Posts by alanv

a trusted source informs me that the "new light" about the faithful slave is to make its first printed appearance in the july 15th watchtower, which should be available for download online three weeks from now, on around april 15th.. i'm led to believe that the references to the new understanding are made in such a manner as to suggest the "new light" isn't that new at all, which suggests to me that little or no effort is being made to explain the doctrinal connotations.

my source and i are hoping to get a key paragraph posted at the earliest opportunity.

watch this space!.

alanv

Totally ADD that is so true, and really what I was trying to say earlier. Apparantly it is not just witnesses that get excited about all this. It is many on this site too.

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First mention of "new light" may appear in July 15, 2013 Watchtower

by cedars in

a trusted source informs me that the "new light" about the faithful slave is to make its first printed appearance in the july 15th watchtower, which should be available for download online three weeks from now, on around april 15th.. i'm led to believe that the references to the new understanding are made in such a manner as to suggest the "new light" isn't that new at all, which suggests to me that little or no effort is being made to explain the doctrinal connotations.

my source and i are hoping to get a key paragraph posted at the earliest opportunity.

watch this space!.

alanv

I do think we all have to remember the latest revelations that Cedars will tell us about, are simply that. They are the latest attempt to try and make sense of what is happening in the world and in the organisation. The society regularly changes things as it becomes obvious that what they have said before has now proved to be absolute rubbish.

Whatever the society say will be digested by the sheep and accepted. It does not really matter whet the governing body say. As long as witnesses feel the GB is the channel God is using, they will accept all that is said. And even if they do not believe all of it, they will simply 'wait on Jehovah' to sort it out.

Most of us I am sure never believed everything we were told, but just put it to one side, with the hope that things would become clearer in the coming days and months.

So I do not believe that any new revelations will make much difference to the society in the long run. Just like every time before, there will be a little hic up then everything continues as normal.

The main difference will come as more and more people worldwide get access to the internet where they can read what the society would never tell them. That is the way that increase will start to become decrease. But in my view not by any 'new light' changes.

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First mention of "new light" may appear in July 15, 2013 Watchtower

by cedars in

a trusted source informs me that the "new light" about the faithful slave is to make its first printed appearance in the july 15th watchtower, which should be available for download online three weeks from now, on around april 15th.. i'm led to believe that the references to the new understanding are made in such a manner as to suggest the "new light" isn't that new at all, which suggests to me that little or no effort is being made to explain the doctrinal connotations.

my source and i are hoping to get a key paragraph posted at the earliest opportunity.

watch this space!.

alanv

I seem to remember from the original posting about this that the FADS made their appearance after Charles Russell had died. So without saying so, they are saying that anything that Russell said was his own speculation, which is why he got so much wrong. It is meant to show witnesses that the holy spirit only began flowing on the governing body after Russell's death. There has been so much exposing Russell on the internet they had to find something to cover themselves. This new light has done that.

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Watchtower potentially receives at least $2.1 Billion a year in revenue by prohibiting holidays, etc...

by Calebs Airplane in

so we all know that the main reason the watchtower corporation prohibits holidays, extra-curricular sports, higher education, etc.

is that this money could potentially become "voluntary donations" with just a little guilting and manipulation.

in the minds of the brooklyn brass, money that isn't spent on all this worldly stuff is potential liquid revenue (at least some of it anyway).. now let's go extremely conservative for a minute and say that the average "worldly" person only spends a total of $300 a year on christmas, birthdays, st. valentines, father's day, mother's day, extracurricular school sports, higher education, and all the other stuff that the wt frowns upon.... we all know that the real number is much higher than $300.

alanv

No doubt about it the society want to isolate people, as there is more chance they will stay witnesses that way. If it was all about money they would be encouraging witnesses to get a good job or good education to increase the chance to make a lot of money. In fact the society do the very opposite. There is no encouragement at all for witnesses to better themselves or go to college to make more money. Little and often is their way. Just a few dollars a month, but received from 7 million witnesses seems to be the way that works for them

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Honesty in The "Wicked World": What Can One Expect? .. Here's A Look

by Room 215 in

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http://www.wallettest.com/lost_wallet_test/results_page.html.

i don't think this will be showing up at any of the awake!

"watching the world" segments.

alanv

You're right the society seem to hate any good new that is going on around the world. This is a link to an interesting site, that concerntrates on all the good news in the world. The society would hate it lol

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/most-popular/ecotricity-uk-solar-ev-charging-network.html

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Dutch news paper about reformation in 1517 and my thoughts @ a Sunday morning

by Gorbatchov in

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this sunday morning i choose to read the weekend newspaper instead of going to the local kh.

and this is the result:.

i read a nice quote in a dutch news paper about luther's reformation in 1517. .

alanv

Personally I cant see any difference beteen many churches and the JWs. Both have got loads of things wrong over the years. Lives have been lost by the churches following certain doctrine and the same is true for JWs.

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The koolaid sipping aint far off now....

by sosoconfused in

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so today after the meeting an older pioneer sister was outside as people were talking about the wonderful experience from the yearbook of the family in nigeria or wherever that went to the meeting and the plane destroyed their neighborhood.

but since they were at the metting they lived..... .

so she says, "you heard about the ones that died in a bus crash on the way to the convention????

alanv

Lois, you are so right. The demonstrations outside assembly halls, only reinforces the idea that witnesses will be persecuted. It is a great boost to their faith when they see such things. My real turning point was when I read Ray's books and from there to the internet to quietly check whether I had been told the truth or not by the org. The internet is the way forward to helping people, not waving placards outside an assembly hall or kingdom hall.

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Public talk today on evolution today - real doozy

by Comatose in

notes:.

bible says god created us.

scientific principle says - simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

alanv

I really feel for anyone who has to sit through that drivel. The trouble is most dubs will nod in agreement without thinking about it at all. They are simply conditioned to accept what they are told. I even thought the arguement about a watch not making itself was brilliant lol.