I think the JWs are jealous of the Mormons success and copy them. The Mormons had family home evening, then the GB copied it and instituted family worship evening. Even the name is almost identical.
Who is copying who? Jws or Mormons?
by stuckinarut2 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Separation of Powers
Mormons are one of the most commercial religions out there. They have rebranded themselves since the death of Gordon B. Hinckley who was quite successful at making them a major player in the global religious stage. Monson, their current prophet and his Quorum of the Twelve are quite astute at the need for commercialization and keeping up with technologies. Long before the JW's decided they should "televise" their Annual Meeting, the Mormons have been hooked up with their Salt Lake City Utah headquarters via satellite for decades......way behind the times JW's! Every thing that the JW's do from now on will be a copycat of the success of the LDS!
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Vidiot
BU2B - "I think the JWs are jealous of the Mormons success and copy them."
Wouldn't be the first time.
A lot of past anecdotal evidence suggested jealousy towards the RCC, and the similarities the WTS has with them at this point are pretty damn obvious.
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It's like the WTS is morphing into a weird three-way hybrid of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism...
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stuckinarut2
I wonder how average witnesses would react if shown the mormon website content? eg the section for youth
If the bits about the actual religion were somehow blanked out, I bet most witnesses would sit there nodding their heads and say things like "oh yes, jw.org is amazing!"
Then reveal to them that the content was from the LDS site and watch their head explode....
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sir82
weird three-way hybrid of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism
4th head would be some weird twisted interpretation of Orthodox Judaism....obedience more important than faith, well over 50% of their Biblical references from the OT, all of their "paradise earth" doctrine....
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stuckinarut2
There is even a video on their site called "dare to stand alone"
It shows how to be different in the world and apart from the mormons going to war, it could be a video made by witnesses!
Or one video on resisting pornography. They even do an ancient dress up drama of king david!....It could be a witness convention drama!
Same same indeed.....
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NewYork44M
The jw.org is a web site. Nothing more nothing less. It has some pretty pictures. The content is so dumbed down that a viewer is not expected to learn anything. If this is god's spirit I am not impressed.
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Zordino
They should just merge and become the LDJWS. Lol
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St George of England
They should just merge and become the LDJWS. Lol
Would we get extra wives? Oh no, someone already mentioned they have dropped that idea!
George