okay, now it's my turn to start a thread about the gb/fds "new light" now that it's been well covered by many threads.
i've noticed that a few have brought this subject up with dub family who accepted wt "new light" without objection, saying that it "made sense" for the fds to only be the gb.
so i have an idea of how to bring this up with my family in such a way that will highlight that this doesn't make sense... at all.. and the timing of this whole thing is incredibly convenient for me since it wasn't that long ago that this came up with my parents and i said that the wt interpretation of the fds in matthew was out-of-context and flawed.
Very interesting post, Billie.
A two tier anointed system has just been carved in stone, but has been suspected for many years.
I too have been discussing with my relatives these changes and thoughts. I think that this will start some more announcements and changes in the ORG in the near future.
I have enjoyed all of the comments on this thread, and especially Leo's summary of the changes.
solomon alluded to it yesterday in a thread, i found the online large print pdfs here, not sure where the regular version is yet.
here are the full paragraphs, grab your barf bags .
19 on the other hand, if you choose the path of resentment.
So texting and email can't be used for necessary family business?
It's so inconsistent. Some associate with family members because they have never been baptised, and this is sanctioned?
This WT article just goes to show that they are losing the war with DF relatives policy.
about a month ago on this jwn thread,.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/235284/1/new-gb-member-mark-sanderson.
the news of a new gb member, douglas mark sanderson was announced.
The channel to recieve announcements, and communitions comes in this order:
1st = You read about it on this site.
2nd = Somebody, with guts but in a discreet way announces something new, but he/she is afraid to announce their sources.
3rd = The Society either sends a letter, or publishes the communication through the channell - A.O, CO's, Elders (spouses of Elders find out next), then you get to read it in black and white somewhere.
this is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.
the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.
the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.
Who is the F and D Slave that the Lord will appoint over His belongings? So Jesus leaves and comes back during the GT.
This clashes with the idea/teaching that Jesus is head of the Congregation. How could he serve as head during the apparent last days, and at the same time leave it upto the FDS?
Are we to believe that we are left alone to be managed by an earthly small group of men until Jesus comes back to promote them? What if they fail?
Will these men use the upcoming years to unravel mistakes that have been made and blame it on some evil slave ideas that we poor domestics have fallen victim to? What is to become of this new thought?
Announcement: "The Ten Toes represent something afterall".
so, we had our new co (who actually seemed nice and somewhat personable in his own way.).
he gave a talk titled something like "do we sacrifice to jehovah?
"(can't remember the exact title.
What ever happened to the end being right around the corner? Have we gone around the corner and stopped on Boardwalk with a hotel on it?
Do we have to pay the owner of that property to pass GO, and collect more money? Has the WT organization been taken over by the Parker brothers?
our friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
I can remember reading many posts from Ompa. He will be missed.
QB
does god command christians to go from door to door preaching the gospel?.
source:http://www.thercg.org/questions/p070.a.html.
based on a quick reading and misinterpretation of acts 20:20, many believe that the apostle paul preached the gospel of the kingdom from house to house, to those who were unconverted.
You make some good points, Recovery.
Excellent research on Ephesians, too.
QB
i've finally turned my attentions away from anthony morris iii (just for the time being!
) and done a video about another governing body member... gerrit losch.. in this video, taken from a 2008 talk (given in sydney, australia), gerrit gives us his grim predictions for the future.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4bl_hzhjzm.
Sounds like Science Fiction stuff that you would expect from Scientologists. I think that Losch is in the wrong bus.
Why would God perform such a massive killing spree, and select only a few people to clean up the mess? It doesn't make sense.
i always wondered about him, but it's official.
a public statement about he being a jw was made.. he is also involved in providing some help to a charity work, by providing his help at three concerts in chicago.
the "rebuilding the dream", organization, that is non political.. i wish him and them all the best as they try and help those that have been adversely affect in this recession..
I like George Benson, too.
