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  Why is this blind allegiance to the anointed ones?

  by anointed1 in

  1. watchtower
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  even when they know that certain things are not right with the organization the flocks are blindly following their leaders viewing them as the future “kings and priests” (originally a sumerian concept).. greed for a “land of milk and honey” (either in this life or the next) is at the root of their allegiance.

  interestingly, greed is something the flocks are warned against: ‘be on your guard against all kinds of greed which is idolatry.’ (luke 12:15; colossians 3:5).

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  Why is this blind allegiance to the anointed ones?

  by anointed1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  even when they know that certain things are not right with the organization the flocks are blindly following their leaders viewing them as the future “kings and priests” (originally a sumerian concept).. greed for a “land of milk and honey” (either in this life or the next) is at the root of their allegiance.

  interestingly, greed is something the flocks are warned against: ‘be on your guard against all kinds of greed which is idolatry.’ (luke 12:15; colossians 3:5).

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  @anointed1

  I agree with what you wrote about self empowerment

  There seems to be a part in the nature of some

  that doesn't feel qualified to make their own decisions

  JWs in times past would write "The (Watch Tower) Society/Mother" for

  help with all sorts of life decisions

  Now it's elders that are put upon to help with things including the

  mundane:

  "What clothing should I wear?"

  To me this doesn't seem like normal behaviour

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  Oh God(s)!

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  meant to hopefully get your mind off the craziness which we sadly refer to as the news these days,.

  we'll call this one .

  fun for seculars.

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  Thanks cofty

  For me it's a 7 for the God of the Bible

  created by man in his image

  A rather vicious personage softened later

  by the appearance of Jesus Christ

  Other than that a 6

  I like to operate with a margin of error

  As I don't know everything (yet)

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  Millions now living will never die

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but pretty much all of them are now dead.

  and so are billions of others.

  so, god doesn't desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance?

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  @David_Jay

  David,

  Thank you for your comments,

  My interests are mainly as a non religious secular these days but as I was

  raised a JW the subject of world religion still interests me,

  The contrast that you made between the JW view of end times

  (parousia) and mainstream Christianity is interesting,

  A question occurred to me as to the difference between Old World

  Churches and American religions,

  When you hear of predictions concerning the end they seem to be

  almost exclusively in the domain of American Religions whether the JWs

  The Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Evangelicals etc

  The first two groups, as well as others, came from what came to be

  known as the "Burned Over District" Lake Erie area of the early 1800s

  (see Wikipedia)

  An important development for the JW religion was the gathering one

  day in 1844, of William Miller and his followers to be taken up with Christ

  to Heaven, known as the "The Rapture"

  The failure came to be known as "The Great Disappointment"

  So we have a significant event of Adventistism in American

  Christianity

  An early associate of CT Russell was Nelson Barbour,

  Barbour was a Millerite and an Adventist

  The "Advent" is what got Russell excited about religion in the first place

  after flirting with Atheism,

  Soon after this Russell/Barbour were publishing/predicting dates,

  The first date predicted for Christ's invisible parousia was 1874,

  So I'm seeing a tremendous amount of American Adventist activity dating

  back almost 200 years!

  Now, what I understand from you David, is that the established (old world)

  churches have been teaching that the parousia takes place in the end of

  times,

  Tepid
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  Oh God(s)!

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  meant to hopefully get your mind off the craziness which we sadly refer to as the news these days,.

  we'll call this one .

  fun for seculars.

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  Thanks Smiddy,

  Something you wrote reminded me of the story of Elijah on Mt Carmel

  for the big test of Godship,

  Pretty impressive what happened,

  I would be happy if he'd just say Hi

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  Shunning and apostacy

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey folks.

  i have been looking for the latest on shunning of those who have drifted.

  i recall the 2016 convention had a part, and i believe there was a video.

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  Cedars has the whole DF shunning section on YouTube

  You can Google "worst convention ever" (seriously)

  "jwsurvey"

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  WT Flip-Flops on Jesus’ Inspection… Was it in 1918 or 1919?... Did the WT PASS or FAIL?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is utterly ridiculous.... .

  the more i research this particular subject, the more flip-flops i uncover.

  it seems the fds cant even make up their minds regarding what happened in 1918 (or should i say 1919?).

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  Question

  If you spent your ENTIRE LIFE

  building an airplane that would NEVER FLY

  Would you keep on spending each waking moment

  Trying to figure out which 3 bolts are misaligned?

  Not me

  I would at a point realize that the design is

  OBVIOUSLY SERIOUSLY FLAWED

  AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE

  But that would be just me

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  Oh God(s)!

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  meant to hopefully get your mind off the craziness which we sadly refer to as the news these days,.

  we'll call this one .

  fun for seculars.

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  tepidpoultry

  

  Meant to hopefully get your mind off the craziness which we sadly refer to as the news these days,

  So

  We'll call this one

  FUN FOR SECULARS

  I am providing a 1-7 chart that might help you place your position on the

  "Belief/nonbelief Scale"

  If you would like to share please comment on where you are and how you got there

  Have fun!

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  Why is this blind allegiance to the anointed ones?

  by anointed1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  even when they know that certain things are not right with the organization the flocks are blindly following their leaders viewing them as the future “kings and priests” (originally a sumerian concept).. greed for a “land of milk and honey” (either in this life or the next) is at the root of their allegiance.

  interestingly, greed is something the flocks are warned against: ‘be on your guard against all kinds of greed which is idolatry.’ (luke 12:15; colossians 3:5).

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  @anointed1

  I realized after reading you OP

  that your beef is not with "the Anointed"

  but with "The Governing Body"

  7 men in upstate New York who run the show,

  Cheers,

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  Millions now living will never die

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but pretty much all of them are now dead.

  and so are billions of others.

  so, god doesn't desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance?

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  Jesus said that "whoever believes in me will never die at all"

  Paul said, over 2000 years ago that Christ was coming to bring vengeance

  on those persecuting them (2 Thess 1) Those Paul wrote to 2000 years

  ago were looking forward to this relief

  I wonder if they were thinking about this when Nero had them burned

  on crosses toward the end of that century

  I understand that there was new light on these scriptures

  My name is Tepid

  I'm a Heathen

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