i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.
instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .
they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
TD great summary, so,
what prevents future members of the great crowd, slated to be in the courtyard of the temple, from also being in overlapping groups, if the the anointed remnant, future king priests destined for the most holy , are said to be in that questionable configuration now? wt could say:
The anointed (peter paul and mary) are assembling in heaven since 1918, prospective "0ther Sheep" potentially since 1935. --- no 1914 there!.
i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.
instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .
they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
TD.
corrections: "Behold the great crowd" announced 1935, that makes even a baby in mothers arms today 88 years old. even then its wrong. Wt of 4/15 1995 question from readers states that the great crowd does not exist prior to the great tribulation. Nobody can shout "salvation we owe--" until after the end. . "coming out of" is not synonymous to "survive"
Jehovah did not allow the ingathering of this group to begin too soon.
wt announced starting in 1918 that "millions now living will never die" , in other words will become members of that great crowd, now 105 year old, but baptized wtorg members.
Fast forward the clock 40 years and it is clear that an adjustment is on the horizon.
easy, overlapping groups of prospective great crowd members, wt chart coming up 2075 again.
i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.
instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .
they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
And how does mistaken interpretations of the Bible by JW falsify the Bible or disqualify JW as God’s agency? Fm.
Among the characteristic, qualification of the F&DS by Jesus is listed , that food has to be given at the proper time. If it is one thing that wt is guilty of, it is dragging the holy name they have appropriated into disrepute by their total failure in their timing of prophecies, (spiritual food to be distributed by the few to the many, in their the worldwide campaigns. ).
1914 was wt's year of shame. The world did not end, they were not elevated into heaven.
Babylon the great ( wt's "Empire of False Religion" ) did not have a fall in 1918, but is stronger than ever,
In just one country of 275 millions citizens, in T.E.o.F.R., aka B.T.G., made the government have adultery declared a nationwide punishable crime. That is 34 times more than all of wt land, doing the right thing.
May be it is the invisibly reigning king of 1914 working in strange ways?
the bible records miracles such as resurrections, angels, prophecy and destructive acts of god to mention a few.
are these all a pack of lies?
how do you explain them?
If the Bible is incorrect, then mankind is most to be pitied...for what hope beyond this life?
The bible is incorrect. But having participated in this marvellous untertaking (pun was unintended), the existence, in this enormous structure, the universe, tells me that all is not lost, as religions (without them, as they say) would like you believe.
The father does not need these pretenders to do good for us. He does not need fiction writers to have wrought wonders for all.
The bible paints only a caricature of the creator.
the bible records miracles such as resurrections, angels, prophecy and destructive acts of god to mention a few.
are these all a pack of lies?
how do you explain them?
Waton, how do believe the writers were lying?
Ultimately, this is not about the writers but the facts. The impossible happenings. The Universe is a miracle enough.
These 'miracles' require the overruling of the laws of Nature. A character, that is so mercilessly requiring the slaughter of a victim as a "corresponding ransom" and the death of all descendants over a bite of fruit does not fit , as the author, or proofreader of the bible.
These story tellers were ignorant, trying to create a comfort zone in a scary world.
By contrast, the Joseph story is at least possible, only dreams correctly interpreted. good lessons for monopoly merchandising too.
the bible records miracles such as resurrections, angels, prophecy and destructive acts of god to mention a few.
are these all a pack of lies?
how do you explain them?
Talk is easy, papyrus is patient.
The Brothers Grimm out grimmed. talking snake vs talking wolf. grin.
barge full of vegetarians floating above Everest. never.
earth rotation stopped aka sun standing still? tell us another one.
Barren Lady getting pregnant during the sons of Eli era at the temple? probably
water into wine, walking on water, the resurrected walking into jerusalem ? what? whacky!
If you believe stuff like that you are ready to believe the wt follow up, 1914, 1918/19*, 1925, 1975, 2000. 2075**.
* resurrection of the saints, "world has ended, millions now living will never die". the writers of that revision of history, prophecy, appointed to be the final F&DS.
** projected overlap of anointed centenarian .
i recall having to go in the ministry, not just saturday but strongly encouraged to go out sunday after the meeting.
then they had the lame idea to organize evening witnessing, or maybe before the midweek book study.
it could be minus 40 and there would still be a group organized.
it was economical to get your 150 pioneer hours in, you were already showered and all dressed up, so why not before, after meetings at all hours of the longer summer days? and if you could drag a hapless publisher along that gave you browny points, and easy "just listening" time for the non-professional.
Th end was nearer then too, what with Kennedy staring down the Russians.
what were we thinking?
mat_10:32 whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will i confess also before my father which is in heaven.. mat_10:33 but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven.. mat_12:50 for whosoever shall do the will of my father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.. mat_16:25 for whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.. mat_18:4 whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.. mar_10:15 verily i say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of god as a little child, he shall not enter therein.. luk 6:47,48 whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, i will shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man .
which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock.
Why is the bible such an accurate time keeper? (look into it if you haven't, I mean actually look into it)
How did the universe begin?
blotty, the blot on that claim of timing accuracy is found in Gen 1:1
" In the beginning God made the Heavens and the Earth--"
false, Light from the beginning is 13 billion years old, near the Big Bang, The Sun / Earth only 4.5 billion. A lot of work had to be done after the first Energy Conversion to lead to our existence, but the bible is wrong, and that is only the start. Done by early science fiction writers.
some zealous new person must have moved in to the old congregation recently.
i got letters today and a brochure.
the return address had a last name ( no name i knew in the congregation-and they for sure never heard of me!
you have to see how service is done to do these letters. Sisters on zoom chatting about what sisters chat about , all the profound things happening in the circuit and beyond, while one of them, (preferred not baptized to make sure of the time count) cuts out figurines, flowers to be pasted on paper and hand addressed , then slowly mailed later. 10 minutes of this for every human on earth per year.
anything to get the food in the door. No mention of the groups in the overlapping anointed generation, 1914, 1925, 1975, 2000
They're almost certainly not of "this generation" via the over-lapping side hustle.
Diogenesister, It is difficult to peer into the angels' action of Rev.7, where they "seal" or anoint the prospective GB members. Traditionally anointing happens at baptism,( Jesus, Cornelius) although most will not be inclined to also start partaking of communion then.
All generations, however defined, anointed or wicked, run consecutively anyway. A partaker could become an anointed later , as were the original 11. On age alone they overlapped with the Frantzes of this world.
The anointed generation is academic anyway. wt says they will pass away to heaven at the outset of the Great Tribulation, to fight as immortals at Armageddon.
Jesus disagreed.preemptively,
He said the generation would pass away after all these things have occurred, have happened, Armageddon included.
The wt anointed generation of 1914 needs a re-generation. badly.
