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  Hierarchy in a bubble

  by irondork in

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  wt doctrine can only go out to the public from the governing body.

  there is no way to for the public to get information back to the governing body - at least not in a public venue.. .

  their web site dispenses information only.

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  bats in the belfry

  . . . YOU FOOLS . . .

  to think you ever had any say in any matter !

  So, to say that we do not need organization or that God directs each individual independently is to deny the interdependent order of the universe and the common provision that Jehovah has made for the sustenance of our physical needs. In fact, our very possession of free will should emphasize to us the need for organization, theocratic organization, that is, ruled by God from the top down.

  w67 10/1 p. 586 par. 6
  
  
  This called for appointment theocratically, from the top down, for all officiating servants in all congregations.

  w71 12/1 p. 719 par. 8
  
  
  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.

  w71 12/15 p. 754 par. 29
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  Official link of the Disaffiliation of the Watchtower to the UN

  by TheScientist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello folks,.

  i have other news.. i had seen in the brazilian forum that un had removed the document that speaks about the disaffiliation of the watchtower to it.. however, what really happened was the restructuring of the website, which caused the linkto got invalid... follow the official link of the document directly from the website of the un:.

  http://search.un.org/smb/secf10.un.org/digilib/$/digitallibrary/dig/www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf.

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  But we can flee from Christendom spiritually by abandoning her worldly, untheocratic system of things and thus get out of her danger zone, leaving her to her fate and having no part with her in her adulterous connections with the United Nations and any other political and commercial system of this old world.

  1953 The Watchtower, 9/15 p. 565 par. 2
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  The biggest enemy the Watchtower Corporation faces now is "The Truth"

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thats my opinion because the wts really has been preaching false information now for so long about the end times and armageddon soon.. also the doctrine that jesus chirt has taken a position over his earthly and heavenly kingdom in 1914 .... etc.

  its been a winfall marketing scheme for such a long time, which now really doesn't have much leg to stand on.. time in conjunction with reality has made the wts's doctrines redundantly weak or useless more or less.. i'm even believing the leaders of the wts are even starting to know this for themselves.. the wts future and its main supporting pieces of literature, the watchtower and awake magazines may eventually be tossed aside.

  for some new doctrines as well newly named pieces of literature .

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  bats in the belfry

  That's why the WTBTS wants you to walk by faith (in them), and not by sight (non-WT authorized internet sites).
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  2012 Convention Baptism reports yet?

  by Gayle in

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  bats in the belfry

  In Dortmund, Germany, approx 22,000 in attendance - 90 baptisms (0.4%).
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  The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses - Explained

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've just finished putting together a fairly exhaustive article that summarizes a number of key details about the governing body that most jehovah's witnesses are completely unaware of.

  a link to the article is below:.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-governing-body-of-jehovahs-witnesses-explained.

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  bats in the belfry

  blondie > > Make sure of all things (1953), page 200, heading: Jehovah's Witnesses
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  Gutless WTS Leadership From the "Confidentiality" Letter

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the letter leaked today on "confidentiality" had an infurating set of paragraphs on suicides, attempted suicides, and threatened suicides.

  here is the excerpt.. suicides and attempted or threatened suicides.

  20. at times, judicial committees may deal with someone who is so distraught that he attempts.

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  bats in the belfry

  Someone in research perused the old dictionaries Da Judge kept at the Bethel library.
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  EARTHSHAKING events will soon occur!

  by dgp in

  1. watchtower
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  hey!

  i just read the watchtower for september 15 and learned that.

  momentous events are soon to take place.. .

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  True earthshaking events you can follow here.
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  Quick build kingdom Halls.

  by Mall Cop in

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  2. friends

  anyone know or have an update on the regional committee and the quick build kingdom halls.

  i haven't heard anything about this program for some time now.

  has it quietly gone under or what?

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  In developed countries, and those with high internet accessability, more and more KHs are merged and sold for the sole survival of the core WTS.
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  Is the Governing Body overdue to make new appointments?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm doing some research for a new blog article on the governing body.

  it's in a question-and-answer or "faq" format, and attempts to give simple but well-founded answers to most questions that people could conceivably ask about the governing body.. one thing i noticed when looking at the history of the governing body is that we seem to be in the middle of a lengthy "dry spell" when it comes to making new appointments.. gerrit losch is currently the longest-serving member having been appointed in 1994. however, his appointment came at the end of a 17 year period in which no appointments were made.

  this contrasts notably with the remarkable six-year period between 1971 and 1977 when 15 members were added.. since losch's appointment, 4 members were added in 1999 (herd, lett, pierce and splane) and 2 more recently in 2005 (morris and jackson).. the seven year spell since the last appointments were made has seen the deaths of barber, barr, jaracz, shroeder and sydlik - cutting the number of governing body members almost in half.

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  Would they hitch a ride on an airplane together?
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  October 15, 2012 Watchtower now on jw.org

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looks like it's fun.

  there's a cool story in there about how a ministerial servant got deleted for playing violent video games, and then wrote to the branch office about it and told people in his congregation.

  classy, guys, really classy.

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  bats in the belfry

  On the day of baptism, just one question asked?

  Finally, on the day of baptism, each candidate is asked, “On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?” Thus, in front of witnesses, these new ones say Yes respecting their promise to serve God forever.

  w12 10/15 p. 30, 31

  1. On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?
  2. Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with God’s spirit-directed organization?

  w06 4/1 p. 22 / The Two Baptismal Questions