normal, but tellingly offensive 'WT' language in Fridays text.

by prologos 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  prologos

  Love one another John 13:34

  then

  "---Love for the elders---will help us to be SUBMISSIVE.

  "-If we love our fellow humans, we will not view them as inferior [as mere dumb animals] or speak to them disrespectfully. And Elders who love God's SHEEP [like dumb animals] will treat them with tenderness."--

  This talk reflect the mindset of wt writers for example : There is THE ANOINTED Brothers of Chrisy and then the other SHEEP, when it should be:

  The anointed SHEEP and the OTHER sheep,*

  the build-in "we are above you WT-syndrome"

  * not endorsing, just analizing, for the 'OTHER SHEEP'- doctrine is as flawed as it can get.
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  villagegirl

  The "other sheep" doctrines needs a re-read, Jesus was speaking

  of the Gentiles,they are the "other sheep" that he brings into the

  fold. The whole intention was that God's spirit is now poured out on

  "all flesh" instead of just the Jews. This was clearly explained when

  gentiles start being converted and join the early church and are

  accepted as being not a seperate class ( like the watchtower divides people)

  but all one. One single body of Christ. As described in

  Ephesians 4:4-6

  4 There is one body, and one Spirit,

  even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

  5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

  6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

  "In us all" did you ever here THAT at a Kingdom Hall ??
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  stuckinarut2

  Great pickup Villagegirl!

  I had not actually thought of it so simply like that before! Yes, the other sheep are just non-jews...
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  Vidiot

  Errrg..

  ...the words "elders", "sheep", "tenderness", and "submission" all used together bring something far more disturbing to mind...
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  Vidiot

  BTW, I still shake my head when I remember that a sheep's ultimate fate is to be sheared, butchered, and eaten...

  ...why the hell did that never occur to me when I was still in???
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  prologos

  Vidiot, that is exactly the feeling I had when we went through the mandatory 4hr/month daily text drill, always an occasion to plant ttatt seeds, and even harvesting early crop.

  very telling offensive language.

  shorn sheep shall reveal the NAKED truth=ttatt