Question from our Readers 5.01.07 WT

by purplesofa 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  Amazing

  Purple,

  On the other hand, as time has gone by, some Christians baptized afte 1935 have had witness borne to them that they have the heavenly hope. (Romans 8:16, 17) Thus, it appears that we cannot set a specific date for when the calling of Christians to the heavenly hope ends.

  Yep ... I am not surprised at this ... they need an out for more Anointed because the current crop of GB and others are dying off. Also, this gives them some wiggle room in the event they need to justify more Anointed. In my JW life, I was of the Anointed and served as an Elder. I was able to find things like this QFR, but the best one was the 1952 Wt. It shows exactly how one known they are of the Anointed. Thanks for posting the QFR.

  Jim W.
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  choosing life

  I cannot believe that I used to believe this convoluted thinking, all the while using my "beliefs" to batter and explain the world around me at the same time.There are so many assumptions and so much just plain crazy thinking in that one little article to float a major ship.

  They actually believe that things are true just because they say they are. That is some dangerous thinking. The twisted mind control that is needed to believe this! And yet, there is some subtle feature in this material that I feel is appealing to people on a very basic level. I don't think that is accidental.

  Sorry if I am off topic, but I haven't read this material for a little while and it is just blowing my mind. I feel like to leave "the truth", you have to go through withdrawal. I feel it is every bit as much an adiction as drugs or alcohol. But it is only on occassion that I can see this clearly, so "it" must still have its tendrils into me on some level.

  Going outside now to visit the real world. The sun is out and the grass is starting to recover from the freezing weather and turning greener. Almost sunset, my favorite time of the day.
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  purplesofa

  Sorry if I am off topic, but I haven't read this material for a little while and it is just blowing my mind. I feel like to leave "the truth", you have to go through withdrawal. I feel it is every bit as much an adiction as drugs or alcohol. But it is only on occassion that I can see this clearly, so "it" must still have its tendrils into me on some level.

  Going outside now to visit the real world. The sun is out and the grass is starting to recover from the freezing weather and turning greener. Almost sunset, my favorite time of the day.

  choosing life........I agree about the addiciton.

  I am always blown away that I believed about needing to have the right heart condition to understand what they were telling us. While I would sit there and try to reason things out mentally, not being able to, I would then twist and contort my heart to try to accept it. Crazy isnt it?

  purps
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  sir82

  I love how when the Society realizes it was wrong, they switch to passive voice.

  1975 didn't bring Armageddon..."it is to be regretted that certain strong statements were made..."

  1935 didn't end the heavenly calling..."it was believed that the heavenly clling ended in 1935..."

  Yeah, right, "it was believed..." That rather begs the question, WHY was it believed? Who put the idea into people's heads? It wasn't a mass simultaneous psychosis that popped into the heads of JWs without cause, it was put there by the WT leadership, over and over and over and over again.

  Idiots.