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  Daniel 12:4, A Watchtower's tactic for the naive and unlearned readers who need to believe in some thing

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "but you, daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end.

  many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.

  (daniel 12:4).

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  However, Christianity has tried to shift that "time of the End" to more than 2000 years ahead.
  
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  Daniel 12:4, A Watchtower's tactic for the naive and unlearned readers who need to believe in some thing

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "but you, daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end.

  many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.

  (daniel 12:4).

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  "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel 12:4)

  
  

  The book pretended to have been written in the sixth century before Christ. However, most scholars admit that it was written during the Antiochus' persecution against the Jews about 164 BCE. So, the above verse was cleverly written to justify the appearance of a book which was unknown, although the author dishonestly lies by falsely foreseeing events of the Antiochus moment, as they were written in the sixth century.
  

  Note also that the "time of the End" was the troubling time of the Antiochus persecution.
  
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  After 17 years, I went to a KH....really shocked!!

  by Prometheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after severe pressure from my family, i have decided to attend to the nearest kh.

  and a little history regarding my self: i became inactive and lost completely contact of the wt changes and "new light" 17 years ago.. everything seemed so odd and strange during the meeting.

  latest technology, animated movies, watchtower web tv, a website that you can download everything, including km and wt study articles.

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  Ask them about the overlapping generation that will not pass. This consists of those current anointed ones who knew the 1914 generation of the Watchtower anointed ones. As has been explained by one of the members of the GB, if an anointed one met Fred Franz and is currently alive, he belongs to the overlapping generation that will not pass. Ask them where in the Bible we can get that absurdity.
  
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  Did Jesus actually start a church to himself?

  by TTWSYF in

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  with some 30,000 different christian denominations, how would one know which one was for real?

  some folks think jesus did start a church, others think no.

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  I believe that Jesus was a Jewish leader of apocalyptic ideas, who was actually killed. However, 90% of what was written about him, is fiction, so we can admit that most of his personality is an invention to satisfy theological agendas.
  
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  HIGHER EDUCATION, THE BIBLE, AND THE WTBTS / GBoJW

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the disdain which the wtbts / gbojw has for higher education is well known among jw's and jw dissenters.

  the specious rationale for such disdain is also well known.

  however, it is a fact that there is no scriptural authority for..... a) prohibiting education at any level for another person.

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  The elder of the last congregation I attended, said that those who go to the university are disloyal to Jehovah.

  This stupid implicit Watchtower's ban is intended to minimize the number of thinkers in the congregations.

  The university does not ensure success, but it instructs the student to think and to analyse information.
  
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  Do all congregations have to destroy all documents related to cases of Pedophilia?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have been reading in facebook that there is a new society's order for destroying all documents concerning cases of pedophilia in all congregations.

  is it true that the elders have received such an order?

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  It seems that the information is coming from this source:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabrD9wUuZ0
  
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  Do all congregations have to destroy all documents related to cases of Pedophilia?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have been reading in facebook that there is a new society's order for destroying all documents concerning cases of pedophilia in all congregations.

  is it true that the elders have received such an order?

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  Any instruction must be sent through a confidential letter to "all the body of elders". So, it would be great if that letter could be published here (if it exists).
  
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  Do all congregations have to destroy all documents related to cases of Pedophilia?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have been reading in facebook that there is a new society's order for destroying all documents concerning cases of pedophilia in all congregations.

  is it true that the elders have received such an order?

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  I have been reading in facebook that there is a new Society's order for destroying all documents concerning cases of Pedophilia in all congregations. Is it true that the elders have received such an order??
  
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  The new Fred Franz?

  by careful in

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  2. beliefs

  of course, no one could ever fully replace "our oracle for over 50 years" (ray franz quoting karl klein or someone else on the gb back in the days of gb i in cofc somewhere ), but i have to wonder just who on gb ii has come to fill fred franz's shoes the most.

  it seems like it is david splane.

  he appears to be in charge of the writing department, proposes and pushes thru the gb most of the doctrinal changes (he announces them so they're his baby), and like ff, fancies himself musically inclined.

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  My crazy interpretations can't be compared. I created the blood ban which produced an uproar in the community and many martyrs. It was a great marketing for our organization. The 1975 fiasco was also my special work.
  
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  Jephthah's atrocity

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in judges chapter 11 we read that jephthah committed an atrocity by offering his daughter in sacrifice.

  however, the watchtower, study edition of april 2016, reads:pages 6 and 7:not only was jephthah a mighty warrior but he was a student of gods dealings with his people.

  jephthahs thorough grasp of israels history gave him a clear picture of what was right and what was wrong in jehovahs eyes.

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  In Judges chapter 11 we read that Jephthah committed an atrocity by offering his daughter in sacrifice. However, the Watchtower, Study Edition of April 2016, reads:
  
  Pages 6 and 7:
  
  Not only was Jephthah a mighty warrior but he was a student of God’s dealings with His people. Jephthah’s thorough grasp of Israel’s history gave him a clear picture of what was right and what was wrong in Jehovah’s eyes. (Judg.11:12-27) Godly principles that were embedded in the Mosaic Law molded Jephthah’s thinking as well as his heart.
  
  The sacrificing of humans is something detestable to Jehovah. Thus, it is clear that Jephthah did not intend to sacrifice anyone literally. (Deut. 18:9,10) Under the Mosaic Law, a burnt offering was given entirely to Jehovah, so Jephthah evidently meant that he would devote the person to the exclusive service of God. This promise implied permanent service at the tabernacle. Jehovah accepted Jephthah’s terms and blessed him with a resounding victory, striking and subduing the enemy. (Judg.11:32, 33) But who would be the person given as “a burnt offering” to God?
  
  Of course, the Goberning Body resorts to sophisms so as to save the ass of the Bible writers, however, it is clear that Jephthah offered his daughter to the paranoic god Jehovah, by burning her. This is why the last two verses in Judges 11 says:
  
  And it became a custom in Israel that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadit
  
  If the daughters in Israel went year by year to lament Jephthah's daughter it was because she died stupidly. Even the Jewish leaders admit that Jephthah did a stupid thing, as the Jewish Encyclopedia says:
  
  According to some commentators, among whom were Ḳimḥi and Levi b. Gershom, Jephthah only kept his daughter in seclusion. But in Targ. Yer. to Judges xi. 39 and the Midrash it is taken for granted that Jephthah immolated his daughter on the altar, which is regarded as a criminal act; for he might have applied to Phinehas to absolve him from his vow. But Jephthah was proud: "I, a judge of Israel, will not humiliate myself to my inferior." Neither was Phinehas, the high priest, willing to go to Jephthah. Both were punished: Jephthah died by an unnatural decaying of his body; fragments of flesh fell from his bones at intervals, and were buried where they fell, so that his body was distributed in many places (comp. Judges xii. 7, Hebr.). Phinehas was abandoned by the Holy Spirit (Gen. R. l.c.). The Rabbis concluded also that Jephthah was an ignorant man, else he would have known that a vow of that kind is not valid; according to R. Johanan, Jephthah had merely to pay a certain sum to the sacred treasury of the Temple in order to be freed from the vow; according to R. Simeon ben Laḳish, he was free even without such a payment (Gen. R. l.c.; comp. Lev. R. xxxvii. 3).