future gb: "please come back!
all is forgiven!".
would it work?
In the parable of the Prodigal Son, who thought the standards for restoration were far too lax?
The elder brother.
In fact, who probably wouldn't have allowed restoration at all, even with a great deal of groveling, which he would have considered insincere?
The elder brother.
Whom does Jesus want to be like? The father or the elder brother?
Hmmmmm....
if the watchtower really wants to move more mainstream they need to take a lesson from evangelicals in the united states.
they seem to say there are "essential beliefs".
a handful of core beliefs that are necessary to be considered true christians.
Their one unassailable doctrine is that whatever the GB teaches is the truth.
to all those on this forum, i would love to know what your take on this vital question is..
If God didn't know that, by the same reasoning he wouldn't know ahead of time any of the evil that would happen.
That would eliminate a lot of the prophecies in the Bible and would leave a God who knew very little about human beings.
prompted by a mention in a different thread.. cracks in the sidewalk, a pinch of salt over the shoulder, black cats🐈⬛; do jws have such superstitious beliefs.
are they allowed to?
would they be counselled if the elders became aware?.
A lot of JWs seem to say "Jehovah" in every sentence of their prayers as if Satan is going to get them if they skip it once.
w54 4/1 p. 222 par.
27 - 1919. w63 4/1 p. 202 par.
5 - 1919. w65 7/1 p. 393 par.
w72 10/1 p. 607 - "they (jw's) know that soon now all who are not true worshipers of jehovah (jw's) will be destroyed.".
how quickly half a century passes by!
2 peter 3:8 - "...one day is with jehovah jw.borg as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.
In 1972, "soon now" meant 1975.
the wt teaches that the memorial ( communion) should only be celebrated yearly and only the anointed can partake of the bread and wine .
is that right ?
i don't think so ..
It's hard to get JWs to answer Bible questions at all these days.
All they do is shrug and refer you to the website.
library.
books & brochures.
enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.
Maybe a prerequisite for being elected to the GB is that you have to keep a straight face when you say you understand and believe the overlapping generations teaching.
library.
books & brochures.
enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.
Are they more likely to appoint someone they know well or someone they've never met?
a slightly tongue in cheek, but also serious roundup of jw speak and why trying to reason with them is like trying to chip through concrete with a plastic spoon.. how many can you think of??.
elder: 'yes.
i read through the material you asked me to at your judicial meeting - you're right we're both in a cult!
"The members of the Governing Body don't know any more about the end times than I do."
"Maybe Ray Franz wasn't the villain the GB makes him out to be."
"It seems to me that a lot of the recent new light agrees with what Christendom has been teaching all along."
