in the 15 october 1995 watchtower the society brought out 'new light' that although christ sat down as king in 1914, but he did not sit down on his 'glorious throne' mentioned at matt 25: 31 in that year.
i cant understand why the society bothered to make this change in 1995?
this change was in some ways more damaging to them than the generation change, because the society essentially sawed off the branch they were sitting on by announcing this 1995 new light.
FDS thing was something they used to support their power structure, which is very important in an organization like this
Ya like they really stuck to bible principals, ........ problem was they started to make up their own and demonize anyone who didn't agree with them
my sister-in-law tried to take her life this afternoon.
it still remains to be seen if she makes it through or not.
though a witness, she's had many bad experiences in life.
Best wishes on her recovery
i don't know if this has been mentioned here before or not.
if so, please ignore.
this looks like it contains an interesting amount of info on n.h. barbour:.
Sounds like all including Russell were a group of opportunists, with self induced ideologies pinning for power and control, Russell apparently won, probably due
to his profession as a salesman. Good info thanks
after my disfellowshipping, i felt like a person alone in a very dark room full of strange objects..........someone grappling around in pitch black wary of everything i touched.
i didnt want involvment with another religion..........my thinking was that the jehovah's witnesses were right despite my having put myself in the position where i was no longer acceptable to them.
other religions had no draw for me, and to this day, i still remain indifferent to them.. and yet, i missed the comfort that i had experienced as a witness..............the hope, the so called 'answers and the feeling of belonging to a community of like minded people.. occasionally i have dabbled with other forms of 'answers'..............reading my stars, doing tarot, a mystic meg approach to the answers of life.
But it does feel good to reassemble your intelligence from the mental slavery of the WTS.................. I feel sorry for the people that are left there
yesterday we have a study of the watchtower about obedience and submission.
this study arose a lot of questions and heightened emotions in me and the interested retired judge sitting besides me.
we came accross the 9th pharagraph, page 28 of the april 1, 2007, where it says that: "it is easy to obey when everything is clear and we agree, but we will show that we are trully submissive if we yeild even when we do not personally understand the direction provided.
Danger .... Warning Be weary of men that say they are the right hand of god, they strive to manipulate and control as a personal agenda for themselves
recall that karl marx coined his much-used expression, religion "is the opium of the people.
how would you complete the expression?
...then the wts is ....
Oppression of the masses
or maybe the commercial division of god's kingdom
yesterday we have a study of the watchtower about obedience and submission.
this study arose a lot of questions and heightened emotions in me and the interested retired judge sitting besides me.
we came accross the 9th pharagraph, page 28 of the april 1, 2007, where it says that: "it is easy to obey when everything is clear and we agree, but we will show that we are trully submissive if we yeild even when we do not personally understand the direction provided.
Corruption of power is very blatant and obvious in the Watchtower....... but power is nothing unless you know how to keep it
The book of truth called the inter-net is opening and displaying this corruption ..............and they are getting very worried
paul states in galatians 2:16,. .
"knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of jesus christ, even we have believed in jesus christ, that we might be justified by the faith of christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
did you ever wonder if you were just an employee of the wts?
To expand the power and dominance for the kings who are stand up top the tower, it's the slaves duty and responsibility to do so
many, like dawkins, think that religion is the root of all evil.
hypothetically, if all religion was eliminated and all people stopped believing how would you see the world in a few years?
with atheism on the rise do you think that society will improve or deteriorate?.
A big bang
ok, so you deny the existence of a god, or you lack belief in a god.
my question why do you get so angry over a mythical being?
no one gets as upset over the tooth fairy, santa claus or the easter bunny, as i have seen some of the atheists on this board get over the slightest mention of god.
Maybe the question should be why when referring to god as a he, as if the god of the universe has a sexual identity, possibly for the empowering effect the god of the universe
as to offer men.......umm maybe and men do not like their power taken away from them as we know
