Diabolical, or just really dumb, desperate and grasping for control; either way, the Devil is in the details of the January 15, 2016 "Study Edition" of the Watchtower tractazine.
So, we have two intertwined articles concerning "anointed" individuals within the sect of the WTBTS Inc. "The Spirit Bears Witness With Our Spirit." and "We Want To Go With You People.", are sure to leave any non-member or intelligent member with average, high-school level reading and comprehension skills, a bit discombobulated. Have you ever heard something so dumb, that it actually hurts your brain? Have you ever read something and found that if you were list the logical fallacies, and take the time to educate the ignorant, you would need an entire magazine to do so? Have you heard of an RBF ( Resting Bitch Face )?? How about a RWTFF?? Just read the above articles and you won't need me to explain it to you.
As time marches on, the WTBTS finds themselves in the position of needing to go to their vaults and pull out "shelved ideas", to quote David Splane. As each former idea proves incorrect ( or correct/incorrect/correct/incorrect, as in the case of flip-flops) it must be a bit frustrating for the GB and their Writing Dept. Can you even imagine being wrong almost every single time you say something? I'm no genius, but I can't imagine being wrong so often, or doing it in such a public manner. That's gotta sting! 😆
The comments from the Dubs were just bizarre to say the least. One often repeated comment was, "These articles have answered everything we ever wanted to know about the "Anointed Ones." Yep.. O'l Jeehoober has written another fantastic article! Don't believe me? Just ask the Rank&File and the WT conductor, they will tell you that "Jehovah" wrote the article! LOL!!
You may be wondering, "What did Jehovah's Witnesses learn about the "anointed" that they never knew before, and always wanted to know?" I will attempt to list the main points below.
1) God chooses who he wants.
2) Nobody knows how it works.
3) Nobody can accurately explain how it works or feels.
4) Being "anointed" is not a guarantee of anything, except an invitation.
5) Anyone invited can lose that invitation.
6) You will never know who was actually invited until some future day.
7) Those invited won't talk about it in most cases, or tell you that you are invited, and they won't know anything special that contradicts the WT magazine, or have private study groups. ( Scew you, AnointedJW.org!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!!! )
8) How many are left of this "invited" group? Nobody knows. The number is unimportant. "Jehovah knows how to count.", as one Dub commented.
9) Only the "Slave" can dispense "spiritual food." ( That one's important.)
10) "False anointed" are a very real possibility. Don't let you faith in the WTBTS be destroyed if "long time faithful ones" turn out to be impostors. ( This is also important. )
What did I miss? Anything? What is the motivation behind all of this? Is there nu-light hidden among the paragraphs?
I have to go to work, but I will try to comment on the possible implications later.
DD