"perfect angels"?
a subtle shift in watchtower doctrine — and why it matters.
quoted paragraph from the watchtower september 2025, study article 38, paragraph 12:.
I would agree with SBF and others above. For me the stand out phrase was to call elders “ glorious ones “ …. Huh !
I would never see an elder as glorious and when I was one I would never want to be viewed that way. I thought that all were brothers, shoulder to shoulder.
[ I know it’s not a new description but it grates nevertheless]
so today i saw a group of jws i know, we were sitting down to eat at a public place and i guess they (mom and daughter) were performing at an event with their sports team… for juneteenth.. they (the entire team) happened to sit next to us for some fast food and i recognized them and said hi, hoping to make them uncomfortable.
they actually said hi and introduced themselves to my family, i’ve seen them before (they go to the same school as one of my kids) and they usually ignore me.
i know for a fact they and their family still goes, the family patriarch is an elder etc.
Juneteenth may not be religious but it is more political. From what I read it celebrates black people’s freedom from slavery. Witnesses are supposed to be “ no part of the world” and as such they would leave such “worldly” causes alone . The correct thing , in their view, would be to direct attention to the Kingdom to make all men equal.
It is my guess that if the “patriarch” elder knew of this he would stop it.
breaking news!
watchtower society/jehovah's witnesses abandoning the public announcement of disfellowshipment???
[but they still practice shunning jw undesirables .
Yes but he refers to his “theory “ . I would await any announcement before saying they have changed anything from what Blondie noted above.
it seems like the organization is hunting down pimos.
maybe the mark o donnell lawsuit is just the beginning.. this leaked survey in canada is asking some very weird questions from select publishers.
all i can say is that this will help wake up some pimi straddling the fence.
I have heard speak of a survey, sent to selected publishers, here in the U K too.
Nobody that I know well has been asked to complete it .
but was almighty god stupid?.
you decide:.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxuaim8j3i0?feature=share.
Interesting articles and, yes, we know that the Society through the pages of the Golden Age ( later Awake ! ) often made some pretty extreme comments in the old days .Even today many Witnesses have lingering doubts about regular doctors and favour alternative therapies. Btw, I have definitely benefited from Osteopaths and Chiropractic therapy, but that is hardly extreme.
Many years back when I was still a believer, I could see that such comments on medicine and science were only the view of the article writer although then I accepted that the doctrinal stuff was “ spirit directed “ .
but was almighty god stupid?.
you decide:.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxuaim8j3i0?feature=share.
Similar to the women in match making factories in times past getting “ phosyy jaw from the phosphorus then used in matches …
But how does this involve Watctower ?
when i first came into contact with jehovah's witnesses they were talking about god's kingdom bringing about a peaceful new world.
the scripture used being psalm 37:10,11 "just a little while longer and the wicked will be no more.you will look at where they were and they will not be there., but the meek will possess the earth and they will find exquisite delightin the abundance of peace..".
i took this to mean, then, that when jehovah intervened, at his appointed time, it would be instantly, invisibly, and painlessly.
Some of them are silly enough to take these WT pictures for real, rather than just an artist’s view….
But cities? Where the hell did that come from? Everyone’s view of a new world is not to live in a city but a green and verdant land .. I would like to have a reference to Splane’s talk to hear what he said , if it is still there.
2025**04**april**21**announcement.
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https://app.filemail.com/d/qpxvufhubdjrdoy .
So now, instead of a convention from the USA , we can see our own R. convention from the local stadium - IF we are a person considered worthy by the Local BOE ….
I am sure it will still end up on the net .
after finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.
picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.
i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.
“ new system” would end up being very much like this”
I have to disagree. If the current elders had free rein , maybe. But I know mature dubs who look forward to the New World so as to see an end to the current regime of elders. Their belief is that God and Jesus Christ will then be in charge, making the decisions based on real Christian principles with insight, not flawed men.
the following is from the latest study watchtower july 2025, study article 28, paragraph 17:.
each christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions.
we may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry.
The article says “blood fractions” as though red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets were not also fractions, but of course they are . It is the rule of the GB that only allows other fractions to be taken medically. So whose rule are they following? Man’s rule or Gods ?
Scripture says “ It is in vain they worship me if they teach commands of men as doctrine “
Nb. “Shepherd the Flock 2024 makes it plain that if one unrepentantly takes “ blood” they disassociate themselves
