i know there are several threads already on this "new light", but i didn't see one that covered this particular angle.. since the gb seem to have an ulterior motive for everything they do, well beyond their publicly stated reasons, i began to wonder why they would be concerned with pushing back the closing of the window of jesus' judgement.
this is especially puzzling because the doctrine of the start of great tribulation being the final cutoff was one that the gb seemed to especially revel in for so long.
they could hang it over everyone's heads as a looming threat.
TonusOH said, "It would be funny if they suddenly announced that the great tribulation had already started and we simply hadn't realized it."
My addition:
Maybe the Great Tribulation began invisibly in 1975.
Only "eyes of understanding" perceive this.
i know there are several threads already on this "new light", but i didn't see one that covered this particular angle.. since the gb seem to have an ulterior motive for everything they do, well beyond their publicly stated reasons, i began to wonder why they would be concerned with pushing back the closing of the window of jesus' judgement.
this is especially puzzling because the doctrine of the start of great tribulation being the final cutoff was one that the gb seemed to especially revel in for so long.
they could hang it over everyone's heads as a looming threat.
If they declare the Great Tribulation has begun, how long will it last?
As time drags on with no end in sight, will the GB say that there will be overlapping Great Tribulations?
the watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?
in my dreams i saw the carts.
they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
Pepperheart2,
I wonder how many of those old publications contain significant amounts of "old light."
the watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?
in my dreams i saw the carts.
they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
I expect the GB soon will lay on a guilt trip about people slacking off in field service just because the hours no longer need be reported.
They'll stress that Jehovah knows how much or how little you're doing and with Armageddon sooooooo close...
the watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?
in my dreams i saw the carts.
they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
Now that the WT has virtually eliminated field service reporting requirements, do you think JWs will no longer waste time standing next to carts, or is cart work something pioneers will want in order to have easy (though boring) time?
i had a day off today and needed to get some errands done in my local town.
2 carts have allocated here but i never ever see anyone out, even on very nice days.
70% of the congregation don’t work.
It's hard to remain credible when you proclaim that the Gentile Times ended in 1914 when all the Gentile authorities are still going strong 110 years later.
if you once were fully pimi and truly believed jw doctrine to the core like i once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.. i think only other ex jws could ever understand.
i wasted my entire life i thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors.
now i’m so angry.. i can understand why so many top themselves when they realise it was all lies..
Please don't let the rest of your life be ruined by the first part of your life.
Search for truth now (not "the truth") and move forward.
inspection year: 1918 result: failed inspection.
inspection year: 1918 result: passed inspection.
inspection year: 1918 result: passed inspection.
Atlantis, thank you so much!
I appreciate all your hard work.
inspection year: 1918 result: failed inspection.
inspection year: 1918 result: passed inspection.
inspection year: 1918 result: passed inspection.
Can you provide links to the articles in the OP?
it feels like the change in reporting of hours becomes a fundamentally bigger deal every day.
the weight and importance placed on quantity was enormous, and now it's just gone.
even tho most witnesses really didn't keep "accurate" records so to speak hehehe.... this could very well be a precursor to even bigger doctrinal changes, like 1914. damn, would would happen then?.
I agree with Beth Sarim.
I think they will mention 1914 less and less or at least they'll stop tying it to predictions of the future.
