Catch phrases used by the GB

by stuckinarut2 31 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot
    Even if the organization is wrong how dare you correct it! You're running ahead of Jehovah.
  • Question_Mans_interpretation
    Question_Mans_interpretation

    "Bad association spoil useful habbits"

    "We are a happy people"

    "Our service is joyful"

    "God's people are humble"

    (eyeroll)

  • Closer to Fine
    Closer to Fine

    "You're either in the truth or you're in the world"

    "You're either for jehovah or you're for satan"

    I was never baptized so I always assumed there was something wrong with me but I never felt comfortable calling anyone "brother or sister" or using the phrase "in the truth"

  • Closer to Fine
    Closer to Fine
    "the society" always sounded rather cultish to me. I never used that phrase either.
  • zeb
    zeb

    "we conclude that"

    "therefore it must be seen"

  • konceptual99
    konceptual99
    I think the most important one now is "the privilege of using our valuable things"....
  • TTWSYF
    TTWSYF

    The evidence is overwhelming....

    Therefore, we can confidently know...

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    'you can't stand still in the truth, brothers'

    This stops people from getting off the treadmill, stepping back and asking questions.

    It's also used to guilt people into doing more - reaching out, aux. pioneering, etc.

  • DarioKehl
    DarioKehl

    "Evidently..."

    "Do we not...?"

    "yearn"

    "glean"

    "wholesome"

    "!"

  • StrongHaiku
    StrongHaiku

    The word "Evidently..." followed by a statement that had no evidence to support it.

    “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means" The Princess Bride

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