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Update to Linguistics Publications Software Build
by objectivetruth ina few weeks ago, i mentioned a new tool that i started building which will track wording changes and find trends highlighting propoganda techniques in the wt publications... this is an update.. 1. a fellow jwn member has joined the project, (more like he recruited me to join his already existing project).. 2. we have made some great progress.
the most exciting news is that we now have a complete text catalog of all watchtower publications from the 1870's to 2014.. 3. we are building an online tool which will be "invite only" (the site will be free, but certain areas will only be accessible to approved individuals) .
this tool will be similar to wol.jw.org , with 1 main difference.. there will be no "newspeak" tactics employed on this site.
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World Population Since Creation?
by objectivetruth inmatthew 20:28 - "just as the son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his life as a ransom in exchange of many".
the word "many" here means :.
4183 polys many (high in number); multitudinous, plenteous, "much"; "great" in amount (extent).. 4183 /polys ("much in number") emphasizes the quantity involved.
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What a Quaint Timeline they've made - Fulfilling almost every prophet y in the bible in a 20 Year Span.
by objectivetruth ini just saw this and was amazed by it :.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200271564.
1914, 1,260 days begin (re 11:3): re 164; w94 8/1 31; w93 11/1 9-10. appointed times of the nations end (lu 21:24): w06 7/15 6-7; bh 215-218; w04 2/1 19-20; jv 134-142, 635-636. forty-two months begin (re 11:2; 13:5): re 162-164, 192. fulfillment of transfiguration vision begins (mt 17; mr 9; lu 9): w97 5/15 11. heavenly woman bears son (re 12:1-5): re 177-180. jehovah comes as a strong one (isa 40:10): ip-1 406. kingdom established: w12 8/1 16-17; w06 7/15 6-7; bh 84-85; jv 138-139; lmn 23-24. king of the north comes against the south (da 11:29): dp 261-262, 264; w93 11/1 14. kings take stand against jehovah and his anointed (ps 2:1, 2): w90 7/1 27-28. last days begin: rs 239-240. lords day begins (re 1:10): re 22, 24; w03 5/15 10. mountain of olive trees split (zec 14:4): w13 2/15 19. once held to be year when great tribulation began: w13 7/15 3-4. root of jesse will stand up (isa 11:10): ip-1 165-166. sacred secret brought to a finish (re 10:7): re 171-172; w90 1/15 20. seven times end (da 4): w06 7/15 6-7; re 22, 24; bh 216-218; dp 96-97, 301; kl 97; pe 138-141; rs 95-97; it-1 134-135; w86 11/1 4-7. shiloh receives right to obedience of the peoples (ge 49:10): w02 10/1 19. the time appointed (da 11:29): dp 261; w93 11/1 13-14. time, times, and half a time begin (da 7:25; 12:7): dp 142-143, 294-296; w94 8/1 31; w93 11/1 9-10. times of restoration begin (ac 3:21): bt 31; cl 77-78; w87 3/1 28. true lord and messenger of the covenant come to spiritual temple (mal 3:1): w13 7/15 11-12.
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The Mahabharata (Ancient Hindu Scripture) and The Book of Enoch
by objectivetruth init's really fascinating to discover the similarities in ancient texts, in another thread howthebiblewascreated pointed out similarities in the epic of gilgamesh and genesis 8... as a naive jw, i feared, and viewed hinduism as a polytheistic religion that essentially worshipped demons.. to my relative surprise, hinduism actually started off as a form monotheism, viewing brahman as the creater and god of the universe.
as judaism transitioned from a strict monotheistic religion to what is now called christianity, simply claiming that god manifests himself as multiple gods, hinduism now does the same.
in any case i'm very naive as to the beliefs of hinduism, so i won't discuss that any more.. comparing two ancient texts : the book of enoch & mahabharata a crazy narrative is found... 87.2 and i raised my eyes again to heaven, and saw in the vision, and behold, there came from heaven beings that were like white men.
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November 2014 WT - Points out the fact that Knorr supported false teachings.
by objectivetruth in- it's amazing to track the confusion and stupidity contained in wt articles.
- in only one watchtower you can find multiple contradictory statements, and representations of truth that are simply lies made up on the fly.
- as an example the nov,15 2014 wt has the following quotes : -.
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Watchtower 1883 - Condemnation of Sects,Creeds and Titles for Christians (Poem)
by objectivetruth inarticle from 1883 watchtower entitled : "a word to christians".
"that they may all be one.john xvii.
21.. in vain ye say, let sects and systems fall,.
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Corpus Linguistics - Text Analysis of All Watchtower Publications since 1800's
by objectivetruth ini've been working on a side project for a while.
the goal of the project is to create a comprehensive database of all publications throughout history.
with this database i will be able to instantly find trends in text,sentiment of writing, methods used, and scriptures emphasized.. essentially i will be able to put a word like "apostate" into my tool, and instantly receive a report showing every time the word (or similar words) has been used in all publications since 1870.. i will also be able to create reports showing word density used in publications over time.. so i'll be able to see that the word "governing body" has increased in usage 25% year over year since 1975.. or i will be able to analyze the november 2014 wt and run an algorithm that helps to determine, what the tone and motive of the writing is.. the thing that i am most excited about is the ability to instantly find every occurence of a scripture in every publication.. this will be a great tool to find flip flops in doctrine as well as inaccuracies in biblical interpretation.. i will for sure publish all interesting findings here.. .
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Surreal experience last night.
by objectivetruth inrecently a jw friend that my wife & i knew 3 years ago added me on facebook, after i accepted the request she invited me to a dinner that her and her husband are holding next month.. i imagined that she was unaware of our apostasy, so i declined the invitation on the basis of not wanting to ruin her dinner after the rest of her guests fled at our presence.. i'm never sure how old friends will react when i tell them that i'm no longer a jw.. usually their response is "..... permanent-silence......".
her response went something like this, " we are all out!
everyone that is coming is out we all look forward to seeing you guys so much" it turns out that there will be 6 people at the dinner all friends of ours from a congregation that we attended a few years back.. they have all left the organization recently.. pretty crazy experience..
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Dissoi logoi - Jehovah's Witnesses do have the Truth! My Story Part 3
by objectivetruth ini stopped attending meetings over one year ago, and i have thoroughly made it clear to all friends & family that i am opposed to the teachings of jehovah's witnesses, and i cannot support a religion that teaches lies.. i have systematically examined each teaching & practice of the jehovah's witnesses.
concluding that many are not scriptural or logical.. after a year i have very unexpectedly arrived at another conclusion.
the jehovah's witnesses do have the truth.