The JW G.B. & Elders - imitating the Pope & priests. 😄

by BoogerMan 4 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  BoogerMan

  The coal calling the kettle black! Change the names - you get the same result!

  w58 2/15 p. 106 The Growth of Papal G.B. Authority - "That authority reaches out to the individual Catholic [JW] particularly through the priesthood body of Elders. The position of the clergy Elders was greatly enhanced as....it was enjoined on all to confess their sins to a priest Elders....What power was in their hands as they were called on [by the Pope G.B.] to oversee the important aspects of life...and to guide the consciences of men through the confessional Judicial Committees!"

  g76 7/22 p. 24 - "However, as I grew older I realized that the Catholic Church [organization] did not satisfy my spiritual needs. I could not understand, for example, why the clergy [Elders].... interested themselves in the personal affairs of others in the confessional. [Elders' room]
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  blondie

  I have seen many similarities in the religious authorities in the WTS, like the religious "leaders" in Jesus' time, who at that time still part of the Jewish religious system that their god recognized, as Jesus recognized too as a Jew. Take any comments of Jesus about those religious leaders, and easily apply that to the WTS.
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  BelisemDeBelimakom

  They have more in common with each another than with the Bible:

  https://jashow.org/articles/roman-catholics-mormons-jehovahs-witnesses/
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  DesirousOfChange

  No one gives a shit about WT quotes from 50 or 75 years ago.

  JWs would just shrug it off -- Old Light.
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  blondie

  DOC, that is why I use the most current comments on the topic from WT publications. I had elders say that was long ago, then I would say, it was in the WT magazine the previous month, or they must have missed that point in the "book" study. (Of course ready to show them where). They just got quiet and walked away.