I don't get it.

by LostintheFog1999 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  LostintheFog1999

  I am a historian and the period of English history from Henry VII to Elizabeth I is my specialist area.

  I was talking to an ex-JW about the time when Tyndale first translated the Bible into English with his intention that everyone from the ploughboy upwards would be able to read and understand the scriptures. It dawned on us both that this was a significant point in English history.

  Just having access to the Bible in hi their own language allowed the common man to understand what God wanted him to understand.

  It was and is, so simple.

  Why then oh why then do Jehovah's Witnesses think that they need a FDS to explain it to them? When in the 1600s just having a Bible written in English was enough for people to understand the Word of God?
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  enoughisenough

  The FDS are looking for an excuse to dominate, lord it over others. People drink the koolaid because they don't want to think for themselves. I just listened to a video yesterday that is pretty insiteful ( I think ) I will post a link if I can find it. It is about Free Masonry...but very interesting. https://www.bitchute.com/video/n4Ai2SXXkhrC/ I have come to believe the roots of JW are freemansonry and they are being controlled by secret puppet masters ( of course I could be wrong. I remember way back when we used the term: New World Order....I thought it was unique to JW, but actually it is Freemason. And the "elites" are "building back better" If you listen to the video, you will hear some parallels.
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  jhine

  As an outsider looking in l think that enough is right .

  They want people to understand the Bible according to the WT .

  Jan
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  BoogerMan

  @ Lost in the Fog - Oh ye of little faith!!! Have not read what is written? (in the litter-ature)

  w81 2/15 p. 19 Do We Need Help to Understand the Bible? - We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the “faithful and discreet slave” organization.

  w83 1/15 p. 27 par. 20 - Would we know the way of the truth if it had not been for guidance from the organization? Really, can we get along without the direction of God’s organization?” No, we cannot!

  w10 9/15 p. 8 par. 7 - Without the assistance of “the faithful and discreet slave,” we would neither understand the full import of what we read in God’s Word nor know how to apply it."

  Now, go and ask for forgiveness for doubting the self God-appointed slave!
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  TD

  Because there's more to religion than moral lessons and ancient history

  Nearly all religions (Not just the JW's) invoke a claim to authority that doesn't automatically follow from a plain reading of the Bible
  
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  Biahi

  That always bothered me, that they said you can’t get salvation without them. 🖕😡

  They replaced Jesus with 8 men in New York.
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  peacefulpete

  To be fair the Bible is filled with examples of cryptic ambiguity. Mark has Jesus deliberately misleading listeners so that they don't get the message. Add to that the countless ways the messages are contradictory, and you see why most readers crave someone to tell them what to believe.
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  truth_b_known

  It was a sales technique employed by Charles Taze Russell. Russell published his teachings and interpretations of the Bible. He marketed them as being better than reading the Bible because he was literally the only person on Earth who could explain it all as he was the Faithful and Discreet Slave.

  This marketing technique continued after Russell's death with Rutherford. All that changed was that the number of people expanded from one to eight. Now the Governing Body tells everyone only they can explain the scriptures and no one should do their own research.
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  LongHairGal

  LOST IN THE FOG1999:

  I am in total agreement with you. By the common man having his own bible, he can see for himself what God wants him to understand.

  Nobody else has any right to set themselves up as an intermediary (no less making divine claims)! 🙄
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  FedUpJW

  w10 9/15 p. 8 par. 7 - Without the assistance of “the faithful and discreet slave,” we would neither understand the full import of what we read in God’s Word nor know how to apply it."

  And of course it was a then unknown FDS that made sure those 8 guys in New York understood who the FDS was.

  WE are the FDS. How do you know? Because we understand the Bible. Why do you think you understand the correct biblical meaning? Because WE are the FDS.

  And just like a merry-go-round their circular reasoning keeps on spinning.