Ding

Joined

• started 106 topics
• posted 6,784 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Ding

• 
  39

  BBC interview about 1975 - never heard this before..

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for any lurkers who don't believe the watchtower taught that the world would end in 1975... rare jehovah's witnesses 1968 interview "armageddon and 1975" london watchtower rep speaks to bbc.

  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npmt-ml-m-g. --------.

  but where will this system of things be by that time?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  After 1975 came and went, an elder told me, "My service to Jehovah isn't tied to a date."

  I said, "That's funny. A year ago all you could talk about was that date."
  
• 
  6

  PM Issues

  by Ding in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  my pm mailbox shows that i have one pm, but when i click on it all that comes up is very old pms.

  i wonder if others are having similar issues.. i'd appreciate it, simon, if you would check into this..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  Thanks, Simon!
  
• 
  6

  PM Issues

  by Ding in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  my pm mailbox shows that i have one pm, but when i click on it all that comes up is very old pms.

  i wonder if others are having similar issues.. i'd appreciate it, simon, if you would check into this..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  My PM mailbox shows that I have one PM, but when I click on it all that comes up is very old PMs. I wonder if others are having similar issues.

  I'd appreciate it, Simon, if you would check into this.
  
• 
  15

  Circuit Overseer's visit and Body of Elders

  by bola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who is more powerful out of the co and the body of elders?

  i remembered a time i was a reg.

  pioneer and my service overseer in my congo was asking one of the regular pioneers during the meeting with the co. how powerful is the co to the body of elders and how powerful is the body of elders to the co?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  COs know that if they just tell all the elders, "You guys are doing a great job. Keep up the good work," they won't be COs very long.

  The GB is always demanding more of JWs -- more field service hours, more members, better attendance at meetings, more members pioneering, more people attending the Memorial, more sacrificial donations of money, and so on.

  This puts a lot of pressure on COs to show better results, and COs pass that on to the elders.
• 
  19

  So I was at a jw wedding and guess what!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the major topic of conversation was that almost all do not want to go back to the meetings and field service!

  and we are talking very zealous and active witnesses!

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  They have gotten a taste of what it is to live as a normal human being, but the GB won't let that go on for long. Sadly, soon most of them will have forgotten just as surely as they have forgotten 1975.
  
• 
  24

  The Watchtower—Study Edition | January 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.

  but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).

  13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  Didn't the org make similar assurances of angelic protection from the Nazis in World War II?
  
• 
  18

  Watchtower January 2022 The Memorial

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  next years memorial article focuses on the two class system that they promote.. interestingly, they mention how the anointed are in two covenants.

  the new covenant and the kingdom covenant.

  they claim that both of these covenants opened up the way for a small number to become kings and priests in heaven.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  "Keep doing this in remembrance of me" means "show up and watch but don't partake of anything because the new covenant in my body and blood is not for you"???
• 
  12

  Watchtower More Important than the Scriptures

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  mack moore ex-jw recovery writes:.

  yes, that is how they want people to esteem the magazine.

  they believe it is the unique mouthpiece of god.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  To most JWs, it doesn't matter what the Bible says.

  What matters is what the GB says it says.
  
• 
  33

  How did you learn the truth about the truth?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any takers?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  Studying the Bible in context and praying for insight.
  
• 
  20

  Do Jehovah's Witnesses interpret the Bible properly?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do jehovah's witnesses interpret the bible properly?.

  jehovah's witnesses see the bible as an organizational book which only the faithful and discreet slave (currently 8 men headquartered in warwick new york) can interpret properly.

  the faithful slave was first appointed in brooklyn in 1919 and given the exclusive right and ability to understand and teach the bible properly.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Ding

  How could "the faithful and discreet slave" have been interpreting things properly? According to current WT doctrine, the people who thought they were "the faithful and discreet slave" from Russell's day until just a few years ago were wrong.

  Most of my life, the organization taught that the FDS was all of the "anointed remnant." "New light" says only the GB is the FDS.

  If they were wrong about who the FDS is (and that's a major and distinctive teaching of the WT religion), how could they get anything else right?

  Of course, the whole FDS teaching is a misinterpretation turning a parable into a prophecy anyway.