Prominent Jehovah’s Witness Dr Rolf Furuli says Governing Body Unbiblical

[danieldemol]

In his book, “My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body” Dr Furuli says, because there was no Governing Body in the first century, “the present governing Body has no biblical legacy and should be dissolved.”

Source: In New Book, a Prominent Jehovah’s Witness Trashes the Faith’s “Governing Body”

Haven’t read the book yet but it’s a shame we can’t invite Dr Furuli to make the case here himself.

 

[Brian2]

In his book, “My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body” Dr Furuli says, because there was no Governing Body in the first century, “the present governing Body has no biblical legacy and should be dissolved.”

Source: In New Book, a Prominent Jehovah’s Witness Trashes the Faith’s “Governing Body”

Haven’t read the book yet but it’s a shame we can’t invite Dr Furuli to make the case here himself.

It would be interesting to hear what he has to say. I wonder if he would be disciplined for such a claim.
I guess the Governing Body of JWs is similar to other governing bodies in denominations etc and Biblicaly could be seen as something like the apostles or church councils in the early church in the Bible (Acts 15) but the JW governing body does seem to claim high and mighty things for itself and it's relationship with God.
The claim to be the faithful and wise servant who feeds the sheep appropriate things at the right time is something that all Christian leaders probably hope that they do, but to claim that for oneself exclusively, especially after such a long history of teaching false dates and changing doctrines is really preposterous imo. I cannot understand how JWs have not seen through it a long time ago. But beliefs are strange things and probably fear is a powerful tool that the Governing Body uses to elicit loyalty to them and them alone, so that people have to believe what they say even if they think the Bible teaches differently.

 

[David1967]

In his book, “My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body” Dr Furuli says, because there was no Governing Body in the first century, “the present governing Body has no biblical legacy and should be dissolved.”

Source: In New Book, a Prominent Jehovah’s Witness Trashes the Faith’s “Governing Body”

Haven’t read the book yet but it’s a shame we can’t invite Dr Furuli to make the case here himself.

Wow! He is really going out on a limb here. That's a pretty bold move. I will have to read this.

 

[Harel13]

In his book, “My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body” Dr Furuli says, because there was no Governing Body in the first century, “the present governing Body has no biblical legacy and should be dissolved.”

Source: In New Book, a Prominent Jehovah’s Witness Trashes the Faith’s “Governing Body”

Haven’t read the book yet but it’s a shame we can’t invite Dr Furuli to make the case here himself.

It's interesting that when asked about being disfellowshipped, he answers: "I know I will be disfellowshipped." - but he's publishing the book anyways. From a moderate's point of view, this is a fringe extremist challenging the status quo. But if what the article says about him is true, then this is actually a core, central member challenging the status quo - the other way around.

 

[Samael_Khan]

It's interesting that when asked about being disfellowshipped, he answers: "I know I will be disfellowshipped." - but he's publishing the book anyways. From a moderate's point of view, this is a fringe extremist challenging the status quo. But if what the article says about him is true, then this is actually a core, central member challenging the status quo - the other way around.

Well, there was already Raymond Franz who wrote about the JWs in "Crisis of Conscience" after he was disfellowshipped from the group. He was a governing body member. He pretty much confirmed my experiences and suspicions about the how the organisation works.

 

[brendakshi]

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