Jan 2014 WT study - more vomit

by EndofMysteries 41 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  EndofMysteries

  Articles such at "100 years of kingdom rule" in which Jehovah has 'in a sense' begun ruling as king, and Jesus in a sense was made king. Even though the kingdom hasn't actually come. It's not clear if the 1,000 year reign has began or not, if so only 900 years left of Jesus rule?

  I especially love the parts about " The Bible Students spent decades pointing out that the year 1914 would be significant...... They were not completely sure about what would happen. Still, they knew that 1914 would mark a turning point regarding divine rulership."

  That's great isn't it? Either the WT can point out the TRUTH about that they were completely SURE what was going to happen in 1914 and see their socalled predictions were false, OR say they foretold 1914 years in advance, they had no idea what was going to happen, but they knew something was going to happen. EVERYBODY SIGN UP!!! Infact, I predict that tomorrow something is going ot happen, I don't know what, but it is significant and if you turn on the news, you'll see it's true, something will happen!
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  Bob_NC

  You are one of the anointed, aren't you? One of the former FDS class but now just regular anointed. I can tell by your suredness about significant things about to happen.
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  LostGeneration

  Add to that they predicted things in about 20 different years along the way.

  You know, broken clock theory. Gotta love revisionist history.

  Sad part is most JWs will lap the vomit up and ask for another serving. Another set of "golden calf" articles praising their precious org.
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  runForever

  looks like they deleted it the website is broken and they don't have that article anymore.
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  EndofMysteries

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140115/ it's still there
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  Jeffro

  I noticed the following in the 3rd article in the same issue of The Watchtower (my own comments in blue):

  In his detailed prophecy about the conclusion of this system of things, Jesus said: “This generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen.” (Read Matthew 24:33-35.) We understand that in mentioning “this generation,” Jesus was referring to two groups of anointed Christians (um... no). The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year. Those who made up this group were not merely alive in 1914, but they were spirit-anointed as sons of God in or before that year.
  
  The second group included in “this generation” are anointed contemporaries of the first group. They were not simply alive during the lifetime of those in the first group, but they were anointed with holy spirit during the time that those of the first group were still on earth. Thus, not every anointed person today is included in “this generation” of whom Jesus spoke. Today, those in this second group are themselves advancing in years.

  It seems they're saying that the new 'overlapping generations' generation can't be used beyond just the one 'overlap'. Apparently they're trying to rein in speculation about the new 'overlapping generation' allowing an extended period before 'the end'. They drum this point in further by suggesting that the overlapping generation (which is also the same 'generation') is also "advancing in years". ('Discerning' JWs should interpret this as "panic".)

  Of course, if they later decide they do want to extend the period further, this 'new light' will simply fade into obscurity.
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  never a jw

  Jeffro

  It's the fifth article in page 31.

  Worth noting is that they are going after the young ones. One whole article was spent for that purpose and the last page was clearly targeting young people to dedicate to the full time service to "Jehovah"
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  linuxbob

  I can't believe my wife falls for this drivel.
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  never a jw

  Also worth noting is how the graph in page 15 is plotted inaccurately to make people believe that growth has remained steady. If you do the math, the period between 1980 and 2000 shows an average growth of 193 K publishers per year, while the period between 2000 and 2010 shows a much smaller growth of just 119 k publishers per year. These number when properly plotted should show a marked decline in the slope of the graph. If you look at the Watchtower's graph you hardly can tell there is a change between the two slopes 1980-2000 and 2000-2010. To illustrate, the change in slopes is comparable to slopes changing from 60 deg to 37 deg (or 30 deg to 18.5 deg). Quite a difference!!. Mark Twain was right when he said "There's three types of lies: Lies, damn lies, and the Watchtower statistics". I obviously slightly modified Twain's quote at the end.
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  yadda yadda 2

  Jeffro said: It seems they're saying that the new 'overlapping generations' generation can't be used beyond just the one 'overlap'. Apparently they're trying to rein in speculation about the new 'overlapping generation' allowing an extended period before 'the end'. They drum this point in further by suggesting that the overlapping generation (which is also the same'generation') is also "advancing in years". ('Discerning' JWs should interpret this as "panic".)

  Jeffro is spot on there.

  Watchtower - "The second group included in “this generation” are anointed contemporaries of the first group. They were not simply alive during the lifetime of those in the first group, but they were anointed with holy spirit during the time that those of the first group were still on earth. Thus, not every anointed person today is included in “this generation” of whom Jesus spoke. Today, those in this second group are themselves advancing in years."

  So basically, any anointed person today who started partaking of the emblems during the life-time of the 1914 anointed generation is included in the 'generation'. Theoretically that could mean that the 'generation' will not pass away for the lifestime of, say, a 21 year old that starts partaking of the emblems at next year's memorial if there is at least a single decrepid very aged memorial partaker. That would mean the 'generation' will not pass away for the rest of that 21 year old's lifetime.

  Or is the Society saying that only those who were actual adult partakers, ie, not babies, in 1914 would count as the first group? That would reduce the window of opportunity to be one of the 'overlapping' contemporaries somewhat. Eg, a 20 year old partaker in 1914 dies at the age of 102 in a Brooklyn infirmary in 1996. Just before that old partaker dies in 1996, a 21 year starts partaking in his congregation, thus being an overlapping 'contemporary' of the 102 year old anointed fogie. That 21 year old partaker in 1996 then lives to the age of 99 and dies in the year 2074, being the last of the second group and the last of the "generation"!

  SO DO MORE UNTIL 2074 YA HEAR!