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Another 607 / 587 BCE question, How do JW's fix the 20 years ??
by run dont walk inok, since all the evidence and people/scholars etc, all agree that jerusalem was destroyed in 587/586 bce and not 607 bce.
how do the jw's get the extra 20 years, i understand the 2520 years and going back from 1914. but alot of the proof goes by adding up the kings reigns, and it gets you to the 587/586 date, do jw's simply add on a few years for each king, or is their a mystery king that ruled for 20 years that only they know about.. hhhhhhmmmmmmm.
hope my question makes sense.
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Getting Baptized, did you really want to, or did you feel extreme pressure?
by run dont walk ini was never baptized, but boy did i feel the pressure ....... what are you waiting for ???
don't you love jehovah ???
(i was in my late teens and brought up in the borg)
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Kobe charged ! so sad !, will JW's use him as an example for their young ?
by run dont walk inanytime something went wrong in the world with an individual, they would use them as example over and over and over again.. the most common one i heard was brother a got into big trouble with __________ (insert problem here, pick any one), see this is what happens when you leave the organization.. so how many jw's will be saying ............. "did you hear what happened to kobe, big successful athlete, see he didn't have god's organization and satan got him.".
i wonder how many jw parents especially in the la area will make their kids stop wearing number 8. he did and admit to committing adultrey.
sexual assault, i don't think so.
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What TV shows were you told not to watch as a JW ???
by run dont walk invictorian sky has a great thread on music.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/57646/1.ashx.
it got me thinking, about tv shows, anything in particular you were told not to watch, being a little kid in the 70's i do remember hearing shows from the platform that we should not watch.
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Why were Watchtower officials (Rutherford) imprisioned in 1917/1918/1919 ??
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i though it had to do with the book the finished mystery, .
why were they imprisioned ??
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The Governing Body said it ... are you ready !!!!!!!!!!!!
by run dont walk ini was at a funeral this weekend, the first time i'd been in a kingdom hall in 13 years, the talk was short about a half hour, and all jw stuff as expected, but the one part of the talk made me laugh, the speaker said :.
"we (a group of elders), had the oppourtunity to speak with a member of the governing body at the assembly, and he said : "we the governing body are confident that armageddon is close, and are ready for jehovah's day, are you ready ???"".
i couldn't believe my ears, they will never learn.
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Awake "the generation of 1914 will not pass away,the Creator's promise" ???
by run dont walk inwe all know this phrase very well from the masthead of every awake magazines from 1983 - 1995.. my question is ... exactly how long did this run, and why was it stopped in the 1980's as well of course in 1995. in coc it says it ran from 1988 - 1995, when i was home last summer had a chance to look at some old bound volumes, and i know it was in as early as 1983, i have heard that it was taken out in 1987 and put back in about a year later in 1988, is this true,.
can someone look through their bound volumes and figure out exactly how long this ran, and was it taken out for a little bit, and what replaced it, in 1987 and 1995.. also what did it say before this staement was ever printed back in the early 80's or late 70's,.
thanks, sorry i dont have a cd-rom or bound volumes to look it up myself
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Watchtower can be sued for NOT allowing blood transfusions ???
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i was watching the news today in alberta canada, saw a preview for the 6 o'clock news tonight mountain time channel 3, there will be a piece about a former jw, father (i believe it is lawrence) who's daughter died of leukima, and was not allowed to have blood because of her religion.
apparently the court has ruled that he can sue the watchtower for negligence, hopefully someone can tape this news piece and put in on the net, unfortunately i don't know how to do that.. go lawrence !!!!!!!!
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Any HIV experiences with witnesses ????
by run dont walk inwe had one brother who became a witness after he contracted hiv, he was very subdued and very willing to learn and very into the "truth", i guess that can really have an effect on you.
he was very nice, i did feel sorry for him.
it is a very sad way to die, and a terrible way to life out your last days.
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Has the Rutherford class all passed on, and JW's bury his beliefs ?
by run dont walk inmy family mentioned that there is no reason to read older publications when new ones are available,.
it got me thinking, as the 1914 generation is all but gone, what about the rutherford witnesses, how many are still around that were witnesses when rutherford was king, he died in 1942, that would make the youngest 64, as a baby, providing they were a witness, and at the time there was probaly only 300,000 - 500,000 witnesses max.. with no one around do jw's simply just disregard his beliefs ??
?, will the same happen with franz's beliefs in 30 or 40 years ?.