who is more powerful out of the co and the body of elders?
i remembered a time i was a reg.
pioneer and my service overseer in my congo was asking one of the regular pioneers during the meeting with the co. how powerful is the co to the body of elders and how powerful is the body of elders to the co?
COs know that if they just tell all the elders, "You guys are doing a great job. Keep up the good work," they won't be COs very long.
The GB is always demanding more of JWs -- more field service hours, more members, better attendance at meetings, more members pioneering, more people attending the Memorial, more sacrificial donations of money, and so on.
This puts a lot of pressure on COs to show better results, and COs pass that on to the elders.
the major topic of conversation was that almost all do not want to go back to the meetings and field service!
and we are talking very zealous and active witnesses!
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They have gotten a taste of what it is to live as a normal human being, but the GB won't let that go on for long. Sadly, soon most of them will have forgotten just as surely as they have forgotten 1975.
the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.
but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).
13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?
Didn't the org make similar assurances of angelic protection from the Nazis in World War II?
next years memorial article focuses on the two class system that they promote.. interestingly, they mention how the anointed are in two covenants.
the new covenant and the kingdom covenant.
they claim that both of these covenants opened up the way for a small number to become kings and priests in heaven.
"Keep doing this in remembrance of me" means "show up and watch but don't partake of anything because the new covenant in my body and blood is not for you"???
mack moore ex-jw recovery writes:.
yes, that is how they want people to esteem the magazine.
they believe it is the unique mouthpiece of god.
To most JWs, it doesn't matter what the Bible says.
What matters is what the GB says it says.
Studying the Bible in context and praying for insight.
do jehovah's witnesses interpret the bible properly?.
jehovah's witnesses see the bible as an organizational book which only the faithful and discreet slave (currently 8 men headquartered in warwick new york) can interpret properly.
the faithful slave was first appointed in brooklyn in 1919 and given the exclusive right and ability to understand and teach the bible properly.
How could "the faithful and discreet slave" have been interpreting things properly? According to current WT doctrine, the people who thought they were "the faithful and discreet slave" from Russell's day until just a few years ago were wrong.
Most of my life, the organization taught that the FDS was all of the "anointed remnant." "New light" says only the GB is the FDS.
If they were wrong about who the FDS is (and that's a major and distinctive teaching of the WT religion), how could they get anything else right?
Of course, the whole FDS teaching is a misinterpretation turning a parable into a prophecy anyway.
why are you guys against jehovah's witnesses?.
gilles grey writes:.
in order to answer this question properly, it is important to distinguish between the various meanings of the phrase ‘jehovah’s witnesses’.
"I love Jehovah's Witnesses. I oppose the false teachings and legalism the Watchtower is feeding them."
here is a 'killer' question for jw's.
which description best describes how you see yourself and how you feel?which would you choose?
are you: 1. a christian 2. a jehovah's witness here's the scenario.
They'd probably say "Jehovah's Witness" because they think they're the only real Christians and because they want to work the name Jehovah into conversations and prayers as much as they can.
About 5-10.
One is enough to keep me going for a long time...
