The ENTIRE Inhabited Earth?

by Sunspot 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Sunspot

  Revelation 12:9b says that "Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth"....

  Seeing as how Satan is "misleading the ENTIRE inhabited earth", then doesn't the word "entire" include the WTS as being misled as well? There is nothing to indicate in this scripture that ONE organization will NOT be under his control.

  Knowing that the WTS is-has been-and will be----filled with errors and "mistakes" of admittedly imperfect men's interpretations, how does any JW put their trust IN these men to guide their spirituality and salvation by telling them that they are getting "food from God" and then having to change what "God" said?

  From what I see, the WTS is just as much under this "Satanic misleading" as everyone else....
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  Honesty

  The WTBTS also denies its followers access to Jesus just like the Pharisees who were under Satan's influence.
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  defd

  Ok you two. WHO really is the faithful and discreet slave? How is Gods people being feed? Where is jesus Christian Congregation that was started by him? Where should I go to worship God and be taught by him?

  D.
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  Sunspot

  WHO really is the faithful and discreet slave? How is Gods people being feed? Where is jesus Christian Congregation that was started by him? Where should I go to worship God and be taught by him?

  Are these questions supposed to explain what the scripture at Rev 12:9 says when it states that the entire inhabited earth would be under Satanic influence?

  They don't.
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  Sunspot

  
  Okay DFed---I'll play.

  ***WHO really is the faithful and discreet slave?

  Good question. Obviously the WTS has staked their claim on them (it) and made them their own....but it doesn't prove anything other than the WTS leaders have an active imagination. The WTS cannot prove nor verify any of this.

  ***How is Gods people being feed?

  By reading the bible and praying for holy spirit that Jesus promised to send as a helper just for this purpose.

  ***Where is jesus Christian Congregation that was started by him?

  The same one that got its start in Abel's day? Or are you referring to the "Christian" congregation that only decided to tack on this title to make themselves sound more mainstream and acceptable to the public that you are trying to convince of its "Christian" status?

  ***Where should I go to worship God and be taught by him?

  Not at the local KHs, I assure you. Are you a "Christian" Witness or a Jehovah's Witness? Isn't it hard to see which hat you supposed to wear every day?
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  peacefulpete

  WHO really is the faithful and discreet slave?

  The the context of parable in Luke and Matthew make clear that the question is rhetorical and intended for self reflection. The writers used the slave story to say that all Christians should behave as the "faithful slave' did in dutifully serving their master. There is nothing in the texts that suggests a prophecy of eclesiastical authority.

  How is Gods people being feed?

  'God's people' is a cultic lable. From a theist's perspective surely all people are 'God's people'. It is only in exclusivist cult circles that a small body of like believers condemn and maligne all others as Satan's people, unbelievers, worldly etc. If these assume such a title as "god's people' it would then seem strange to ask how they are fed. Surely God would be feeding them.

  Where is jesus Christian Congregation that was started by him?

  The NT does not even hint that Jesus started any congregation. If we assume that the writers meant their readers to believe he did then the answer is simple. The congregation that was started by him have been dead for 2000 years.

  Where should I go to worship God and be taught by him?

  You are assuming that there is a God that needs to have a human representation to be his mouth and ears. And that this representative apparently looks so much like everyone else that a person has to discover him. This belief makes easy victims of cults. There are a great many cults and cultlike religions that claim to be such a mouth for God eager to meet them.