by MadGiant 25 Replies latest jw friends
The idea that the first resurrection began in 1918.
That beards are somehow 'bad'.
That a university education is 'bad'.
That the 'heavenly calling' basically ended in 1935. Oh wait! I forgot----they got 'new light' on this one. 
That an elite group of men can dictate how 6.5 million people should live their lives.
The 1935 doctrine in which I voiced to be unscriptural was one of the reasons I was invited to sit on a J/C on a charge of apostasy! well whose the apostate now?
Thanks, I really appreciate your comments.
I will be using a lot of them, thanks again.
Take care,
Ismael
The Watchtower's doctrine of a "life pattern" of an individual being "restored" to a resurrected body is NOT to be found in the Bible.
Oompa had a thread on this a few months back...he compiled a list of ways that the WT "goes beyond what is written." I believe the list had 40-50 teachings/practices.
Months/years studying Watchtower publications...
plus regular meeting attendance...
plus hours logged in field service reports...
then answering a man-made test of questions...
as requirements to become an "unbaptized publisher / approved associate" BEFORE meeting the Watchtower-made standards for Christian baptism.
In the Bible times, entire households and even thousands at a time simply accepted the "good news" in their hearts and could be baptized on the spot.
~Sue
