They Become another yoke placed upon their shoulders without out any help.
WT RESOLUTIONS what becomes of them??
by JT 39 Replies latest jw friends
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No Apologies
willyloman said:
The only logical conclusion why this isn't the case: They don't really believe it.
Bingo. Even they don't believe their own crap, so why should anyone else?
No Apologies
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greven
Its no wonder they are all passed without dissent. FEAR prevents dubs from voting otherwise.
Farkel (and others), I witnessed dissent only once in my 20 years in the borg. A relatively fresh guy, a MS no less, dared to vote against! What happened was this:
The resolution was about granting the visiting DO a very large sum for expenses.
Speaker: who votes for?
*several (but not all!) raise their hands*
Speaker: now who votes against?
*One brother raises hand somewhat reluctantly, after which you could hear loud mumbling, and faces all turning in one direction*
Speaker: OK, everybody is... oh wait! Brother New there right in the back is against! Boy...Uh...OK. Well Brother New, we would like to discuss your opinion after the meeting in the second room OK. Ummm...Since the majority votes for the resolution is adopted for now.
*loud mumbling again*
This Brother was named and pointed out in public and severely reprimanded later on for disagreeing with the resolution, it was pointed out that in his position he should be giving a 'good' example. The brother in question was a friend of my family at the time so we discussed what happened afterwards. He was very disappointed, he was asked his opinion and he gave it. He did not see how that was setting bad example. He left shortly afterwards.
Greven
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willyloman
Blondie: further proof a picture's worth a thousand words...
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GermanXJW
They are published in one of the following year's Watchtower magazine as a study article.
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Glenmore
Toilet paper comes to mind.
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Nathan Natas
Here is the first of these mighty pronouncements:
RESOLUTION
(Adopted by the International Bible Students Association in Convention at Cedar Point, Ohio, Sunday, September 10, 1922)THE International Bible Students in convention assembled deem it a duty and privilege to send this message to the nations of earth. As a body of Christians consecrated to obey and follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. we are opposed to engaging in war,
revolution, anarchy, or violence in any form; and we are opposed to fraud and deception being practised upon the people by the misrepresentation of the Word of God or otherwise. We earnestly desire peace, prosperity and the blessing of the people with life, liberty and happiness; and we hold that the only means by which this can be accomplished is by and through the reign of Christ.In the light of the Word of God, and particularly of fulfilled prophecy, we submit the following as a true statement of the facts relating to present conditions:
1. That the rulers of earth have frequently boasted that the World War was fought to make the world safe for democracy, which claim has proven to be a delusion and a snare;
2. That the international conferences at Paris, Washington, Genoa and The Hague, participated in by the financiers and statesmen and approved by the denominational clergy of the world, held for the purpose, as announced, of establishing peace on earth, have failed to bring forth the desired result;
3. That all of the nations of earth are now in distress and perplexity, as the Lord foretold they would be at this time, and that the entire social and political structure is threatened with complete dissolution; and the leading statesmen and rulers of the earth being aware of this fact and of their inability to establish peace and prosperity are frantically calling upon the denominational churches
to save the world from disaster;4. That it is the desire of all the nations and peoples of earth that they might dwell in peace and enjoy life, liberty and happiness;
5. That the people are being misled by those who are attempting to bring about this desire through international conferences and agreements in the form of the League of Nations and like compacts.
We therefore call upon the nations of earth, their rulers and leaders, and upon all the clergymen of all the denominational churches of earth, their followers and allies, big business and big politicians, to bring forth their proof in justification of the position taken by them that they can establish peace and prosperity on earth
and bring happiness to the people; and their failing in this, we call upon them to give ear to the testimony that we offer as witnesses for the Lord, and then let them say whether or not our testimony is true.Relying upon the Word of God and his providential dealings with mankind through Christ Jesus, we as his witnesses hold and testify as follows, to-wit
1. That the World War came in 1914 and was followed by great famines, pestilences and revolutions in various parts of the earth exactly as foretold by the Lord;
2. That 1914 marked the legal ending of the old world and there Christ the rightful King took unto himself his power as king;
3. That the Lord Jesus Christ is now present, invisible to man, and proceeding with the work of establishing his kingdom, for which kingdom he taught his followers to pray;
4. That Satan, long the god of this world, has deceived the statesmen, financiers and the clergy, by inducing them to believe that by international agreement or other combined efforts they can bring the desire of all nations;
5. That all of the world's present organization constitutes the visible part of Satan's empire or organization, and that Satan's empire must now fall before the forward march of the King of glory;
6. That all international conferences and all agreements or treaties resulting therefrom, including the League of Nations compact and all like compacts, must fail, because God has decreed it thus;
7. That all efforts of the denominational church organizations, their clergy, their leaders and their allies, to save and reestablish the order of things in the earth and to bring peace and prosperity must of necessity fail, because they do not constitute any part of the kingdom of Messiah;
8. That on the contrary, during the World War the clergy of these various church denominations were disloyal to the Lord Jesus Christ in this, that they wrongfully united with big business and big politicians to further the World War; they preached men into the trenches and falsely and blasphemously told them that their death
upon the battlefield would be counted as a part of the vicarious atonement of Jesus Christ:9. That they further repudiated the Lord and his kingdom and showed their disloyalty by voluntarily uniting themselves with Satan's organization and boldly announcing to the world that the League of Nations is the political expression of God's kingdom on
earth, which announcement so made by them was in utter disregard of the words of Jesus and the apostles.10. We further hold and testify that this Is the day of God's vengeance against Satan's empire visible and invisible;
11. That the reestablishment of the old world or order is an impossibility; that the time is here for the establishment of the kingdom of God through Christ Jesus; and that all the powers and organizations that do not willingly submit to the righteous reign of the Lord will be destroyed;
12. That if the politicians would faithfully represent the people, and big business would cease exploiting the people, and the clergy would tell the people the truth concerning God's arrangement and the people would cease from strife, the kingdom of Messiah would be established by him without further trouble or distress; but failing
thus to do, greater trouble must shortly follow;13. That for this reason there is now Impending and about to fall upon the nations of earth, according to the words of Christ Jesus, a great time of "tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" [again], and it is this impending trouble that the rulers and mighty men of earth see coming.
But we hold and declare that Messiah's kingdom is the complete panacea for all the ills of humankind and will bring peace on earth and good will to men. the desire of all nations; that those who yield themselves willingly to his righteous reign now begun will be blessed with lasting peace, life, liberty and endless happiness.
Therefore we bring to the peoples of earth God's message of good tidings contained in the Bible, his Word of truth, and we publish to them his message of peace and everlasting salvation, to wit, that the King of glory, the Deliverer of man, is invisibly present and has begun his reign; that the old world, under the control of Satan has ended and is being rapidly broken in pieces, to make way for the everlastiug kingdom of righteousness now being set up, and that millions of people now living on earth, if obedient to the laws of that righteous kingdom, will continue to live and never die; and we call upon all nations, peoples, kindreds and tongues who love righteousness and hate iniquity to recognize and freely acknowledge that Jehovah is the only true God and that his beloved Son Christ Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords.
-- THE WATCHTOWER, November 1, 1922, pages 324 & 325
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Cygnus
I think it's simple. In the days of Rutherford and F.W. Franz the Witnesses sought to be completely separate from the world. Now, more than ever, they seek to become part of the world (via UN participation, websites, commercials, etc.).
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Nathan Natas
Here are a couple of relevant quotes from the inspired profits of the WTS:
Milestones in Spiritual Growth
All the conventions have been times of refreshment and instruction in God?s Word. But some of them have been remembered for decades as spiritual milestones.
Seven of these occurred, one year after another, from 1922 through 1928, in the United States, Canada, and Britain. One reason for the significance of these conventions was the powerful resolutions that were adopted, all seven of which are listed in the box on the next page. Although the Witnesses were relatively few in number, they distributed as many as 45 million copies of one resolution, and 50 million of several others, in many languages worldwide. Some were broadcast on international radio hookups. Thus an extraordinary witness was given.
Seven Significant Convention Resolutions
In 1922, the resolution entitled ?A Challenge to World Leaders? called on them to prove that humans have the wisdom to rule this earth or else to admit that peace, life, liberty, and endless happiness can come only from Jehovah through Jesus Christ.
In 1923, there was ?A Warning to All Christians? of the urgent necessity to flee from organizations that fraudulently claim to represent God and Christ.
In 1924, ?Ecclesiastics Indicted? laid bare the unscriptural doctrines and practices of Christendom?s clergy.
In 1925, ?Message of Hope? showed why those that claim to be the guiding lights of the world have failed to satisfy man?s greatest needs and how only God?s Kingdom can do so.
In 1926, ?A Testimony to the Rulers of the World? put them on notice that Jehovah is the only true God and that Jesus Christ now rules as earth?s rightful King. It urged the rulers to use their influence to turn the minds of the people to the true God so that disaster might not befall them.
In 1927, the ?Resolution to the Peoples of Christendom? exposed the financial-political-religious combine that oppresses mankind. It urged the people to abandon Christendom and put their confidence in Jehovah and his Kingdom in the hands of Christ.
In 1928, the ?Declaration Against Satan and for Jehovah? made clear that Jehovah?s anointed King, Jesus Christ, will soon restrain Satan and destroy his evil organization, and it urged all who love righteousness to take their stand on Jehovah?s side.
-- "Jehovah?s Witnesses?Proclaimers of God?s Kingdom" Chapter 17, pages 260 & 261
12 Go back to the year 1922. Consult the written record of that year, and you will find that then these dedicated Christian students of the Bible began pouring out a message upon organized human society that was trying to heal and steady itself by the League of Nations. It was a message from God?s Word that corresponded with the plague that the first angel poured out according to Revelation 16:2. It began with the Resolution adopted by those Bible students at their international assembly at Cedar Point, Ohio, in 1922, and the effect of it was as described in the prophecy.
13 For the next six years, without interruption, international or general assemblies were held?at Los Angeles, California (1923); at Columbus, Ohio (1924); at Indianapolis, Indiana (1925); at London, England (1926); at Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1927); and at Detroit, Michigan (1928). At these important assemblies also resolutions were courageously adopted for worldwide distribution in print in many languages. In these resolutions or in material linked with them, messages of divine judgment were proclaimed that corresponded with the rest of the symbolic plagues, whose effects are described in Revelation 16:3-21. Those resolutions, seven in all, together with related material in such years, were the spearhead for the pouring out of complementary judgment messages, the pouring out of which has not ceased to this day.
-- The WATCHTOWER December 15, 1963, "Avoiding the Plague upon the Spirit of the World" pages 752-753