World Progress and the Imaginary Watchtower World

by metatron 7 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  I read today about three new scientific developments: British scientists are going to try to restore damaged hearts with the patients own

  stem cells, blind mice regained sight when treated with retina cell implants and the natural chemical resveratrol showed anti-aging

  in a mammal ( mice) for the first time.

  But that's not all- I can see that women are gradually attaining equality with men, as shown by Condoleeza Rice, Nancy Pelosi

  and Hillary Clinton's upcoming run for the White House. You may not like their politics but women are gaining offices they never held

  before.

  The above is just a small example of how rapidly the world is changing. In contrast, I picked up my Nov 15 Watchtower and read it.

  It's as if the 'outside world' doesn't exist, as if the Watchtower writers are caught up in a private world that is drifting into

  a kind of psychosis, a dreamy isolated landscape they enjoy, while human progress passes them by.

  Elders are portrayed as "loving shepherd" - oblivious to the wreckage they cause to families by disfellowshipping (pg 29, 30)

  Chidren are portrayed as cute, obedient little Witness clones (pg 31) - ignoring the massive exodus of young people out

  of the "truth". Homosexuality is a "sin against God" (pg 6) The rest of the magazine has declined into a sort of formulaic

  rehash of past Watchtower admonitions. Remember, now, don't look at internet porn! Brothers, do you really think anyone

  is listening? If they were, why are you endlessly repeating yourselves?

  These people "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil" in their own little imaginary world. Everything is rosy and cheery

  in Watchtowerland - which might as well be part of DisneyWorld ( Fantasyland). Reform? There is no need to reform

  a fantasy. That's not what fantasies are about.

  Will they ever wake up to reality? Is the Writing Staff and Governing Body on heavy anti-depressants? Every Watchtower seems to

  get more detached from the real world in which medical miracles are advancing, women are fufilling men's jobs and the world is

  passing the Watchtower by, as a relic of the 1900's.

  metatron
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  Quandary

  Excellent commentary as always!!

  Q
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  OUTLAW

  The Watchtower started in the 1800`s..Jehovah`s Witness`s have not grown intellectually in over 100yrs..Jehovah`s Witness`s remain retarted...OUTLAW
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  Gordy

  It's as if the 'outside world' doesn't exist, as if the Watchtower writers are caught up in a private world that is drifting into a kind of psychosis, a dreamy isolated landscape they enjoy, while human progress passes them by.

  So true. Scientific advances are ignored because "science" to the WT is nasty evil satanic. Womens equality can't have that, woman are meant to be at the beck and call of men. Keep the house clean and look after the kids. Children are still seen as mini-JW's and its taken for granted that they will become baptised JW's. Ignoring the fact that young ones today can think for themselves.

  Brothers, do you really think anyone is listening? If they were, why are you endlessly repeating yourselves?

  Again so true. I recently looked at at Watchtower magazine and it was as if I was still reading stuff from when I left 7 years ago or even longer. I sometimes think they just recycle articles.

  Everything is rosy and cheery in Watchtowerland - which might as well be part of DisneyWorld ( Fantasyland). Reform? There is no need to reform a fantasy. That's not what fantasies are about.

  This the way they want to keep it. There are no problems in the organisation. There was no UN scandal, there is no child abuse. Congregation members are kept in the dark about what is happening , even in their own congregation. Elders keep the lid on any potential problem. The rank and file congregation member sits in their Kingdom Hall thinking how good and clean the organisation is. Yet the Elders know that brother A or Sister B are alcoholics or that brother C is abusing his children, that half the young ones are having sex with each other.

  Yes, everything is well in the Wonderful World of Watchtower.
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  buffalosrfree

  they will foreer follow the yellow brick road, slap their ruby red slippers together and off they go.
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  fullofdoubtnow

  Excellent post met. The world is passing them by, and they are too blind or too stupid to even notice it's happening.

  Will they ever wake up to reality?

  No chance!
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  Flowerpetal

  Brothers, do you really think anyone is listening? If they were, why are you endlessly repeating yourselves?

  The R&F are also not listening to the WTs warnings of not getting on the Internet. Witnesses are posting in a lot of places!
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  LongHairGal

  Metatron:
  
  You hit the nail on the head with your statement about how it is as if the outside world doedsn't exist and the JWs are caught up in a private world that is drifting into a dreamy isolated landscape.
  
  That about explains a JW friend of mine who e-mails me from time to time. I swear she lives in an alternate reality! The things she relates to me and the experiences she talks about tell me she is in DEEP denial. I wonder if the "positive" experiences she talks about are even real OR if they are just made up or at best exaggerations of anecdotal stories. To hear her talk, they are growing by leaps and bounds and there are great stories everywhere!
  
  
  LHG