What is worse: 1914 or Beard change

by Gorb 22 Replies latest jw friends

• 

  Diogenesister

  Nico. Don't assume doctrine is important to any but a few remaining diehard elderly JW's, it isn't. Everything is up for grabs, there are no sacred cows and nothing matters but the money.

  Make it nice and easy (and dumb) and perhaps the congregations will last and keep contributing.

  I agree with you, Nic......except....if they changed 1914 it would give every Single Pimo, PimQ, and elder-doing-it-for-the-wife-but-too-scared-to-think the exact reason they need to get up and walk out without looking like satan himself and risk loosing his/their families.

  Thoughts?
• 

  DesirousOfChange

  except....if they changed 1914 it would give every Single Pimo, PimQ, and elder-doing-it-for-the-wife-but-too-scared-to-think the exact reason they need to get up and walk out

  If they have not walked out already, they never will.
  
  
• 

  DesirousOfChange

  So the 1914 doctrine is solid only in the minds of those who are also willing to mindlessly assume that Jesus was talking about an overlapping generation.

  I suspect that not even 5% of active JWs could give you the scriptural explanation for how they arrive at 1914 (seven times, etc etc). At the very best, the average JW would explain the 1914 doctrine based on "the signs" that occurred -- war, famine, pestilence, etc.

  And many couldn't explain it other than tell you to GO TO JW (dot) ORG.

  The current batch of JWs do NOT know any doctrine.