The parenting website i go on has a religion part and back along there were two jws posting rubbish on there (til we scared them off lol-apparently they had already had to leave another site because of 'persecution'!) and they categorically denied that there has ever been such a thing as theocratic warfare, you only get disfellowshipped for fornication only and that all je children are allowed to play with schoolfriends outside of school. What a bunch of fibbers and they had the nerve to tell people not to listen to the rest of us as were were lying apostates lol!
Why do JW apologists always have to lie???
by drew sagan 21 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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mcsemike
Personally, I found the custody booklet to be one of the most disgusting and hypocritical publications the WT ever produced. I have never read so many lies and distortions in such a short amount of time. Everything they warn their members about (college, after school sports, music band, art, drama, school prom, tolerance of other religions, eagerness to learn science -evolution, anyone?-) and dozens of other topics, they act like they approve of them for their children and have no problem with them. But read any WT or Awake magazine or listen to any talk at the KH or a convention, and you hear all these wonderful cultural hobbies blasted as coming from Satan. I actually heard a talk 30 years ago that the VCR was directly invented by Satan because it made it so easy for JW's, especially kids, to watch too much TV and also to watch porn in the privacy of the home. Previously, I guess you had to walk to the "red light district" to get any porn. Now it's easily rented at Blockbuster or available on cable TV. I wonder how many JW's secretly have the Playboy channel on their TV? Any estimates?
Lying is a genetic trait of JW's. I think when they get dunked at baptism, the "cult water" in the swimming pool leaks into their brains through their ears (which we know let in anything that comes from the WT). And since their brains are empty after weeks of "washing away the old personality", there is plenty of room for the new "lying" programming. Anyone who could read a dozen stories put out by the AP, check court papers notarized and/or approved by several judges, and still say the entire system is a giant conspiracy created by Satan is in serious need of a brain transplant.
It's one thing to become a JW if you didn't know their history or knew much of the garbage that occurred since 1980. Many of us were JW's and we didn't know any better. I must confess I got baptized in 1977. But we didn't know what we know now, especially due to the Internet. If a person studies the pedophile issues and spends even 100 hours on Freeminds and Silent Lambs, and still thinks the WT is completely innocent needs years of therapy. At the very least, they should be committed to a mental institution or all put on an island so they can't hurt society. Remember, if these "people" were all allowed to vote, I wonder if any state might be mostly JW, such as Utah is largely Mormon. Much of the US is getting wise to their garbage here, but they still find victims in other poorer continents. And one very important fact not to be overlooked is that they reproduce. It's too bad that they raise baby JW's into adult JW's. If they didn't have children, we could at least wait for them to "die out".
We can still wear them down. Many dedicated posters (and I am grateful for their hard work) have calculated how many JW publishers there are in certain countries and the ratio of population to publisher and the hours needed to make a new convert. It doesn't look good for the WT. It takes a very long time for a publisher to be "created". Those of us who know about the child abusers, lying history, crackpot leadership, etc., can tell a few neighbors in an hour or so. They can tell their families, friends, etc. I think the child abuse issue will be the best one to use. I know if I were not a JW nor ever was one, I'd listen if someone told me about their pedophile reputation. And I'd certainly tell others. In other words, we can start a bigger "fire" that will spread faster (child abuse) than the JW's can start by telling others about the "good news". Maybe their lack of converts is one factor behind some of the rumors on some forums that a few isolated talks at conventions have hinted that the "preaching work is virtually finished", whatever that is supposed to mean. Maybe they will quit soon, sit down in the KH and wrap themselves in white robes and wait. At least it would keep them off the streets and away from our children.