by yaddayadda 43 Replies latest watchtower bible
and you may be privileged to be included among the "great crowd" of human survivors of "the great tribulation".
Funny, Jesus always said "shall". Can you imagine... doing all this and the only hope a JW has is a may?
And, rejoicing over the death of family and friends is disgusting....
HA! What a nice, loving follow up....The article that had the bugs and exterminator example was december 1st!
Fairmind, actually I think what the WTS says is that everyone who stays loyal to their religion and fights against its destruction will be destroyed by the "political elements in the UN." Everyone remaining after that at least outwardly says they are without religion.
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w04 2/1 p. 21 "The Scene of This World Is Changing" ***First, the kings of the earth (the political part of Satan’s organization) will turn on the supporters of Babylon the Great (the religious part) and will destroy them. (Revelation 17:1, 15-18)
I do believe that Charles Russell taught that it would only be the organizations that would be destroyed, not the individual members. (statements in the 1917 Finished Mystery not written by CTR are not the basis of my statement. Part of that book was written posthumously by the same person who brought in the concept that vaccinations were bad, Woodsworth and Fisher.)
Love, Blondie
Boy am I glad my family and I no longer believe this CRAP!!!!! Hey by the way, you know how they say that all false Religion had it's beginnings in Babylon? Do you all think that is true? Don't countries like China go way back? I think this is worth researching unless you all already know the answer.
IC
The point is that through their behaviour they show themselves to be part of babylon and should an end arrive indeed they will not be spared. It doesn't mean that someone criticising everyone else as being evil is himelf any good. They have only created a false pious image for themselves to draw more supporters, which translates eventually to more wealth.
Do you mean that the secular dating of Chinese history predates the WTS dating of the beginning of Babylon shortly after the "flood" of 2370 BCE? Then, yes. But then the rank and file JW don't trust secular historians, part of Satan's world you know.
BluesBrother:
The strange thing is to ask oneself ,how you could have believed it, when we ourselves bore these people no ill will
I think that it's due in part to the language that the WTS uses when discussing these matters. Notice how the article states that it is abstractions such false religion (which really means all human beings who practice a religion other than JWism) and the secular parts of Satan's system (which really means every human being that's left over) that will be destroyed (which really means murdered, killed). By using such abstractions and euphemisms they put a subtle disguise on the horrific implications of the beliefs they are promulgating.
So your average JW never fully consciously makes the connection that that nice yet non-religious person that they work with or the mailman or the McDonald's drive-thru attendant is going to be murdered by God any time now. "Oh, we don't believe that!"
Rebel8, this picture gave me the creeps. It is on p259 of "Isaiah's Prophecy, vol 2 "
Dantheman , you are so right. it is much easier to think of "destuction of the wicked" , rather than the death of millions. BTW Politicians and Army generals use the same ruse
Sister Blondie, thank you for that! and yes I agree the society trains it's members to ignore secular history. Hey this meeting here on JWD has been so informative thank you all! I like our meetings on here so much more, no dress code, no BS!
IC
Man,old man Charles had a better heart than these koooooooooks
