we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
Punkofnice,
I have a JW friend who thinks he has researched theological issues deeply himself.
He really doesn't realize he believes what he does because the WT has indoctrinated him to believe it via language, repetition, and selective quoting of sources.
I hate to think how similar I was back in the day when I accepted things simply because the WT asserted them to be true.
we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
Punkofnice,
I have an XJW friend who used to say to other '"apostates", "So, how long were you in..." The expected her to say "the truth."
Instead she said, "So, how long were you in the lie?"
They'd be shocked, but she'd ask, "You don't still believe it's the truth, do you?"
we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
TonusOH said, "if you are convinced that the JWs have the truth, then you have nowhere else to go."
I think that's why a lot of JWs stay in the organization despite all its obvious errors.
They think everything else is worse so there is nowhere else to go.
we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
Regarding doctrine issues, it seems to me that the following are what JWs hold onto the most in concluding they are "in the truth":
1. Emphasis on the name "Jehovah"
2. Kingdom emphasis
3. No Trinity
4. No hellfire
5. No war.
we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.
what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.
We all know that JWs consider the WT religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.
Granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.
But it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require JWs to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.
It's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding."
What's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.
In fact, I think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.
So why do JWs still believe their religion to be "the truth"?
Thoughts?
what new light from jehovah did you find hard to swallow?.
the conversations in the attached video are enlightening.
the graphic is hilarious.. https://youtu.be/byj3zrpbuvg.
Overlapping generations has to be at or near the top.
After telling us we would never grow old in this system of things, after getting JWs to show studies the 1914 arrow, after the Watchtower cover showing the generation that will by no means pass away... they redefined it all.
But we are still in the last second of this old system...
“this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”.
the destruction of jerusalem is insignificant in the large scheme of things.
I never cease to marvel at how many so-called experts in eschatology (including, but not limited to Russell) forgot there was no year 0.
They all had to change their calculations by one year.
Then when their predictions still came to nothing, they came up with a new set of calculations and announced a different date.
Never mind.
New light.
3.1415926535807932384626433i used to be able to go to a hundred from memory.
my son and daughter can do so.age 75 has cheated me a bit in this regard.what sort of things have you memorized (whether useful or useless)?i can recite the entire rime of the ancient mariner to this day, btw.there are many so-called tricks for remembering things that can be easily learned and i've read all or most of those books.the amusing thing about such memory is this: nobody cares!
"why do you need to memorize when you can just use your iphone?sigh...i memorized the periodic table of elements one day at work.
The Memory Book is great!
I use the phonetic alphabet all the time.
“this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”.
the destruction of jerusalem is insignificant in the large scheme of things.
"Can a person be saved and sanctified if they only had the Bible to go on and never heard of Russell or Rutherford and 1874 or 1914 or an organization with headquarters in Warwick New York?"
With one question, Vanderhoven7, you highlighted just how absurd the Watchtower's claims are.
"we believe that the early decision to shut down all in-person activities for more than two years has saved many lives,” said robert hendriks, u.s. spokesperson for jehovah’s witnesses.
"we feel good doing this volunteer work, giving back to the community,” chicago resident paul schmidt said.. that's the jokes out of the way first!!.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2022/10/15/jehovahs-witnesses-back-at-the-chicago-marathon-for-the-first-time-in-three-years/.
That's the first time I've heard field service called "giving back to the community."
