Regarding doctrine issues, it seems to me that the following are what JWs hold onto the most in concluding they are "in the truth":
1. Emphasis on the name "Jehovah"
2. Kingdom emphasis
3. No Trinity
4. No hellfire
5. No war.
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23"The Truth"
by Ding inwe all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
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"The Truth"
by Ding inwe all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
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We all know that JWs consider the WT religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.
Granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.
But it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require JWs to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
It's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding."
What's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.
In fact, I think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.
So why do JWs still believe their religion to be "the truth"?
Thoughts?
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Jehovah's New Light
by Vanderhoven7 inwhat new light from jehovah did you find hard to swallow?.
the conversations in the attached video are enlightening.
the graphic is hilarious.. https://youtu.be/byj3zrpbuvg.
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Overlapping generations has to be at or near the top.
After telling us we would never grow old in this system of things, after getting JWs to show studies the 1914 arrow, after the Watchtower cover showing the generation that will by no means pass away... they redefined it all.
But we are still in the last second of this old system...
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“Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”
by Fisherman in“this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”.
the destruction of jerusalem is insignificant in the large scheme of things.
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Ding
I never cease to marvel at how many so-called experts in eschatology (including, but not limited to Russell) forgot there was no year 0.
They all had to change their calculations by one year.
Then when their predictions still came to nothing, they came up with a new set of calculations and announced a different date.
Never mind.
New light.
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Memory and memorization
by Terry in3.1415926535807932384626433i used to be able to go to a hundred from memory.
my son and daughter can do so.age 75 has cheated me a bit in this regard.what sort of things have you memorized (whether useful or useless)?i can recite the entire rime of the ancient mariner to this day, btw.there are many so-called tricks for remembering things that can be easily learned and i've read all or most of those books.the amusing thing about such memory is this: nobody cares!
"why do you need to memorize when you can just use your iphone?sigh...i memorized the periodic table of elements one day at work.
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The Memory Book is great!
I use the phonetic alphabet all the time.
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“Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”
by Fisherman in“this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”.
the destruction of jerusalem is insignificant in the large scheme of things.
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"Can a person be saved and sanctified if they only had the Bible to go on and never heard of Russell or Rutherford and 1874 or 1914 or an organization with headquarters in Warwick New York?"
With one question, Vanderhoven7, you highlighted just how absurd the Watchtower's claims are.
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Chicago, Likely Many Spectators Were Running As Well.
by Lost in the fog in"we believe that the early decision to shut down all in-person activities for more than two years has saved many lives,” said robert hendriks, u.s. spokesperson for jehovah’s witnesses.
"we feel good doing this volunteer work, giving back to the community,” chicago resident paul schmidt said.. that's the jokes out of the way first!!.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2022/10/15/jehovahs-witnesses-back-at-the-chicago-marathon-for-the-first-time-in-three-years/.
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That's the first time I've heard field service called "giving back to the community."
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114,000, Literal, or Symbolic?
by Wonderment ina poster wrote to me privately, and brought to my attention the following comment below i made a while back in regards to the 144,00 number of revelation.
i had casually conjectured that this number was likely symbolic in line with the book of revelation being mostly symbolic in kind.
he brought up this juicy source:.
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I've never gotten a good answer to this question: How can 12 symbolic 12,000s comprise a literal 144,000?
They either have to be all figurative or all literal.
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Watchtower looses Norwegian Appeal
by Diogenesister inwatchtower has just lost its appeal in the norwegian courts over the withdrawal of the funding it receives from the government as an officially recognised religion.
the initial decision will now stand due to what the court termed 'exclusionary practices' which includes the witnesses barbaric practice of shunning minors, even by family members in their own homes.
the ministry of children and families have decided they are now no longer eligible for the state grant of 16 million norwegian kroner given to officially recognised religions.. the following is a statement has been issued, i have summarised if it isn't readable: .
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Ding
(Sarcasm warning):
Why would the Watchtower want money from worldly governments that are opposed to Jehovah's Kingdom anyway?
When I studied with Jehovah's Witnesses many years ago, they told me that the Watchtower doesn't ask for money because JWs voluntarily and joyfully donate all the money that's needed (after which, they sold me some WT literature).
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Who is God's ONLY channel?
by BoogerMan inaustralian royal commission solicitor: “do you [the governing body] see yourselves as god's spokespeople on earth?”.
geoffrey jackson - “ah, that i think would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using.".
october 5th 2022 daily text: “we also need to trust in the only channel [the g.b.
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Ding
I'm sure the elder didn't want to hear about Jackson's testimony.
I framed it as, "I'm really upset that a member of the Governing Body would say that instead of boldly witnessing to what he believes is the truth."
That's what I thought would bother him the most as well and I wanted it to be a stone in his shoe.
I also told him that if he doubted me he should google it himself. After all, it's the testimony of a member of the Governing Body, not of some opposer of the truth.