Posts by rjharris

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Do the Governing Body believe their own teachings or know it's a lie? Are they atheists?

by BucketShopBill in

the new young blood gb member, you think he really thinks this is the truth or is he protecting his financial interest like all the older gb members who enjoy basking in glory of men?

do you think they believe in the "over-lapping generation" or was that a mistake done by barr?.

how much of the watchtower and the bible do the governing body know, ray franz jr. said he was not impressed with their bible knowledge and their lack of knowledge of the watchtower cannon.

rjharris

I am 100% convinced that the GB knows that much of what they are dispensing is in error. These men are neither illiterate or stupid. They are well informed.

The way to exercise power and control over millions is to keep those millions kindergarten-level, afraid to question or challenge, and to set up an effective information "quarantining" mechanism called disfellowshiping.

It is like this:

A person may have a doubt, question or challenge to a WT teaching. If the person persists and does not allow himself to be adjusted he appears before a secret "judicial committee.' Such concerns, doubts, and questions are not made "public" to the rest of the congregation.

Later a disfellowshipping announcement is made before the congregation which presents none of the testimony of the one disfellowshiped or the evidence in support of the disfellowshiping action.

After the reading of that announcement no Witness is to talk to that person, thereby shutting down any possibility of their expressing themselves by way of an explanation to friends and associates. Anyone caught talking to the DFd one is under threat of being DFd. Thus, an effective system of information quarantining.

If one looks at the big picture: What is happening here is the suppression of truth. There is concealment at work. If what is being taught the truth what does the organization have to fear. If what is being expressed by members of the organization is in error, then the truth would win out. But when "information quarantining" is occurring, then it is discovery of the truth that is being prevented. As far as I am concerned this practice is no different from book burning.

If one is threatened with disfellowshipment for reading materials the WT defines (for its members) as "apostate" literature or it threatens disfellowshipment if one is caught speaking with such persons, it is not different from the practice of "book burnings" engaged in Nazi Germany.

Information is information, good, bad or ugly. Let the reader of that information weight, decide and conclude. Let the listener of persons who are DFd listen, weigh and decide. One does not need and organization to do these things for them.

What! Does the WT want to chew up ones food before they feed it to the babes? Yes, it does!

The GB knows it is dispensing error. I can also say that it this body of men are very worried about its losing numbers in membership and its 1914 teaching. Very worried.

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Why do you come here?

by love2Bworldly in

jw
friends

i come here to learn, but i also come here because it feels like a private club and i'm privy to be a member of the "in" crowd.

it's a great place to socialize.

does anyone else feel that they are a member of a special "club" when they come here, that only some people in this world will understand the jw world?.

rjharris

I come here to see the fruitage created in persons in their association with the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. I find it a most interesting study.

The WT - and indeed all religious organizations - have done immeasurable damage to the human psyche. Many are left confused wanderers still seeking something. Some, though outside the WT organization, stay close enough to it because they are not fully convinced that it is not "the truth." Then there are others who claim themselves completely free of WT influence but still cling to many of its teachings and will even defend those teachings as truth though no scriptural substantiation (thus, still viewing the WT as the truth). And, there are those - though few - are are truly free. They have kept their senses. They have not allowed the WT to make them angry, disgruntled or vindictive. They have come to understand what the Master spoke of John 8:31 concerning remaining in his word and by strictly doing so they "will know the truth" and the truth will set them free.

These few well know that it is not remaining in the teaching of religious organizations, but the remaining in what Christ taught as "he" is the one The Most High God told us to listen to. (Luke 9:35)

These few also know what true discipleship to Christ is. It is not attending meetings or going out in "Field Service" or making Bible studies. They know that Jesus never commanded these things. Jesus never commanded that one make "Bible Studies" (disciples to the Bible), but rather to make disciples to him, the person.

These few know that just as there is only one God, there is only one Word of God - not two. They know that no book can be "The Word of God" ONLY the Christ is "The Word of God."

These few know that it was men who "chose" an authorized and named a book called the Bible and pushed it upon the world as inspired by God. They know that it was God who "chose" and "authorized" his Son as The Word of God and it is to that one we are to listen to. (Luke 9:35)

What one seeks is the truth! The truth is not within buildings and organizations of stone, metal and mortar. The truth is not within any book. The truth is only within God's Son and no one else or anything esle. In fact, he is "the truth" because he spoke and speaks what comes from God. (John 14:6)

So when JWs, for example, ask others, "Are you in the truth?" what are they asking? They are asking if the person is a Jehovah's Witness within the WTBTS. Thus, it is an organization that has usurped what belongs only to Christ as only Christ is "The Truth" and we are to be "in him." (membered with him).

The Watch Tower Baptismal vow is a vow to service "the organization" not to Christ. Read the second part of that vow as found in the June 1, 1985 issue of the Watchtower magazine, page 29:

"Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with God’s spirit-directed organization?"

So not only does the WT teach that it is "the truth" but also "the way." How is that? Because its baptismal vow states that one is a servant of God only if one is associated with "God's spirit-directed organization." In other words, it is only through an organization that one can come to God.

Jesus says something quite different in that heis the only way to God the Father. (John 14:6)

Does the WT organizaton claim itself to be "the life?" Yes, it does. How? Because it teaches that all with it are in a "spiritual paradise."

Yet, Jesus said that he is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father but by him. Yet, an organization has cleverly subtly usurped those three roles that belong only to God's Son.

No organization claiming to be of God and Christ would be so problem-ridden internally if it were truly from God. There exists today no religious organization that comes from God because God did not send his Son to establish any religion or system of religion or religious organization. It is man who makes that assumption.

What God will establish on the earth is yet to come! Why would people think God has established something called Christianity on the earth? Christ certainly never spoke of such a thing and never used the expressions "Christianity" or "Christian(s)." So where did they come from? Men!

Thus, today most persons believe and follow what men tell them to believe and follow, not what Christ tells them. If a religious organizations says you are to be called Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, etc people believe them and follow suit.

If Jesus says just be called my "disciples" they will not be called by this. They all insist on some fancy man-made name or title!

If Christ is listened to instead of bulk religious organizations, one will fare much better because they see only their true Head and ONLY Teacher: The Son of God.

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the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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rjharris

There was no global flood. The idea of flooding the entire planet makes no sense since the earth back in those days had not been populated "worldwide" and the confusion of mankinds languages did not occur until AFTER the flood.

So what was out there "worldwide" that was evil and bad that had to be wiped out? Nothing!

It is obvious that the flood of Noah's day was a "localized" flood. All of mankind in those early days of our history on earth lived in one small section of the globe and that PLACE was THE WORLD. It was their world; their environment. It was that world that was flooded away.

Most persons overlook what the ENTIRE WORLD was at its creation: It was all water! It was a "watery deep" and dry land appeared out of that water. So the water (the oceans) were in existence long before Noah. (Genesis 1:2)

The Noachian flood as taught by the religious system called by men is one of the many lies taught and pushed off as truth.

All by itself, Christianity makes the Creator and Most High God appear unwise with their nonsense.

The water was there long before there was aquatic life, animals and man.

R. Jerome Harris
e-Prophetic.com

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JW.ORG CAMPAIGN AN UTTER FAILURE!

by Dis-Member in

there are 7,782,346 active publishes in the world.. .

jw.org has received an estimated 7,639,900 visits over the last 30 days.

the number of visits differs from visitors (or unique visitors).

rjharris

There is no speeding up of any work because the Most High did not give any commission to mankind. It will be a solitary angel who will be entrusted with declaring the Good News, not any human or human entity; and no angel has been given that "Good News" message yet. (Rev 14:6)

There is no speeding up of any work. Ask ten people on the street, what is the Good News message and you will get ten different responses or an "I don't know."

There is no speeding up of any work. Ask ten JWs what is the Good News message and you will get different responses. In fact, ask them what specifically is that Good News message (that will be preached) and where it is specifically written down and stated by God and Christ and they cannot show you. Why? Because it does not exist. It has not been given yet! Again, when it is, it will be an angel who will declare it.

So what has the WT and other religious organizations been preaching? A false "Gospel."

The darkeness and deception is so bad today that many think that placing literature in the hands of householders and making 'Bible Studies" is preaching the good news. All of that stuff is a man-made program.

In fact, Jesus NEVER said it would be his disciples who would preach the Good News about God's Kingdom. He simply stated that it "will be preached."

Jesus' commission for his disciples was NOT that they preach a Good News of the Kingdom message (which does not exist), but instead:

"Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."

See it! See how Christ is being disobeyed? His commission to us was not to preach some Good News of the Kingdom but To MAKE DISCIPLES TO HIMSELF!

There is no mention of preaching a Good News of the Kingdom. No mention of making Bible Studies (disciples of the Bible). No mention of making JWs, Catholics, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutherans, Baptist, and etc.

What is called by men - Christianity - has proved to be a misleader of the masses. Misleading and misdirecting away from Christs teachings and direction to us. Christianity teaches persons to believe and do what Christ did not teach and tell us to do. For what purpose? So that the truth is kept hidden and the masses remain kindergarten-level and dependent upon religious organization.

So not only has the JW campaigns proving to be a failure, future campaigns will not meet with success because God is not watering the seeds that they (and many other religious organizations) are sowing. If what they are planting is the truth, God would make it grow. There is no growth. Only manipulation of statistics to make it appear that there is growth.

No imperfect human can be trusted with preaching a "perfect" message as important as the Good News about Gods Kingdom. When God sent his Son into the world of mankind with a message, it was no imperfect person that he sent. He sent a perfect one to declare a teaching. So what makes arrogant humans think that God will put in their hands, a message so grand and important to declare to the entire world?

An angel will declare that message in the future. And, that angels name is Michael (Jesus). Only he is the "Faithful Witness" and the one who has earned the right to declare to the world "as a witness to it" the Good News of the Kingdom.

Our sight and insight has humans is dim. What can we possibly we witnesses of? We have not seen (or witnessed) everything. Only an angelic being could qualify as a witness.

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The New World Translation

by Coded Logic in

one of the jws foundational doctrines is their belief in the inerrancy of the bible.

there are several methods they use to try and support this position including their claim that the bible, as it exists today, is the exact same bible that has been around for thousands of years.

they teach that gods word has been perfectly preserved.

rjharris

People, the push has been - since after the time Christ ascended into heaven - to get the masses to believe in "things" and not the one The Most High God sent.

Those things being (1) Other persons, (2) Religious organizations, and (3) a book or books, one in particular called The Bible.

Conversations most persons have mention these "things" moreso than the Messiah. These things dominate the discussion.

Once the world comes to understand that The Bible is NOT the Word of God, they will be on the path to coming to an accurate knowledge of God and Christ.

There is only ONE Word of God and he is not a book, he is a person. (Rev 19:13 and John 1:1)

Two authorizations occurred in the history of mankind:

One came from God
The other came from Man.

It was man who authorized a book - he named - called the Bible and told the world that it is holy and The Word of God. This is blasphemy and idolatry.

It was God who chose and authorized HIS SON as the Word of God and commanded that we listen to him. (Luke 9:35)

Sadly, however, it has been a book that has been elevated to a lofty position it has no place being.

There are those who say, "Well, how else can I learn about God and Christ if it were not for the Bible?"

Anyone asking that question simply refuses to think. How did persons learn about God and Christ BEFORE there was a book called the Bible? Who did Christ direct his disciples to when they needed something? It was the Father in heaven via prayer in his (Jesus') name. There was no book!

My knowledge of God and Christ and the "deeper things" is not the result of studying the Bible. The Bible is actually a limiting factor when in comes to increasing ones wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

The greatest source of wisdom, understanding and knowledge is the Father in heaven. Jesus taught us to tap into those things not through a book, but through himself in prayer to the Father.

Which of the following did Jesus say A, B, or C?

A - The Bible is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through it.

B - The Watch Tower organization and other religious organizations are the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through them.

C - I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The entire world sits in a very very dark place and it thinks that it is enlightened. The world is babel (confused). It has done everything EXCEPT listen to Christ. It listens to Governing Bodies, Popes, religious organizations, and a book.

If one truly has faith in Christ (who is alive) and in the living One, the Father, they would rely upon asking and receiving God's wisdom, understanding and knowledge via a under-utilized and misunderstood communications mechanism: prayer.

What many call prayer today is not prayer. It has become simply a ritual. Prayer is the most powerful mechanism in receiving wisdom, understanding and knowledge from the Father. If one ask those things from the Father via Christ, then they will receive those things from the Father through Christ.

If anyone thinks that God takes detours in giving them what they ask - such as through a book - they have no faith. What we ask of the Father can only come via the same channel or way that we asked: Through Christ Jesus.

The moment one starts looking into a book or a religious organization, they have demonstrated before God and all of the heavenly host that they have "no confidence" in God or His Son. As "The Son" is the only way.

There is a "disgusting thing" among us and people do not view it as disgusting, but as holy. Untold death and suffering has come to the human family because of this "disgusting thing." It is used to this very day to justify war and murder. This disgusting thing stands in a holy place only where Christ can occupy.

"Therefore, when YOU catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, (let the reader use discernment,) then let those in Ju·de′a begin fleeing to the mountains."

The "fleeing to the mountains" is placing reliance upon God and His Father in heaven. God's high place or holy mountain.

A book - that came out of the earth - receives ones vote of confidence and one places faith in it; something God did not send us. It effectively replaces the one who came from above "The Word of God."

In these forums and on the official JW website, it is "The Bible" that is getting the props when it should be the one who God sent, His Son.

If you place faith in the Father and the Son and accessing wisdom, understanding and knowledge from the Father via the Son, no book, no religious organization, nothing on earth will surpass that wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

Many persons who are locked into their Bible and their religious organizations will not understand you much. They will think themselves the wiser and will dismiss you. But deep down inside your marrow, you will know what you speak is the truth. Why? Because it came from above, not from below.

The Bible did not come from above, only Christ did.

R. Jerome Harris
e-Prophetic.com

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Governing Body Worship in the WT: July 15th, 2014 issue

by Oubliette in

the july 15th, 2014 issue of the watchtower has the "life story" of gb member gerrit losch on pages 17-22.. think about it.

this losch love-fest is 6 pages of the current wt!.

that's nearly 20% of the ragazine.. is this the beginning of a series of idolatrous articles indoctrinating jws with gb worship?

rjharris

Listeners of the Master - Jesus [the] Christ should not be surprised at this. Jesus foretold at Acts 20:29-30:

"I know that after my going away oppressive wolves will enter in among YOU and will not treat the flock with tenderness, and from among YOU yourselves men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves."

This "oppressive wolves" phenomenon is seen not only within the power structure of the Watch Tower, but within all of what men call and named, Christianity. All of it. And indeed all religion.

The oppression (control) is an oppression of Christs property: All of mankind. 1 Cor 11:3 teaches that Christ is the Head of man. Why is that? Because he died for all of mankind; not just those among mankind who accept and believe in him. There are billions who lived and died before there was a Christ and who never heard of him. He died for them to.

What these controllers (oppressive wolves) have done is usurped that which is not theirs. We do not belong to men, we belong to Christ! We are not slaves to men, but slaves of Christ. He owns us.

These oppresive wolves have been playing a game with the entire world and have presented themselves as representatives of Christ and have made those they have control over afraid to question and challenge them. This is fear of men.

I would rather be afraid to question and challenge The Most High God and His Son. Yet, those within religious organizations are afraid.

As an ex-JW of more than 30 years (by disassociation), I have seen and experienced the fear of "The Organization" and the leadership at the top.

As an African American, I see much more than just Governing Body and "The Organization" worship. I see "While male" worship. Please do not misinterpret what I have stated as racist as it is not.

I am simply presenting what is true and what is reflected in the leadership of the Governing Body and the portrayals of Adam, Eve, Angels, Noah, Moses, Jesus, The Prophets, The Apostles and others in literature as persons of European descent. Yet, few have the courage to question it. I question, why?

Why are my children and grandchildren made to look at images of persons that no one has ever seen (especially Jesus and angels) that are in the likeness of White people if it were not for the purpose of indoctrinating the young mind to grow up being in fear of White authority?

The Most High God warned of the dangers of making images (this would include portrayals) of things in the heavens above and in the earth below or in the waters under the earth. The world has not listened.

Christ is in heaven, yet there are images of him as a White man. (It would be wrong to portray him in the image of any race among the human family.)

Dead persons are in the earth (buried), yet certain ones among them such as Adam and Eve are portrayed falsely.

The WT organizations reverence for the GB is no different from the Catholic Churches Pope that people bow down to and kiss his ring as if some object of worship. It is White male worship.

Yes, there are many well meaning and sincere persons within the WTBTS, but the membership at the bottom are "oppressed" that is, controlled. They are innocent children who do only as the "parent" - the leadership at the top - directs them to.

This is true of all religous organizations.

Only God is to be worshiped and our Master - Christ Jesus - is to be served as he is our Master and no one else.

So we do as our Master tells us. We are to obey only him! Not any religious organization by any name or lofty claim they make for themselves.

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A humun tragedy we must never forget.....

by new hope and happiness in

jw
friends

i had lunch with one of my progressive former studies today.

i was surprised how we had both changed.

when we met he was a trainee medical doctor on humunitarian aid from moldover.

rjharris

Events such as 9-11, Shock and Awe campaigns, dropping two atomic bombs on a nation and the like, should not be viewed as "American" tragedies, but human tragedies.

Does one really think God sides with nations? Killing is killing, murder is murder, terrorism is terrorism no matter WHO commits it. Jesus said at Matthew 5:9:

"Happy are the peaceable, since they will be called ‘sons of God."

No nation today are peaceable. The nations are warlike. Citizens within those nations who take the non-peaceable position of that nation, will not be called sons of God. They think as their nations groom them to think and not has Christ taught us to think and conduct ourselves. The same holds true of religion. Christianity remains silent when thousands are slaughtered in war campaigns. Islam remains silent when radical elements within her slaughter and murder people. All are bloodgulity and their worship of the Creator is in vain.

Many of us Americans somehow think that we have not metted out "terror" to members of the human family. It is hypocritical to coin phrases such as "terrorist" and attach them to persons of Islam. There are radical elements of Islam just as there are radical elements of Christianity. The difference is that Christianity portrays itsself as clean, chaste and innocent when the reality is that it has been responsible for more shed blood than all of the religious systems put together.

It was a so-called "Christian" nation that dropped the most power weapon of mass destruction in existence: two atomic bombs upon another people. Was that not a terror to the recipients of those bombs?

Christianity's hands are dirty and bloody.

The Most High God that I know and the one that He sent, expects disciples of His Son not to take an "us versus them" view of the world. Jesus showed love, mercy, tolerance and forgiveness even to those who hated him and made themselves his enemy.

So don't just cry for Americans who loose their lives, shed a tear for ALL persons who suffer tragedy no matter their religion, color, language or creed.

What? Are you disciples of Christ or aren't you! Or are you loyal to Caesar moreso than being loyal to your true Head and Master. (1 Cor 11:3)

Do and think as the Master did about people.

Stop letting Caesar and even your religious organizations pick and choose your friends and enemies for you. You are obligated to love even your enemies, else your worship is in vain. (Matthew 5:44 and Matthew 15:9)

And, prophecy should not be determined by how we view things in the West or how events in the world impact us. I tell you, if you were in Rwanda genocides back in 1994, you would have thought the world had ended.

We (Americans) just can't be so blind and selfish. It is not about only us.

I know God, Jesus and Angels are portrayed as White persons but they should not be. Why? Because God does not look at the external appearance, he looks the hearts of persons. Plus, God Jesus and Angels are not flesh and blood and are invisible.

They should not be portrayed in any race among the human family.

The world in which we live is a sinking ship. We have been told that it is going to be destroyed and that an indefinite kingdom will replace it. (Dan 2:44)

No powerful nation(s) or radical group will change that. It will be by God's hand through His Son, that the nations as we know it are going down never to be seen again.

Many focus too much about war and fighting and making events such as 9-11 a memorial event. People, Jesus told the destruction of this world of mankind. Are you not preparing yourself in a mental and spiritual sense?

Events will only worsen and if you are not careful, you will be carried down the stream of public opinion and hate. Get off of that stream. You are to be no part of this world or to even think like it does.

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If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

by minimus in

jw
friends

supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

rjharris

I believe the entire world - and all of its religious systems, to include the WTBTS - are in a very dark dark place.

The question asked, "If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?" is a very good one. This is one of those questions that (1) Will make so-called believers uncomfortable because they teach a loving and benevolent God and how does one reconcile the two or (2) make so-called believers angry because they will feel picked on.

As an African American and an ex-JW of more than 30 years (disassociated) I see injustices within the human family that makes it difficult to paint a picture of a loving and benevolent God.

I grew up in an era within the United States when Black men were lynched and hung by the neck and crowds of White people (many of them church-goers) applauded and wanted to be in the photograph. I now live and work in Africa and I witness every day the mistreatment of African people by Whites because of the color of their skin. I have witnessed a man thrown unjustly in prison for 26 years of his life because he questioned and challenged apartheid. I see in the news more than often Black boys and men gunned down by the White power structure of police departments. I read the stories of the African Slave Trade (which was endorsed by a Roman Catholic Pope), the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. I read about the million or so Africans who died in Rwanda as the world looked away. Here in West Africa (were I live) I see White doctors given treatment for the Ebola virus while thousands of Africans get absolutely nothing. I remember when Kingdom Halls in the south were segregated.

How does one reconcile a loving God to persons who are and who have been victims of such mistreatment? How can one place literature to people of color replete with portrayals of God, Jesus, Adam, Eve, Angels, The Prophets, The Apostles and others as White people without giving thought that it makes God and Christ appear partial to White people?

How does one reconcile the leadership of any religious organization that claims to accept all persons when its leadership at the top are either all White persons or predominately White persons?

The Governing Body of JW has been traditionally an all White mans club. (Sam Herd a relatively recent addition).

When one looks at the stations of live among Whites in the world and people of color, how does one reconcile a loving and color-blind God when it comes across to people of color that "Unless you are White, the Christian God will not be with you."

It is very rare to hear of large groups of Whites undergoing famine and diseased conditions in the world. What? Is God blessing White people and punishing people of color? How does one explain this?

They cannot.

Anyone who opens their mouths and attempts to explain it away with many words or "wait on God" are being selfish and show that they really do not have an answer. They do not know. It makes the ones waving the banner of The Bible and a loving benevolent God uncomfortable and they want to give a "Biblical" or "Watch Tower" answers which are "brush offs." They do not know.

That they do not really know shows they have no true understanding of the true Creator of the heavens and the earth. So what do they do? They create religious organizations and attempt to contain God within them. By doing this, men think to enslave even God. But what they are really doing is creating systems that allow "them" to explain things they do not understand away.

There is no doubt in my mind that there is a Creator and that he has a vast heavenly host. I am 100 convinced that God, Christ and those within that heavenly family look nothing like what is portrayed in art, film and literature.

The suffering that is occurring worldwide is being caused by humans. The Devil has nothing to do with it. Mankind (free-willed creatures) have enough evil within us, the devil does not have to do anything.

When Cain killed his brother Abel, he did not blame the devil for it. When Eve gave Adam some of the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Bad, Adam did not blame the Serpent, he blamed another human being - his wife. (Gensis 3:12)

It really boils down to two groups of persons in the world: Cain-like ones and Abel-like ones. The world is over-flowing with Cain-like ones. They seek to dominate, take what belongs to someone else, take an aggressive posture, murder, and disrespect differences in their Brothers.

(Abel and Cain were Brothers, but different. Abel was a herder of sheep and Cain a cultivator of the ground.)

It is the differences in persons that is at the root of the hatred we see today. For example, I am hated by certain groups of people only because of the color of my skin. It is irrelevant to those haters if I am a decent and good person.

I find it extremely hypocritical for any religious organization to portray the persons I mentioned above as White persons in their literature and seek to place it in the hands of people of color and at the same time teach that God loves them. If God is impartial - as the WT teaches - prove it. Remove such portrayals and give treatment to God and Christ and Angels as non-flesh and blood entities. Don't use that "these are just images" excuse as those protrayals are much much more than just images. They sent the signal that God and all of his interests is White. Remove the false portrayals of Jesus as being a White man. Adam and Eve being White persons and so forth.

Suffering in the world cannot be blamed on the Creator. He created us to be a Brotherhood and we screwed it up. The suffering meted out to other members of the human family is of our own origin. It is cowardly to blame it on God or the even the devil.

My parents had nine children. Yes, we fought like cats and dogs sometimes. We did not have to, but we did. But I do not blame the persons responsible for our births for it. Each of us are responsible for our own actions.

Cain was the older the more powerful Brother. He used his power in an attempt to control his younger Brother Abel and he killed him.

Sadly, those within power (like a big brother) have imposed their will upon the weaker and powerless ones. This is where murder and suffering comes from.

It is not that God does not love us, it is that we do not love each other.

R. Jerome Harris
e-Prophetic.com

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Armageddon is only a few weeks away...

by Calebs Airplane in

"which generation is this?

why, the one that saw the beginning of fulfillment of jesus prophecy.

that means people alive in the year 1914. how many remain?

rjharris

Armageddon is not of our time period. It is of the time period of after Christ future 1000 year kingdom will have ended.

This another WT spawned "false prophecy" that will not occur.

News Flash: We are no where near the last days.

If you were in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - World War II - imagine what that was to the people in those bombings?

Many are too quick to direct themselves based off of a date Jesus said cannot be known. This is one of those many "invisible shackles" many are bound by.

If Jesus said, "YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming" then one certainly cannot know when Armageddon will be.

Many are slaves to dates. The 1914 date will be one of the primary reasons why the Watch Tower organization will dry up. It will not be by man's doing, it will be by God's doing. False utterances and teachings will fade away, the truth is all that will stand. The 1914 date is a false date.

My former Brethren think that the 1914 date came out of "God's so-called Earthly Organization." Most of them do not know that it did not. It was the Second Adventist who originated the date back in the late 1800s. Charles Taze Russell was a Second Adventist and when he broke away from that movement to set up his International Bible Students Association, he borrowed that teaching.

Now if God has always had a Faithful Slave on the earth by which he used to feed the domestics the truth, were the Second Adventist that Faithful Slave since 1914 came from them? Yet, here we have a major teaching - 1914 - upon which almost all WT prophetic teachings hinge upon NOT of Watch Tower origination. It did not come out of the so-called Earthly Organization. So what is wrong with this picture?

No, 1914 like all other dates will fail because Christ told us to be "watchful" because we do not know when he is coming. If one knows when the Master is coming what need is there to be watchful?

That 1914 has been established as the date Christ returned and took kingdom power, there has been no watchfulness. Instead, there has been slumber. And in this slumber state, thieves have broken into the Masters household and "re-arranged" the furniture (changed his teachings) and stolen his property (mankind) and has done with them as they please.

The illustration at Matthew 24:42-51 speaks of two slaves in the Masters household. Which one was concerned with dates?

It was the evil slave. Why? Because he was EXPECTING the Master to arrive at a certain time. The faithful slaves were not concerned about dates because they remembered what their Master told them at Matthew 24:42.

Was not the Watch Tower organization in expectation of Christs return in 1914? Long before the arrival of that year they advertised it.

So the question at Matthew 24:45 "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?" Can be easily answered. That slave is NOT one who has delved in dates of the Masters return. That slave has not listened to the Master. That slave is teaching what Jesus says that even he has no knowledge of. How can a slave know what the Master does not? The faithful slave is one who remembers and obeys what his Master told him at Matthew 24:42.

The problem is: Many have made the Watch Tower (and any other religious organization) their Master and they obey and listen to them.

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Finally, We have a Easy To Understand Explanation of the " New Light on Governing Body" and their Power Grab from Anointed JWs!

by BucketShopBill in

ask any jehovah's witness you happen to see to explain the recent changes to the anointed and faithful slave, most have no ideas how they are robbing all authority from the anointed jws to keep for themselves.

they can't even explain the "overlapping generation", how can we expect them to catch the errors this dogma is teaching them.

this article is written by someone who knows about jws and explains in details how bad this doctrine is, it's full of holes!.

rjharris

There are no anointed ... not yet. There are no 144,000. They are yet to arrive.

I know what JWs teach as I am an ex-JW of more than 30 years (disassociated).

People and organizations are looking within the wrong time period concerning the arrival of the 144,000.

The arrival of the 144000 comes at the first resurrection occurence by Christ. That does not occur until he is given his kingdom over the earth of one thousand years by his father in heaven.

It is ASSUMED that Christ has been in kingdom power since 1914 (for almost 100 years now). This is a gross asumption. No date for Christs return in kingdom power can be derived from any book; namely, the Bible. Why? Because Jesus himself said that it is not possible to know the time of his return; that only the Father has such KNOWLEDGE. That his disciples WOULD NOT KNOW when he would return, but to be alert and watchful. (Matthew 24:36, Matthew 24:42, and Acts 1:7)

I take sides with what Christ has said. Any date such as 1914 is false and an entire system of belief has been built upon it and that belief system is crumbling. This weak and false foundation (and teaching) accounts for the many "New Light" teachings emanating from the Watch Tower organization. God does not make mistakes, speaks untruths, or gives bad food. It is obvious that the 1914 is not from God, but from men. If it was from God, it would stand rock-solid against any storm.

The arrival of the 144000 is yet future. Too, there is no mention of "remnant" in association with the 144000. Someone is making this stuff up. Yes, a remnant is mentioned in Watch Tower publications, but neither God or Christ spoke of a remnant of 144,000.

Let me explain to you the real reason why the so-called anointed (which are not that at all) are really of no consequence to the Governing Body at the headquarters. It is because the so-called anointed remnant are persons of various mixes of races, languages and genders. The Governing Body which has traditionally been an all White mans club intends to keep it that way. True, there is one person of African descent (Sam Herd), but that is a relatively recent occurence. It is still predominately a White mans club. Technically - and based on WT teaching - Samuel Herd and some of the other members on the Governing Body do not quality to be of the anointed as their dates of birth places them beyond the cutoff date.

If 1914 is wrong - and I am convinced it is according to what Christ said - then he has not been given kingdom power yet, no war has occurred in heaven yet, the beast and its image has not arrived yet, there are no 144000, no remnant. In other words, nothing in the Book of Revelation has had a start of being fufilled yet.

The world has been led down the wrong path and are listening to organizations of men and not to the one The Most High God commanded them to listen to. (Luke 9:35)