FASCINATING "ARGUMENT" on Raymond Franz

by Terry 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  Separation of Powers

  Thank you for posting this Terry....I particularly appreciated the following point that I excerpted from the content you placed.

  "If The WTBT has misled and lied about God and his son Christ then all the WTBT followers will be saved because they have been misled, and god knows the true intentions of the heart."

  This is typical JW rhetoric for those that disagree. If what is stated is indeed the case, then why make such a fuss over what Franz wrote or the position he took. Additionally, if the intention of the heart is all that matters? why does the JW ORG exist at all? For decades people have been taught that they need to associate with "God's sole channel" to "gain" everlasting life. Doesn't sound much like intention has anything to do with it..

  SOP
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  Terry

  Yes. Where does "stumbling" come in to play?

  The WTS is somehow exempt?

  To the True Believer, the GB has King's X on all matters.
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  Finkelstein

  ...... because power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  The WTS. can be retrospectively seen as an exercise in power cultivation by men who were in wanting desire of that power.
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  DesirousOfChange

  Yes. Where does "stumbling" come in to play? The WTS is somehow exempt?

  According to a recent WT article (about Nov '13 Study Edition), a "righteous man" cannot be stumbled.

  Thus, only someone who "wants" to be stumbled can be stumbled.

  Obviously(TM), what Jesus said about the millstone was all wrong. Which actually they claimed would only applied to "these little ones" meaning someone new to The Truth(TM).

  Gives the JW Honchos the freedom to do damn near anything they want without having any concern that it might "stumble" some righteous one.

  Doc