Bible Doctrines or Commands of Men

by MerryMagdalene 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • MerryMagdalene
    MerryMagdalene

    I was thinking of creating a research resource list based on this bit from the "Religion" section of the WTS book Reasoning From the Scriptures:

    Are all religions acceptable to God? Mark 7:6,7: "He [Jesus] said to them [the Jewish Pharisees and scribes]: 'Isaiah aptly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach as doctrines commands of men." ' " (Regardless of whom a group profess to worship, if they hold to doctrines of men instead of the inspired Word of God, their worship is in vain.)--p.323

    I find the following list of JW doctrines important to explore as to whether or not they are Bible doctrines or commands of men because disagreeing with any one of them is a DFing offense and will cost a JW their family, their friends, and often their self-esteem and belief in a loving God. On the surface they can appear to the uninformed to be exactly what the WTS claims, but when you dig deeper that illusion is stripped away. Links to actual research and reasoning on these is provided as there is way too much information to include in a simple list like this. Care to contribute?

    *Refusal of Blood Transfusions and Medical Use of Blood (except for certain "fractions")http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/103257/1.ashx
    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/103578/1.ashx
    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/103620/1.ashx

    *Accepting 1914 as the End of the Gentile Timeshttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/95644/1.ashx
    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/55372/1.ashx
    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/10674/1.ashx

    *Absolute obedience to the Governing Body of the WTS who represent the 144,000-member Faithful & Discrete Slave "class" used by Jesus to feed his modern day sheep, whether they be right or wronghttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/94276/1.ashx
    http://www.freeminds.org/fishin/ideas.htm
    http://www.silentlambs.org/gbcontrol.htm
    http://www.equip.org/free/DJ555.htm

    *Belief in the Invisible Return and Presence of Christ in 1914http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/98235/1.ashx

    *Insistance that Jesus Died On a Stake Rather than a Crosshttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/92381/1.ashx

    *and numerous other rules and regulations which can be found in their elders' "secret" handbook:
    http://dbhome.dk/carlo/

    ~Merry

  • prophecor
    prophecor

    Excellent idea, Meeg. You have a good start going here. So many of you here are so knowledgeable regarding the scriptures that it would be nice to have access to an instant information service, of sorts. So much of the good stuff gets buried into the abyss, that it would be nice to have a way of getting to it quicker.

  • drew sagan
    drew sagan

    "*Absolute obedience to the Governing Body of the WTS who represent the 144,000-member Faithful & Discrete Slave "class" used by Jesus to feed his modern day sheep, whether they be right or wrong"

    This is where I just coulnd't take it anymore. This is clearly a man made teaching, and not something that has originated with God. It's sad that just as many of us have in the past, people continue to gloss over what they really believe because of emotional attachment to their system of worship.

  • AuldSoul
    AuldSoul

    I will be adding to this at a later date, the thread is added to my favorites. Great idea!

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