Posts by marcilo

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Who really is the slave? The Governing Body!!!

by Ultimate Reality in

with the june 15th article (on jw.org) about the slave and governing body, we can see the planned progression of breaking the slave from the domestics.

therefore, lumping the claimed-anointed and the great crowd in the same group for all intents and purposes.

7:9;john 10:16) should not individual members of the anointed and the "other sheep" trust the slave appointed over them?

marcilo

Hey folks

Some of my thoughts to the above mentioned WT arcticle:

Paragraph 2:

Why is something like that written although it is a plain lie? How often has the presence of Jesus been changed?

Or take the latest change of the Generation doctrine. That’s cynical, isn’t it?

Paragraph 3 + 9:

That’s ridiculous!

And what about the other religions? They don’t thump on a slave resp. steward but are completely adamant of their doctrine. God’s blessing they see in that they have a faith, own church halls, …

Paragraph 12:

Where is the proof that the sklave receives blessing from Jehovah and Jesus.

Paragraph 13:

Can this prophecy really be applied to the anointed ones and consequently to the slave today?

Paragraph 14:

Jesus mentions the „least of these my brothers“ in Matthew 25:40. Can they be put on a level with the anointed brothers? At the end the paragraph says that the commission to preach according to Matthew 28:19, 20 is directed to the anointed. I thought it was meant to be for all Christians.

Paragraph 15:

They had to write that.

Paragraph 16:

Doing good things (according to Matthew 25:35 – 40) is something totally different than “listening”. Wherefrom do they have the right to claim that one must listen to these brothers in addition to Jesus?

Sheep do only listen to one shepherd and not to two.

Now it’s getting pretty delicate. They say you have to listen to the brothers and Jesus and thus they place themselves on the same level with Jesus by elevating themselves.

Paragraph 17:

Only in passing it is mentioned that the GB has the “leadership”. Note that not each member of the GB is anointed. But they don’t mention it.

The last sentence is pure hubris and extremely contradicting paragraph 12, where they write about themselves of not being immodest.

Paragraph 18:

Jesus again only plays a subordinate part. Who brings many to righteousness? Exactly! The faithful and discreet slave- not Jesus. But what about Revelation 7:17 or 22:1? Jesus brings many to righteousness and to fountains of water of life. Moreover, Revelation 7:9 + 10 attributes Jesus and his father with salvation.

Paragraph 19 + conclusion:

Those who listen to the sklave will be saved. Jesus and Jehovah become more and more unimportant. So (we as) JW must listen to humans and accept what comes from Brooklyn.

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Do they still Pop Block?

by sacolton in

it's hot.. your throat is dry.. you need a ice cold drink to quench your thirst.. during a talk, you make your way to the vending machines and .... .

"sorry, brother.

this machine is out of order.

marcilo

Never heard of something like this. I remember the last district convention (why is it actually called "covention" and not an assembly like the circuit assembly or the special day assembly?) where many - including myself - went to little snack bars and got some coffee because it was too cold or some chips, pizza or crêpe ... No one was hindered ;-) although it was right around the stadium.

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Today at the meeting we got a gift from Jehovah!

by Albert Einstein in

today at the meeting we were told by the co, that we got a gift three months ago!

the gift we got is the one more free evening weekly, because of the new meeting arrangement.

this gift was given to us by jehovah through faithfull an discreet slave.

marcilo

Well, first I thought that this is absurd.

You know what the bible says, we shall not forsake the gathering of ourselves- all the more so as we behold the day drawing near. . Since this one day was cancelled can't it be said that they must know something down there in Brooklyn? Has the near future been postponed? Or is the GB breaking a biblical advise? It wouldn't be the first time that they decide something "wrong".

But when we think about the question, where are the most JW located, we see that the major part of them lives in poor countries, don't they?

So, for them it really is a "gift" or kind of relief. They now only have to cover big distances twice a week for the meetings.

That's what I think now of the "reason". As for the thing itself I miss my old group because we had loads of discussions which I think were THE reason.