Terms used by witnesses that are unique

by Shawn10538 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • keyser soze
    keyser soze

    How about apostate. Evil slave. Sheep and goats.

  • ithinkisee
    ithinkisee

    From Steve Hassan's book on Cults.

    The cult has it’s own language which further regulates how a person thinks. Different words make the members feel special and separate from outsiders.


    (Naturally ... the Watchtower makes it almost too easy)

    * Watchtower 2002 9/1 pp19-24 Imitate The Great Teacher
    Our understanding of God’s Word has given us a unique vocabulary. If we use such expressions as “the faithful and discreet slave,” “other sheep,” and “ Babylon the Great,” we may need to explain them with simple phrases that make the meaning clear.

    * More words to make us feel special.
    Publisher, District Overseer, Circuit Overseer, Kingdom Hall, the Truth, the Society, Service Department, Field Service, turning in your Time, Return Visit, Placement, Magazine route, Territory Card, perfection / imperfection, Paradise earth, anointed, little flock, other sheep, bethel home, bethel elder, Bethelite, monthly average, national average, inactive, Field service report, conversation stopper, elder meeting, theocratic ministry school, talk assignment, spirit-directed Organization, whole-souled service, Pioneer, Need-Greater, Ministerial Servants w/ specific titles (e.g. Literature, Accounts), Shepherding Call, Reinstate, Disfellowship, Disassociate, Private Reproof, marked, Judicial Committee, Appeal Committee, Governing Body, Faithful and Discreet Slave, Spiritual Virgins, Channel (also Channel of Holy Spirit), Envoys (underlings of the Ambassadors of Christ), worldling, sticktoitiveness, Wait on Jehovah!, Opposer, Foregleam, Divided Household, NEW LIGHT, Mother organization, Honest hearted-one, Old system of things, divine education, Jehovah’s Administration



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  • bem
    bem

    How about HBH?... Home but hiding

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    What about the word "condescending"? They use the word in a positive light for Jehovah, but a negative one for worldly people. To me, the word always means to look down at someone below you in a negative sense--and Jehovah definitely fits that sense of the word.

  • Brain Dead
    Brain Dead

    Zealous

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    "to serve where the need is greatest"

    "to work under the direction of the slave"

    "such ones"

    "may jehovah bless you brothers"

    "the destruction of the wicked"

  • nvrgnbk
    nvrgnbk

    self-abuse

  • stealyourface
    stealyourface

    Fine expressions, brothers and sisters! (who the heck uses 'expressions' for comments?)

  • minimus
    minimus

    conscience matter.....worldly.....theocratic strategy

  • Mum
    Mum

    A few moldy oldies: people of goodwill, Jonadabs ("other sheep" in honor of Jehu's companion who helped bring down Jezebel, I think), separating work, city servant or city overseer, head covering

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