thank you so much for posting this, my wife toned down their 'higher education' bullshit, but she hasn't been to friday's ass. yet.
first off, as an american, it's a lot easier to listen to a british speaker since the arrogant, passive-aggresive mock-humility tone of most talks i've ever heard is less discernable when the accent is different.
his first point was jesus didn't attend higher education, so we shouldn't attend higher education.
jesus also didn't drive a car, so we should drive cars, he didn't use computers, so we shouldn't use computers, and he had long hair and a beard, so grow it out brothers.
no, in the philosophy of jws, jesus not going to school and following his example is so absurd b/c when we get baptized, we don't get our eyes opened to our past in heaven with jehovah, and when we, you know, helped create the universe and the human race....i doubt 70 years of schooling wouldn't compare to what jesus got in the blink of an eye. i wish i could raise my hand and ask questions at assemblies.
wtf was his point about superstitions taught in schools?
here were his four reasons for not going to college:
1. the expense of college (again, the bubble of the wtbts has no clue about scholarships, grants, awards, etc.)
2. time involved and if you're craming for an exam it might make your spiritual activities suffer. (same lame crap....just like when we were taught not to engage in any extra circular activities in elementary/high school, so what did we do instead? watched tv or studied for meetings bored out of our minds and not developing necessary social skills...then masturbated whenever mom and dad weren't around.)
3. exposure to corrupt influences, binge drinking, sex and courses on evolution. (name one jw who grew up a jw who hasn't had a night where they were puking their guts out from too much alcohol...no, name one jw who this only happened too once. and if you're craming for exams, how are ya going to find time to cram yours into hers? the society just hates people who are young and good looking, get them into bethel as soon as possible and have the boys shower together in the communal bathroom, see you after the meeting, anyone smell the pheromones in here? nope, don't bring up homosexuality in bethel...it's just on them thar damn college campuses)
4. doesn't guarantee success, then he said people have been declined jobs b/c they were over-qualified, (but he's speaking of financial success and not success in life.)
wow, they are coming down harsh again like the 1980s/90s.
he only read three scripts, the jesus one, stretching it...apostle paul going off on his own education, what was up paul's butt, oh yeah, he was already educated, had a high position....who knows, he was still guilt tripping from when he was 'saul', kind of sounds like a david lynch film called 'lost highway'.
and the scripture from isaiah, what a joke, one verse, don't know the context, old testament anyway, barely applies?
the other thing about DCs is that every experience, every word is monitored and rehearsed over and over and then presented in front of the circuit and district overseers.....one ounce of deviation from the script/outline and they can't get their 5 minutes of fame in front of 10,000 people.
IF the wtbts IS the truth, then WHY would secular education threaten that?
i went inactive, went to college, was scared to death to have sex b/c i still thought armageddon was coming, but did make out with a lot of girls....didn't graduate b/c a "love" study came along and the elders continual chinese water torture sheparding calls about how horrible college was, i finally dropped out just to get them off my back....but even the portion of college that i attended continues to help me today with connections to the study and work i did in college and pretty much helped me get on track with my career and finding joy in doing what i love for a living.
