Jw.Org: The modern day ''golden calf''

by RULES & REGULATIONS 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  
  

  • And the people say: ‘This is our God, who led us out of Egypt!’ Then the Israelites have a big party and worship the golden calf. When Jehovah sees this, he is very angry. So he says to Moses: ‘Hurry and go down. The people are acting very badly. They have forgotten my laws and are bowing down to a golden calf.’

  The modern-day ''golden calf '' worship is no different than the Israelites!

  

  “Since Jehovah God and Jesus Christ completely trust the faithful and discreet slave, should we not do the same? After all, the slave has shown itself to be faithful in doing its assigned work. . .The faithful slave is also discreet in that it neither acts immodestly, running ahead of Jehovah nor lags behind when God's direction on a matter is clear. . .The slave is able to provide wise and timely warnings because Jehovah God and Jesus Christ are blessing it. The slave thus deserves our complete trust.” (Watchtower, February 15, 2009)

  "Jehovah God caused the Bible to be written in such a way that one needs to come in touch with His human channel before one can fully and accurately understand it. True, we need the help of God's holy spirit, but help comes to us primarily by association with the channel Jehovah God sees fit to use." (Watchtower, February 15, 1983 p.17)
  

  “Jehovah is using only one organization today to accomplish his will. To receive everlasting life in the earthly Paradise we must identify that organization and serve God as part of it." (Watchtower, February 15, 1983, p. 12)
  
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  Biahi

  Isn’t that “presumptuous” to make these claims?
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  under the radar

  I recently bought the Blu-ray DVD of the movie Big Eyes. It's commonly known that Margaret Keane, the actual artist of the big eyes paintings, became a JW after moving to Hawaii. Their initial calling on her is portrayed in the movie, but it doesn't make a big deal out of it.

  In the Special Features, Ms. Keane appears in a brief Q&A session. She seems very modest and gracious, and got a big laugh at the end when she made a great quip that tied in with the movie. I also noticed that she wore a bright blue "JWdotOrg" lapel pin throughout. Whatever...

  In case you're wondering, I thought it was a pretty good movie and worth the time spent watching. The main premise is that her husband promoted her work as his own and almost completely dominated her. At first, she went along with it because "people don't care about women's art," and his tireless promotion made them millions. Later, she went public that she was the actual artist and her husband (or maybe ex-husband by that time) sued her. At the trial, the judge ended up having them both paint something for comparison and she clearly established that she was in fact the original artist.
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  truth_b_known

  Since Jehovah God and Jesus Christ completely trust the faithful and discreet slave, should we not do the same?

  Where's the proof of this other than circular reasoning?

  Jehovah God caused the Bible to be written in such a way that one needs to come in touch with His human channel before one can fully and accurately understand it. True, we need the help of God's holy spirit, but help comes to us primarily by association with the channel Jehovah God sees fit to use.

  The Bible was put together by the Catholic Church in the 3rd Century A.D. Was the Catholic Church God's channel for 1600 years before Rutherford in 1919?

  The Golden Calf picture with the JW.Org logo on it is actually quite accurate.

  Jehovah now said to Moses: “Go, descend, because your people, whom you led up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly deviated from the way I commanded them to go. They have made for themselves a website of a publishing company, and they keep bowing down to it and sacrificing to it and saying, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who led you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

  I truly thought my father would have caught on to this. Unfortunately he is quite smitten with the website.
  
  
  
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  under the radar

  WT's arguments sound pretty darned arrogant to me.

  "Don't listen to what God actually said! Let me tell you what he meant!"

  "What is meant is what is implied, rather than that which is stated."
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  BluesBrother

  The analogy of the Golden Calf is a good one. The modern day dubs do indeed worship the Organisation rather than the God. - With their lapel badges and attitude that nothing they say can be wrong.

  They don't know if but they have made it an idol.
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  truth_b_known

  The sin of idolatry has nothing to do with making idols. Idolatry is making a god out of something and worshiping it. JW.Org is worshiped by JWs.