hi all, I'll be spending time with some JWs for a few days. WT topics inevitably arise. to be prepared I'd like to go through the past 6 months of kool-aid & sanitized magazines for any extra looney stuff. (dont ask about the rags. my MIL dropped off half a year's supply.) ..... anyway any information would be appreciated so I can find salient points without melting my brain or wasting my day looking for a diamond in a sewage line. ..... thanks! --- Not Reading It
info request on recent stupidity in print
by Not Feeling It 5 Replies latest watchtower bible
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OnTheWayOut
Look up the threads that Blondie posts every week on the study articles.
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Nathan Natas
Not too very long ago, the WTB&TS clarified an understanding about the difference between the anointed and the great great of un-anointed hangers-on. In brief, they said that the ANOINTED have NO MORE of Jehovah's Magic Spiritâ„¢ than any member of the great crowd.
Consider the ramifications of this. The WTB&TS has always taught that there were two classes. It used to be a requirement that any brother (no girls allowed!) who was invited to be a member of the Governing Body had to be of the anointed. They're loosening up on that.
But if the GB has no more of the Magic Spirit than Joe "ten hours a month" Hovah, WHY should the great crowd feel compelled to follow them.
It's as if an airplane captain came on the on board PA system and said, "We are now flying at an altitude of 1, 914 feet. By the way, folks, none of us up here are any more qualified to fly this crate than any of you."
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DoomVoyager
Check out this thread on "invisible growth": http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/160450/1.ashx
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Gamaliel
I think one of the biggest changes in the last six months is the Feb 15, 2008 Wt article that redefines "the generation" which will not pass away, from Matthew 24.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/153632/2809772/post.ashx#2809772
There are a lot more discussions than the link. But it's quick and short and gives you the idea.
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Not Feeling It
thanks! i'll give those suggestions a shot.