Baptismal Questions CHANGE AGAIN! (page 4)

Scott77

<<<<<Directors of the Watch Tower Society are elected, whereas Witnesses who make up ‘the faithful slave’ are anointed by Jehovah’s holy spirit.>>>>

I thought that quote is very interesting.

Scott77

exwhyzee

Does this change make the dedications/baptisims from the past, like mine, null and void ?

They probably weren't valid in the first place since Jesus (the Son of God) never made anyone answer manditory questions or read a bunch of his publications before he allowed them to dedicate their lives to his own Father.

ÁrbolesdeArabia

Nice insights Blondie, you have a gift of cutting through the bs and getting to the point! Were you in the missionary field during your "Tour de Bethel"? You write like you were part of the committee, I have wondered if you and your husband helped with the research on Bible topics at Bethel.

OneDayillBeFree

I just finished working on the audio recording for the special day assembly last week and in listening to the bother asking the questions all I heard were the same old ones... Nothing changed here!

But I've got several more to go to and even though I spend most of the time in the back rooms surfing the web in the sound/sign rooms or watching tv in the administration room (haha I never noticed that I get away with so much) I'll step into the main auditorium for the b-talk and have a good listen.

If anything changes, I'll definately steal the audio and post it on here!

OneDayillBeFree

Vidqun

If the Baptism Questions did change to "associate" with the "association of spirit anointed" that would be ironic to say the least. Reminds me of their "association" as NGO with the DPI of the UN and the OSCE.

konceptual99

Off to our event tomorrow. Wish I wasn't going but I will try and wake up during the baptism talk to hear what hey say.

yadda yadda 2

How can an 'association' be spirit anointed? Only individuals can be anointed. And if the whole 'association/organisation' is 'spirit-anointed', then that must mean the 'other sheep' are anointed along with the 'remnant, and must all together be in the new covenant. After all, both groups are now all 'domestics' equally together.

"...have love for the whole association of brothers." - 1 Peter 2:17

DesirousOfChange

JWs won't notice

Because they'll all be drowsy, if not asleep, by the end of the talk.

Haven't you noticed that they always assign the Baptism Talk to some old Pioneer Elder who is best qualification for anything is curing insomnia?

Doc

00DAD

"... avoid giving the false impression that Witnesses are somehow bound to the dictates of some religious sect." - w98 3/15 pp. 18-19 par. 4

Hahahahahaha!

Hypocrites! Liars!

DATA-DOG

I found this. Not sure if it helps..

Association vs Organization

We come across myriad organizations in our lives and sometimes it becomes confusing to differentiate between them on the basis of their nature, scope and purpose. One such type of organization is association. We know that there are various types of associations like PETA, sports associations, blind association, alumni associations and so on, but what is it that separates associations from organizations.

Association

As the name implies, an association is a type of organization where people having common interests come together on a platform. Association is also a word (noun) that is freely used in daily conversation where we describe the association of friends. It is a body which is a group of persons that comes together to promote some idea, sport, or object. Association is a very broad word that incorporates all types of alliances, leagues, cooperatives, conventions, gilds, clubs, fellowships, unions, and conferences where like minded people associate for a common cause or interest.

When we talk about an institute, we are concerned with an association organized to promote art or science or education in general. ASEAN is an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in South East Asia. All types of alliances and leagues are in a way associations. We hear a lot about chamber of commerce. It is actually an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests. There are professional associations that are joined by practitioners of a particular profession such as doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc.

Organization

Organizations are bodies of persons formed for a particular purpose. This definition implies that associations are also organizations. There are various entities like corporations, governments, non governmental organizations, international organizations, charities, foundations, and even universities. The word organization has different meanings in different contexts such as business, sociology, religion etc. There are world bodies like UN and WHO that are organizations and there are small businesses like partnerships that are also organizations. Organizations are typical in that they have a definite structure and roles and functions of office holders. For management, an organization is an instrument to achieve a goal.

In brief:

Difference Between Association and Organization

Organization is a structure of people with well defined roles and functions whereas an association is a group of people with common interests

Organization can be any entity from a small business to a world body whereas an association is a collection of people forming an alliance for a particular purpose
WHO and UN are examples of organizations whereas NATO and ASDEAN are examples of associations.

Baptismal Questions CHANGE AGAIN!

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