Why were they being Dogmatic?
Apr 3, 2024 18:37:40 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Apr 3, 2024 18:37:40 GMT -5
We Should Not Be Dogmatic Excuse
So these doctrinal changes are suddenly arising because those whom we wholeheartedly trusted, were constantly failing to make absolutely certain that other explanations were not equally as deserving, or were far more deserving of being classified truths, than those that they chose to smugly demand we accept as irrefutable truths under the threat of getting disfellowshipped from what they consider God's organization on Earth, if we did not.
So now we are expected to smile complacently as we are being smugly told that all those lies were merely a consequence of former Governing Body Members having been dogmatic? That explanation, my friends, is tantamount to rubbing salt into a painful wound, or adding insult to a very serious injury. Shame on them!
Just recently I was watching some videos on you tube in relation to the recent doctrinal changes that have been implemented by the Governing Body of Jehovah's witnesses, and noticed that members of this so-called Governing Body, have become very fond of saying that we must not be dogmatic whenever they choose to proclaim a recent sacred teaching as being no longer applicable,.
Of course, those present and I myself, agree that one must not be dogmatic and admit that there are limits to what we know and we don't know. In fact, that has never been an issue. That is, it was not an issue until now.
Of course, those present and I myself, agree that one must not be dogmatic and admit that there are limits to what we know and we don't know. In fact, that has never been an issue. That is, it was not an issue until now.
Now, you see, with this constant repetition that one must not be dogmatic whenever they proclaim a recent truth as bogus, they have finally managed to tweak my curiosity as to why the former members of the Governing Body who preceded them, had been so blatantly dogmatic to begin with.
After all, this is a criticism that is now being constantly leveled at them. So since they have now been officially deemed guilty of dogmatism in their handling of the sacred scriptures, then it is only proper to ask why? Why indeed were these men, who had constantly proclaimed themselves to have been God's only channel of communication with mankind for so many years, being so carelessly dogmatic about such serious matters as the resurrection of the dead, and the minute exigencies of the preaching work?
Yes, the word "carelessly" does certainly apply because dogmatism is indeed the result of carelessness. Is this merely my biased opinion? Not at all! Look at the Merriam Webster definition for yourselves:
After all, this is a criticism that is now being constantly leveled at them. So since they have now been officially deemed guilty of dogmatism in their handling of the sacred scriptures, then it is only proper to ask why? Why indeed were these men, who had constantly proclaimed themselves to have been God's only channel of communication with mankind for so many years, being so carelessly dogmatic about such serious matters as the resurrection of the dead, and the minute exigencies of the preaching work?
Yes, the word "carelessly" does certainly apply because dogmatism is indeed the result of carelessness. Is this merely my biased opinion? Not at all! Look at the Merriam Webster definition for yourselves:
dogmatism
noun
dog·ma·tism ˈdȯg-mə-ˌti-zəm ˈdäg-
Synonyms of dogmatism
1
: the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact: positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant
2
: a viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficiently examined premises
noun
dog·ma·tism ˈdȯg-mə-ˌti-zəm ˈdäg-
Synonyms of dogmatism
1
: the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact: positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant
2
: a viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficiently examined premises
So now we are expected to smile complacently as we are being smugly told that all those lies were merely a consequence of former Governing Body Members having been dogmatic? That explanation, my friends, is tantamount to rubbing salt into a painful wound, or adding insult to a very serious injury. Shame on them!