now, many years later, i remember the 1995 generation change, very well.. since early youth, hearing my father explaining in field service the 2520 years.
it was his main theme in the field.. with the change my doubts started.
with some jw friends we did not trust the organization anymore.
Because there is an absolute zero prospect of "many" of these living till Armageddon, let alone surviving it, the current “Great Crowd” doctrine itself is going to have to change.
VdH, easy, the overlap of the anointed group does not happen in isolation, all living bneings overlap in sync, as they move through time. so:
it is an universal overlap.
that is the title of one of the watchtower's seemingly endless list of books that was pushed out for sale placement in the jehovah's witness' ministry.
the title does ask a great question.
those who would deny that the bible is divine in origin usually point to failed prophecy, events that do not mesh with historic evidence, scientific evidence, or even plagiarism from other religions.
How about Pauls advise that "Women should not speak in the congreagation"
I think this may be one of those instances where it was just an opinion expressed by Paul.
PTB, no, in verse 37 of ICor14 he declares it to be the "Lord's commandment" and:
If the bible is a product of the universe's intelligence heritage, do you think that is true of other holy writings too? They are just as an oddball read!
now, many years later, i remember the 1995 generation change, very well.. since early youth, hearing my father explaining in field service the 2520 years.
it was his main theme in the field.. with the change my doubts started.
with some jw friends we did not trust the organization anymore.
-That the heavenly hope was the only Christian hope from Pentecost until 1935.
-That the Ransom only directly applies to the 144,000 and the "great crowd" TD
that would put almost all the partakers, billions of dead churchgoers into the "earthly resurrection of the unrighteous" , but still be better than the hapless jws, that never partook, John 6. but whatever happened to Peter's hope of a " ---- new earth?
sorry, in wt weirdness, Jesus' ransom only applies directly, as a mediator, to the 144 000, not to jws now, the prospective members the great crowd.
that is the title of one of the watchtower's seemingly endless list of books that was pushed out for sale placement in the jehovah's witness' ministry.
the title does ask a great question.
those who would deny that the bible is divine in origin usually point to failed prophecy, events that do not mesh with historic evidence, scientific evidence, or even plagiarism from other religions.
PTB: are you defending the divine origin of the scriptures? then:
having made humans in his image, he must have anticipated that they would be mini-creators, and find ways to read the radio messages that come in from the "in the Beginning period" that
it is comprehensible, ”Albert Einstein
He would not a mere 4000 years ago have words written in his name that contradicted reality, or have an organisation publish falsehood based on these falsehoods, fairy tales.
that is the title of one of the watchtower's seemingly endless list of books that was pushed out for sale placement in the jehovah's witness' ministry.
the title does ask a great question.
those who would deny that the bible is divine in origin usually point to failed prophecy, events that do not mesh with historic evidence, scientific evidence, or even plagiarism from other religions.
From my understanding of the account in Genesis, God wasn't overly concerned about giving us a science lesson.
As for the age of the earth I don't believe the bible claims he did it in seven literal days.
PTB If the creator knew that his credibility would rest on the record he set, in his claimed word and creation, he would make sure that his works would not contradict his word. imho. He would know, that the truth about the truth aka his word, would come out, sooner or later.
The bible claims that the Earth was created at the Big Bang, . the landscaping came later.
remember the last financial crisis, where there as a bail-out of the banks?.
have you ever stopped to think what the "out" part of bail-out means?
normally you think of bailing water out of a boat, or maybe jumping out of a plane, but in financial terms the "out" means "outside money".
In Canada you can get accounts that the government will guarantee against loss for up to 100 000.- the government will guarantee too, that you will lose 3% in value every year, by dishing out money to folks for not working, not producing, illegally immigrating.
that is the title of one of the watchtower's seemingly endless list of books that was pushed out for sale placement in the jehovah's witness' ministry.
the title does ask a great question.
those who would deny that the bible is divine in origin usually point to failed prophecy, events that do not mesh with historic evidence, scientific evidence, or even plagiarism from other religions.
The Bible speaks a lot about core values we need to embrace if we want the human race to survive long into the future.
PTB: If true what you say, but then The author would not encase these gems into a setting that totally discredits "The word of God"s claim to divine inspiration, verification. such as Gen 1:1, which gives the planet Earth an age of 13,8 billion years.
now, many years later, i remember the 1995 generation change, very well.. since early youth, hearing my father explaining in field service the 2520 years.
it was his main theme in the field.. with the change my doubts started.
with some jw friends we did not trust the organization anymore.
I still have my old 84 BF showing the anointed as the generation that would not die. Now all those pictured on that page who were actual anointed are all tits up. gone
mbc: why would their timely death be a problem? it actually fulfills current wt prophecy, which has it, that all partakers will have to die before Armageddon, the Great Tribulation.
Loesch should listen to the other Austrian, W. Pauli who said " that is so bad, it is not even wrong "
because Jesus never said the generation would die before Armageddon, the greatest disaster to ever hit the human race. He said the generation would survive, and die, pass away afterward.
it was nauseating to listen to the book study the past week on zoom.
old timers, and elders who have served for decades took the change of the vision in ezekiel chapter 40 thru 48 without blinking an eye.
just drank it down.
There are all these temples, tabernacles , can you count them? all 7+, ?
The book study is a meaningless, disjointed gibberish. gaslighting .
you are sadly mistaken.. i hear people say it on here all the time, and dare i say his name *cough* lloyd evans *cough* has said it a number of times, that watchtower is running scared and watchtower is in decline….. we need to put in perspective the decrease from the 2020 report.
if we calculate a yearly -0.6 decrease over a 10 year period from 2020 figures it leaves us the grand total number of witnesses of:.
by 2030: - 7,933,479. by 2040: - 7,471,357. by 2050: - 7,036,154. i agree that this is a significant decrease, but let’s not kid ourselves, the wt organisation will still be alive and well even with an annual 0.6% loss.
there was a steeper decline after 1925, 1975. so, if there is a great loss of members, look for a doctrinal failure, again.
