Posts by Bobcat

In the video there was a fictional thread where Jews were being 'selected' to move into Jerusalem (within the walls). The process of being selected was apparently random, and without asking the subject whether they wanted to or not. And the issue portrayed in the video was that if you were faithful you would make the move if you were 'selected.' Only unfaithful ones were shown to object to moving when they were told to.

It was a blatant take on the selling of KHs and being reassigned to another congregation, whether it was convenient or not.

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Worldwide Campaign Nov 2020

by Listener in

thanks petra and atlantis for sending the latest letter regarding the watchtowers plan for a worldwide campaign in november this year.

i am wondering what they are planning to achieve from this campaign, particularly their focus on sending the watchtower 2020 no.

2, titled "what is god's kingdom" to politicians, governments (and tribal leaders) around the world.. it would appear that this is their answer to governments who have put them in the spot light for their bad policies, particularly their handling of child abuse.

Bobcat

I was thinking there might be some unintended consequences of this campaign, in the USA at least.

At the moment there are problems with the post office because of who the current president put in charge of it. The mail is being slowed down as the country approaches a national election, one in which the current president needs the mail to slow down in order to invalidate a lot of votes that he figures will go against him.

Now add into this mix a WT campaign that floods the mail system with a lot of mail (similar as with Russia), and just at the wrong time for the election (November 2020). I could see how the WT/JWs afterwards could become an easy scapegoat for a messed up election (maybe similar to how Christians became a scapegoat for Nero in 64 AD when Rome burned).

I could see where WT might be inadvertently setting up a problem for themselves and the WT org.

At any rate, not to prophecy, but just trying to put 2 and 2 together. JWs have been pent up (preaching-wise). I could see where many of them would go after this campaign with a great amount of zeal, to the detriment of the postal system, just when the country is needing the post office to work efficiently. Leaving DJT the winner (of the election), and giving him an easy target to pin the blame on for any cries of a foul election.

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2020-08-14 Announcement! (as of 2020-08-15)

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

2 documents.

2020-08-14 announcement.

one in english and one in german.. .

Bobcat

Could you send them to me also please. Thank you!

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Elders Remove Excellent Speaker

by Vanderhoven7 in

great talk interrupted.... https://youtu.be/hlgwyfhtihm.

Bobcat

My guess would be that the problem comes up at about the 12:30 or so mark where the speaker begins pointing out that, Biblically speaking, problems within God's organization have gone all the way up to the top echelon of its human rulers.

To be sure, the speaker is being very accurate, and not at all being direct against the WT leadership. The elders who cut him off would have had to think that thru before deciding to end his talk. Maybe that is why it took a couple of minutes before they acted to stop the talk.

This is typical (from my experience) of how thought processes are interrupted in the KH to prevent or cut off any thoughts that might lead in a direction WT does not want you to go.

When you recognize it for what it is, it is more than a little despicable. Not at all different from how North Korea controls ones thinking processes. And any thoughts that might lean in a wrong direction are typically censored before they can actually get the main point.

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Slave class

by asp59 in

do you think there is a group or individuals that have taken the role as slave class and fulfilled the requirement?

think they all failed miserable.

Bobcat

@ asp59,

See this post (off site) for links to discussions of various aspects of the F&DS parable that might interest you.

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Watchtower Sudy 12 July.the Kings of North & South (from 05/20 issue)

by BluesBrother in

it is a challenge next sunday for them .

due to starting the convention programme the wt study will be a 30 minute run through ,and deals with this prophecy ... i doubt the younger ones are familiar with it at all bur oldies could debate it at length .we on the look out for the king of the north to enter "the land of decoration" (more to follow,maybe next week).

this article makes a grand claim in par 2.

Bobcat

@ TheOldHippee,

Regarding your question on page 5 of this thread, see my two comments here (just a little down from there).

The gist is that "and" (rather than "but") makes the verse a little more ambiguous. It is also out of character for the NWT (in most cases). Dan 11:20 ("but in a few days ...") and Dan 11:29 ("but not in anger ...") both use the same conjunction as in Dan 11:25 (wə·lō, see here) and the NWT dutifully renders it as "but." But not in Dan 11:25. And the original NWT came out when they were teaching an understanding that corresponds with "but." And it was only 37 years later (and after F Franz had passed) before they changed their understanding of the verse.

But see the comments I linked to just above regarding the 'mystery' of it (if you will). It is all rather curious.

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Watchtower Sudy 12 July.the Kings of North & South (from 05/20 issue)

by BluesBrother in

it is a challenge next sunday for them .

due to starting the convention programme the wt study will be a 30 minute run through ,and deals with this prophecy ... i doubt the younger ones are familiar with it at all bur oldies could debate it at length .we on the look out for the king of the north to enter "the land of decoration" (more to follow,maybe next week).

this article makes a grand claim in par 2.

Bobcat

Thanks Jeffro, for setting me straight on that. I chose that top graphic because it had a similar design to the WT one and would make for a relatively easy comparison. Thanks for the link too.

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Watchtower Sudy 12 July.the Kings of North & South (from 05/20 issue)

by BluesBrother in

it is a challenge next sunday for them .

due to starting the convention programme the wt study will be a 30 minute run through ,and deals with this prophecy ... i doubt the younger ones are familiar with it at all bur oldies could debate it at length .we on the look out for the king of the north to enter "the land of decoration" (more to follow,maybe next week).

this article makes a grand claim in par 2.

Bobcat

Here are two graphics showing the difference between the standard understanding of Daniel chapter 11 and the WT's understanding:

The historical fulfillment usually seen in commentaries:

The WT understanding as seen in the Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy book:

In the latest update, WT deletes Emperor Aurelius (King of North) & Queen Zenobia (King of South) on the line for Dan 11:25-26 and then moves everyone below that one line up. (If I don't have that correctly, please set me straight.)

Notice, for example, how in the WT explanation Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV are removed from Dan 11:20 & Dan 11:21-35 and lumped in the line Dan 11:13-19. The next two lines are explained as Roman emperors and then the explanation moves to modern times.

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Sunday WT Study- King of North and South

by truthlover123 in

paragraph 8 dealing with who is the anglo-american power -- they note different images- feet of clay, 7 headed beast which has a 8th head arise, and so on.

the last image is of the "false prophet- indicating this is another aspect of the anglo american image quoting revelation 19:20 and saying the wild beast and the false prophet are one in the same -(i see the as separate entities) -- a/a dual world power.

which will be destroyed... .

Bobcat

The w53 p. 583 and the w55 p. 638 both identify the "false prophet" with the "two-horned lamb" of Rev 13. Rev 19:20 is the verse that ties the two-horned lamb to the false prophet. So this viewpoint goes back almost 70 years for the WT.

I got those two references off of the online WT library, by the way.

Babylon the Great is also referred to as "the great harlot" (Rev 17:1) and as "the great city" (Rev 17:18; 18:10, 16, 18, 19, 21)

There is also another "great city" that resembles Jerusalem (Rev 11:8; 16:19)