Baptismal Questions CHANGE AGAIN!

by raymond frantz 50 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

• 

  raymond frantz

  I attended recently a circuit assembly and notice a change in the wording of the 2nd baptismal question .It used to be :

  "Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization? "

  Now they changed it to :

  "Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with His spirit anointed association?"

  The "spirit-directed " has become "spirit -anointed"

  AND

  "the organization" has become "association"

  Has any one else notice the changes ?Why do you think they changed it again?
• 

  elderelite

  woe! i havent heard anything about that... sure you heard it right?
• 

  unstopableravens

  sounds like someone is running ahead of the celestail charit ! becareful you may pull a hammy
• 

  raymond frantz

  I didn't posted this as I wanted to be sure about it ,but I saw another poster on jwstruggle mentioning it .It can't be a coinsidence ?Can it be?
• 

  cofty

  Interesting, thanks.

  Anybody going to an assembly soon please listen out.
• 

  raymond frantz

  http://www.jwstruggle.com/2012/11/questions-about-our-baptism/
• 

  Londo111

  Does spirit-anointed association mean the Governing Body?
• 

  Leolaia

  Among other things, the wording is awful. In association with .... His association?
• 

  blondie

  immyG says: November 9, 2012 at 2:03 pm

  Has anyone noticed that they have changed the 2nd baptism question again? I was at(reluctantly) a Special Assembly Day last week and the question was as follows: “Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with His spirit anointed association”. Are they now not just ‘spirit directed’, but ‘spirit anointed’? Are they now dropping the word ‘organisation’ and replacing it with ‘association’?

  
  
  Read more at http://www.jwstruggle.com/2012/11/questions-about-our-baptism/ They definitely had to get rid of the "spirit-directed", it has been well publicized by ex-jws. I sat through 48 baptisms from 1985 on before I was made aware of what the baptism questions really were. Also, others here and I have pointed out that the word "organization" is not in the bible.

  I wonder if they plan on changing "God's organization" to "God's association"?

  *** w11 11/15 p. 28 par. 18 Help Men to Progress Spiritually ***How, though, can we help baptized men in the congregation to reach out and qualify for responsibility in God’s organization?
• 

  elderelite

  Its interesting blondie and ray, but we some way to confirm...