodies thread)fire-walking in britain.
unwilling to learn anything from the bible a flock of british scientists built a pit filled with seven tons of oak logs, one ton of firewood, one load of charcoal and ten gallons of kerosene, and after it had been burning for eight hours, and the surface heat was found to be 800 degrees fahrenheit, they saw kuda bux, a young hindu, walk the length of the pit, pausing fire seconds at each step, and emerge unscathed.
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Prediction of large drop in JW numbers in 2014
by VM44 ini am going to make the prediction, here and now in mid 2006, that there will be a significant drop in the number of jehovah's witnesses in the year 2014, the one hundredth anniversary of 1914.. the only way this drop in numbers might be avoided is if the watchtower society can think up some way to stir up the rank and file and get them motivated to do more, like they did with the 1975 fiasco.. .
i doubt very much that the watchtower magazine is going to proclaim loudly in the year 2014 anything about the "generation of 1914" not passing away.. --vm44
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Was Rutherford Mentally Ill?
by VM44 inin the golden age goodies thread leolaia has posted two letters that were printed in the magazine written by rutherford, one in 1928 and the other in 1938. in both letters rutherford states either that radio "was created by god" or "no man invented radio".. rutherford also goes into his conspiratorial ideas of how the roman catholic church was working with the nazis to overthrow the governments of england and of the usa to bring in a totalitarian fascist government to both countries.. these remarks sound like the ravings of someone who is not mentally all there.. so the question that naturally arises is this: was rutherford mentally ill?.
i believe that he was.. --vm44
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Jehovah's Witnesses in Science Fiction
by VM44 in.
webpage on jehovah's witnesses in science fiction.
http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_jw.html.
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Time Magazine (1927) - Rutherford a Circuit Judge for 14 years!!
by VM44 inhere is an article published in the august 1, 1927 issue of time magazine.
the footnote says concerning rutherford that "he was for 14 years a circuit judge in missouri".. where the the time reporter get that information from rutherford?
more accurately it should have said, "he filled in temporarily as a missouri circuit judge for a total of four days".. this is another example of rutherford bluffing and inflating his credentials to make himself look good to the public.. --vm44.
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Fraud In The Bible, or It Sucks That You Don't Know Hebrew, Greek or Aramai
by VM44 infraud in the bible.
it sucks that you don't know hebrew, greek or aramaic
hat is pious fraud?.
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Your Fun and Easy Guide to Wholesale Destruction
by VM44 inthis might lead to something that would annoy the neighbors.
--vm44 .
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Kingdom Servie Yearly Notice to Register with Selective Service
by VM44 inthe june, 2006 issue of "our kingdom service" is available for download at reexamine.org.. this issue contains the yearly reminder for young men to register with the selective service.. here is the exact announcement.. from: our kingdom ministry, june 2006, page 3. u.s. selective service regulations require that all men register at the post office within 30 days after reaching 18 years of age.
a male noncitizen under the age of 26 who takes up residency in the united states must also register with selective service within 30 days of becoming a resident.
all of those required to do so should comply with this law, viewing it as a christian's obligation to the superior authorities.