Posts by bats in the belfry

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Under the New Light, Where is the Continuity?

by Ding in

under the old light, from 33 ce onward, there was always an anointed remnant on earth, and these constituted the faithful and discreet slave class whom jesus had appointed over his domestics to give them spiritual meat in due season.. but the new light is that the "anointed" were not the faithful and discreet slave after all.. in fact, according to the new light, jesus did not appoint anyone as faithful and discreet slave over his domestics until 1919 (not even the apostles or russell).. so according to the new light, who or what was jehovah's visible organization from the death of the apostles until 1919?.

who was authorized to provide spiritual food in due season?.

where is the continuity?.

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The Searcher >>

Who would replace that 'servant' later on as God's collective 'servant'? "The Israel of God". (Galatians 6:16: Matthew 21:43) Who are the Israel of God? All those who were reconciled by faith in Christ.

So everyone is a steward or slave and each one has the option of being faithful & discreet, or evil. There are no 'classes' - it's ONE flock!

Exactly! The WTBTS just worded it differently:

"However, Christians who have truly received this anointing do not demand special attention. They do not believe that their being of the anointed gives them special insights beyond what even some experienced members of the “great crowd” may have. (Rev. 7:9) They do not believe that they necessarily have more holy spirit than their companions of the “other sheep” have. (John 10:16)"

w09 6/15 p. 23 par. 15

Then I beg the question: After all, why follow them?

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2013 Watchtower, July 15 - CHARTS for discussion

by bats in the belfry in

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The first chart, under the heading The Last Days, it used to be

1.) one generation, then

2.) two-generations (overlapping)

Now they seem to be pushing for 3.) "The Last Days of unknown length"

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2013 Watchtower, July 15 - CHARTS for discussion

by bats in the belfry in

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Watchtowers Power Protection Program

by Marvin Shilmer in

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watchtowers power protection program.

today i added a new article to my blog addressing watchtower's newly rolled out teaching that effectively puts about 12,000 of jehovahs witnesses outside the circle of authorized providers of spiritual food to jehovahs witnesses.

my article is titled watchtowers power protection program and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2013/04/watchtowers-power-protection-program.html.

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Marvin Shilmer >> You may want to add that each and every Christian really gets the point by now that those 8 people have no special insight.

Who is the "the Faithful Steward and Its Governing Body?"

"However, Christians who have truly received this anointing do not demand special attention. They do not believe that their being of the anointed gives them special insights beyond what even some experienced members of the “great crowd” may have. (Rev. 7:9) They do not believe that they necessarily have more holy spirit than their companions of the “other sheep” have. (John 10:16)"

w09 6/15 p. 23 par. 15

Then I beg the question: Why follow them at all?

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What is the role of the rest of the Anointed,please ?

by Phizzy in

i am a little confused, i have to admit it is laziness/nausea, i cannot make myself read the latest rag that spews out the new shite, but my question is, what is the future role of the rest of the anointed ?.

if the fds, which now consists of a handful of men, is going to be "appointed over all jesus' belongings" are the rest of the anointed not only redundant now, but into eternity too ?.

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As the FDS/GB would say: Just shut up . . . die . . . and get glorified with Jesus.

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July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

by confusedteenager in

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not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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Yet that very same month JWs go D2D with this sample presentation:

In light of the WT magazine currently under discussion, how will you respond to that question?

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2013 June Our Kingdom Ministry!

by Atlantis in

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Greatly appreciated, Atlantis!

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July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

by confusedteenager in

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friends

not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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Good News From God!™

. . . Words are failing me utterly. They are serving up a load of . . .

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Inquiry on GB 2.0 member - Did they get married?

by bats in the belfry in

it's been a while since we heard about their engagement.

did they break it off?

did they get married?.

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. . . No one seems to have an answer to the question.

Would they not show up at a Kingdom Hall, sit together, and maybe (God forbid) hold hands during the service?

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'1600 years of Ice melting in 25 years is a bad omen'

by designs in

glaciologists from ohio state university have been studying the ice fields in peru.

tropical peru is home to ice formations 18,000 feet up in the quelccaya region, the largest of these tropical region ice sheets.. the glacier is melting so quickly that plant samples are having to be frozen artifically so that scientists 30 years from now can have something to study, lonnie thompson from the university said in the interview.

the ice field is the smallest it has been since the last ice age.. peruvians rely on the water from the glaciers, which will be reduced by 50% in their lifetime.