Should You Be Stumbled by Watchtower Errors? You Decide!

by Ethos 110 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Bangalore

  Well put,Outlaw.

  Bangalore
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  Ucantnome

  I don't think God requires you to preach errors to gain salvation.

  The teaching of the generation that would not pass away was part of the preaching work. I don't think that it could be separated from the preaching work that I was engaged in as a pioneer in the 70's. The teaching then about the time limit of a generation has changed.

  Therefore I don't think God required me to preach this message in the 1970's.

  At the moment I have not come to appreciate some of the new teachings and so I will not preach them. Therefore I am not considered a Witness.

  I'm not stumbled. I just don't want to stumble others with teaching errors.
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  soft+gentle

  ethos

  Could anything be more pleasing to God than accurate knowledge about himself, his Son, his purposes, and the sanctification of his holy name?

  but then does Jehovah only give them(it seems to me) a time, and times and half a time to be accurate and then after that manoevers events to make those very statements become inaccurate to be inscribed on the internet forever?
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  Jeffro

  Ah... "stumbled"... The JW jargon in the leading question in the title is a dead giveaway for the trite apologia that follows.

  And the answer is, No, no one should be 'stumbled' by the many errors of the WTS. Just know from the outset that it's just another nutty religion that should not be trusted or relied upon.
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  Jeffro

  Consider All The Things JW's Have Right:
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  Without a doubt, Jehovah's Witnesses, by means of their publications, preaching, and bible translation work have made God's name known far more than any other Christian group.
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  Trinity, hellfire, purgatory, immortality of the soul, reincarnation, and the unscriptural traditions of saint reverance, Mary worship, and Pope authority

  Actually, what they have 'right' is... NOT MUCH AT ALL.

  The name Jehovah is, at best, linguistically doubtful.

  Of the doctrines listed, none are uniquely disputed only by JWs. Several of the doctrines are limited to the Catholic Church, and the view JWs have of most of those things is common among JWs and other Adventist groups. They aren't even alone in their nontrinitarianism.

  The organisational structure (polity) of JWs is essentially Protestant, which is hardly surprising given their developmental history.

  As far as other beliefs of JWs are concerned, they are so subject to change that any attempt to call them 'truth' is essentially meaningless.

  There is almost nothing that is actually unique about JWs, and there is certainly nothing 'special' about them.
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  Phizzy

  Dear Ethos, I wished you well on your "ride" here, I said I hope you enjoy it, and I mean that. It will be a bumpy ride though.

  If, as the GB claim, they were chosen as God's channel, His organization, the FDS, sometime in the early 20th Century, Jesus , knowing the Truth, must have chosen them on the basis of at least one true doctrine that was unique to them.

  He could not have chosen them for what they did not teach, those things are all not taught by other religions more worthy and better placed to be chosen by Jesus at that time, teaching at that time much what "Noo Lite" has brought JW's to teach of late.

  So, my question is, what doctrine , unique to Rutherford's Bible Students, were they teaching then that Jesus was able to base his decision on ?
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  Heaven

  The name Jehovah is, at best, linguistically doubtful.

  In Hebrew, it's impossible.

  This quote from the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" sums it up for me:

  Hospitaler: "I put no stock in religion. By the word "religion"... I've seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. I've seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness... is in right action... and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves. And goodness. What God desires is here (points to head) and here (points to heart). By what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man. Or not. Come."

  I highly doubt these people, a remote tribe recently discovered in the Amazon rainforest, have ever heard of David, Jesus, or Mohamed. What language do you think the Torah, Bible, and/or Qu'ran would need to be written in for these people to get the 'Good News of God' to be 'saved'? Funny thing is, I don't think they are ashamed of their nakedness. Kinda refutes the Bible's assertion that we are sinful. I think the ashamedness is taught and not inherent in our DNA.:

  
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  Jeffro

  The name Jehovah is, at best, linguistically doubtful.
  In Hebrew, it's impossible.

  Well, yeah. I was trying to be subtle.
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  Heaven

  Well, yeah. I was trying to be subtle.

  * giggle * Sometimes I'm as subtle as a lead pipe up-side the head.
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  Splash

  The title reads "Should you be stumbled by Watchtower Errors?"

  Considering the adjustments to the blood doctrine perhaps this should be reworded to

  "Should you be killed by Watchtower Errors?"

  Sorry to say, it's too late for some to answer that.

  Splash