Though I didn't plan to make a further post in this topic, I have changed my mind. I now say the following.
Note that September 2022 Study Watchtower - p. 18 par. 14 says the WT is stating a change of doctrine. Paragraph 14 of that article says in part the following.
'In the past, we understood Jesus’ words to refer to the deeds the resurrected ones will practice after
their resurrection; that is, some will come to life and practice good
things while others will come to life and practice vile things. However,
note that Jesus does not say that those who have just come out of the
memorial tombs will do good things or will practice vile things. He uses the past tense. He speaks of those who “did good things” and those who “practiced vile things.” This indicates that these actions took place before
their death. That makes sense, does it not? After all, no one will be
allowed to practice vile things in the new world. The unrighteous must
have practiced these vile things before their death.'
That shows that the WT (in their September 2022 Study article of the Watchtower called 'Is Your Name in “the Book of Life”?') is stating a change in doctrine, just as I mentioned in my earlier post. Further in the above quote the context within the paragraph makes it clear, when read carefully, that the ones spoken of in the quote are those currently practicing vile things, and those who are dead who had done such in the past, and those who will do such before they die and later become resurrected.
Regarding the September 2022 Study article of the Watchtower called 'Is Your Name in “the Book of Life”?', page 18 paragraph 14 of that article is not contradicting page 19 paragraph 18 of the same article. BoogerMan, Are you so intent in find contradictions in the WT's words, that you didn't try to see if the WT meant their words in page 18 paragraph 14 in a way which does not contradict their words of
page 19 paragraph 18 of the same article?
People sometimes say things which though not being a contradiction seem (at first thought) to others to be a contradiction, until the others figure out what the people meant. It is important to figure out what is the intended meaning, rather than automatically assuming there is a contradiction. For example, there are statements in the Bible which appear to be clear contradictions, but upon careful analysis some of those statements are later discerned to not be contradictions. Many words have a range of meanings, and thus in some sentences a word (or a brief phrase) has one meaning but in another sentence the exact same word (or the brief phrase) has a different meaning.
Folks, notice that the change of doctrine stated in the above mentioned article came shortly before the WT announced new governing body members in early 2023 and shortly before Anthony Morris III ceased being a governing body member. Do you think there is connection between such?
The above stated change in doctrine is much more consistent with the Bible than the WT's prior doctrine in the matter. I have noticed that a number of the WT's doctrinal changes in the past 10 years are much more in agreement with the Bible than the older doctrinal versions which were replaced by them. For example, one the doctrinal improvement is the one which says that Gog of Magog is not Satan the Devil. A careful reading of the OT Bible shows that when it writes about Gog of Magog it is writing about a human or group of humans (or of a human government or a group of human governments) instead of about a supernatural being.
