Thank you for your thoughts on this everybody.
Nosferatu,
I think they can clean this one mess up by taking the article off the site. But I'm sure there are plenty more articles on their site containing false doctrine, that they hope nobody notices. They will probably remove the article from their site, but that won't stop them from cashing in on published untruths by instructing their followers to offer old kirap!
Liberty,
I think you hit the nail on the head. Only one JW that I talk to in an aol chat room for JWs know that the doctrine changed. the one about the generation of 1914 anyway. And most JWs now don't even know that the men who are their leaders ( waving to the Governing body, but I won't say what I'm waving ) ever taught that to accept an organ transplant was the same as eating human flesh. If the GB change the teaching that to accept blood transplanted via transfusion isn't the same as eating blood, JWs 15 years from now who never were JWs at this time will toss it off as" no big deal". And they'll refer to JWs or former who have relatives who died when their deaths were needless who are upset about it say so, as "whiners" and "people who have an ax to grind" and "bitter". They'll be heartless as they are now to people who voice their opinions when their relatives refused organ transplants and needlesly died because they WERE TAUGHT BY THE GOVERNING BODY, that it was an act of canniblism.
My view is that probably about 85-90% of JWs don't know anything about what fractions of blood THE GOVERNING BODY TEACH are acceptable to their god to accept.
Hiya (((((((((scumrat ))))))))) ( give sisteract a hug for zev and I ! )
I hope all is well with you .
I doubt they tell you not to believe something that was on the "OFFICIAL" website of the men who are their leaders. They'll play the same word games their leaders play. As a matter of fact, let us know if they try to dodge the question altogether.
Hi truthseeker2,
MANY people here left the sect after the change. ANd some like yourself, are still bothered by it but have family in and don't want to lose their family so they are held hostage in that way. that is why i get upset when JWs say, " Anyone who want to leave is free to do so anytime they want to". I think they need to take a look at what they consider the word "free" to mean. There is a high PRICE to pay for so many people who leave it.
I'll be looking forward to your story and your project about 1914. My e-mail is open. If you remember to, can you e-mail me and let me know when you post either one? I miss so many post here. It's very hard to keep up!
onacruse,
Congats to you and bikerchic! I just read your post about Las Vegas last night! Tell her zev and I wish you both the best.
"over-zealous brothers and sisters"? What do you mean by that? Do you mean "some of Jehovah's people"?
peace,
gwen