New Light? Or:: Lets get our money right!
Mar 22, 2024 3:19:54 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Mar 22, 2024 3:19:54 GMT -5
New Light? Or: Lets get our money right!
Everyone familiar with this cult knows that their so-called Governing Body, composed of elderly men claiming to belong to a group referred to as The Faithful and Discreet Slave class, is in the disconcerting habit of changing doctrinal beliefs, and then glibly calling the new beliefs new light. After all, they have been at these shenanigans now for over one-hundred years, and are still going strong with their New Light explanations as if nothing unusual has taken place.
However, this time around there is a very crucial difference. You see, before, these sudden new-light extreme modification to doctrinal explanations, were motivated by failed prophecies such as that involving 1914 when they had assured the world that the end of the world would come, but it didn't. Or the one involving the generation that would not pass away until the end would come.
But this time it is different. You see, this time, there are serious economic reasons for the doctrinal changes due to pressure being exerted by certain governments which are cutting off religious benefits due to the JWs policy of cruelty towards former members whom they deemed worthy of being shunned.
Because of this financial pressure, the changes, or the supposed New Light, has suddenly commenced to fulgurate with an intensity never witnessed before. Now suddenly, one doctrinal modification is following another in a kaleidoscopic fashion that causes intellectual vertigo.
Now suddenly, male members can wear beards, women can wear slacks to meetings and the preaching work, and Lo and behold! You are now allowed to speak to disfellowshipped persons. In fact, they are now officially asking the disfellowshipped to return to church. All, of course, and as usual, after very prayerful consideration which miraculously resulted in these sudden revelations which they, as usual once again chose to conveniently tag as new light.
Well, true, such antics will likely get the governments to restore the financial benefits. However, resorting to such drastic measures in order to secure those benefits has another effect, it exposes these men for what they really are. Just another common group of selfish humans who value monetary gain above everything else, and who despite their former grandiose claims, have turned out to be unfaithful to the one whom they claimed to have chosen them, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
However, this time around there is a very crucial difference. You see, before, these sudden new-light extreme modification to doctrinal explanations, were motivated by failed prophecies such as that involving 1914 when they had assured the world that the end of the world would come, but it didn't. Or the one involving the generation that would not pass away until the end would come.
But this time it is different. You see, this time, there are serious economic reasons for the doctrinal changes due to pressure being exerted by certain governments which are cutting off religious benefits due to the JWs policy of cruelty towards former members whom they deemed worthy of being shunned.
Because of this financial pressure, the changes, or the supposed New Light, has suddenly commenced to fulgurate with an intensity never witnessed before. Now suddenly, one doctrinal modification is following another in a kaleidoscopic fashion that causes intellectual vertigo.
Now suddenly, male members can wear beards, women can wear slacks to meetings and the preaching work, and Lo and behold! You are now allowed to speak to disfellowshipped persons. In fact, they are now officially asking the disfellowshipped to return to church. All, of course, and as usual, after very prayerful consideration which miraculously resulted in these sudden revelations which they, as usual once again chose to conveniently tag as new light.
Well, true, such antics will likely get the governments to restore the financial benefits. However, resorting to such drastic measures in order to secure those benefits has another effect, it exposes these men for what they really are. Just another common group of selfish humans who value monetary gain above everything else, and who despite their former grandiose claims, have turned out to be unfaithful to the one whom they claimed to have chosen them, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.