Indeed,the literature and practices (of the Jehovah's Witnesses) circumscribe the educational goals of members to meet the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society's (WB&TS) needs, always at the expense of the individual and his or her family. (Just the way a cult operates!)
If and when they promote education, it is always to exploit a few limited skill sets, directing followers into a Watchtower Bible & Tract Society-Approved Career, (TM), such as plumbing, cleaning, nursing or construction. (I imagine they've helped promote education for a few of the lawyers who defend their crack-pot ideas, as well). The Watchtower Society then uses its volunteers' skills and training without renumerating workers. (Just the way a cult operates!)
This volunteer work force with such specific skill sets enables the organization to promote wacky health ideas such as refusing blood transfusions. (Just the way a cult operates!)
These minimally-educated, minimally-skilled volunteer members also allow for the continued (real estate) expansionism of the WB&TS, with little or no benefit to the individuals who made the wealth of the organization possible. (Just the way a cult operates!)
It's all about keeping people and their skills hooked to the WB&T Society, not ever about promoting the growth and development of higher, individual, human potential, because such individual development by means of education is perceived as either dangerous to "The Society," (as Jehovah's Witnesses so fondly refer to their organization) or destructive to the individual's reliance on their "governing body." (Just the way a cult operates!)
The WB&T Society's only focus on the future is on that fantasy, post-armageddon, utopia that never arrives. (Just the way a cult operates!)
And, by the way, those who don't survive their version of armageddon, will include all of the highly-educated and useful doctors, adminstrators, lawyers, architects, MBAs, scientists, surgeons, miscellaneous medical workers of all sorts, artists, writers, intellectuals, teachers, professors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, PLUMBERS, and others whose professions usually require a degree of education that goes beyond 2 years of trade school. (Just the way a cult operates!)
I wonder how well the Jehovah's Witnesses will fare without the benefit of skilled, educated people in the aftermath of Armageddon: "What? You're bleeding and burned? You have a broken arm? Quit whining, sighing and moaning and have faith that jah will provide. . . Who needs a doctor? Jehovah will fix it all . . . Just wait on Him . . . Trust in Him . . . He wil provide healing . . . What, you claim that you and your kids are deeply traumatized by witnessing the absolute destruction of 6 billion people . . . Just wait on Jehovah and pray more; we don't need any psychologists, psychiatrists or social workers . . . jehovah will provide all our needs . . . who needs those burned down universities? . . . OK, let's all build a Great Kingdom Hall now . . ."
