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AWAKEN ISSUE #7
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FACTS YOU WON'T BE TOLD WHEN JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CALL AT YOUR DOOR
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They believe & teach
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THAT all religions except theirs are of Satan, and your Pastor or
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Priest is under the Devil's control.
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THAT the Watch Tower Society is the only source of truth on earth
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today, and all churches teach error and will be destroyed at
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Armageddon.
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THAT the cross is a pagan symbol of sex worship, and that all
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buildings or persons displaying the cross are likewise pagan.
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Jehovah's Witnesses deny that Jesus died on the cross. However,
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recent "new light" in the WatchTower Magazine now admits they
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are not certain about the cross, but will continue to deny it
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anyway.
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THAT no one goes to heaven but 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, and
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your soul will be destroyed if you refuse their organization.
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THAT the Christ child was only an "IT", not a "HE". See the New
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World Translation, Luke 2:16,17.
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THAT Jesus was not the Christ (or Messiah) until age 30, even
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though their own bible says in Luke 2:11, "because there was born
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to you today a savior, who is Christ the Lord."
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THAT after Jesus was buried in the tomb, Jerhovah dissolved his body
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into gases and it disappeared forever.
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THAT Jesus rose invisibly in three days, so Jehovah had to
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"materialize" a fake body for him complete with fake nailprints
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so His disciples would believe it was really Jesus risen.
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THAT Armageddon and Christ's second coming were foretold to happen
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in 1874, 1914, 1925 and 1975 by this "non-prophet" organization.
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THAT when Christ failed to show up in 1914 The Society claimed in
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later years that He had come invisibly--of course, and all
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe this today.
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THAT Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob etc. were to be back on earth
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as perfect humans in 1925. The Society built a palacial home for
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them BUT when the patriarchs failed to show up, the President
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of the Society moved in.
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THAT their light gets "brighter and brighter", allowing for many
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changes and "about faces" on their doctrines. Yesterday's error is
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today's "truth". Often the "light" bounces back and forth from
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old to new views and back again! Does real light return to darkness?
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THAT the Watch Tower Society and its followers are all prophets of
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God today and the Governing Body is directed by angels from God.
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THAT salvation for Society members consists of doing good works of
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selling Watch Tower books and magazines and winning converts.
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THAT soon Jehovah God will become a GRANDFATHER and Jesus will be
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promoted to "EVERLASTING FATHER"!
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THAT Jehovah God is not omnipresent, but still Almighty. Think!
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How can this be?
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They have NOT been told --
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By the leadership of the Society ....
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THAT when they translated their New World Translation of the Bible
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they deliberately altered almost every scripture on the deity of
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Christ, to make him only a creature.
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THAT the Society used a translation by a SPIRIT MEDIUM, Johannes
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Greber, to support their rendering of John 1:1 with full knowledge
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that his sources were DEMONIC.
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Greber was exposed in the Feb. 15/56 Watch Tower. However in 1961
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they released a translation based on his occult one, then denied
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they knew what they were doing on page 31 of the Apr. 1, 1983
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Watchtower!
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THAT none of their "translating committee" knew Biblical Greek
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or Hebrew. No scholars at all.
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That Fred Franz, who for many years headed the Society, perjured
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himself under oath in Scotland in a court trial, by saying he
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could read Hebrew, and then failing a simple Hebrew test.
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THAT the following encyclopedias consider the name "JEHOVAH"
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to be FALSE: Merits Student Enc.; Encyclopedia Americana;
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The Jewish Enc.; Encyclopedia International, The Interpreters
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Dictionary of the Bible; The New Catholic Enc.; The Universal
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Jewish enc., [Encyclopaedia Britannica] etc.
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J.W.'s own "Aid" book admits on pages 884 & 885 that "Jehovah"
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originated with a Catholic monk about 700 years ago!
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THAT the date 1874 was taught for Christ's invisible presence
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by the Society right up till 1929. (See their book, "Prophecy",
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page 65).
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THAT top executives of the Society have admitted under oath that
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they forced their members to accept false prophecies or face
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disfellowshipping and be found worthy of death.
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In Summary
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We find the Watch Tower Society practising their belief that it is
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proper to deceive people. But they say this really isn't lying.
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Why? Because the Society has a different Definition of lying than
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most of us. In their book "AID TO BIBLE UNDERSTANDING" under the
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word "LIE" we read:
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"Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who
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is ENTITLED to know the truth....". "While malicious lying is
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definitely condemned in the Bible, this does not mean that a
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person is under obligation to divulge truthful information
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to people who are not entitled to it".
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OF course it is the Watch Tower leaders who decide WHO deserves
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to know the truth.
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DO YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH ?
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SOME J.W.'S TROUBLED
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BY NEW 'CONTRIBUTION' RULES
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How well I remember from my years as a Jehovah's Witness how we
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were taught to shake our heads in disbelief at the churches always
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asking for money. We were so proud that we distributed our magazines
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as such a low price, only asking for a "contribution to cover the
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cost of printing". Little did we know that this "cost of printing"
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was making a fortune for the Watch Tower Society!
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Now the Jehovah's Witnesses are asked to do what they critized the
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churches for doing! They are asking for money at every door. The
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greedy Watch Tower Society not only expects the publisher [name for
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regular J.W.] to give a "contribution" to cover the costs of the
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literature "up front" before removing the magazines from the Kingdom
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Hall, but now they are expected to beg for money from the householders
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and turn that into the Society as well!
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This is troubling some Jehovah's Witnesses. We have had reports of some
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never asking for money at the doors at all, just handing over the
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magazines. They cannot bring themselves to solicit funds for the
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Society when they have already paid themselves for the magazines.
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They feel cheapened doing so. It is against everything they have
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been taught.
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In the "Our Kingdom Ministry" Vol. 34, no.9 (a J.W. publication)
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under date of September 1991, this question appears in the
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"Question Box" section:
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"If a householder gives a comparatively generous donation, should
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we be moved to him additional literature?"
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Note this reply from the Watch Tower Society.
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"Not necessarily. You can use your judgment in this regard, taking
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into consideration the interest manifested in reading the literature.
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On subsequent visits, literature that meets a particular need of the
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householder might be left. If the householder takes the initiative
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to offer a further donation, such can be graciously accepted. Keep
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in mind that donations support various facets of our worldwide work,
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which includes our building program, missionaries, and the special
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pioneer work, in addition to our publishing of literature."
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In other words, quit asking questions and get the money! It is
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obvious that J.W.'s are troubled by this latest "light" designed
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to fill the Watch Tower's coffers to overflowing so they can build
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their empire. We can only hope J.W.'s will realize that they have been
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promoted from unpaid salesmen to unpaid fundraisers and exit this
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"non-prophet" organization!
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UPS AND DOWNS OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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Doug Harris of Reachout Trust (Alpha Place, Garth Road, Morden,
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Surrey SM4 4LX, ENGLAND) reports that in the Watchtower of January
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01, 1991 the figures for Britain showed the following:
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The percentage of increase of Jehovah's Witnesses was down by 2%
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over the previous year's increase, as were the number of baptisms
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down also. Bible studies conducted were down also.
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The UP figues also spelled bad news for the J.W.'s. It is taking
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the J.W.'s more and more time to get one convert to baptism. The
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1990 figures showed it took 3,875 hours of work to get ONE person
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baptized!
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WORLDWIDE DATA
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The following is an analysis of the 1990 membership data of the
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Watchtower:
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More than 1 in 4 J.W.'s left the Society due to voluntary
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disassociation, disfellowshipping, or dying.
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Worldwide it took 2,969 hours to get ONE recruit. This translates
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to 316 months of going door-to-door and average of 9.4 hours per month
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for one recruit. (This is 26.3 years for ONE recruit folks!) In this
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time the average J.W. places 1896 magazines. 99.7% of a J.W.'s time
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is spent selling magazines for the Society!
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NOTE FROM VINCE BANIAL: The Watch Tower claims that it's literature is
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free here in Canada and in the US, although a request is made for
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a donation. In other countries around the world that is not the case
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and their literature is still sold. Look for a future issue of AWAKEN
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to detail some of the reasons behind the change to so called free
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literature for a donation basis here in North America (excluding Mexico
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where literature is also still sold).
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The articles this month are being presented for EDUCATIONAL purposes.
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They were written by Lori MacGregor, a former British Jehovah's Witness.
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Lori publishes a wonderful quarterly newletter, called NEWS & VIEWS. Like
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many who have stopped following the Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society
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Of Pennsylvania, she now tries to inform the public about the Watch
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Tower Society. Lori has much more information about the Watch Tower. If
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you or someone you know is involved with or getting involved with the
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Jehovah's Witnesses then please take a moment to write to Lori for help.
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In Canada please write to : Lori MacGregor
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BOX 73,
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Balfour, B.C.
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V0G 1C0
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In the US please write to : Lori MacGregor
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BOX 591,
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Point Roberts, Wa. 98281
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All correspondance will be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
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P.S. If you should call, please mention that you heard about her
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from Vince Banial. I get nothing from you mentioning my name.
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I would just like her to know that I believe in her effort and
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continue in my support of her helpful activity.
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------------------ end of this issue of awaken -------------------
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Please share the info found in these issues of AWAKEN with other
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members of the faith to which you belong. Consider using this
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info within publications issued to members of your faith. One
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example is to use this info within Church bulletins. People need
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to become informed about the Watchtower and it's teachings. Why ?
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Jehovah's Witnesses go door to door preaching whatever the
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Watchtower has told them to preach. They are trained weekly to
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respond to any and all objections to their preaching. They are
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told by the Watchtower that the Watchtower is the only TRUTH
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and that the Watchtower is the only TRUE religion. They are
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told by the Watchtower that all other faiths, teach
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false teachings because all other faiths are agents of SATAN.
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They have no qualms attacking any and all aspects your belief
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system, when they come on their un-asked for visits. They are
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trained to SELL you on the Watchtower's teachings, just as they
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themselves had been SOLD.
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By becoming informed about the Jehovah's Witnesses, one will be
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better prepared to decide whether one should get invloved with
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this group.
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Copyright (c) 1991 by Vince Banial, Toronto Ontario Canada.
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This material cannot be incorporated into any book without the
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empress and written permission of Vince Banial. This file may be
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freely uploaded to any BBS, as long as it remains unchanged.
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