AnnOMaly, is that really a picture from the Watchtower? That is so creepy. Notice that young man looking... I hope he has a brain.
July 2014 WT cracks down on apostate debates and 'dance parties'
by EndofMysteries 87 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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DuvanMuvan
Notice that young man looking... I hope he has a brain.
Not if the wt have anything to say about that. If he has a brain then that means he can think for himself. You know who else thought for themselves? Eve.
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bemused
Hmm, could be some sparsely populated dance floors at JW weddings in future. Perhaps guests will have to limit themselves to say two dances?
BTW - what is a 'dance party'?
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snowbird
My nephew got married in July of last year.
At the reception, JW's and others took to the dance floor doing The Wobble like it was no tomorrow!
It was a joyous occasion.
That being said, I am all out of posts.
See y'all 8 hours from now.
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DuvanMuvan
snowbird how can you be out of posts? Doesn't everybody get 100? Or is that just me because i'm so awesome
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sd-7
For instance, in the immediate context of 2 Timothy 2:19, we find that Paul tells Timothy “not to fight about words” and to “reject empty speeches.”(
Huh? Since when did they suddenly start caring about context?
Also, it appears that others were introducing controversial ideas. Even if the latter were not directly unscriptural, they were divisive
So if it's not directly unscriptural, then it has to be indirectly unscriptural. What would be an example of an "indirectly unscriptural" idea, I wonder? I guess the target audience is left to wonder, too. Oh, right. The safest bet is to just believe whatever's in the WT. It's 'indirectly unscriptural' if it's not in a WT, even if it is actually Biblically correct.
Good example, as I think of it is, wearing a beard. Perfectly okay, but 'indirectly unscriptural' because 'the brothers' say you should be clean-shaven. The rule itself is unscriptural, but since the 'brothers' made it, and you're not supposed to disobey them, breaking the rule is therefore 'indirectly unscriptural'. Nice.
As for the dancing and drinking stuff, basically it's just the usual building a fence around the potential sin by avoiding a situation altogether. They're not saying nobody can have fun, just that people who are used to having fun beyond what is WT-authorized (ie. used to getting really drunk and naughty dancing) should probably just pass on the fun altogether, just to be safe. No more paranoid than they usually are about 'recreation'.
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AnnOMaly
Yes, NewYork44M, straight up - http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140715/jehovahs-people-renounce-unrighteousness/ - scroll half way down.
(Don't know if this thought's already been mentioned in the thread but ...) The WT lessons will be studied in September - just before the October '100th birthday of the Kingdom' and the AGM. Big hype/developments. Surely the Great Trib. will be about to blow on the world scene? Then Oct. will come and go, then 2014 will turn to 2015. It's like the GB are innoculating the sheeple against the fallout when suddenly nothing happens and some/many inevitably start to question, 'murmur,' voice and seek out explanations for their disappointments and doubts. (Like the 1920s after the 1914 failed expectations and Russell dying. Dissent and schisms. Rutherford pulled on his jackboots and stomped on them.)
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cha ching
Exactly, LeavingQuitely! lol
Good one! Frankisepeakin!!
SD7.. good start! but you missed one... "Reject empty speeches"
.... no more going to the K Hall, D-Con ventions or C-Ass emblies!
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Vidiot
sd-& - "...'indirectly unscriptural'..."
Dibs on the T-shirt slogan.
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frankiespeakin
Warning X rated according to Governing Body phobias(about making Jehovah sad and morose) and censorship that servse to repress sexual desire and lead to an explosion in pedeofile lawsuits similar to the Catholic churches preist can't marry pedofile fiasco: