Interesting. I didnt bother to read the actual WT article, but it seems to be a pretty significant shift. But only for the old timers. Those who have come in recently and have not heard much of the type/antitypes won't think much of it.
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Series of articles about the March 15, 2015 Watchtower on AD1914.com
by Gilgamesh inover the next 5 weeks, we should have 5 or 6 articles/posts that will provide more commentary on the march 15, 2015 watchtower.
important doctrinal changes in march 15th, 2015 watchtower (study edition) explained wp.me/p4cpzs-xo .
http://ad1914.com/2014/04/20/new-important-doctrinal-changes-in-march-15th-watchtower-study-edition-explained-clarified/.
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The height of delusion on display at last Tuesdays meeting...
by BU2B ini literally just sat there with my mouth open.
sometimes the delusional mind of jws takes steroids.. it was during the draw close to jehovah study where they praise the mosaic law and how perfectly wonderful it was.
you should have seen the almost giddy attitude the conductor had and the comments from the audience.
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Anointed JW Today And Tianamen Square
by metatron inhttps://anointedjw.org/fight_fine_fight.html.
first, message received, i get it.
these guys are way out there and full of themselves.
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Also, with the redefinition of the 'anointed' as mostly NOT the "faithful slave', they may have created a doctrinal vacuum. After years of decline, something is pushing the number of partakers up.
Seems like the increase in partakers coincides with the abandonment of the 1935-door-to-heaven closed teaching, according to stats from jwfacts.com.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/memorial-partakers.php
It's hard to read the New Testament and come away with a hope other than heaven. Maybe some JWs read the Bible more than we think.
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Another angry Hitler video
by TableForOne ini never get tired of these youtube videos.. this one is called 'hitler leaves the jehovah's witnesses'.. he wakes up to ttatt when he cannot accept the 'overlapping generation' teaching.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhhy62toy4.
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That's pretty funny.
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FYI all... Mike and Kim You Tube
by ducatijoe inwell if any did not know, mike and kim were shut down on you tube.. they are back on under kim mikey.. .
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Critisism is so much easier than actually DOING something. I applaud them for doing something instead of falling for the Watchtower-is-invincible mentality that many ex-JWs are left with long after their exit.
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Healing Through Humor
by Watchtower-Free inex cult memes and videos.
anything poking fun at any cult.. .
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1447453542181602/.
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Apostagirl is super!
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Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?
by blondie inwhy was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?
was there a different procedure with a different name?
was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?
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for crying out loud - it was just a typo - millions now living will never DIET
by berrygerry infor crying out loud - it was just a typo - millions now living will never diet.
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LOL!
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How is the org really run? What goes on behind the scenes?
by Magnum inhow is the org really run?
what goes on behind the scenes?.
i just read an older post on this site that was recently bumped (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/6600/1/don-adams-biography) the post mentioned the adams brothers don, karl, & joel and how influential they are/were at headquarters.
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If there was some puppet master controlling the GB Ray Franz would've written about it.
I'm with jgnat on this, at this point it's a runaway train. It has a life of its own. The GB are all deluded, captives of a concept. They have wagered their entire lives on "The Truth". They are surrounded by equally deluded men who have also wagered their entire lives on "The Truth." These people believe more than the average witness. They have wagered more, and so they NEED to believe more than the average witness who has somewhat of a normal life (job, bills to pay, house, a vacation once in a while, rubbing elbows with the occasional decent non-witness). It's all they have. It's their identity. It is their entire life.
To us on the outside the changes look like a money grab. To them, they are being discreet and ensuring the survival of the Organization until the big A comes. "And yes, it has taken longer than we thought it would. But the Bible foretold that many would mock and say where is the promised presence. That in itself is a fulfillment of prophecy and a reminder of how close the end is." Blah... blah.... blah...
I have no doubt that there a few awake individuals in Bethel. But there's not much they can do. No one person can take this thing down. There are checks and balances. If one or two GB members wake up and try to shake things up they'll beat down by the rest of the GB. Even if the entire GB woke up at once, they would not be able to institute radical changes overnight. There would still be men at Bethel that would identify them as apostates and a schism would develop. So even the GB don’t have absolute control.
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Sorry posters JWs leaders will not "change" 1914 or 144,000 "literal to figurative "doctrine
by booker-t ini actually called bethel a few weeks ago and i was shocked that i actually got thru to the writing dept.
i was abit nervous but i asked the jw writer if there was going to be a change in doctrine.
i thought he was going to immediately hang up on me thinking "apostate caller" but he was actually nice and we talked for a while.
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I'm slowly realizing doctrine does not matter much at all to most witnesses. Whatever they're told to believe is fine as long as it comes from the brand they trust.