did you read this study articel in which the slave says it is not appointed yet?.
excerpt from study articel 13 7/15 p 8. so there is good reason for us to understand matthew 24:46, 47 to mean that jesus will arrive to appoint the faithful slave over all his belongings at that time in the future during the great tribulation.
* (see endnote.
The article explains that the FDS gets two appointments. The first is over "the domestics" - everyone else other than the GB. This is understood to have happened 1919. The second appointment is over the belongings.
Check paragraphs 11 onwards to get "clarity" ;-)
looking at a news article, i read the following:.
“that’s one thing that’s unique about jehovah’s people,” said marty mettler, a spokesman for the green bay convention.
“they even tell the hotels when they book they’re coming because some people book and don’t show.
If Witnesses are so unselfish, thoughtful and different why is it that EVERY year the WTS has to remind people not to behave like arseholes at hotels and the convention site?
Why is it they now have a made a "monkey see, monkey do" video to show the gormless hordes?
Why is it they have had to allow the elderly and infirm in 15 minutes earlier to prevent the dangerous and unseemly rush to grab seats?
as a former dubber i had many occasions to doubt that the end was coming.
i was told it was ok to doubt but not to think about it too much and wait on jehovah.
that bull shit lasted until they changed the meaning of generation in 95 and that was the end of that bull shit for me.
There are three consistent messages that are being sent out time and time again by the organisation:
1 - "the end is really, really, really close. Look at this video showing people just like you hiding out in basements. Look at this video of someone dressed just like you are greeting their resurrected family member"
2 - "Don't try and put a time scale to the time of the end. Look at all the elderly who still are faithful. Make sure your faith is strong for the long term."
3 - "Jehovah already knows when the end will be. It's scheduled. It's not late because it's always been scheduled for the future."
Most Witnesses placate themselves by picking one of these in rotation to block the cognitive dissonance.
homophobia (m-w.com):.
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
can someone tell me, specifically, was homophobic about the new "anti-gay" wt video.
The trend should be for more tolerance simply because younger people are presented that view by society in general. I read my daughter's answer to a questionnaire on this very subject that was presented in her citizenship class at school - it was 100% what you would expect any tolerant person to put down.
What is clever about the video and Awake article however, is that they present an argument for limiting that tolerance that resonates perfectly with Witnesses and allows them to feel safe and happy in demonstrating a relative tolerance. At the same time, the experiences of gay people, especially young ones born into the religion, are completely hidden from view so no one gets the other side of the story unless they look for it.
The WTS does not need gay people. Witnesses have a position that prevents no one from being gay or getting a marriage - they just can't be Witnesses - but how many people does that actually affect?
Witnesses have proven time and time again at how capable they are at instantly shunning family members and former friends. What makes gay rights any more likely to provoke change from the ground up?
The GB only act when they have no choice and there are several larger issues that will 99% never provoke the mass walk out that it would take to force change. Gay rights is several slots down IMHO on that list.
i was just watching this on you tube.
https://youtu.be/zaoqrb6r6gi.
and although talking about the mormon church i think in principle it well describes thejws.
You could just as easily substitute JW for Mormon and it would resonate in exactly the same way.
One of the links is to this blog:
http://johnpavlovitz.com/2014/08/15/church-heres-why-people-are-leaving-you-part-1/
Interestingly it talks about the glitzy church, something which JWs have not really followed but the move to more multi-media and streamed content does reflect a slicker and more emotive method of capturing attention.
Item 5 - Your love does not look like love is a superb observation.
homophobia (m-w.com):.
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
can someone tell me, specifically, was homophobic about the new "anti-gay" wt video.
There are plenty of sensible Christians who do interpret the Bible that way. Why shouldn't JWs join them?
If the pressure becomes great enough they probably will.
Very, very doubtful this would ever happen. Whilst there is a very slim chance they could sell something to Western Witnesses at some point in the future, don't forget that there are large contingents of Witnesses in countries where homosexuality is still fighting be be legal let alone tolerated or accepted. They would never risk the schism.
Jehovah's Witnesses have stuck to their guns for years on things like a global flood, 607 maths, only 6000 years of human presence on the earth, anti evolution, literal acceptance of things like Lot's wife becoming a pillar of salt and Jonah living in the belly of a fish for three days.
They have never even shown the slightest of signs that they would move to accepting heterosexual activity outside of marriage let alone accepting something like gay marriage. They can't even face up to trying to present some loving encouragement to young Witnesses who may be gay, it's still basically pray for it to go away.
Don't forget as well that the Witnesses don't care what the world says if the membership are happy with the status quo. Right now 99% of Witnesses think the latest video and Awake are the most moderate and reasonable pronouncements on the subject ever. The GB only promote change when it suits commercial interests and this subject does not touch them commercially at all.
please excuse if this topic is duplicated elsewhere.
however i had not thought of the issue highlighted in the article from the point of those potentially fading before.. https://www.the-newshub.com/general/life-or-death-for-former-jehovahs-witnesses.
so what happens when a medical emergency arises?in the event you face a medical emergency in which you are incapacitated, jw elders and family show up to produce legal documents that will allow them to take over your medical care including withholding blood to cause your death.
All the more reason never to lodge anything with the congregation and to ensure that your current views are formally documented with your doctor and any other medical institution that may be contacted in the event of an emergency. Don't carry a card, even a blank one. If at all possible tell your husband or wife that you will accept blood and get them to agree to respect your wishes.
As far as I know, at least in the UK, the HLC have no formal powers but they will attempt to influence family. Even then, if the doctors have a clear statement of your wishes there is nothing anyone can do - your word trumps everything else.
...right from a pro-jw site in response to a post about the relative seriousness of homosexuality.
all you can do is reason from the scriptures, which you appear to have done.
homosexuality is as serious as bestiality, or adultery and fornication.
DY...
A lot of horrid things happen in some people's private life; the thing with the LGBTQ gang is that they are sooooo 'in your face' and we all just better grin and bear it.
Yes, the behavior should be kept very private.
Some homosexuals have been very loud and proud but this is understandable. After years of legal oppression they have had to confront society to push through a change in attitudes. It's been the same with race. When black people were far more assertive about their legal rights and challenging the white status quo was that any different? Simply enshrining equal rights in law does not automatically change peoples' attitudes and culture.
The more society is nonplussed about the sexual preferences of consenting adults then the less noisy the LGBT "community" needs to be.
we have a bethel speaker on the english side.
they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.
how are they employed.
The irony is Divergent, that the difference between JW teachings and mainstream Christianity is what brought a whole bunch of converts in to the fold in the first place. If they had been teaching things that only slightly varied then people would not have bothered moving from their existing faith.
Witness dogma defines that they don't waste time doing charitable works typical of other faiths. It means they can only go so far regarding what is acceptable morally. Being different means they have to demonise anyone that queries or challenges the dogma and shun "unrepentant" ones.
Genuine love would mean genuine tolerance and that is one thing an organisation predicated on being different can promote.
it has been 21 years since the 1995 article that pretty much buried the idea of the '1914 generation'.. remember those guys?
the ones born in 1914 that would still be alive when the end of the system arrived.. i'm glad i'm old enough to remember going from door to door, preaching this belief.
the reason i say that is because i have a lot of 'still in' jw friends and family.
Interesting thoughts TD - I think I am seeing a little more clearly where you are coming from.
As you say Rev 7 is explicit in having two classes. The 144,00 and then the Great Crowd. The GC by definition survive Armageddon. I would agree that all the time the WT held to the view of the appointing of the 144k being completed by 1935 then you could only be prospective "GC" post that.
Of course, the fact that the time has marched on so long means many born subsequent to 1935 are dying off and could never have been part of the GC in terms of surviving through Armageddon.
Witnesses would, of course, class these people simply as part of the "other sheep", a class not supported directly by Rev 7, but fairly easily claimed as a group based on the statements about Jesus having sheep "not of this flock". Regardless, past WT doctrine would still limit the OS to post 1935.
I would suggest that the recent change to the view on the 144k being sorted by 1935 does open up the opportunity to say that a Christian over the past 19 centuries could be either 144k or OS, but I don't think they have ever directly said this or even implied it.
I am not sure that this matters to a Witness one way or the other. Revelation 20 is clear about a resurrection so they would simply say that the anyone who died pre Armageddon as a faithful Witness gets a resurrection and this causes no contradiction with Rev 7 only referring to the 144k and the GC who live through Armageddon.
