15 july 1906 issue of the watch tower russell stated maria russell was the first who in 1894 "called attention to matt.
24:44-45, applying it to me at a meeting at allegheny and in another meeting with the new york church.
i demurred that i had not thought of the passage thus, and declined to make any personal application of it, although i could not deny the force of the argument....i urged great moderation in the making of any personal application" (p. r3811).
w73 7/1 p. 402 Praise Jehovah with His People
Consider, too, the fact that Jehovah?s organization alone, in all the earth, is directed by God?s holy spirit or active force. (Zech. 4:6) Only this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his praise. To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book.
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What is being said here?
Are they cutting themselves a special exemption from the warning in Revelation about, ". . .adding to" the words
in the Bible?
15 july 1906 issue of the watch tower russell stated maria russell was the first who in 1894 "called attention to matt.
24:44-45, applying it to me at a meeting at allegheny and in another meeting with the new york church.
i demurred that i had not thought of the passage thus, and declined to make any personal application of it, although i could not deny the force of the argument....i urged great moderation in the making of any personal application" (p. r3811).
The Governing Body, FDS, "that slave". . . claims AN INSIDE INTIMACY with Almighty God for ADDITIONAL (extra-Biblical) refinements of teaching!
For the JW's, the Bible is only a warm-up.
In the same manner as the Mormon Church uses their APOSTLES and Pearl of Great Price/ Doctrines and Covenants to FINE-TUNE daily life,
the Governing Body, FDS, "that slave" have taken the steering wheel on behalf of Christians everywhere.
THE ORGANIZATION is the MEDIATOR between Jehovah and the OTHER SHEEP--not Jesus Christ.
This is the justification for being Baptized into ORGANIZATION.
what is up with jws?
lately, i've heard this line, "we don't judge .
but, doesn't everyone judge?
Can you say: JUDICIAL committee?
a few days ago, i was in a book store, and i picked up a book providing a brief overview of classical mythology.
as i examined the opening pages, i read about tartaurus (place of punishment) and hades (god of the underworld).. it seems so odd that tartarus and hades would be mentioned in the new testament, and yet they were part of greek mythology which predated the new testament.
why would bible writers have used such terms?
I have a lot of reading, researching, and thinking to do. I want to make a definite decision as to whether to believe the Bible. Again, thanks to all ( fulltimestudent , _Morpheus , Terry , Phizzy ). And Snare , it does seem that I'm at the beginning of the end of my belief in the Bible. Right now, that's depressing to me. I loved having a hope for the future, but now that hope is fading fast.
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Every intellectually honest investigator of Christianity has to go through the same stages of grief.
My big shock was in discovering there were NO ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS in the whole wide world!
Watchtower materials I had used for research had NOT prepared me for that.
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Early Christians are used as a buffet of cherry-picked quotes to jam sideways Watchtower viewpoints. No study is ever devoted
to the controversy, disagreement, opinionating, violence, and dissonances between Christian congregations and leaders.
The total isolation of Paul's Christian teaching from the fictional and mythic Jerusalem "governing body"is a scandal.
"...what it is is this spanx, this skin-tight stuff they wear.
now, are you sisters wearing this in the ministry?
i can't say that i've ever seen that.
i suggest taking this slowly .
.. consider the difference between taking a poll about an upcoming election and the actual vote itself on the day of the election.. the information gathered about what the vote will be is provisional.
the vote on the day of the election is actual and official.. it is the one that counts.. now, carefully ask yourself what the specific difference--if any--there is between the poll information and the election result as an identical knowledge of.
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IMPONDERABLES about the Watchtower Corporation:
1. The historical decline from independent congregations to a bloated Organization with hundreds of silly rules. Can you say: Catholic Church?
2. Failure to present even a moderately well-argued explanation for how LIGHT is transmitted so poorly by Jehovah to the Org ending in the need to CHANGE teachings into polar opposite explanations.
3. The silence on Dinosaurs.
4. The hubris in not making a specific apology for all past errors in doctrine resulting in stumbling and DF-ing many fine people.
5. The ambivalence about jury-rigging the NWT by inserting words in [brackets] on again and off again. (And on).
6. The failure to abandon the Blood policy nonsense and take their blows once and for all.
7. The atrophy of teaching skills at the congregation level as evidenced by my few encounters with JW's in the last ten years.
DID I MISS ANY?
we all know the calculations used by the wt to arrive at 1914. fall of babylon in 607 (false year), gentile times, no zero year, ta-da, 1914.. what did they use before that?
i know it wasn't russell who came up with it - he just adopted it.
i'm just curious what they had to explain away when they made the transition.. .
Think of all the confident words lavished on dates in Watchtower history!
The enthusiasm for and eagerness to embrace false proof is astounding.
It occurs again and again and again with the insanity of NEVER LEARNING THE LESSON of caution and plausible deniability.
Going in there is absolute certainty. Coming out there is waffling and blame-shifting.
Jehovah is guiding them and suddenly it was all merely a 'suggestion' others read too much into.
What a tired dance!
Stupidity OR cunning?
Or, maybe just bad habits and amateur nitwittery.
15 july 1906 issue of the watch tower russell stated maria russell was the first who in 1894 "called attention to matt.
24:44-45, applying it to me at a meeting at allegheny and in another meeting with the new york church.
i demurred that i had not thought of the passage thus, and declined to make any personal application of it, although i could not deny the force of the argument....i urged great moderation in the making of any personal application" (p. r3811).
THIS LINK REPAYS STUDY.
Everything you'd ever want to know about Pastor Russell's view on "ORGANIZATION" is right here.
http://ctr-rlbible.com/?p=1892
IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO ASK THE WATCHTOWER WITNESSES to refute him point by point!
15 july 1906 issue of the watch tower russell stated maria russell was the first who in 1894 "called attention to matt.
24:44-45, applying it to me at a meeting at allegheny and in another meeting with the new york church.
i demurred that i had not thought of the passage thus, and declined to make any personal application of it, although i could not deny the force of the argument....i urged great moderation in the making of any personal application" (p. r3811).
Read the above and answer the questions:
ORGANIZATION: is it legitimate?
1. Matt 24: 44, 45: a parable or prophecy?
2. Why would such a significant revealing of this prophecy come through A WOMAN?
3. Why wasn't Maria Ackley "that servant?"
4. If such a revelation came through a female, why can't women be on today's Governing Body?
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HAVE YOU READ THIS? I DOUBT YOU HAVE.
Morton Edgar, a prominent writer amongst the Bible Students even in the days of Russell, wrote the following either in the latter 1920s or early 1930s, in response to Rutherford's new "organization" doctrine. Edgar's statement reflects the sentiments of many Bible Students living at that time, as they were appalled at what Rutherford was doing with the Watch Tower Society that had been formed for different purposes.
The word “organisation” does not occur in the Bible, and its use is apt to mislead. The Scriptural word is “kingdom”; and our Lord distinctly said that “the kingdom of God cometh not with observation”—with outward show— Luke 17:20 . Therefore there is no “visible organisation of God on earth,” as is claimed by some to their undoing.
How often Brother Russell warned us against this very thing, and how foolish we shall be if we do not heed his warning. We shall indeed be foolish if we claim that “only through our system or organisation will the heavenly Father accept praise and service”; for this would make it appear necessary for every spirit-begotten child of God to “bow the knee” to the few who have constituted themselves heads of the organisation. The apostle shows that it is only the carnal, fleshly mind that is deceived by such unscriptural claims— 1 Cor. 3:1-6 , 18-23 ....
I for one entirely repudiate this talk of “God’s visible organization on earth” during this Gospel Age. It is dangerous talk, and gives rise to all kinds of persecutions and ungodly claims, as anyone who has consecrated reasoning powers can see.... If there was one thing that our dear Brother Russell warned us against, more strongly than any other, it was this very thing. Brother Russell never made any such claim for the “Society” when he was here in the flesh and amongst us, for he knew better. But Judge Rutherford, apparently, does not know enough to keep himself clear of it. In the very first chapter of the first volume of “Studies,” Brother Russell speaks of this “false idea that the nominal church, in its present condition, is the sole agency” for the recovery of the world from sin. -- Published in "Gleanings From Glasgow"
15 july 1906 issue of the watch tower russell stated maria russell was the first who in 1894 "called attention to matt.
24:44-45, applying it to me at a meeting at allegheny and in another meeting with the new york church.
i demurred that i had not thought of the passage thus, and declined to make any personal application of it, although i could not deny the force of the argument....i urged great moderation in the making of any personal application" (p. r3811).
thanks for the info but I'm not going to praise Maria Russell for misleading tons of people. She was a charlatan as well.
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Not my purpose!
Not 1 JW among 500 would succeed in identifying A WOMAN as the originator of the CENTRAL DOCTRINE of the religion.
How can they defend or explain it?
The answer is: they cannot!
REMEMBER THAT DATE: 1894
