How many of the GB helpers are "anointed"?

by Nostromo 11 Replies latest jw friends

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  DATA-DOG

  Partaking is just an outward symbol of your faith. A person can be "anointed" and NEVER partake for years or in public. How can anyone prove when Gods spirit spoke to a human? There are no tongues of flame or doves resting on people's heads anymore.

  So the GB could make the argument that anyone they want was "anointed" at any given time prior to their promotion. They can even say the the promotion is PROOF of their anointing. While not blatantly slamming other partaker's, they can paint them as mistaken or emotionally compromised. The new memorial outline was a prime example of strongly discouraging ones from partaking, too many chefs and all...

  So with partakers continuing to rise in direct opposition to the GB's predictions for the "end times", something must be done. I think for now they will continue to paint new partakers in a negative light. Now is the time for re-branding and getting past Pedo cases, not listening to new ideas from upstart sheeple. Eventually, perhaps in another decade or two, the 144,000 will be symbolic.

  What better way to explain the no-show of the big A in coming decades?? Obviously the winds of destruction can't come until the final sealing, the bible says so. When will that happen?!?! We don't know, it's a symbolic number!! Rest assured, it's SOON! Just watch JWTV and donate $$$!!

  DD
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  Apognophos

  What you have just written isn't taught by any religion, let alone JW's!

  Oh really?

  *** w92 3/1 pp. 20-21 par. 17 The Day to Remember ***

  What if some anointed ones fail to be integrity keepers? At this late hour, the number of such disloyal ones will no doubt be few. Reasonably, any replacement would come, not from among newly baptized ones, but from among those who have stuck with Jesus in his trials through many years of faithful service. The brilliant flashes of spiritual light that came through The Watchtower in the 1920’s and 1930’s indicate that the gathering of the remnant of anointed ones was practically completed during that period. Those ‘washing their robes and making them white in the blood of the Lamb’ since then have a different joyful hope. Through Christ, Jehovah’s spirit guides them to “fountains of waters of life” in the Paradise earth.

  You have also given "generation" yet another new and twisted definition.

  People on this board have as much of a problem with understanding the word "generation" as the Society does. Don't get me started on this. My usage of the word was perfectly acceptable.