Posts by alcyone

I am surprised too they allowed him to be in the WTS drama. I am not saying he is doing anything against the WT teaching, but ... it is strange, the Society is usually avoiding things like this. To be a freelance author is definitely not an usual occupation for JW.

Maybe in 2016 Serena Williams and Prince will play a pioneer couple in the new WTS video...

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Amazing Growth! Jehovah Is Blessing The Preaching Work!

by Divergent in

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today's text:.

saturday, april 2. the little one will become a thousand.—isa.

60:22.. perhaps we live in an area where there are few witnesses or where we do not see a lot of immediate results in our preaching work.

alcyone

When JW's talk about India they forget to mention Seventh Day Adventists growth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_India

1.5 million members! i understand the counting method is different, but anyway... And SDAs were founded in the same time as the JWs. To talk about the growth and to skip discussion of similar groups is pointless.

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Catholic encyclopedia misquote

by alcyone in

i do not know if this misquote has been discussed here already.. new catholic encyclopedia says this about jw:.

"judge" rutherford introduced important changes in the witnesses' creed and transformed the congregational structure of the sect as it was under "pastor" russell into a rigid theocracy.

the third leader, "brother" nathan h. knorr, gradually replaced the offensive convert-making tactics of the rutherford era by suave manners that have gained the witnesses their current reputation as one of the best-behaved groups in the world.

alcyone

I do not know if this misquote has been discussed here already.

New Catholic Encyclopedia says this about JW:

"Judge" Rutherford introduced important changes in the Witnesses' creed and transformed the congregational structure of the sect as it was under "Pastor" Russell into a rigid theocracy. The third leader, "Brother" Nathan H. Knorr, gradually replaced the offensive convert-making tactics of the Rutherford era by suave manners that have gained the Witnesses their current reputation as one of the best-behaved groups in the world.

see here: http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3407705846/jehovah-witnesses.html

The statement is not very positive, is it? Watchtower being true to its reputation quote-mines it multiple times in the literature:

*** g 4/07 p. 27 What Does It Mean to Be a Christian? ***
For instance, the New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges that Jehovah’s Witnesses are known as “one of the best-behaved groups in the world.”

I am wondering if there is even one example of WTS not quoting out of context.

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Will the Borg ever do what the WCG did?

by tornapart in

whilst not endorsing any of the beliefs or doctrines of this group i found it really interesting that once herbert armstrong died it had a major overhaul of it's beliefs and practices (very similar in a cultish way to jws).

apologising for it's errors and putting things right.

it became less judgemental, more encompassing of other christian faiths.

alcyone

Unfortunately WCG was in different setup than WTS.

WCG was led by one person (Armstrong) and when he died it caused disruption in the organization's course. There was a new leadership (Tkach) that replaced the previous one. So J. Tkach was able to change their path. He was an absolute monarch.

In contrast to WCG, WTS will not go through such disruption when a GB member dies. The politbyro simply appoints a new one and the rest of the GB continues to rule. If WTS is still one-man show as in the Rutherford era, probability new Caesar can make big changes would be much higher. They are now not able to make rapid / big changes comparable to what autocrats Rutherford & Knorr did when they took power.

If the whole GB dies at one moment, then it would be a different story...

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1933 Letter from JW's to Hitler and Nazi Party

by kwr in

i was watching one of the extras on the knocking dvd and a woman commentator talked about a scandalous letter from the jw's to hitler and the nazi party in 1933. does anyone know where i can read this letter at?.

tia.

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alcyone

One important statement from this letter is usually not brought to attention and I consider that statement to be extremely shocking.

In some parts of the country measures are being taken against an association of earnest Christian men and women which has positive Christianity as its foundation.

Maybe we do not see anything special in these words now, but Hitler and co. definitely did. JW's stated they are founded on the positive Christianity. The term "positive Christianity" was used by Nazis to describe some NS flavor of Christianity without the old testament and "Jewish influences".

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_Christianity

It was mentioned also here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/239256/rutherfords-love-letter-hitler-remix

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SKE school

by alcyone in

would you like to volunteer in the kitchen?

http://ske-vancouver.com/.

i do not understand why they are showing all the information on a public web.... .

alcyone

Would you like to volunteer in the kitchen? See here:

http://ske-vancouver.com/

I do not understand why they are showing all the information on a public web...

I do not understand what they do those 8wks. Some secret knowledge presented there? Like anti-types, Knorr as Elisha, TOMO3 as Eglon, etc.? Or training for "ministry" only? After 8 weeks they must be completely brainwashed...

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I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

by scared and lonely in

i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

alcyone

S & L,

I have gone through all your posts and i think you still believe JWs are the truth, right? I have not seen you saying things like "the slave is not the God's channel", "WTS is a dangerous cult", "false prophet", criticism of the GB etc. which normally people that are about to leave the org express.

In this case is it not better just to slow down if you have doubts, continue to research and keep your social ecosystem untouched?

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WT March 15, 2016 - Kids pressured toward baptism again

by Designer Stubble in

the study wt of march 2016 is up on jw.org and is the standard article around this time of year...pressuring young kids to dedicate their lives to the organization again.

this wt will be studied during may, so just in time to pressure them into baptism at the regional conventions this summer.such articles really upset me, as the realization of how many young promising lives will be destroyed.

how many families will be broken up, when the child who got baptized as a minor (ages 6 and up are mentioned in the literature) decides as a young adult that his/her conscience no longer allows him/her to be part of such a destructive cult.

alcyone

For example here (those words are quite viral):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BA-_bNopBIn/

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Seven Trumpets of Revelation

by Zico in

i read on here that the society teaches that the seven trumpets of revelation are representative of seven conventions held in america in the 1920. is this actually true?

is it old light?

i asked some witnesses but they all gave me a look like i was weird and said it couldn't be right, and i can't check the watchtower library as i can't get it on my computer (apparently the society doesn't think mac users are worthy of the 'good news') i mean... it would be a bit...odd, wouldn't it?

alcyone

They are still teaching it! Destruction of 1/3 of the earth is equaled to the convention of 22,000 plus proclamation nobody in the world even noticed.

Watchtower 2009, 1/15 pg 32:

8:6-12; 9:1, 13; 11:15—When did the seven angels prepare to blow their trumpets, and when and how were the trumpet blasts sounded? Preparation to blow the seven trumpets included giving direction to the revitalized members of the John class on earth from 1919 to 1922. Such anointed ones were then getting busy in reorganizing the public ministry and building up publishing facilities. (Rev. 12:13, 14) The sounding of the trumpets represents fearless proclamations of Jehovah’s judgments against Satan’s world by God’s people in cooperation with the angels. Notably, this began with the Cedar Point, Ohio, convention in 1922 and lasts all the way down to the great tribulation.