djeggnog,
In your mind I would have had a mistaken view that needed to be adjusted back then, right?
Yes.
...who was it that was mistaken (given the evidence which you provided) and who was it that had their mistaken view adjusted...
The majority of those folks whose viewpoint turned out to be incorrect would need to adjust their viewpoint...When we are wrong, we abandon our wrong viewpoint as a body and embrace the right viewpoint as a body...We are all one body in connection with Christ Jesus and no member of the body is greater than another member of the body, for we are all "harmoniously joined together."
So you've essentially said to me:
As a non-JW, your correct view which opposed the JW incorrect view would have had to be thought of and taught as being an incorrect view (on the basis that it opposed the JW view) until the JWs, as a body, were allowed to embrace your correct view. That way, when we are wrong, we are all wrong together -- yet we are in harmony with each other.
If this was music, and it was written in the key of "A", and you insisted on singing/playing every "C" as a C-natural, it would sound like the piece is in a Minor key -- i.e. A-Minor. If everyone sang/played "C" as a natural, it might sound correct -- i.e. in harmony with each other -- but if the composer (Jesus Christ) intended it to be in the key of A-Major (not minor), every "C" should actually be sung/played as a C-sharp instead of C-natural, thus making it a Major key. Huge difference! The ensemble, by playing C-natural, are in harmony with each other, but they are deceiving themselves if they think they are in connection with the composer. On the other hand, if there were musicians that insist on playing a C-sharp as it was intended (even if only a minority of them), sure they might sound wrong compared to the rest of the ensemble, but they would be the only ones following the composer's instructions, and the conductor of the ensemble would be forced into having to make a decision. If the conductor insists on the ensemble playing pieces in the wrong key, perhaps the conductor ought to be fired.
You see, djeggnog, I had asked you to show me just how and why conflicting statements of yours don't conflict. You weren't actually able to show me how they don't conflict -- in fact, everything you said kept reinforcing just how they doconflict -- but, you were able to show mewhy you are alright with them conflicting. I do appreciate your explanations.
Unfortunately, you have created more harmonizing problems by having made the following comments as well:
The truth is going to be the truth no matter who has it, so the question is, how sincere is your search for truth?
You see, no one that is interested in pursuing the truth about a matter is going to want to hold a viewpoint, an opinion, that turns out to be incorrect
…you could, of course, decide to hold onto what you believe and keep travelling south, or you can make an adjustment in your viewpoint…
I'm sorry to say this, but djeggnog, these statements contradict what you're saying I would have had to do as a JW in the context of this discussion.
What you've told me, djeggnog, is that as a JW, I would have had to reject an actual truth...and worse, knowingly teach a falsehood...all for the sake of harmonizing with 'the body', even though 'the body' had detached itself from 'the head'. I thought the idea was to follow the head -- the truth -- no matter who had it. Conflict!
You've told me that, even if I would want to pursue and hold onto the truth, as a JW I would have had to hold a viewpoint that was incorrect -- a non-truth -- in order to sound in harmony...even though it would be in the wrong key. Yet at the same time you said that no one who is interested in pursuing the truth about a matter is going to want to hold a viewpoint that is incorrect. Conflict!
You've told me that, as a JW I would have to keep following 'the body' south, even though I see 'the head' is in a different dirrection...all for the sake of harmonizing with 'the body' (not the head). Conflict!
In your last statement, you said:
Anyone that should be unwilling for any reason to abandon a wrong viewpoint along with the body cannot be one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
But what you've also said in all of this is, anyone unwilling for any reason to accept a wrong view pointalong with 'the body' of JWs, cannot be one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
All of this creates a lot of conflict.
In this discussion, djeggnog, your information clearly supports what jgnat has stated -- uniformity is valued over accuracy.
