"New Light never contradicts Old Light, but simply adds to it"

by stuckinarut2 19 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • stuckinarut2
    stuckinarut2

    Does anyone remember this classic quote from a society publication??

    I remember it has been quoted many times, but I cant find the reference.

    If this comment is to be taken literally, it condemns the organization anytime there has been a complete changes in teachings and doctrine!

  • jwfacts
    jwfacts
    "If we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another and that which was light one or two or six years ago would be regarded as darkness now;… But with God there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, and so it is with truth; any knowledge or light coming from God must be like its author. A new view of truth never can contradict a former truth. "New Light" never extinguishes older "light" but adds to it…" Zion's Watch Tower 1881 Feb pp.3,188
  • Sabin
    Sabin
    It`s all that new light shining in their eye`s that's making them blind.
  • maksutov
    maksutov

    stuckinarut2: it condemns the organization anytime there has been a complete changes in teachings and doctrine!

    Haven't you heard of "tacking"? lol.

  • Zoos
    Zoos

    JWFACTS, the problem with that quote is that it was made in 1881 by C.T. Russell. We can't use that on modern day JWs because Russell has been demoted to John the Baptist status wherein he only prefigures the drunk dude who was the real first faithful slave. So Russell was just a man that was followed who claimed to be directed solely by God whereas Rutherford is directed by God because he is the faithful slave despite the flip-flops that might suggest we were following man....

    ... I have a headache.

  • prologos
    prologos

    maksutov    an hour ago

    stuckinarut2: it condemns the organization anytime there has been a complete changes in teachings and doctrine!

    Haven't you heard of "tacking"? lol.

    Yeah, we have. tacking: sailing against the wind(pneuma) aka H. spirit.

    happened to the WTBtS when they had to return in the 60s to the correct "Superior Authorities"= Governments understanding they had, (like the Churches) before 1929. also called flip/flop

    contradicting twice, but still in darkness (two overlapping light waves will cancel out.)

  • Half banana
    Half banana

    Watchtower "new light" is so special that it can actually stamp out and replace old light completely, you know, trivial things like Bible teachings... So bright is this new light that it can in fact dispense with the Bible all together and direct people to the real hope for mankind: the JW organisation.

    For those not familiar with JW org, it is a charity run by a group of amateur clowns for their own benefit.

  • tiki
    tiki
    Its true....one dung heap is equivalent to another...and you pile it all up together and voila!! The latest pile has only made the first one bigger and stinkier.
  • punkofnice
    punkofnice

    Don't mention the 'Men of Sodom'!

  • stuckinarut2
    stuckinarut2

    Thanks Jwfacts!...yes that's the one...but didn't they re-write or use this comment in recent years?

    (And I love everyone else's comments too!)

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