*** w71 12/15 p. 754 pars. 28-29 Theocratic Organization with Which to Move Forward Now ***
28 Is that visible earthly organization eager to do that grand work? Look! The appointed elders and overseers of the congregations are actively working in that behalf. The ministerial servants of the congregations are cooperating in that behalf. The rank and file of the congregations, the dedicated men and women and their children, are taking part in the work, both from house to house and publicly. The governing body over all these theocratic congregations is whole-souled behind this evangelizing work and is making every arrangement for getting the work done within the time divinely allowed. The “faithful and discreet slave” class of today has been appointed over all the Kingdom interests belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ, and, as a faithful steward of his interests, it serves out spiritual food through the evangelizing work.
29 This worldwide evangelizing organization is not tailored according to any present-day legal corporation that may be required under the laws of man-made political governments that now face destruction in the “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har–Magedon. (Rev. 16:14-16) No legal corporation of earth shapes the evangelizing organization or governs it. Rather, it governs such corporations as mere temporary instruments useful in the work of the great Theocrat. Hence it is patterned according to His design for it. It is a theocratic organization, ruled from the divine Top down, and not from the rank and file up. The dedicated, baptized members of it are under Theocracy! Earthly legal corporations will cease when the man-made governments that chartered them perish shortly. But the theocratic organization will live on, serving its Supreme Theocratic Ruler. Under his protection it will enter into his righteous new order. It will be right there on hand, as soon as the “great tribulation” is over, and be instantly ready to serve as His instrument in his new order.
Rank&FileGuy
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using the term rank and file
by JeffT indoes upper management at the wtbs actually use this term, has it appeared in the literature?
have any good stories about elders/co's/do's talking about the little people that way?.
more writing research under way.
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New Simplified Watchtower - No More Beating Around the Bush!
by Rank&FileGuy inlooking forward to comparing the study edition vs. the simplified edition in upcoming months.
the grip is tightening!
more control!
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New Simplified Watchtower - No More Beating Around the Bush!
by Rank&FileGuy inlooking forward to comparing the study edition vs. the simplified edition in upcoming months.
the grip is tightening!
more control!
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Rank&FileGuy
Looking forward to comparing the study edition vs. the simplified edition in upcoming months. The grip is tightening! More control! OBEY US!
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The GB tightening their grip! Straw to break a camel's back?
by punkofnice ini post on a couple of forums and read and lurk and all that stuff.. a theme that seems to be gaining momentum is about how the gb are 'tightening their grip' and 'becoming more cultish'.. i don't read the publications anymore and oddly i read extracts of them on the forums.. punk is babbling now.............sorry...................my questions are (sorry if they're a bit long.
sorry if i sound like satan: 'is it really so?
' but then i am a mentally diseased apostate).. 1. are the gb really tightening their grip or is it just the same as it ever was........but..........we just notice the propaganda more now we're out?.
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Rank&FileGuy
I did a side-by-side comparison of the new simplified version vs. the study edition. OBEY the faithful and discreet slave...the grip is definitely tightening.
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Namby-Pambyland boo hoo Drama Queen
by brotherdan inalright guys,.
i'm going to suck up my pride, apologize to those that i offended, promise to not be insulting anymore, and let bygones be bygones.
i know that there will be people here that will make fun of me coming back after such a dramatic exit (i.e.
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Rank&FileGuy
Glad to see you back Dan, I've always enjoyed your comments.
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Watchtower's new entrants get to hear the Governing Body share their qualifications
by Dogpatch inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-frdngnwvm .
here's a rare one you'll not find elsewhere, send it to your friends!.
new bethel entrants introduction to the governing body circa 1985. two new bethel boys at watchtower headquarters somehow managed to videotape this introduction to the brooklyn bethel headquarters of the governing body off of the bethel tv screen.
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Rank&FileGuy
So you can put the face with a name.
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Let's study the Organization and dress up like Rutherford!
by Rank&FileGuy instudy the bible on family worship night?
nah!
let's study the organization and dress up like rutherford!
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Rank&FileGuy
Study the Bible on Family Worship Night? Nah! Let's study the Organization and dress up like Rutherford! Is it just me or is the Watchtower getting more and more overt about glorifying the Governing Body and Organization then ever before? Illustration is in latest WT (Study Edition) March 15, 2011 p.18.
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Cult...Cult...Cult...Cult!
by Cold Steel init seems that many people on this board get a certain amount of glee calling the jehovah's witness faith a "cult.
" especially former jehovah's witnesses.
and though it's true in a number of senses, we must be conscious of the fact that the early christians were considered by nearly everyone in roman and jewish society as a cult.
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Rank&FileGuy
Read Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steve Hassan. The book is about the authors experience with The Moonies (nothing to do with JW's). They employ all four major components of mind control: Behavior Control, Thought Control, Emotional Control, and Information Control. The book changed my life and helped me realize they qualify to be grouped as a high-control cult.
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Video: Jehovah's Witness Elders Lie and Call Police
by leavingwt in(via free minds).
jehovah's witness elders lie and call police.
on october 31, 2010 jehovah's witnesses elders lie when asked by charles huff, also a jehovah's witness, if they shun ex-members of the jehovah's witnesses' religion.
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Rank&FileGuy
This type of behavior just feeds into the witnesses persecution complex and is defeating IMHO. You need to get them THINKING. In a calm manner ask them QUESTIONS that they can't answer or that cause cognitive dissonance. The key is to get them asking their own questions and doing their own research apart from the WTS.
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"Charitable Giving" Brochure
by HintOfLime incan someone provide me with some information on the names and nature of a brochure by the wt with a name something along the lines of "charitable giving"?
upon learning that a close jw relative was diagnosed with cancer, and possibly on their deathbed, the "friendly neighborhood jw hopital group" showed up, had a lengthy closed-door discussion with him one-on-one (wife couldn't be present), and left a brocure and dvd in the room with a title along the lines of "charitable giving" - i'm sorry, i didn't read the full name before it disappeared.
the 'brothers' (*cough* moneyhounders in sheeps clothing *cough*) had already left this "information" and had "discussions" with him before even the family learned of the situation and had arrived.. am i right in thinking this is a "you're soon-to-be-widow doesn't really need that life insurance money" brochure?
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Rank&FileGuy
Lime, check your messages, I sent to something.
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