by stuckinarut2 19 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Oh wow!...
I have seen some really pathetic instagram posts today....
So many have posted pictures of "all of us out in service in the GREATEST MONTH OF WITNESSING EVER camapign"....
There are slide shows, with snapshots of old and very young in service handing out leaflets etc... it is really quite sad to see the hype building up!
Anyone else seen such things?
hype here too , its so weird, I tld my wife, imagine 15 years ago you would have said, that the greatest witness ever given will center around directing people to the internet, you would be labeled weird or even satanic...
she agreed, and find this stuff also strange, ....(she is still half mentally in though)
I doubt if the Jaydubs will 'work' my street.
Too many evil apostates live on it hehehe.
*** w10 9/15 p. 10 par. 12 Earnestly Seek Jehovah’s Blessing ***
We recognize that the end could come at any time; Jehovah’s timing is not contingent on our giving a personal witness to every individual on the planet. (Matt. 10:23)
*** w00 1/15 p. 13 par. 17 “Keep on the Watch” ***
Nevertheless, the Bible does not state that Jehovah will wait until every individual on earth has received a personal witness. Rather, the good news must be preached to Jehovah’s satisfaction. Then the end will come.—Compare Matthew 10:23.
*** w97 8/15 p. 14 par. 11 Living for Today or for an Eternal Future? ***
True, untouched territories still exist, and perhaps in Jehovah’s due time, a door of opportunity will open. (1 Corinthians 16:9) Still, Jesus’ words recorded at Matthew 10:23 are sobering: “You will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives.” While the good news will surely be announced throughout the earth, we will not in person reach all parts of the earth with the Kingdom message before Jesus “arrives” as Executioner.
Blondie.
Don't give out ideas.
The '97 reference - the good news "announced" - via the internet, but not in person.
Matt 24:14
"this good news of the website will be preached in many parts of the earth, and then the end will still not come"
From the new NWT (Silver Sword):
"And this good news of the Kingdom will be tweeted in all the connected earth for a(n) instagram to all the nations, and then the end will come."
Wow! I still have not fully processed the change in JWdom. I cannot believe this is the religion I gave the prime of my life for (and my future, too, since it took my retirement prospects). I just can't believe it. I think I won't fully understand it until a few years from now when I can look back on all of it and will have had time to process it all.
So the GREATEST MONTH OF WITNESSING EVER is taking place this month at a time in JW history when the majority of JWs can't witness. Most know virtually nothing about the Bible. Many haven't even read it. I swear there are publishers in my local congregation who can't put the following Bible characters in chronological order: Daniel, Abraham, Paul, Noah; they wouldn't even be able to make an educated guess. They might have memorized two or three Bible verses but are clueless as to the verses' contexts. They know nothing of JW history. They can't defend their own doctrine, and more troubling than that is the probability that they can't explain it, and even more troubling is the probability that they don't even know it. They can't defend the Bible against critics of its authenticity. They know nothing about how the Bible was canonized and probably don't even know the issue of canonization even exists; they don't think that deeply. They can't defend creation against evolution.
So the GREATEST MONTH OF WITNESSING EVER involves a campaign to direct people to a website? If this website idea is so wonderful, why didn't the god of the JWs think of the idea fifteen or twenty years ago? JWs were bashing the internet at that time. Seems the chariot needs some new wheels.
In JWdom today, JW.org has ascended above J himself; it truly is, as mentioned in another thread, the golden calf of JWs.
And what will one find when he visits JW.org? Nothing of real substance. Nothing scholarly. Very little doctrine, and that which is presented will not be backed up with logic and sound reasoning. He will find embarassing videos. If I were an active, believing JW, I would not want to direct anyone to JW.org.
If JWs had the truth and I were a believer, I would like to have a website. However, I would want it to be serious and scholarly. I would want the opening page to catch people's attention with interesting questions and then logically and soundly answer those questions. I would want the website to be viewed as it should be - as a tool - not the focus. JW.org has become the focus of the JW religion today; Jehovah has been sidelined.
JWs today are shallow, giddy, happy-clappy, corny, goody-goody, immature, naive, ignorant, and probably even of lesser intelligence. They're not made of the same stuff that many of the the old-timers were.
The great irony... the GREATEST MONTH OF WITNESSING EVER involves no witnessing.
Brilliant rant....hear hear!
