It has been shown that the more educated a person is, the harder it is too control them. All the cults speak against higher education. They do not want you to broaden your mind and learn how to be critical thinkers. One thing that helped me finally leave the org. was that I was educated when I came in. Unfortunatatley, they put on only a good face in the beginning. The longer I was in, I noticed a lot of things wrong with the WT. My husband and I were always fighting about this. Because I studied english in college, I picked up right away on certain cues that are meant to control you like these:
On the one hand they would say in the WT that you should each carry you own load and some have different circumstances as far as how many meetings they could attend or hours in the ministry but then with the next breath, they ask things like, Could your lack of attendance or lack of zeal for the ministry be that you do NOT APPRECIATE WHAT JEHOVAH PROVIDES FOR US THRU HIS ORGANIZATION? or you DO NOT APPRECIATE THE COMMAND TO TEACH OTHERS THE TRUTH BY FOLLOWING THE COMMAND OF JESUS TO PREACH TO OTHERS? Hello, talk about double tongued!
Also, they ask questions that provoke a mindless applause:
Friends, isn't it true we are the happiest people in the world? Who is going to admit they are not happy? Especially when we are supposed to be in the only true religion?
On top of these I noticed in a short time that they only used a few key scriptures in the WT and REPACKAGED them over and over and over and over and over again. This is why we all suffer from MIND NUMBING BOREDOM in the Tower. Once you are in a very short time, you have heard it all. It is the same spiritual JUNK FOOD!
About knocking those who do charity, Once I tried to take up a collection for battered women in my hall. Remember when they had the Awake on the subject? While calling around some shelters to see if they wanted free copies, I found that they needed a lot of supplies. Well, while trying to take up a collection from some sisters of clothing etc., they tried to accuse me of giving to Babylon the Great. When I told them these shelters had no religious affilliation, I still got reamed out by the "sisters" asking me what have you done for the truth religions lately or the friends? Well let me see, I give over 50 hours per month peddling their magazines, give money monthly to support the work, take the elderly to doctor appts., give friends who are in need (including elders) money and food, clean the KH every month, volunteer at conventions, and still you have the nerve to ask what I have done?
One more thing: the totally stupid thing we used to be told about how we dont need to do charity because we are teaching the truth to them and this will last longer than a ham sandwich thing: well, we all heard this one before. How teaching the "truth" is more beneficial than food, clothes, or medicine, etc. because those things will not last like the paradise. I am sorry if my child is sick I would want medicine for him first. And I remember in the bible many times when Jesus Healed First, taught secondly. Can you imagine if Jesus said, yes I have it in my power to help your hunger, pain, etc. but I am only going to tell you about the kingdom which may or may not come in time to help you with your immediate problem. But too bad for you.
Maybe I should have given that elder in need and his family some old WTs to nibble on instead of the bags of food?
