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Srecko Sostar

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  1. JWs have always had and will continue to have, as can be seen from everything, problems to harmonize the so-called "biblical principles", "lists of rules" and "bible-trained conscience". Basically, it turns out that it's best for JWs "to stick" to what GB says, because that way they won't "make mistakes" and won't "stumble" anyone. lol
  2. There are really countless meaningless instructions here that are still valid today. "Spiritual instructions in 1963". Family Responsibilities in Keeping Jehovah’s Worship Pure - https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1963526
  3. Does this apply to a lot of bearded people at the meeting?
  4. If you really believe that GB acrobatics are "Divine teachings" .., go on, continue. lol
  5. What is the use of comparing the decisions and actions of "perfect" people, Jesus, Adam and Eve with "imperfect" people, here and now? lol
  6. The responsibility, and the full responsibility, rests with GB. Why? Because they dared to control the conscience of other people. You mention free will. What is more important or necessary for correct behavior? Free will or free conscience? Free will was enslaved by GB, because GB claims that man has a tendency to abuse free will. They enslaved the natural conscience because GB claims that the conscience is insufficient to make correct decisions and distinguish between good and evil. They also enslaved the so-called "Bible-trained conscience" because it was clearly expressed in the latest public address of the GB representative that only the GB is authorized to allow, limit and direct when and how the so-called "Bible-trained conscience" should be used by JW. Bizarre GB politic.
  7. Similar to the time when the generations of those who traveled in the desert died out and never saw the New World of the Jewish Paradise, so today there are generations of JWs who do not know what was taught in 1952, or before or after that year regarding those who cease to be JWs, as well as in other matters when it comes to dogma or administrative procedures. You are now introducing the issue of business relations between former and current JWs. Your GB still needs to redefine the protocols with regard to the "new instructions" about dfd. As far as I understand, 3 categories of problematic JWs are mentioned. Excluded, apostates and minor baptized members. The current practice does not mention the reason why someone was excluded or left the membership on their own. What are the reasons for not making it public? If you can clarify for me and other readers, please comment and give source the information. Thank you! Furthermore, in order for an ordinary JW to "decide independently" which person to say "hello" to, and which one not to, he/she must have enough information to make a decision. What information should there be about a dfd or diss person? May the elders and the congregation treat people who have committed the "same sin" but are not the same age, differently? How can this be explained through Jesus' teaching? No interpretations by GB, just the pure statement of Jesus, not the opinion of the WTJWorg administration and lawyers. If it will be publicly announced in the congregation why someone is excommunicated, then this will cause some new elements that will not be "biblically justified", because the current practice shows that today's procedure carried out by the JC is "the only correct one". Abandoning the current procedure would mean that this existing practice is "unbiblical." "Shoot yourself in the foot." lol Will reading names and revealing private information also be illegal due to existing regulations, laws on information that relates to individuals and should not be publicly available? GB is starting to fear the effects of world courts, such as Norway, and these new changes are just a reflection of pragmatism, not genuine concern for the membership.
  8. Who decided that you can have a beard? Who decided that women can wear pants? Who decided that you can say "simple hello" to a dfd person? YHVH or GB? lol
  9. It is good to note that bans also have their counter effects. There is no guarantee that bans are successful, that is what experience tells us. People drink alcohol and drive motor vehicles relentlessly even though prohibitions are clearly posted and penalties are enforced. Ideologically oriented and convinced people, in this case with religious beliefs, will resist the prohibitions of their religious freedom. JWs are not an only example of that. And other people, because of different beliefs, are ready to endure contempt and various prohibitions of society. One question is always asked, is it worth suffering? When GB bans the wearing of beards for men or trousers for women, we wonder if the ban is worth enduring? JWs have proven it's worth. Because they also received liberation from those prohibitions. lol But, Is it useful for a Russian brother to wear a beard? And Orthodox priests in Russia also wear beards, so maybe the end of the ban on wearing beards will not significantly affect JW men in Russia, because they could be mistaken for members of the "false religion". GB abandons some of its bans, and there are various motives and reasons behind this. The fact that something is true, just, moral and pleasing to God plays the least role in all of this. It is about pragmatic reasons and the issue of money and material possessions. Also damage control, primarily due to the specific policy of running a massive international corporation, which is a religiously-ideologically colored hierarhical administration. Each ideology is interwoven with its own extremisms, which are accepted by members within that ideology. WTJWorg and GB keep proving their own extremism which they project to their followers. And some JWs rebel within themselves against it, but then they become "apostates" and are expelled from the "society" because they are under "ban". Some leave and others stay despite the bans. Some remain in WTJWorg and balance the ban with their freedom. So, as written in the article, bans are of limited effect. But in the meantime, you have to endure. Is it possible? Is it necessary?
  10. How many JWs did the red warning light go on when they heard this? "However, Gb decided that publishers can use their Bible-trained conscience to decide ..." -https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2024-Governing-Body-Update-2/ The modern generations of JWs are unique because they heard an outrageous declaration. Imagine! As of today, GB allows you to use your Bible-trained conscience in certain cases that THEY approve. It is scandalous to hear such a thing, and it is even more scandalous that JWs agree to worship in this way a group of self-proclaimed "guardians of doctrine". This is a direct attack on the free will of JWs people and this is an unprecedented attack on the main tool given to man by God, to have and to demonstrate personal integrity through the operation of his conscience. We all here know very well that WTJWorg does not fully accept "natural conscience" because they say it is unreliable without God's Word. But here at WTJWorg, they go six steps further. Now they claim that the "Bible-trained conscience", which JWs train under the supervision of GB, is also unreliable. Now they have publicly, again, exposed themselves as manipulators. Obviously, there are no boundaries that GB cannot cross in this unjust and organized way of enslaving people.
  11. Before my time, they sold literature for money or exchanged it for some material goods (eg eggs or similar). Later we said that this "voluntere preaching work" was supported by voluntary contributions and that the tenant could give some money of his choice. Later it was stopped because it is money that was not declared as income and taxed. Apropos the cessation of preaching. I think it's an outdated dogma because new "clarifications" have arrived, about how people being able to turn to God at the last minute and be saved. According to this new explanation, it no longer makes sense to rely on the idea, from the past, of "stopping preaching" and "closing the doors of the contemporary Ark". George, you have to keep up with the organization! You're behind! lol
  12. The news that could signal that times are changing at WTJWorg will be when they announce that donations of any kind are no longer being accepted. lol
  13. When beards were permitted it was explained that was because the view of those in the world had changed. So what view has changed in the world so that JWs women can wear slacks?
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