Is a malevolent higher power behind the Watchtower’s seeming addiction to badness and obliviousness?

by Fernando 12 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Fernando

  We discuss the Watchtower’s seeming addiction to badness and obliviousness daily on JWN.
  
  Is it natural or supernatural?
  
  What are your thoughts?
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  tootired2care

  natural - this is corporation run by men nothing more and nothing less. Sentient supernatural forces do not exist, they are merely unexplained manifestations of latent energy that science will soon explain.
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  Black Sheep

  They are just a bunch of suckers who don't have the balls to own up to their own stupidity in perpetuating a scam.

  Who in their right mind would invent their current definition of the Generation? They should just do the right thing and own up that they have never been guided by space creatures and donate and fund the KHs as rehab centres for the people they have affected.
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  glenster

  I've researched the falsehoods the JWs leaders use to feign exclusiveness. I
  haven't noticed them employing anything supernatural or even a show of a
  spiritual feeling about a sincere belief in a possible God. James wrote Show
  me your faith by your works, so the JWs leaders write the faithful to show the
  door to anyone who finds our how they work.
  http://gtw6437.tripod.com/index.html
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  WTWizard

  There is a highly malevolent higher power. His name is Jehovah. He is assisted by myriads of filthy angels. And he uses his unholy spirit to accomplish this rubbish. Of course, the men he uses are also part to blame--if they refused to cooperate, he would have to find someone else to do the filth. And, if no one cooperated, Jehovah would have to come down to run it his damn self, revealing just how corrupt he really is and driving everyone to Satan before he could do anything about it.
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  Phizzy

  The Governing Body is the public face of a group of men who run the whole thing. The G.B are effectively puppets, they have to run everything by their masters who consist mainly of lawyers and accountants, assisting them is a shadowy group of writers who produce the mind-controlling literature.

  Literature that makes sure no JW does any critical thinking or even asks a simple question.

  None of this is "supernatural" or from somewhere any higher than Wall Street, where ethics and morals are not high on anyones C.V.

  It is far from unique either, a number of similar high-control cult like organizations operate along similar lines.
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  Nambo

  Have a read of the followings site claims that Rutherford was "inspired" and in contact with "Angels" who might equally have been Demons.

  www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/rutherford_spirit_medium

  Or just search rutherford contact with spirits and click on the first link.

  I was impressed that Rutherford got his prediction correct about the League of Nations returning after the second world war, a bit suspitious that the only thing he dot right wasnt to do with Jesus kingdom rule, but was to do with Satans Kingdom.

  Maybe that is why?

  I would think the Devil has a religion to suit everyone, he has had to get rather close to the truth to entice and mislead the sort of Bible respecting, Kingdom wanting folk who become Jehovahs Witnesses, but he has done it nontheless.
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  Phizzy

  I don't think Rutherford predicted the rising again of the League, I think that was Knorr, in a talk or WT article at least two months after the announcement of the intention to revive it by the American government.

  The WT have a lamentable record on successful predictions, Nil so far, for people supposed to be in contact with higher Beings.
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  N.drew

  The two scriptures that come to mind are "Satan masquerades as an angel of light" 2 Corinthians 11:14 and "the god of the age has bliinded the thoughts of the unbelieving" 2 Corinthians 4:4 (unbelieving as in without faith in God. A person putting their faith in men are NOT putting their faith in God).

  If I had to choose natural or supernatural I choose supernatural. (I have seen the Borg in action)
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  panhandlegirl

  I think it's a natural organization of greedy, selfish men that are making millions as a publishing corporation and are not about to let anyone get in the way of their business. As Dennis Miller would say "Thats my opinion, of course I

  could be wrong."