Why do JW's downplay older WT articles?

by mamalove 30 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    I'd love to ask someone a question regarding that, wasblind. I'd ask, "Does Jehovah guide the writing of the Watchtower magazine?" The JW would have to say, "Yes". Then I'd respond, "Do you think he guides the faithful slave in the releasing of new light?" The JW would have to say, "Yes". "What about the WT back in 95 that gave the new light about the generations interpretation? Was he guiding that article? Did he guide everything in that magazine accept for that false "light"?"

    They use the new light excuse, but it just doesn't work when you think that the GB is Gods mouthpiece. God does not lie, right? God cannot be blamed for false teachings, right? But when you say that God directs the WT, you are blamming God for the errors

  • sabastious
    sabastious

    There is a ton of very recent stuff to point to as well.

    -Sab

  • bennyk
    bennyk

    They do blame God for their errors:

    Stirring up increasing interest in them, Jehovah caused to be preached from 1918 onward the startling public message “Millions Now Living Will Never Die,” and in 1923 he provided the interpretation of “the parable of the sheep and the goats.”

    -- Watchtower 15. Nov. 1955, p. 698 § 36 “Millions Now Living Will Never Die” was a false prophecy regarding 1925. The interpretation published by the Society prior to October 1995 stated that the "sheep and goats" were being judged already, since 1918. (Salvation, p. 344; contrast Watchtower 15. Oct. 1995, p. 27 § 21)

    As Jehovah revealed his truths by means of the first-century Christian congregation so he does today by means of the present-day Christian congregation. Through this agency he is having carried out prophesying on an intensified and unparalleled scale. All this activity is not an accident. Jehovah is the one behind all of it.

    -- Watchtower 15. June 1964, p. 365 § 22

    Jehovah is here blamed for all the Society's false prophecies and erroneous teachings.

    From a purely human viewpoint, it could appear that these developments could hardly take place before the generation of 1914 disappears from the scene. But fulfillment of all the foretold events affecting the generation of 1914 does not depend on comparatively slow human action. Jehovah’s prophetic word through Christ Jesus is: “This generation [of 1914] will by no means pass away until all things occur.” (Luke 21:32) And Jehovah, who is the source of inspired and unfailing prophecy, will bring about the fulfillment of his Son’s words in a relatively short time.

    -- Watchtower 15. May 1984, pp. 6,7 [brackets in original] Here the Society attributes their own false prophecy to Almighty God.

    &c.

  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    Nice quotes, bennyk. They are going to have a lot of things to answer for...

  • undercover
    undercover

    Surely if what they write is not from men but from God, it should be as relevent today as it was when they wrote it.

    How old is the Bible and has stayed pretty constant for hundreds and hundreds of years yet a WT publication is out of date within a few short years...

  • Billy the Ex-Bethelite
    Billy the Ex-Bethelite

    "poo poo older articles "

    Well, their older articles proved to be "poo poo".

    That's why they get called farticles... at first they get a good feeling when they come out, but then it gets unpleasant from the obnoxious smell.

  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    Billy, you're on fire today. First "Lil Flockers" and then "Farticles".

  • sd-7
    sd-7

    It would be logical to acquire new articles that basically say the same thing--that would be the simplest way to show them that the basic concept remains, even if the wording is somewhat different. The past couple of years are chock full of good ways to do that, I'm sure.

    -sd-7

  • Tatiana
    Tatiana

    This happened with me as I quoted some of the information concerning education to the "elder" on the Prince board. He came back at me with the same line...

    So, I told him that no, the quoatations and the quotations and the "talk" were as recent as 2005. The elder disppeared.

  • BluesBrother
    BluesBrother

    Sherah said it right, near the top of this thread.. Mainly they are just stalling to cover their ignorance or embarrassment. When we had a discussion about the "Christian conscience" we showed the then P O the older (1970's) articles about it, which contradicted his stance. He just shrugged and said "I was not in the truth back then" as if that mattered...

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