Organization Unnecessary?

by Sunspot 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Sunspot

  Zion's Watch Tower, 1895, p. 216 says;

  "Beware of 'organization.' It is wholly un-necessary. The Bible will be the only rules you need. Do not seek to bind other consciences, and do not permit others to bind yours. Believe and obey so far as you can understand God's word today, and so continue to growing in grace and knowledge day by day."

  The WTS has pointed out that one need NOT belong to any "organization" to find salvation.

  Until..........they changed their minds.....

  *** You Can live Forever (1982, 1990) p.255 ***
  "Do not conclude that there are different roads, or ways,
  that you can follow to gain life in God's new system. There
  is only one. There was just one ark that survived the Flood,
  not a number of boats. And there will be only one
  organization--God's visible organization -- that will
  survive the fast-approaching "great tribulation." It is
  simply not true that all religions lead to the same goal . .
  . . You must be part of Jehovah's organization, doing God's
  will, in order to receive his blessing of everlasting
  life... "

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  NOW we read that Jehovah has an "earthly organization" which "he" seemed to have condemned in 1895!

  To top it all off---"he says" that one MUST be a part of this "organization" in order to be approved by him for everlasting life!

  Can anyone PROVE that he even HAS an organization such as this? Or do you feel that this is "unnecessary" as we first read?

  Thoughts?
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  Corvin

  Well, the explanation of the flip-flop is quite obvious. New light.

  Corvin
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  TD

  The current JW concept of "Jehovah's earthly organization" is just another example of their Orwellian word games.

  There's absolutely nothing wrong with people working together in an organized fashion. When a large group share a common goal this is arguably a necessity

  However the state of being organized is not quite the same thing as a social, legal, or political organization. We dealing with different definitions of the same word here. The JW's typically justify the latter on the basis of the necessity of the former.

  In other words, while God might want or even need humans to be organized, it doesn't follow from this that God wants or needs human institutions and their attendant administrative bodies.
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  codeblue

  Sunspot: I recall reading that quote when I read COC.

  Since the WTBS was formed, they have indeed added their "own rules" making the word of God invalid by their "traditions".....why can't they see that??????

  Codeblue
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  Morgan

  Hi Sunspot,

  Well, if you're asking for thoughts....

  IMPO man-made organizations are just that....man-made. In the letters of Paul, we can read there was a framework for worship put into place for the new Christan faith. Was this the way Christans would worship down through the centuries? Or, was it to show how to gather in an orderly way? Or, was Paul stating what he thought the new faith should worship like? I don't know, just more questions. LOL

  But, seeing that the early church was to be infiltrated with false prophets also....I question if there was to be one true physical (corporeal) organization that God approves of. IMPO....the identifying factor is love. What type of person we are, amongst the world we live in. Love should be the motivating factor for our worship. Spiritual not physical. That to me is what the truth is. It's personal, not organizational. Just my opinion here.

  Morgan