The rank and file only know about these things if they get their info from an outside source.
Which is precisely why the WTS forbids outside research, at least by rank and file dubs.
Rank & File Unfamiliar with WTS former NGO Status?
by megs 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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willyloman
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willyloman
It's not so much being an NGO so much as how one has to go about to become an NGO. Years of bad-mouthing and condemning the UN as the image of the Wild Beast only to turn around and actully fill out paper work so as to be recognized as a suiter is the actual scandal.
No, the "actual scandal" is that filling out the paperwork and becoming an NGO obligated them to speak well of, and support the work of, the UN - which is exactly what the WTS did in subsequent years, publishing several "puff pieces" on the UN and some of its works. They then submitted these issues (of the Awake) to the UN to show they were taking their membership seriously (which was another requirement). That's the real scandal: they committed acts that they'd DF a publisher for, and then lied about it when they got caught.
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megs
Question! Is research of outside sources specifically prohibited or just strongly discouraged? (aka you are indoctrinated to avoid any non-WT literature)
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yknot
Question! Is research of outside sources specifically prohibited or just strongly discouraged? (aka you are indoctrinated to avoid any non-WT literature)
Well see the WTS is God's sole channel, it act on behalf of Jah's and his earthly interest in these end times......what the WTS say is the equivelent of God saying it directly to you....but through his 'arrangement' of the FDS, specifically the GB as found clearly in the Bible .
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w0210/1p.19par.6CultivateObedienceastheEndDrawsNear***Jehovah blessed his people for their obedience to his Word and the faithful slave.
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km9/07p.3QuestionBox***Does
"thefaithfulanddiscreetslave"endorseindependentgroupsofWitnesseswhomeettogethertoengageinScripturalresearchordebate?—Matt.24:45, 47.No, it does not. And yet, in various parts of the world, a few associates of our organization have formed groups to do independent research on Bible-related subjects. Some have pursued an independent group study of Biblical Hebrew and Greek so as to analyze the accuracy of the NewWorldTranslation. Others explore scientific subjects related to the Bible. They have created Web sites and chat rooms for the purpose of exchanging and debating their views. They have also held conferences and produced publications to present their findings and to supplement what is provided at our Christian meetings and through our literature.
Throughout the earth, Jehovah’s people are receiving ample spiritual instruction and encouragement at congregation meetings, assemblies, and conventions, as well as through the publications of Jehovah’s organization. Under the guidance of his holy spirit and on the basis of his Word of truth, Jehovah provides what is needed so that all of God’s people may be "fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought" and remain "stabilized in the faith." (1 Cor. 1:10; Col. 2:6, 7) Surely we are grateful for Jehovah’s spiritual provisions in these last days. Thus, "the faithful and discreet slave" does not endorse any literature, meetings, or Web sites that are not produced or organized under its oversight.—Matt. 24:45-47.
It is commendable for individuals to want to use their thinking ability in support of the good news. However, no personal pursuit should detract from what Jesus Christ is accomplishing through his congregation on earth today. In the first century, the apostle Paul warned about getting involved in exhausting, time-consuming subjects, such as "genealogies, which end up in nothing, but which furnish questions for research rather than a dispensing of anything by God in connection with faith." (1 Tim. 1:3-7) All Christians should strive to "shun foolish questionings and genealogies and strife and fights over the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile."—Titus 3:9.
For those who wish to do extra Bible study and research, we recommend that they explore InsightontheScriptures,"AllScriptureIsInspiredofGodandBeneficial," and our other publications, such as those that discuss the prophecies found in the Bible books of Daniel, Isaiah, and Revelation. These provide abundant material for Bible study and meditation, whereby we can be "filled with the accurate knowledge of [God’s] will in all wisdom and spiritual comprehension, in order to walk worthily of Jehovah to the end of fully pleasing him as [we] go on bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the accurate knowledge of God."—Col. 1:9, 10.
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There is ton's more.....search the WT CD...
PMing you the actual KM question box from the above Sept 07 ...