Noticed an odd notation on the 2011 Daily Text...

by sd-7 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  sd-7

  I just downloaded the .pdf from jw.org for 'Examining the Scriptures Daily--2011'. I figured, why not have the daily text, just like old times?

  Anyway, I noticed that after the scriptural text and Watchtower comments, the reference to the Watchtower article that the comments were taken from is written as: "w09 7/15 1:1-3".

  I take that to mean, first study article in the July 15th, 2009 WT, paragraphs 1-3. But the notation looks identical to the chapter and verse notation used when referring to scriptures in the Bible. Perhaps that was the simplest way to provide a description, but it does seem like...well, it reminds me of the Mormons and their 'latter-day scriptures'. Almost as if the paragraphs in the Watchtower can be referred to for doctrinal points as if scripture. (I'm not stupid, of course; I know that that's true in reality, though I think if presented to a JW in that way, it might seem an uncomfortable thought to consider--I know it would have been for me.)

  Maybe it's not a big deal, it's just...what was wrong with the old notation, you know, page number and paragraph numbers? I don't know. Am I just being paranoid?

  --sd-7
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  Gayle

  I noticed that in the new elder's "Shepherding the Flock" manual by the letters sent to elders also. Fact is, all literature from the WTS is as good as God's Word to JWs.
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  james_woods

  It is very weird - for one thing, you would practically have to guess what the meaning of this was. I cannot believe it was not done deliberately for that reason.

  It reminds me that old Schroeder used to pride himself on being able to quote paragraphs from the watchtower of years before just like they were the bible. Seldom did he quote the bible itself - it was almost always a watchtower article.

  This was the same guy who made the famous comment on how the society had build up "a great body of law" in the watchtower that expanded on the scriptures - back around the Ray Franz scandal days.
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  journey-on

  Maybe they're going to try to slip in a new "doctrine" based on the scripture that says: (paraphrasing) "In the last days, new scrolls will be opened." It wouldn't surprise me a bit. JWs are hungry for something new to keep them stimulated.
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  sd-7

  It is very weird - for one thing, you would practically have to guess what the meaning of this was.

  Well, actually, they do explain what the notation means in the Foreword section. So you don't really have to guess. In fact, they probably started this notation sometime ago, at least within the last couple of years.

  --sd-7
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  poopsiecakes

  Maybe they're going to try to slip in a new "doctrine" based on the scripture that says: (paraphrasing) "In the last days, new scrolls will be opened." It wouldn't surprise me a bit. JWs are hungry for something new to keep them stimulated.

  Oh for the love of pete...could you imagine??
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  james_woods

  Well, actually, they do explain what the notation means in the Foreword section. So you don't really have to guess. In fact, they probably started this notation sometime ago, at least within the last couple of years.

  --sd-7

  OK - and that simply proves that this was deliberate, and not a normal page/paragraph reference. It is still very weird - like you say, as if they were trying to imitate scripture.
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  Yan Bibiyan

  Sorry, no coincidence here....bastards know exactly what they are doing...
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  Think About It

  The way JW's consider the WTS to be "God's Channel on Earth" in essence you do have the "book of Watchtower".

  Think About It
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  journey-on

  Oh for the love of pete...could you imagine??

  Just imagine! They could put all the "old light" in one section like the Hebrew (Old Testament) Scriptures. Then they could say they are writing "NEW SCROLLS".

  Oh! We are living in wonderful times, aren't we?