The end is so near because.....

by OnTheWayOut 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  OnTheWayOut

  The Governing Body allows the running rumor to gather speed, and pushes it along
  that "Armageddon is so close, we really mean it this time."

  What is their advantage in doing so?

  I will start out with my reasons, please keep adding.

  The end is near because.....

  1. It is good for keeping the rank and file busy. No need to worry or plan for the future. Just go to meetings
  and preach and read your literature.
  2. It keeps the family and congregation "encouraging" any that miss meetings to get back to the hall.
  3. It causes the rank and file to tell the disgruntled former Bethelites that they really are needed in the field,
  so "Shut up and keep preaching, you won't need retirement planning anyway."
  4. It pushes the "No need for education" policy. Education is bad for mindless drones. They might start
  thinking on their own and question the Borg.

  What else?
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  Scully

  .... "phenomenal growth" in the Organization™ - new KHs being built all the time

  oh and my personal favorite....

  JWs know the end is so near because the population of carrion birds is increasing for no apparent reason!! mmmmm mmmm dinner is on the way!!
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  Lady Liberty

  JWs know the end is so near because the population of carrion birds is increasing for no apparent reason!! mmmmm mmmm dinner is on the way

  Scully...you have got to be kidding!!??? Are you Kidding me???? LOLOLOL!!!

  L.L.
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  Scully

  LL

  I am NOT kidding. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/38234/518849/post.ashx#518849
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  BlackPearl

  The only thing increasing around here is the size of Pinochio's nose.

  BP
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  greendawn

  The reasons you mentioned cover the issue fairly well basically they want to keep up the sense of urgency because it is the basis of their policies to keep the dubs in fear and attached to the FDS. Let's not forget paradise earth is their major selling point and if it doesn't arrive soon many dubs will lose their incentive to be dubs. So the end has to be near.
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  Mum

  It keeps the poor dubs alienated from their families and friends (who, after all, won't be around much longer, making emotional attachment a recipe for future pain) and any hint of a support system so that the borg will have all of the control. They identify with the "specialness" of being the only people who are going to survive the greatest battle of all time. In The True Believer, Eric Hoffer describes the phenomenon of belonging to a group that is devoted to a purpose greater than the individual, an opportunity for people who feel inadequate to become collectively "great."

  Regards,

  SandraC
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  AllAlongTheWatchtower

  "JWs know the end is so near because the population of carrion birds is increasing for no apparent reason!!" - Scully

  Well, there you have it, folks! Now we know why the bees are being killed off that everybody was talking about on here a few weeks ago. Those poor crows and vultures are waiting for the big A, and it hasn't happened yet, so meanwhile, they have to snack. lmao
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  JK666

  The end is so near . . .

  . . .because the past is so far!

  1925 . . . Millions now living will never die!

  Where are they?

  JK
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  Warlock

  The end is so near because...................IF WE WERE TO ADMIT THAT IT REALLY ISN'T, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT WE WERE.........WRRRRR.............WROO...................WROOOOOOOON.......................

  WRONG!!!!!!

  Warlock