who else is excited?
flat-out the best show on television.
last season hit a lull in the middle, but ended with a bang imo..
Mad Men > Breaking Bad > Boardwalk Empire
I'll definitely be tuning in to watch season 3 of the Walking Dead, but the past two seasons have been pretty lackluster. I'm optimistic that the huge ratings for season 2 will inject some much needed cash so we are not stuck on a farm again. Plus any who have read the comics knows that some pretty amazing things are coming if they stick to the source material.
edit: "is are" in the subject line.
>< oops.. i was thinking with the new revision we are up to fds 3.0, but i'm actually not certain..
) c. t. russell.
EDIT: "is are" in the subject line. >< Oops.
I was thinking with the new revision we are up to FDS 3.0, but I'm actually not certain.
1.) C. T. Russell
2.) All of the 144,000 from Pentecost 33 to present day.
3.) Those Tasked With Dispensing Spiritual Food (Governing Body) from 1919 forward.
Was there something between 1 & 2, though?
the whole concept of the faithful and discreet slave in the jw religion goes back to charles taze russell and/or his followers calling him the faithful and wise servant.
how in the blue blazes can they say he wasn't part of the faithful and discreet slave?.
quite a demotion, it must be said, from the faithful and discreet slave in the flesh to not even being a part of something that rutherford's lowly henchmen on the board of directors got to be a part of!.
As others have noted J.F. is the real founder of Jehovah's Witnesses. The organization is his baby and the whole mentality that pervades the beast goes back to him. He made a new religion and molded it to be different that the Bible Students and other Christian sects.
no more random anointing at all.
no more "i just have a feeling" vagueness.
the watchtower amps up the language implying that many (most?
The present GB arrangement doesn't have logevity with a closed anointed-class. Stop-gaps like reversing the 1925 "door is closed" policy will only go so far. Yes there will be younger "company men" who start partaking that won't be reviled and ridiculed and jeered, but the pool of leadership candidates will dry up.
An option is to open the GB to non-anointed. They flirted with this with the nethanim "helper" arrangement. The FDS 3.0 may allow for this. For example, there are many non-anointed in the writing department who are collectively working to provide "proper food at the proper time."
However, a problem with this is that you lose the esteem/allure of having leaders selected by God. The "laying on of hands" arrangement provides a way out. Whoever is anointed by the FDS is anointed vis a vis by God himself. Consider how the rank and file have never questioned who is appointed to the Governing Body. They accept this as some sort of myserious divine rite directed by Jehovah. I would imagine they would accept the "anointing" of members the same way.
no more random anointing at all.
no more "i just have a feeling" vagueness.
the watchtower amps up the language implying that many (most?
No more random anointing at all. No more "I just have a feeling" vagueness. The Watchtower amps up the language implying that many (most?) partakers in the past were mentally unstable or overly ambitious/power hungry. Let's call them the "Uzzah Class" (See 2 Samuel 6:6-7) Can a more Biblical arrangement be followed? Yes! In order to be "anointed" you must have hands laid on by the Faithful Discreet Slave/Governing Body. (See Acts 8:18; Acts 19:1-6) The "laying on of hands", would be figurative, meaning that they would simply approve you, like CO's, DO's, etc. The current FDS would be able to pick and choose who they wanted from the entire rank of Witnesses to fill top spots, including the governing body. This would consolidate power at the top and eliminate the competition at the same time -- similar to Rutherford's service directors.
Let's see -- I'll say five years.
:D
if the fds is only the governing body and the governing body of today is patterned on the apostles in jerusalem in the 1st century then does that mean that paul was not of the fds?.
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According to the new understanding the FDS didn't exist until 1919. Paul, Whitcliffe, Luther, Russell where not part of the FDS.
for those who are interested.... .
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http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-says-we-are-the-faithful-and-discreet-slave.
As the Faithful & Discreet Slave has always been associated in JW minds with the Governing Body, I don't think this new change will register anything. I can see the anointed feeling slighted though.
the growing ranks of the anointed are a threat to their power.
today's watchtower made it clear that jehovah uses the governing body, no mention of the faithful & discreet slave.. i think they need new light on this in the next year or two..
LOL -- Nearly two years to the date?? I was partaking when I was df'd. Maybe I could go back and still qualify to be on the FDS 3.0 with my powers of clairvoyance! bwahahaha
The handwritings been on the wall for a couple of years for the redefitinion of the FDS. It's been top on my prediction list for sure.
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