I have been out of the cult for a long time,27yrs.So i don't remember a whole lot.Some threads bring up old watchtowers or awakes ,etc or past predictions .When i bring these past teachings up to my jw husband he say's,,that was in the past we did not know any better, god will tell us when we need to know,we are still learning.So do jws follow old teachings or new? I am really confused,should i not bring up old teachings?Is it old new WHAT.
What do jws go by? confused
by kls 2 Replies latest jw friends
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Gopher
KLS,
Anything the JW's have taught should be available for discussion. This "old light / new light" teaching they have merely is to disguise past mistakes.
Today's new light will soon become tomorrow's "old light" (which is another term for "error"), you can bet on it!
Where in the Bible did it ever say that God would use an organization on earth to continually teach mistakes to be corrected later? The Bible says the congregation is supposed to be a "pillar of truth".
But of course he JW's are told so often that what they NOW have is the truth, that they have really bought into it. They really believe it!
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Analysis
Depending on the topic you bring up, JWs will respond to issues in one of two ways. "The Light is Getting Brighter" similar to how your husband replied; Or "The basic beliefs that C. T. Russell taught have not changed.
From the very beginning of the Watchtower they have always thought that we are living in the "Last Days". When the end doesn’t come they claim that it is difficult to fully understand prophecy until after it is fulfilled.
Because of this belief, many Jehovah’s Witnesses from the 1960 to 1980 era regret that they didn’t concentrate on some of the more important aspects of life, (earning a living or having a family) because they thought the end would come. Many others are made to feel guilty because they are not meeting the standards that the Organization and the Elders set before them. Some but not many will say they wouldn’t change a thing about what they have been doing the past 30 or 40 years. What group would you say your husband falls into?
If he falls into the last group nothing you can say will ever convince him that something is wrong. If he falls into one of the other groups there is hope.