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It's normal because the Bible teaches directly by Jesus praying to Jehovah in heaven,"I have given your word to them, but the world has hated them because they are no kart of the world, just as I am no part of the world".
True worshippers wouldn't be part of this wicked system and celebrate pagan holidays, or "bear false witness" against others.
John 17:15,16,17 and Exodus 20:16 (New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures) by Jehovah's Witnesses.
They have stayed consistent for decades and only make minor tweaks in understanding from time to time. Proverbs 4:18 says the bright light is getting lighter and lighter as time goes on. The Bible also says that which is hazy will become clear.
Truth doesn't change but people can refine their understanding of it.
Also it could be argued other religions have changed beliefs and doctrines as well.
If it had to be changed ,then it was not truth in the first place but error, or falsehood,.
God cannot direct a organization to teach error/falsehoods.
In addition ,some of the 'errors' have resulted in great suffering and even death for the followers ..eg organ transplant and blood fractions ban, the stand on voting and civilian service alternatives for military service, not forgeting the failed Armageddon prophecies....the list is long.
It would be a good idea to read the entire Proverbs 4...it doesn't discuss doctrinal changes, but rather contrasts the path of the righteous person with that of the wicked.
The Watchtower misuses that single verse to justfy their everchanging doctrines.
Today's Watchtower 'truths' could be changed tomorrow.....and passed on as 'new light'
There are hundreds or thousands of denominations in Christendom. Each has different interpretations and there can only be one truth. So assuming only one denomination is true, the others are teaching falsehoods. We will say for the sake of argument that Catholicism is true. All Protestant denominations would have to CHANGE to be on a par with truth.
So somewhere in the mess of different interpretations and beliefs called Christendom are denominations in error and in NEED of change. But you point fingers at JWs for knowing they need refinement and acting on it.
You say that lives have been lost due to JWs stand on blood. Lives have also been saved by rejecting blood.
Also what about the lives that have been lost to religious wars of Christendom. Or even national wars that people within Christendom have fought in? Protestant has killed Protestant, Catholic, Catholic.
God can indeed be directing an organization and they still err. Sometimes they deviate in their own thinking. They also had to "test and sift" out people who "were not of our sort." Those ones were in part responsible for errors. Just like the guy (I forgot his name) who stole spoils of war against the orders of God. The next war they fought they lost because of him. So God pulled away when someone in Israel grieved him.
We are not inspired. The Bible is. Jehovah uses imperfect people.
We DID NOT make many predictions of the end. Only a couple times and 1975 was not one of them. We said it would be consistent if God chose to bring Armageddon in that year, but added "no one knows the day or hour." Some individuals got excited. But the people I know from that time said it never was a big deal at the time. It was overblown later.
Catholicism had false expectations of the end around 500 CE, by the way.
We said many times around that time that we didn't know the day or hour. I even heard a recording from a convention around that time where we discussed it.
Notice that we said "might." Also about saying that people would never need college is not the same as saying the end would come that year.
And Jesus' apostles had premature expectations also. They asked: "Are you restoring the kingdom at this time?" You seem to have a fascination with JWs. Do you give equal attention to other religions? Do you know what the Magdalene Laundries are? Have you read The Vatican Connection by Joseph Coffey? What is this focus on JWs? Plenty of other religions you could go after? Are you an apostate?
Abraham was willing to put God's orders ahead of his son's life. Remember Isaac and how he told him to sacrifice him? Many children's lives have been saved from avoiding blood which is fraught with dangers. 40 to 60% of transfusions do more harm than good. I read that in The Guardian.
So so far what you have shared does not say that we said the end would come in 1975.
Any comment on other religions and the changes they make and their cruel history?
You keep talking about 1975 as if JWs said the end would come then. We said it would be the end of 6,000 years of human history. You have to quit believing that repeating a lie over and over makes it fact. A wikipedia article on JWs says: "They never said dogmatically that the end would come in that year."
As far as us deserving to be exposed, if we expose other religions, we don't have scandals like the Magdalene Laundries, etc to expose. And before you claim that there are pedophila scandals, keep in mind that we disfellowship anyone who it can be proven that they have done that. And if an elder does it and later repents, we would never allow him to serve in that capacity again. And there are no more cases of this in our religion than any other religion.
And as far as doctrinal changes, as I already pointed out we only have made minor tweaks in decades. Furthermore where is the scandal in realizing we were mistaken and correcting it? You are ignoring a lot of things I have already pointed out. You are gliding over them and not commenting on them. Like I said, the thousands of other denominations clash in beliefs and they can't all be right. So they NEED to change.
Now let's hear what you have to say about the wrongdoing and mistakes of other faiths rather than picking on the JWs. I am waiting.
You are repeating comments that you said initially of which I responded to. You are gliding over my good answers and not responding. Once again. There can only be one truth. There are hundreds or thousands of denominations in Christendom so if only one ic true, the others NEED to change. So if JWs have made some changes the only difference is that they are willing to.
We have not made major changes in a long time.
Now answer the question: For the third time, why are you targeting JWs when there are other religions you could be going after?
The bible says (sorry I don't remember where) that's gods true servants will be hated and persecuted bit that we should be proud. It is also a sign of the last days. I recommend u not put religious questions on social media next time as it gets people angry. Try talking to worldly people you know or the elders
Actually Jw's doctrines have not changed at all. There understanding of certain things have become clearer, but not doctrines. Doctrines are major teachings such as hell fire teaching, Trinity teaching, immortal soul, things like these. The idea that a clearer understanding of other matters is no indication that as a whole the religion is wrong. When you examine the scriptures even the apostles had misunderstanding of how how Jesus would establish the kingdom. Later on it became clearer. Were they wrong in following Jesus, was there religion wrong? After examining the scriptures, you will see that Jehovah's purpose is progressive and things are revealed in line with that purpose. Many people didnt know certain pieces of information because it wasn't time for it to be revealed. So when it became apparent they adjusted their understanding. Jehovah's witness never claimed to have ALL the answers, but there is definitely things are are clear that has and will never change. So if you would like, I would like to discuss with you what "doctrines" you feel were changed.
JWs can't be proven wrong about doctrines like the Trinity and Hellfire. They know their Bibles well. More than most people.