by nowwhat? 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
ok group, we have learned:
a. working more to provide for ones family is tantamount to worshipping false gods!
b. do'nt have children because one day you might have to eat them!
c. sorry no room for personal acheivement in Jehovah's world and parents don't push you children to make a better life for themselves!
yessiree bob it's great living in such a spiritual paradise! come join us!!
Don't work over-time either. The end is just around the corner, no need to worry about a 401K. Ok that was a talk last Sunday, but it's all the same.
....and if you are offered a scholarship for a university education at age 15 don't accept it. But become a missionary instead in some remote island, then you can translate some of the society's publications. (page 108 par12)
If you are a parent make sure that your kids do worse than you did. A parent should not say"I want my child to have an easier life". if a parent wishes his child a better life than it would demonstrate that he/she is seeking "great things". (pag 109 par 13)
If I were a theology professor, or even a religious literary professor, I'd flunk you.
...the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord . Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jeremiah 1)
You think the people the Lord is threatening are folks just like your neighbors...good, decent and, for the most part, honorable. But unless you see them as the Lord sees them and understands them as He does, your judgment is faulty. These weren't just people who were members of a different church, or different religion, they were people who covenanted with the Lord, then rejected Him to adopt profligate heathan lifestyle, often one associated with the sacrifice of children. (The women who agreed to divide and eat their babies during a time of famine are representative of these types of people. Had they repented when Jeremiah and the other prophets warned them, the Lord would have spared the city.) Instead, they sought these prophets lives. The Lord told the people to ally themselves with Babylon and not Egypt, and this political message was so unpopular that the prophets became enemies of the state. The Lord also called them to repentance, and they rejected that advice as well. Babylon had placed Zedekiah on the throne and he betrayed them. So they were fully ripe for destruction.
The problem with leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses is that you treat the JW God as being the same God of the Old and New Testaments, and this is a fallacy, in my view. Leave them, but don't assume God is representative of the being the JWs preach. He is not.
Hey Now!! I am just telling you what I heard.
You make a good point. I have been saying for a while that I do not believe in the JW's " Jehovah."
Don't work over-time either. The end is just around the corner, no need to worry about a 401K.
Consider who's giving this advice- the Watchtower, which has never stopped building, expanding, investing, etc. for as long as it's existed.
So, while it's a sin for you and me to make our lives better, it's perfectly acceptable for WT to do the very thing it condemns.
If Armageddon is really as close as WT wants us to believe, why does it build and invest as if the system of things will be here for a long, long time?
Hypocrites!
When asked what was the worst book the WTS ever produced, I always used to say, hands-down, the 2-volume Isaiah books. 500 pages with about 1500 references to 1919 and the governing body.
Now I'm not so sure. The Jeremiah book is spectacularly bad, in a different sort of way.
You'd think it would be impossible to turn the bug-eyed rantings of Jeremiah into a behavior control manual - but you'd be wrong.
I think the WTS could turn the owner's manual for a '72 Pinto into a behavior control manual.
JWs can work, not a career, just a job and don't forget to put the preaching first- that gets you a lot of points in JW land--
All great comments.
Have I told you recently how much I love you all?
Yep. Normal people with thinking brains. Gotta love it!
Just Lois
