i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
Time between these two events - 2016 which according to the verse above equals 42 generations.
How many "over-lapping generations" would this equal?
I swear......some of the wacky stuff the Governing Body comes up with, sometimes I wonder if they don't just sit around and make bets on the most bat-shit crazy "new light" they can come up with to get the Dubs to swallow hook, line & sinker.
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
Where is that Time or Newsweek article? Of course no active dub will read it if it quotes Ray Franz. Still it sounds interesting.
I'm not sure where that article is, but I would love to read it again. Seems like if it mentioned Ray Franz at all it was only briefly. It may have been another major magazine, besides Tme or Newsweek. The point the writer made was that the JW religion put an expiration date on itself as to weither they were God's prophets or not. I may see if I can search for it.
all i can do is cry.... .
in loving memory of bekkah mejia barnum fb: http://www.facebook.com/xjwbex.
she was a dear friend....
She looks like she was a very lovely person. Deepest sympathies TimeBandit.
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
This is why I think the WTS. will eventually drop 1914 all together in the future.
The WTS should have changed their stance and agreed with the secular scholars that Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BCE. Then they could have just claimed the Gentile Times ended in 1934. They could have built some type of Theology around Hilter and his Nazi Party coming to power around then. Jesus being invisably present with war in heaven, and Satan being cast down and starting WWII by 1939. They could have stuck with the "this generation" teaching and rode it out until 2034. Then they could have pulled out the Noah preached for 120 years to get them to 2054.
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
That toopid "generation" teaching is going to be their downfall in the end. I knew it was a maneuver in 1995 when they changed it. My first reaction to that article was, "We're going to see 2000 in this system, aren't we?" I remember the brother I said that to tried to spin it in the Society's favor. I just snorted.
In the 80's, when I was a very devout JW.....I remember reading an article in a major news magazine in which it discussed how the Watchtower Society would have to change it's endtime teachings, since they painted themselves into a corner with the 1914 generation teaching. Sure enough the WTS did change their main-made doctrines again. I would love to remember what magaizine it was in. Something like Time or Newsweek.
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
I'd like to phone a Governing Body friend at Bethel.
i'm relatively new here.
this is a question to admin / longer members.. have you noticed a greater influx of membership here since the 'new lighttm' regarding the 'governing body' was revealed?.
Yes, Goodsoul......welcome, and we would like to hear your story. I was an elder, and left at the top of my eldership, because I finally reasoned there was no way this wacky religion was the one true relgion as the WTS self-proclaimed.
i'm relatively new here.
this is a question to admin / longer members.. have you noticed a greater influx of membership here since the 'new lighttm' regarding the 'governing body' was revealed?.
I could be mistaken, but I don't think enough time as went by yet to determine this. For an active JW to join JWN is a pretty big deal. It takes time for a JW to think about this, and get over the fear of joining. Personally, I lurked for a few months before joining. The fears & superstitions that the WTS instills in people's minds is amazing.
i have a question about the implications of the new light regarding the f&ds.
sorry if it sounds complicated, i'm not good at explaining things.. .
if the f&ds is now just the few brothers who get together to dispense the food at the proper time, and the f&ds will be appointed over all of christ's belongings, then does that mean they will be appointed above the rest of the 144,000 when they go to heaven?
ItsMyLife......welcome to the JWN board. Great question in your first post.
i,am watching the rose bowl parade, and the wife.
call me to the front of the house.
a couple knocking on doors at 10 oclock in the morning.
The JW gets some of their time quota in, and gets to brag about witnessing on New Year's Day. That's what the cult is all about.
