i'm interested to know common phrases jehovah's witnesses use, but don't actually apear in the bible (even the nwt).
especially phrases most jw's would assume are in the bible.
e.g.. "paradise earth".
God's channel of communication
God's heavenly organisation
God's earthly organisation
Brooklyn Bethel
Song number
Watchtower study
RBC
HLC
Kingdom Activity
Spritual feeding programme
1914
Convention
Judicial Comittee
Foreign Field
Wholesome recreation
Disfellowship
Public reproof
Private reproof
the writers of jw literature tend to use a lot of fluffy catch phrases / words to support their reasoning.
e.g.. likewise today (likewise in our time)evidentlywhat are some you've noticed?.
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as christians we should...
after much prayerful consideration, responsible representatives of the "faithful and discreet slave" class have decided to reduce the number of times that the name jesus appears in the main text of the new world translation of the holy scriptures (greek scriptures) from 919 to 79.. the reason for this change is one of the same reasons recently given for the new songbook.
as you may recall, the songbook "sing praises to jehovah" had about half of the songs with jesus as the theme.
in the new songbook, "sing to jehovah", we felt it appropriate for jehovah to be exalted more than jesus so the songbook reflects that balanced view by having 2/3 of the songs praising jehovah and 1/3 to jesus.. the translation committee for the new world translation of the holy scriptures found it appropriate to restore the divine name "jehovah" 237 times in the main text of the christian greek scriptures, this is very disproportionate from the number of times the name "jesus"occurs, which is 919 times in the main text.
I've noticed more songs in the songbook praising the FDS, GB... Jesus gets barely a look in. I can't sing them. I find it disturbing that Christ is getting increasingly left out. I much prefer the NIV bible to the NWT. At least Christ has his rightful place in it.
i have a personal theory about russell, rutherford and franz.. it extends to end times religious people in general.. that is, highly intelligent...end times believers.... .
there is a tension to believing something that never seems to overlap with reality.. your intelligence keeps flashing "something's wrong".. but, your deeply held convictions (faith) tells you to shut the f**k up!.
so, you live your live with a "gnawing" away at your brain.
Well, the WTS believe God is going to wipe out 6,993,000,000 people... that's just a few more than Manson...
something to do, someone to love, or something to hope for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?.
which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you... Nathaniel Hawthorne
i have a personal theory about russell, rutherford and franz.. it extends to end times religious people in general.. that is, highly intelligent...end times believers.... .
there is a tension to believing something that never seems to overlap with reality.. your intelligence keeps flashing "something's wrong".. but, your deeply held convictions (faith) tells you to shut the f**k up!.
so, you live your live with a "gnawing" away at your brain.
Terry, you are a real 'out of the box thinker'! I like your style! :)
That's some thought provoking points there. I reckon there might very well be something in that. I can understand how the R&F have been deluded but often wondered how the leaders can be, if they are not then it is outright want of power and control. The fact that they are creating their own fantasy and trying to turn it into a reality makes a lot of sense. They think that if they get everyone to believe it strongly enough it might actually come true....
i'm copy/pasting this from the cd rom (i only have the 2008 one and older ones), watchtower 2/15/03.
i was browsing to refresh my memory what jws believe about who can partake of the memorial because the church i go to now has the lord's supper every sunday as part of their worship.
a person who truly has this calling does not need to ask others if he has such a hope.
It's just a way of keeping the 'GC' in it's place, under control and out of the Kingdom of Heaven. They don't belong there because the 'Slave' said so.
it seems to me with all the times being cut from talks, you could save further time and simply smash all the meetings into one on the weekend.
this would also save the need for those extra kingdom hall songs, and one trip to the kh.
with all these savings, jws could easily double their ministry..
Giving up the BS evening and replacing it with 'Family Worship' evening is doing the opposite of what they wanted I suspect because in a family environment you feel more free to say what you think without repercussions. I've used it to sow many seeds of doubt in my family, I suspect many families are doing this. By cutting meetings down they would be losing control...
i am sure that some of you know my story, but in case you don't, i come fromma family of extremely zealous witnesses.
my immediate family as well as much of my extended family.
my father and brother are all elders that are used on the circuit and district level.
Freeof1914, I felt something like this when I first realised what it was all about. First having one's eyes opened then having the rug pulled from under you. I did feel lost. I still go for keeping up appearances but my immediate family know how I feel. For a while I felt totally lost and without direction but I have never lost faith in God or his word or Christ and now that is completely my direction and I am feeling in a much happier place and it shows to others. I'm not saying this has to be your way as we are all different, but maybe you need to find SOMETHING that gives meaning in your life because otherwise you might have a void that you don't know how to fill, and it will show.
are jws not allowed to join fb?
if so, what is the reason that the wts gives them??
and also if so, what is the real reason??.
Well, if they're not allowed there are an awful lot of disobedient JWs then! LOL (Including elders, MSs and pioneers).
