which sentences are technically correct.
1 the watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 2. the watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 3. the watchtower society keeps changing its doctrines.. 4. watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 5. watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 6. the society keeps changing its doctrines.. 7. the watchtower organization keeps changing its doctrines.. 8. the watch tower organization keeps changing its doctrines..
I thought Watchtower referred to the magazine of that name.
Watch Tower refers to the legal corporation as in Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society or Watch Tower Society of Britain.
So 1, 3, 4 and 7 I would say are incorrect as a magazine cannot change anything. The members of the corporation are the ones that make the changes and have them printed in the Watchtower magazine.
We used to use the term "The Society" many years ago.
George
watchtower 1964 page 352 "....before god cursed it the snake had legs that elevated it off the ground.
god transformed its body so that it ceased to have legs and could move on its belly.".
book "gods eternal purpose"1974 - "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimised by satan...".
That WT QFR is very interesting, I had never seen that before and assumed the idea had been dropped many years previously.
I do remember however, and in fact quoted it recently on a thread here, that the book "The truth shall make you free" carried a picture of this lizard like creature talking to Eve.
George
i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
Prior to Adam & Eve being tempted in the Garden of Eden, snakes had legs just like lizards. However, because of his actions the snake was cursed and told he would "crawl on his belly" forever. The book "The truth shall set you free" has a picture of the snake with legs talking to Eve.
George
don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....
I just wish the UK government would stay out of foreign affairs with countries such as Ukraine. All I want Boris and Pritti to do is wage war on the rubber dinghy invasion. Is that too much to ask?
George
i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
After Armageddon there will be no children born after the first 100 years. Thus all the women may be changed to men and we will all live as brothers.
After Armageddon all the black people will be changed to white.
The 7,000 year Creative Days have been changed to periods of "several thousand" years. Thus it was taught that animals had only been on the earth for less than 13,000 years.
George
do you have any information on tony's family history and mormon background?.
You could always read his life story:-
Remembering My First Love Has Helped Me to Endure — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY (jw.org)
George
hi mike:.
the file you have requested, is a file i will not provide a link for out here on simon's board.
i will be happy to give you a link for that "forbidden" file in private.
Some years ago I read an account on this site about a sister who arranged to meet N H Knorr at a convention some time after Rutherford died in 1942. She told him of Rutherford's "going's on" but Knorr said they had known about it for many years and should have done something then but didn't. It was too late after his death so they should "leave it to Jehovah".
My parents became JW's just after Rutherford's death and his influence carried on for many years. Children such as myself were never allowed to have vaccinations against Polio, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough, and aluminium cooking pans were taboo. As BB said, the old ones, my parents included, would never believe any of this, just put it down to them apostate lies!
George
on may 20, 2020, boris johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the downing street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.. at the time the uk was under a harsh covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
the prime minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at pmqs was that he thought it was a work event.
as excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.. boris johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.. his private secretary should go, too..
problem is--who would be next ?
Stan just summed it up. JRM maybe? It's difficult to find anyone suitable. The reason we have a Conservative government at all is because the alternative is totally unthinkable.
George
Of course there's always Nigel Farrage but I think he's lost interest in politics!
a new space telescope launched a few days age that will supposedly be able to see to within 100 million years of the big bang.
wow... only 100 million years from the big bang.
that is pretty early given the 12 billion year age of the universe assigned by scholars who adhere to naturalism.
Don't forget Rutherford said that rockets would never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere as they would have nothing to push against.
Nothing the WTB&TS and the goons on the GB have to say on the subject of science is worth considering.
George
i have another post here about how the wts is reeling from covid, as reflected in their abysmally catastrophic service report:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6315842470936576/annual-service-report-yet-another-analysis-big-trouble-wts.
here's another rupture showing.. in the latest "announcements and reminders" to elders, there is a paragraph with these sentences:.
Two elders i know personally are under 30. The younger one is 25 and was appointed about 2 years ago, the other is just about 30 and has been an elder for 3 or 4 years. They have to appoint these youngsters as the majority of our elders are well over 70 and no longer have the health and energy they used to have.
George
