Surprisingly, I've heard other religions on radio mention living forever on a new earth --- maybe they were adventists.
Paradise 101
by Unbrainwashed publisher1 12 Replies latest jw friends
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punkofnice
Living forever in paradise on earth is the WBT$ carrot on a stick to entice people to join their nutty cult and keep those in that are in the delusional cult.
It's all a load of old b0110cks!
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DATA-DOG
IF you are a Christian and believe what the Bible says then the answer is easy. There is only one hope, the restoration of all things. Some are going to heaven. Why be dogmatic about the rest of the unknowns? Oh..that's right, because Jehovah's Witnesses is a brand. To be recognizable and appeal to a certain demographic it must be distinguishable in some way from the rest of Christianity. It is a marketing strategy. Rutherford was a shrewed buisiness man. He could not answer the questions of his day. Why did nothing happen in 1914,1915,1918,1919...? Why were the numbers of the " elect " growing? Many were becoming confused because they had put all their trust in men and were let down. Newer bible students reasoned that they had a heavenly hope, but loved the earth as well. Since Rutherford had no answeres but had to think on his feet and restructure to save the buisiness, he closed the Heavenly door and invented the great crowd of [ other sheep ]. It worked. Instead of answering question or admitting to not having the answers and being tolerant of differeing views, Rutherford became domineering and DF'd any who disagreed with his scripturally unfounded dogma. The WTBTS has been following this formula ever since. If you are lurking just ask yourself:
1) What was the Christian hope?
2) Did it ever change?
3) What do the scriptures say about altering the good news?
4) When Rutherford said the Heavenly door had closed was he correct?
5) If so, how could the GB exist since they claim a heavenly calling. The newest member is around 48 yrs old.
6) If Rutherford was wrong about the Heavenly hope ending, what else was he wrong about?
7) Return to point #1