I wish my relatives would read this!

[kejedo]

http://catholicsay.com/the-francisco-pope-praises-gods-witnesses-worldwide/ 

......because every year ten thousand Catholics become Jehovah’s Witnesses....

[Tortuga]

That's an interesting article. I think this thread gives more information about it.

 

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/19487-jehovah-witnesses-praised-by-pope/?p=275861

[kejedo]

That's an interesting article. I think this thread gives more information about it.

 

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/19487-jehovah-witnesses-praised-by-pope/?p=275861

Yes, I missed the other coverage. The threads should probably be merged. I still wish my relatives wold read either/or.

[Tortuga]

Yes, I missed the other coverage. The threads should probably be merged. I still wish my relatives wold read either/or.

There were two threads going at the same time and it looks like it is information from the March 22 1987 Awake

Edited October 7, 2015 by Tortuga

[kejedo]

There were two threads going at the same time and it looks like it is information from the March 22 1987 Awake

Or Network news. 6/24/15

Edited October 7, 2015 by kejedo

[boodles]

Is that for real? There's a lot of mistakes in that article. Some of it doesn't make sense.

[crazylee]

They are just crying in their beer.

The article is poorly written, and I didn't see the original source.

It is just an ad page designed to get someone to click on an ad banner.

 

"Is that for real? There's a lot of mistakes in that article. Some of it doesn't make sense."  boodles

 

You are right Catholics don't make any sense, not at as a biblical source.

[shali]

It could be a page that was translated badly too.  The gist is still there and Jehovah is shown in a favorable light - our god is one of love that does not terrorize people!

[Sheep]

It's real though, despite what you saw. As Richard mentions above, it was in the March 22, 1987, Awake, pages 5 & 6.

[Apollo One]

Interesting, but I scrolled to the bottom an started to see other negative JW articles. Take caution

[Sheep]

Interesting, but I scrolled to the bottom an started to see other negative JW articles. Take caution

 

I know what you mean. I noticed the same thing when I first set out to establish the accuracy of this story. That was before I found the Awake article with the story. It looks to me like this Awake article has been copied, pasted, translated, forwarded, retranslated, and posted several times in several different languages and places since it first appeared in 1987. And then, translated back into English! What do you expect if it's got mistakes in it?

 

The original article was good, reliable, and accurate when it was first published. However, the copies could have wound up on many different apostate sites too. No wonder you see references to negative/apostate sites. It doesn't change the accuracy of the original article though.

[kejedo]

There were two threads going at the same time and it looks like it is information from the March 22 1987 Awake

The  Catholic Say news article has a 2015 date. My relatives are more likely to notice this than to read a 1987 Awake. If I am somehow double threading, I didn't realize it, and apologize.

Edited October 7, 2015 by kejedo

[boodles]

It's real though, despite what you saw. As Richard mentions above, it was in the March 22, 1987, Awake, pages 5 & 6.

Thanks for showing (again, now that I've seen the other threads) that it's from the Awake. So the article in the Catholic Say besides being badly translated is also plagiarized.

[palmhat]

Not so fast, now. I think this is a real concern for the Catholic Church.

Can you imagine how many more Catholics have left that church in 31 years to serve Jehovah? Might they feel the loss of thousands of parishioners every year .

Same article about an old problem that continues to grow. I love it!

[palmhat]

Yes, I missed the other coverage. The threads should probably be merged. I still wish my relatives wold read either/or.

Never know, another reprint means another chance for them to read it from a source not JW. With this hitting social media again there can be more talk about it....

As long as there's life, there is hope.

[walkr2]

How about using the actual 1987 Awake bound volume? Surely that doesn't have any false information!

Edited October 14, 2015 by walkr2