Looking for quote from WT...please help

by mavie 16 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  mavie

  I was having a discussion with family about leaving the JW's recently. We were talking about the us verses them mentality one develops as part of the religion. I tried to bolster my case by saying that only JW's will survive armageddon. My family said the Bible doesn't teach that, to which I replied 'well, the WT does.'

  I did a search on the WT CD and couldn't find anyplace they explicitly say 'only jehovah's witnesses will survive armageddon'. Now, I know this is implied all over the literature, but has anyone ever come across a piece of lit where they get bold and say that?
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  OnTheWayOut

  I am pretty sure that there is no direct statement. If there were, it would most likely be older, as they have been more careful about that stuff. There was a recent thread on here that mentioned their website or press releases that deny them ever saying they are the only ones.
  
  If you find anything, they will just say, "The light is brighter now." "That doesn't say it EXACTLY."
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  Elsewhere

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  Live Forever bookchap. 30 p. 255 par.14 What You Must Do to Live Forever ***

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  Do not conclude that there are different roads, or ways, that you can follow to gain life in God’s new system. There is only one. There was just the one ark that survived the Flood, not a number of boats. And there will be only one organization—God’s visible organization—that will survive the fast-approaching "great tribulation." It is simply not true that all religions lead to the same goal. (Matthew 7:21-23; 24:21) You must be part of Jehovah’s organization, doing God’s will, in order to receive his blessing of everlasting life.—Psalm 133:1-3.

  The Watchtower, September 1, 1989, p. 19: "Remaining organized for Survival Into the Millennium":
  Only Jehovah?s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the "great crowd," as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme rganizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil. ...For survival into the Millennium under the Greater Noah, Jesus Christ, they have to remain organized with the anointed remnant, "the chosen ones" on account of whom the days of the "great tribulation" will be cut short.
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  blondie

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  w577/1p.416Announcements***

  It is only true worshipers of Jehovah today, those who learn of God’s gracious provision for safety and act on it, who will receive his protection at the war of Armageddon
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  JeffT

  So if you don't have to be a JW to please God and live forever why are they running all over the world trying to convert people?
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  mavie

  Thanks Elsewhere and Blondie. Mission accomplished.

  I copied this info from the WT CD and emailed it to family. One response already in...

  "Well, the new brochure says you don't have to be a JW." !!!! ??? !!!!

  WTF??? (bangs head against wall)
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  OnTheWayOut

  The newest book or brochure is always the most important one, regardless of how much the older ones destroyed lives.
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  Warlock

  Jesus said that the chaos of the last days would be stopped because of the "chosen ones", otherwise no flesh would survive.

  Who are the "chosen ones" according to the WTS?

  Warlock
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  Nathan Natas

  "Well, the new brochure says you don't have to be a JW."

  Fine. What else can a person be and have a hope of surviving Armageddon?

  Buddhist?

  Muslim?

  Hindu?

  Zoroastrian?

  Wiccan?

  Shinto?

  Taoist?

  Jewish?

  Catholic?

  Atheist?

  ...and if there is ANY other way a person might have a hope of surviving Armageddon, why on earth would they choose instead to be on of Jehovah's Pharisaical Witnesses?
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  rebel8

  www.jwinfo.8m.com/activism.htm ---> Click on "Are jws rational?" brochure for wts quotes about that, with pics.