We know that in all fairness the Governing Body claims from time to time, that they are not phrophets and they are merely men and make mistakes. This admission usually follows a blatant and embaressing failure of some englossed speculation that proved false. But do they clearly not claim the role of a phrophet or do they like to ride the fence, hence double standard example 2. They have their followers believing two contrasting beliefs at once. Another clear form of thought control and a treadmill of insanity.
Now as to their brief mentions of never claiming to be infalliable and being imperfect, well in reality the actual practice is very different and contrasting form their claims of being imperfect and prone to error. One quickly realizes that this rule only applies to past failed predictions and changed doctrines, and not to current Watchtower teachings. Witnesses are to view current teachings as though they were infallible and above honest questioning. Even though they have admitted error, it has still not humbled their approach in that pherhaps their current teachings could also suffer from human error due to imperfection. To the contrary they hold the stance that "you should accept everything published as absolute truth until such time we may tell you it isn't."
They claim to be imperfect on one note and yet boast these claims found in the Watchtower.
*** w64 6/15 365 Jehovah, the God of Progressive Revelation ***22 As Jehovah revealed his truths by means of the first-century Christian congregation so he does today by means of the present-day Christian congregation. Through this agency he is having carried out prophesying on an intensified and unparalleled scale. All this activity is not an accident. Jehovah is the one behind all of it.
I would also like to note the 1971 "The Nations Shall Know that I Am Jehovah" Pg. 292,
" 36 None of us should want to be like these indecicive, unresponding ones! Better it is to know now, rather than too late, that there is an authentic prophetic class of Christians among us, and to accept and act upon the Bible message, "not as the word of men, but, just as it truthfully is, as the word of God"(1 Thessalonians 2:13) Concerning the message faithfully delivered by the Ezekiel class Jehovah positively states that it "must come true." He asseverates that those who wait undecided until it does "come true" will also have to know that a prophet himself had proved to be in the midst of them." (Ezekiel 33:33) Such belated knowledge, however, will not mean salvation for them, for it will find their hearts and their ways to be unchanged.
37 What is to be gained by hesitating and doubting to the end that Jehovah can raise up and has raised up a genuine "prophet" within our generation? Certainly it will gain for no one the divine favor and protection needed during the speedily approaching "great tribuation" upon Christendom and the rest of Babylon the Great."
Many more examples as these ones are among only a few cited in ISOCF. Any witness who can not say thier is a real dishonesty and a clear double think standard, is either totally oblivious to the fact or is in complete self denial.
Your thoughts?
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