Posted by Al; on March 25, 1999 at 12:57:55 {MWbp7CDcBo4Qg}:
In Reply to: ******C'mon elders - answer posted by Disko on March 25, 1999 at 11:51:25:
The longer you're in, the deeper it gets. It's just unqualified humans claiming to speak with the authority of God. In reality they make it up as they go along and they have the audacity to condemn whoever refuses to be under their control. It's not so much a matter of "flaws" as it is "fruitage". It is not a default "program" to be in an organization at all, especially when you consider that the Bible doesn't say that either. They claim, in effect, the authority of the first century congregation. But in the first century they never changed their official position which they were passing off as God's view, much less positions which caused peoples death eroneously. The first century congregation, and Jesus himself, for that matter, were identified with miracles, not prophecy. They don't have that either. The scriptures further indicate heavily that all of God's servants in Bible times had substantial evidence of one kind or another, including "doubting" Thomas. We have none of that evidence. We just have some guys with a slick, self-righteous sales pitch, and the audacity to claom they speak exclusively for God. If "flaws" are no problem, why don't we all just go back to the Catholic Church? Well because, x,y, and z. Why can't we say that about the WTS? These people will continue to exercise more and more control or every member of your family, and control of the worst kind. I would rather be fined or jailed than have some anonymous corporation control the thinking and feelings of those I love. The WTS consists of very ordinary people who don't have the normal check and balance of their fellowman because they speak for God, and others are godless, faithless, and harlots. It amounts to an outrageous con-game, producing no special fruitage, and validating itself with it's own circular definitions. Good News = What we teach, therefore we are the only ones who teach the Good News. Each person, obviously, much see this for themselves and have their own experience. We all have different thresholds for different kinds of things. It's just a shame to see so much of humanity squander it's God-given asserts on delusions and rewritten history.
Al