Scapegoating is a practice of the old Mosaic Law and one of the influences of lying apostates and Judaizers that the Apostles fought against in the 1st century. In ancient Judaism there were instances of group sin where their sins were written down and tied to the beast and it would be sent off into the wilderness as a representation of sins being forgotten and gone. JW's do the same thing with individuals, usually in the form of "apostates" being disfellowshipped. These apostates are generally simple folks who opened their mouths about a group sin being performed under the guise of organizational unity. Nobody exposes a group sin in the org' without some serious repercussions for the "individual".
Some group sins are :
False prophecy, The 1872 Beginning of Christ's presence by C.T. Russell, 1914 Armageddon Prediction by Russell, 1925 Pyramidology/Armageddon prediction by J.F. Rutherford sparking his "Millions now living Will Never Die" campaign, 1975 Armageddon craze ("Freedom" book and Kingdom Ministry corroborations against college learning and finding a career. "You have only 90 months.")
A false prophet was to be stoned to death in early Judaism, yet all these predictions are excused and falsely camouflaged as a form of "mistakes" while "keeping on the watch". Such excuses make for a great group sin. However, it has always been the individual whistle-blower who gets difellowshipped instead. "Kill the messenger" has always been the judicial standard performed by the Watchtower Society's elders.
Practice of Spiritism, The "Pioneer Spirit has been championed for decades as a good and necessary thing, even for those who are not pioneers. It is a product of sorcery and club-mentality derived from false teachers during communist infiltration of the organization (WWII and later cold-war periods until today) and the "Young Pioneers" group of the communist party straight from the King of the North. At least one sorcerer is still practicing his deeds and has moved up the organizational ladder in service to the Watchtower organization as a traveling minister. Certainly there are more as the practice of underhanded compulsory service recruitment and maintenance is still rampant today. - Daniel 11:34 (Also see the Daniel book on these verses printed by the Watchtower Society)
Guilt only on "Individual Basis"
by KennyC 3 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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KennyC
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Arthur
The "Pioneer Spirit has been championed for decades as a good and necessary thing, even for those who are not pioneers. It is a product of sorcery and club-mentality derived from false teachers during communist infiltration of the organization (WWII and later cold-war periods until today) and the "Young Pioneers" group of the communist party straight from the King of the North. At least one sorcerer is still practicing his deeds and has moved up the organizational ladder in service to the Watchtower organization as a traveling minister.
KennyC
I am not questioning your level of honestly, but I would like to know where you got the above information. The above statements seem a little far-fetched. I have never heard anyone make a link between the term "pioneer spirit" and spiritistic practices. I have also never heard any former members say that any sorcerers were serving in high level capacities in the org. Would you be willing to state the name of this traveling overseer in a PM? I am not saying that you are dishonest, but these are some unusual claims. I would just like to know if you can verify these statements by telling us where you got the information.
Respectfully,
Arthur
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KennyC
Well Arthur,I know the individual, Leroy Langon, and personally experienced the practice of spiritism on his part and then again on the part of another pioneer at a slide show program at a Kingdom Hall in South Carolina. After going to the elders about this circuit overseer (now district overseer) I went to 3 of them in private and later found the info' was leaked in a very bad way to my family as they then held an intervention of sorts and tried to have me medicated. I told nobody else but them 3 men and yet I was the one accused of running my mouth. I had another witness,an elder, who bowed out in favor of the 3 elders opinions who then went nuts and started the barroom scene as a musician and was disfellowshipped, leaving his wife and family. I had a post on H2O for several years looking for another witness to the man's trickery.
I was eventually disfellowshipped for "slander" as a "Diotrophes" after having to deal with the badly leaked information everywhere I turned. I even had to deal with it when I had moved away to another congo' when an elder just out of the blue asked me what was wrong and what happened down there. After explaining it all again, I was hauled in, interrogated and subjected to more ridicule in that KH also.
I have a thread on the scandal page here that I started. It is backlogged on page 115 if you wish to read some more details. It is entitled "Sorcery is a Viable Pioneer Recruiting Technique".
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Arthur
Thanks for that link.