Those who study the bible, being told to 'wait' for the WT to get to things.....

by EndofMysteries 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • EndofMysteries
    EndofMysteries

    Once thing I've noticed and from my relatives, is they may acknowledge that things are not understood or maybe incorrect in their understanding from the WT magazines, but they say not to rush ahead, it will eventually be sorted out.

    Without even trying to argue about that, just think for the past 5, 10, 20 years, what 'new understanding' and changes in the deep things have come? If that was true, then at meetings would consistently be learning new material, new insight and understanding. If you look at notes you may have took, or just changes, or even what's discussed at meetings, it's always the same. The meetings are generally about going to more meetings, being regular, doing more service, and about how close we are to the end. It's the same stuff over and over again, just worded differently.

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    or redefining words or terms. it seems like a lot of make work type duties.

  • cedars
    cedars

    EndofMysteries - you are spot on. You even get repetitive meeting parts repeating the fact that meetings are repetitive, and why this bears repeating. The reason is nearly always that the rank and file are to blame for being so dim and forgetful, and not because the Society have very little new or original things to tell us.

    I have grappled with the issue of "new light" many times before my awakening. One of the things that finally made me realise that it isn't "the Truth" was when I looked up the verse in Proverbs 4:18 (and other similar verses) and found that nowhere does it describe a scenario where God's Holy Spirit deliberately feeds false information to his servants as a "makeweight" until true information is revealed at a later stage. There are no bible verses that portray God dealing with his servants in such a way, because he is supposed to be the "God of Truth".

    Cedars

  • Alfred
    Alfred

    They generally make changes when the letters in the Service Department (calling them out on their BS) start to pile up. It happened in 2007 with the 1935 heavenly gate closure doctrine... the letters were overwhelming... i.e.: "Dear Governing Body, there's only 2 of you remaining who were born before 1935, what gives?"...

    I can just picture David Splane turning to Anthony Morris and saying: "Let's just quietly put something in a QFR saying that there's really no way of knowing when the heavenly calling ceased... we'll just say that it's Nu-Lite, the friends will get all giddy and it will soon be forgotten"

  • Night Owl
    Night Owl

    Funny how you brought this up.

    I was looking at some notes I had taken at a CA and in checking the date it was early 2000's.

    They could have been taken yesterday.

    NIGHT OWL

  • darth frosty
    darth frosty

    Ironically the only changes or new light is just even dumber explanations to make the BS seem plausible...see generation change v3.5

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    I remember going to a Grand Boasting Session--and they urged us to preach with urgency. They also discussed ways for people to give up the things they enjoyed so they could pious-sneer. They bashed apostasy and Christendom's teachings, and insinuated that anything that "could lead to fornication" was bad. That was not recent--it was in the late 1980s. And, they proclaimed that the light was getting brighter then.

    All we get these days is changes in surface organization structure. They change the book study so it is now part of the Theocraptic Misery "School(??)? Whoopie ding-dong. They put out a new song book? Big deal. They introduce new "avenues" of field circus. What, bus stops and parking lots? The exact same as regular street work, stupid! A new Value Destroyer Training School that allows married couples to join. Then, why did Almighty Lowlife Scumbag need me celibate? They did away with food at a$$emblies--so much for those roast beef sandwiches, frozen puddings, and Diet Shasta or Billion Bubbles.

    When, most of the essence is unchanged. Obey the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger. The story lines are exactly the same today as they were when I first went into the cancer. Fornication is so bad that anything that creates even the slightest opportunity must be purged (child molesting doesn't count here). One must deny oneself of the benefits of a decent career, Internet access, and higher education because "our time is for field circus". Entertainment is bad because it takes away from theocraptic things.

    And the Grand-Daddy of them all: People not doing what they are supposed to. How often you hear that people need to sign up to pious-sneer, or they face destruction? "January has--hmm, let's see--five Sundays. Everyone must pious-sneer, since five Sundays makes it easier". You hear low-hour publishers denigraded all the time. They are supposed to be hounded to death. Then, the biggest is the missed boasting session--why would I want to attend one of those things when they waste 15 minutes explaining when it's acceptable to miss one? And how many times do they get that rubbish that they need to adopt those schedules to pious-sneer during the REJECT Jesus Party season? I have seen a few Kingdumb Misery inserts wasting half a page giving people several options, such as "Two Evenings and the Weekend" so they can make their time. You waste 20 minutes discussing that--new light?

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    ".............you have to wait on Jehovah, but not much longer, as The End is very, very close." 33CE, 65CE, 98CE, 1879, 1914, 1925, 1941, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, . . . . . .

    DOC

  • Terry
  • wasblind
    wasblind

    Funny how you brought this up.

    I was looking at some notes I had taken at a CA and in checking the date it was early 2000's.

    They could have been taken yesterday.

    NIGHT OWL

    I'm laughin' my azz off too NIGHT OWL

    EVIDENTLY, you been keepin' late hours and your eyes have become crossed

    The WTS admit in thier own literature that they have made many changes

    Do you need a clue ?? a hint ??? let me throw you a lifeline

    " Have not the Jehovah's Witnesses made errors in their teachings ??? "________reasoning book page 136

    " Why have there been changes over the years in the teaching's of Jehovah's Witnesses ??? "_________ reasoning book page 205

    There you go I threw you two lifelines grab either one you want

    Wake 'da hell up

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