Word: christly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesus Christ, Super Bowl...
...policies of a major corporation? With the possible single exception of Ludwig (who is really part of the past era of corporate dictators anyway) and his Jarl complex in Brazil, no one has enacted any such a moral leap for the benefit of mankind. On the other hand, Jesus Christ and Mohammed didn't do so bad, but divinity is even harder to obtain than an acceptance letter from the Harvard B-School...
...Divinity School's 36 faculty members, 36 staff members, and over 100 of about 350 students, the advertisement will appear in two additional religious magazines and in the March 3 issue of the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, the Divinity School publication. Frank Dormar the United Church of Christ minister and Div School receptionist who started the ad, says 30 additional student signatures have arrived at his office since the advertisement appeared...
...occurred secretly in 1914, a date reached by complex historical and biblical rationales; the end of the world system must occur during the present generation (an interpretation of Luke 21: 32: "This generation will not pass away till all has taken place"). The dissidents have come to believe that Christ's kingdom and the "last days" were inaugurated at about A.D. 33, and that Christ's Second Coming is a future event...
...dissenters, in other words, have moved toward conventional Christianity, except for continuing to reject Christ's divinity. For his part, Franz has not become a bitter Watch Tower antagonist. "There is no life outside the organization" is all he will say about the pain of his shunning. But other ex-Witnesses have launched a barrage of protests, publications and lawsuits. These dissidents contend that roughly 1 million people have left the Watch Tower ranks over the past decade. The Witnesses report that they are still growing, thanks to nonstop recruiting. Still, that success may not go on for long...