Service meeting part about My Space

by seek2find 38 Replies latest jw friends

  • seek2find
    seek2find

    I think there is a need to be concerned about how much personal information a minor post on a myspace page, and if their talking about meeting someone face to face the parents should be concearned. But I feel this article and much of the past warnings about the internet is part of an ongoing effort to undermine the power and freedom of the internet and to instill fear of it in the heart of the faithfull. I think the underlying message that they are desperate to send is "Be loyal to the organization by staying off the internet" when in actuality they don't want the witnesses and their children to find out the real truth about their history and deceitfull ways. Which is the real reason they don't want any of the witnesses on the internet. Information is power and it has brought down cults in the past, and it may just do so in the future. seek2find

    If they don't want me having a myspace page. What would they think about me having a JWD account???????

  • Arthur
    Arthur

    I heard from an active Witness last year that Governing Body member Anthony Morris gave a talk at their assembly (I can't remember if it was a circuit or district) in which he specifically mentioned myspace.com. This was a particular concern of the Governing Body; and the GB was quite aware of many teenage Witnesses posting on the site, as well as several Witness groups that had been set up on the site.

    According to this active Witness, Morris was very emphatic and blunt in telling the youths (as well as anyone else) to immediately stop using myspace. It wasn't even considered a conscience matter.

    This is a very tenuous postion to take given the fact that so many people use the internet to network for jobs and business. Are they now going to tell Witnesses not even to join any kind of online trade groups or networks? Where do you draw the line?

    I guess the prohibition of myspace.com is just one more entry into the Watchtower's great Talmud of legalistic do's and dont's. Personal, Bible-trained conscience be damned.

  • Open mind
    Open mind

    Seek2find said:

    the elders would be contacting parents about kids who have my space accounts

    That's not in the KM or any letter to the BOE. Sounds like you've just got some nice, concerned local shepherds doing what they do best.

    All the sexually uninhibited glass clinkers must have already been taken care of in your town.

    Open Mind

  • jaguarbass
    jaguarbass

    It shows that their interest isn't really in protecting kids, but keeping information from them. A pedophile in their congregation is OK, just don't let anyone have access to an alternate viewpoint.

    Thats exactly right Emma. The Wactower is a mind control cult.

  • seek2find
    seek2find

    Arthur Said: I guess the prohibition of myspace.com is just one more entry into the Watchtower's great Talmud of legalistic do's and dont's .

    Well said Arthur, The organization today is just as bad or worse than the Pharasiees were in Jesus day. It's all about them and their endless rules and Christ law of love gets shoved to the side. No help for the homeless, no help for the disaster victims, (unless their good loyal witnesses and have always followed all the rules), no help for the starving children in Africa, everything is to be solved by more service and more meeting attendance. Makes me crazy! seek2find

  • neverendingjourney
    neverendingjourney

    When I hear JWs talking about the Pharisees, it reminds of 2 Samuel Chapter 12. They condemn the Pharisees for their actions without realizing that they are guilty of the very same crime. Where's Nathan when you need him?

    2 Samuel 12: 1-13

    1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

    2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

    3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

    4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

    5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

    6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

    7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

    8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

    9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

    11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

    12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

    13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

  • flipper
    flipper

    Seeks to Find- Mr. Flipper here.Not suprising at all that they'd pull this right now . The governing body is really nervous about information getting out of their molestation settlements and coverups, among a number of other crises in their organization at the moment, the blood transfusion lawsuits brewing in Canada among other things. Since they always taught us that Satan attacks the young and inexperienced, it stands to reason they would try to control how much young people are using the internet with such things as myspace. Since they have addressed this situation in their kingdom ministry it must really be a problem now, trying to convince their young people to stay in the organization. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and to make sure young ones don't use their minds, they want to control them. All young ones, keep rockin' in my space, yeah! Peace out, Mr. Flipper P.S. Let's bring down cultism and mind control!!

  • thebiggestlie
    thebiggestlie

    this would be the opportune time to post this >>>>> myspace.com/darkly_darkly

  • TIMBOB
    TIMBOB

    Sorry if this isnt the greatest quality, but here it is.

  • loosie
    loosie

    Yeah the parents are going to be surprised when they find out what kind of worldly pages their kids have set up.

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