Nobody enjoys being threatened with destruction. It's a turn off.
The Biggest Fear From The Watchtower Organization Is ???
by minimus 69 Replies latest jw friends
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SAHS
“Finkelstein”: “There is a fracturing of the frame work of this organization that is starting to show. . . . So what does the GB do? A call for loyalty directed toward themselves as a means to reconfirm their power and control.”
Often with rogue groups and cults, when the heat is on and the only ‘light getting brighter’ is the one that shines on them and exposes them before everybody, their only response is to drag as many people down with them as they can. It’s just like they claim concerning Satan: to have a policy of “rule or ruin.” Big cults like that WTS don’t go down quietly – they tend to try to go out supernova style.
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bigmac
i think the biggest fear the watchtower soc has--is africa
ive recently been lurking on various facebook jw sites--and a lot of those african brothers are trouble looking for somewhere to happen. and i bet the WTS pumps more $ into there than they ever get back. bad business plan.
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minimus
Pope Francis says the internet "is a gift from God."
I doubt the Governing Body would agree.
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snare&racket
bigmac, they were still sending one magazine to share between one cong LONG after we had it free....I know, I sent them..... the money aint going to Africa lol
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4thgen
Being uncovered
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2+2=5
Looking at how the GB fill out their suits, I'd say running out of bacon would be pretty high on their list.
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minimus
Haha! They are BIG shots. What do you expect?
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scotoma
minimus:
It used to be that the "Congregation Servant" was the best speaker in the congregation and he conducted the Watchtower Study.
The "Assistant Congregation Servant" was the second best speaker in the congregation.
The "Bible Study Servant" was the third best speaker in the congregation.
The "Ministry School Servant" was the best speaker of the young up-and-commers.
Good speakers tend to be highly verbal and not afraid to speak their mind.
Notice they were all called "Servants" too - Not OVERSEERS
Then came the"elder" arrangement and suddenly all these yes men who didn't have teaching skills received certification as THE OFFICIAL TEACHERS in the congregation. So the talks got more and more boring. Kingdom Hall became a rest home. A place where you could zone out and maybe even catch up on some sleep. With 10 or twelve elders you would be afraid to seek help because you knew your business would be in the street.
With the appointment of elders the Watchtower destroyed qualified teachers.
The Book Your Will Be Done (1958) had the correct view of elders. Here are a couple paragraphs and the questions with those paragraphs.
29. In Christendom, what have “elder” and “eldership” become, and what questions do we raise about their supporting texts, Acts 14:23 and Titus 1:5?
29 In the congregations of Christendom the term “elder” has become a title and “eldership” has become a position or office to which men are appointed. In support of this, the religious organizations having such elders and elderships appeal to Acts 14:23 (AS), which tells of Paul and Barnabas as founders of congregations: “And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.” Also Titus 1:5 (RS): “This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.” However, does this mean appointing men to eldership as an office, or appointing men who were already elders in the required sense to offices or service positions in the congregations? Is “eldership” appointive?
31. How does one become a Christian “elder,” and in what way is it, then, that “elders” are appointed?
31 Now as to the Christian congregation or congregation of spiritual Israel, one fact is clear from Ephesians 4:13, 14 and 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 and Hebrews 5:11-14: A man becomes a Christian “elder” or “presbyter” by spiritual growth and development, not by mere physical age or by appointment. According to the qualifications set out by Paul at 1 Timothy 3:1-12 and Titus 1:5-9, it is from men who are “elders” by spiritual growth that overseers and ministerial assistants are appointed. It is in this sense, then, that those with appointive power appoint elders, not to be elders, but to be responsible servants in or over congregations.
Notice the emphasis was on men being appointed SERVANTS
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minimus
Scot, you are correct. I remember the top 5 in that order because of speaking ability and the CS was ESPECIALLY better than the rest.
