by prologos 71 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Non JW here. Not my first go around at the mid week meeting but my first seeing a video in the middle of a service.
I was confused by the video. I didn't get the religious component. After looking at a few people wipe their eyes, I realized there was some emotional manipulation going on. It was just a weird experience.
I'm the biggest crybaby watching movies but while others must have felt differently, I felt completely disconnected from the characters for some reason.
I find it amusing that in all these New World / paradise scenarios , they have the latest equipment , building materials , clothing , mod cons , sewerage ,technology ,etc.etc. ,Where do they think all this comes from ?
If not from mass produced , in factories somewhere along the line.
The earth has different temperate zones , no way could it be otherwise ,therefor every where on the earth could not be a paradise.
smiddy
When the nearness of the end of this system keeps slipping out of view, you gotta keep the troops on guard and optimistic somehow.
So elevate into view the "hope" of the resurrection because , while the end of this system may slip out of view, our individual end of life doesn't.
Not much of a celebration going on there but then JWs are so emotionally defective they have no idea how to celebrate or react to real joy. The biggest yearly "celebration" is pretty much a solemn funeral service, after all, that the majority don't get to "celebrate". Kinda like orphaned Oliver Twist being around peering in the window while a select few eat a feast which he gets none of; cruel.
Also, resurrected are neither male nor female, so you will not get a "daughter" or "son" back in that respect. Jesus said so.
Luke 20:33-36 NET
In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her." [34] So Jesus said to them, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. [35] But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. [36] In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.
yes Lieu you are right Matt 22,30, so the reality of their resurrection could be this instead of the first pic
Hmmmm, if resurrected people can no longer die, JW thought on the 1000 yr reign end are incorrect. If the majority of peeps are the resurrected (since JWs say only a small number would live through the big A), then they've already been judged worthy of never dying again.
Just a side thought.
