This is the long-anticipated follow up to part 6. This video analyzes the history of the "governing body" concept and proves that it is a legal term, not a biblical one, and is not unique to Jehovah's Witnesses at all.
More details on this subject can be found in the article I wrote for JWRecovery magazine. Partial quote:
"... the Watch Tower Society once again in 1982 began to make at least 20 references to the Governing Body each year, with another set of articles in 1990 reasserting the Governing Body’s authority and attempting to provide a biblical base for the use of the term. Similar articles have once again appeared in 2008, as the Governing Body fears the growing number of people who question its authority and attempt to squelch the ever-growing amount of information unmasking the Watch Tower Society on the Internet." - Lance (former Gilead Student and blogger with Freeminds.org.)
Sunday, March 29, 2009 marked an important anniversary in my life. On March 29th, a year ago, I was sitting at the famous Jersey City Assembly Hall, watching the talks as they were presented in American Sign Language. I was feeling out of place during the assembly day for the first time in my life, having been raised as a JW.
It is well known that the 9-11 attackers had a belief in an afterlife. As the story goes, apparently they believed that after they would die gloriously, having killed thousands of American infidels, they would be taken into paradise and would enjoy the company of 72 virgins.
The next in my video series where I describe what Gilead taught us about Charles Taze Russell.
What is the "Miracle Wheat" scandal? Did you know that Russell abandoned his childhood faith and became a skeptic? Or did you know that Russell came to his conclusions after an independent study of the Bible? What would happen to a Jehovah's Witness today that would likewise abandon his/her religion and embark on an independent study of the Bible?
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