jws have a unique interpretation of the seven kings of revelation.
they of course refer to roman rulers, but the wt believe they represent certain 'world powers'.. the problem with these world powers is how arbitrary they are, not to mention the fact that none of them truly were world powers, in fact none of them even covered the entirety of europe, and the anglo-american world power isn't even a distinct entity.. then there are all of the world powers that are left out for convenience, many of which were far bigger.
the mongolian empire and the ottoman empire were both bigger than half of the chosen world powers, such as medo-persia.. has anyone ever taken this topic up with jws?
When i was in the JW cult, I was continuously brainwashed that these were the World powers: I felt so proud memorizing it and vomiting it often
BABYLON, MEDO-PERSIA,GREECE,ROMAN AND ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWERS
IS there any historical proof for this. Is there anything such as a World Power or is this Just a WT cook up ? What does World power actually mean in a general context and in WT context.
present that bit of information to a jws and what would you expect from them in reply ?
but in reality its true and you can support that statement by even using the bible.. the wts/jws is just one of many organizations of anti biblical charlatanism endeavored around literature proliferation.
the jws organization self identifies itself as the most righteous and faithfully adherent to the bible, yet when one examines the bible carefully particularly the words and teachings of jesus christ, there are obvious discrepancies and apostasy .. the operating leaders of the wts going back to the late 1800's were not pressed to gain support and confirmation from outside sources for their own acquired theology as in pyramidology teachings etc.. they were more pressed to make up their own teachings which in expectation were appealing to the general public at large , such as " christ has return a new world order to come ".. great statements to make or position on the front cover of a magazine as it were but not faithfully adherent to the bible or the instruction laid out by jesus in preaching his new kingdom to come.. for most of the history of the wts/jws it was an organization that presented and preached a tainted false commercialized gospel influenced more upon literature proliferation then scriptural accuracy and adherence.
The word Prophet itself is a misnomer or an illusionary term. Nobody can prophesy (Predict future things) in this world and anyone who profess to do so is a conman.
Jesus himself was a (false) Prophet, whose prophecies eventually never happened. And so are the various Bible Writers.
ANd there is nothing called salvation either. Death is common for any living species and thats the end of it. "Salvation" is one of the various imaginary concept coined by Bible writers
so, a new book on ezekiel.
an opportunity for the borg to distance itself from wacky ideas of times past?
er...no....if only this might inspire some sincere jdub to go to the internet archive and actually read this stuff: https://archive.org/details/thefinishedmystery.
Pure Worship of Jehovah -- Restored at last
So it took 1890 years for Jehovah to restore his Pure Worship.
But Jehovah is Super fast when ordering to Kill the various tribes, for silly reasons
one source describes independent thinking this way:.
good - w57 8/1 p. 469 par.
good - w72 3/15 p. 170 par.
Independant thinking is good for you always but bad for the cult, if you are in it.
jehovah's "failure".
we humans never seem to consider god in terms of anything but power and ability.
the idea of 'failure' is preposterous.. .
God's failure means we acknowledge there is a God and he failed (Again, how can an infinitely wise, all perfect god fail ? ) for some reasons
I would rather rephrase the tile as "Invention of God is a failure"
i know it sounds kinda stupid and dramatic, but lately there’s been a lot of suggestive content about not watching tv.
the broadcast was telling people that watching tv snares you into getting an attachment to characters, (the one where the crazy sister prayed for a tv character).
and today this watchtower telling people that the only news that should be watching, or even interested in watching is the broadcast or on jw.org news room.
I hope that "Dont watch TV rule" is enforced by WT
In that way my JW mom and wife may rebel and become aspostates, as they cant live withiout watching TV movies. My pipe dream
it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.
for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.
very interesting times!
I had read in a very old WT publication that Napoleon Bonoparte was the King of the North.
Then came Hitler, USSR and now Russia. Seems Jehovah himself is confused as to who the King of the North is.
a couple of times while i was anti-witnessing i have made a fundamental mistake, which was to try to show the believer that it was neither intellectually nor scientifically necessary for there to be a creator.
the discussion got to this point because i said i was an atheist.. this latest time was talking to a street preacher who was not a j.w, but he did the same thing they do, i.e not really listen to the points i made, tried to rubbish science etc.. i have decided when, (if), this happens again i shall say something along the lines of " whoa there !
you have done a huge leap from talking about your bible god to the matter of a creator, if i concede there was a creator, how can you prove it was your god ?".
The subject about whether a God Exists or not , based on this Universe, is highly vague and needs a lot of intellect to discuss, IMHO
I think a good way to make any Christian think, is to question their own Bible.
Many Christians (Including Jws) are ignorant of the arrogance, injustice, wickedness and needless violence in the Bible. Point out those verses, and demand an answer
the wt for this upcoming sunday 10/07 is especially precious in its standard double speak.
aren't we so grateful to the f&ds who directly mediates our relationship with jesus christ and give us the food we need at the proper time?
i dunno....maybe i have anger issues with the the wt?.
god is less powerful than Satan because he can’t stop the attacks on the reputation of the organization
Jehovah is less powerful than the governments and rulers of Singapore, North Korea, China and many other countries, as JWs are banned there.
the wt for this upcoming sunday 10/07 is especially precious in its standard double speak.
aren't we so grateful to the f&ds who directly mediates our relationship with jesus christ and give us the food we need at the proper time?
i dunno....maybe i have anger issues with the the wt?.
