Posts by btlc

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

btlc

In a nutshell, it seems like a prepaid service called "the girlfriend experience", intended to make the client feel both sexually and emotionally satisfied. Nothing unusual, except trying to paint that as charming a sex-worker on her day-off for free. Even Richard Gere could do that only in a movie...

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

btlc

Reminds me on:

GTA VC - Pastor Richards - YouTube

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Why infant baptism in Jehovah's Witnesses?

by Antonio_Madaleno in

"adult baptism was not simply a question of religious dogma; it was an issue of power.

if baptism was delayed until adulthood—thus allowing a person to make a decision based on faith—some might not get baptized at all.

and individuals not baptized would, at least to a degree, remain outside the control of the church.

btlc

Just to be clear, baptism in JW and baptism in Catholic Church (for example) are two very different things. Baptism in JW has weight similar to "confirmation" in CC, both requires spiritual maturity and basic knowledge of faith and represent final step in joining the brotherhood. In CC, baptism is just a first step, in JW it is last. Watchtower intentionally mislead their readers equalizing baptism here and baptism there.

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Is 1914 still a major belief in JW land ? Or has it been abandoned ?

by smiddy3 in

i just wonder about this topic as it is now 109 years since that date and what was expected to take place has never happened ..

btlc

Yep, still is, check Lesson 32 in a new Bible Course book "Enjoy Life Forever!"

God’s Kingdom Now Rules! (jw.org)

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When Did the Watchtower Introduce the "Generation of 1914" Teaching?

by Ding in

i'm looking for help to track down the development of the "generation" doctrine, starting with when the wt first specifically tied the end to the generation of 1914.. russell taught that 1914 would be the end of this system of things.

when that failed, rutherford started touting 1925.. no need to talk about generations then; it was just specific dates.. when did they first tie the end in to a "generation of 1914" time frame?.

i also know that they changed the meaning of generation several times.. first, a person had to have been at least 15 in order to have seen the events of 1914 with understanding of what was happening.. i think they lowered that to 10 and then finally it was anyone who was alive in 1914.. of course, now the generation overlaps.. does anyone know someone where all these wt teachings are set out chronologically (preferably with citations to the literature)?.