The Orwellian World of JWs and Oral Sex

by BizzyBee 15 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  BizzyBee

  A great read - The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses - just got it yesterday and I'm halfway through - hard to put down.

  The following quote triggered the connection with the oral sex article. The authors are discussing the fact that the WTS avoided addressing the failed prophecy of 1975 (until 1980), and instead, from 1977-79, focused elsewhere:

  "Concern began to focus more and more heavily upon theological interpretations of 'good behavior' - of what was demanded by God if Jehovah's Witnesses were to retain or regain Jehovah's approval. The Governing Body blamed the presumptuousness of the masses for the delay of Armageddon. Through what appeared to be an obsession with eroto-pathological behavior in the finest detail - including the sexual indulgences of married couples - the Governing Body deflected attention away from more fundamental theological and doctrinal problems. As early as 1974, the organization had redesignated what had been mere 'undesirable practices' such as smoking and oral sex as disfellowshippable offenses."

  IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS CURRENT FOCUS ON ORAL SEX IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM THE CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL? IS THERE A PATTERN?

  Interesting quote from Orwell's 1984: "Books....were...rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made."
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  BurnTheShips

  IS IT POSSIBLE ThAT THIS CURRENT FOCUS ON ORAL SEX IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM THE CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL? IS THERE A PATTERN?

  Absolutely. It is hard to dwell on the dirtiness of 'hobers organization when you have a guilt problem yourself. The idea is to make the law so hard to keep that everyone becomes a secret lawbreaker.

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  AWAKE&WATCHING

  Good stuff Bizzy - I really want to read that book.
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  Abandoned

  The idea is to make the law so hard to keep that everyone becomes a secret lawbreaker.

  That's it. That's it right there. That's Teddy and company....
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  BurnTheShips

  You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

  Eric Hoffer

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  belbab

  Whenever there is a problem, world wide or within the congregations, the head honchos from the top down assume immediately that it must be illicit sex. They trot out their favorite text which each of them knows by heart, Numbers 25:6-11:

  6 But, look! a man of the sons of Israel came, and he was bringing near to his brothers a Mid´i•an•ite woman before Moses’ eyes and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7 When Phin´e•has the son of El•e•a´zar the son of Aaron the priest caught sight of it, he at once got up from the midst of the assembly and took a lance in his hand. 8 Then he went after the man of Israel into the vaulted tent and pierced both of themthrough, the man of Israel and the woman through her genital parts. At that the scourge was halted from upon the sons of Israel. 9 And those who died from the scourge amounted to twenty-four thousand.

  This text authorizes them to “probe” right down to the nitty gritty; Above or below the belt,? Penetration? How many times? Did they enjoy it? The woman is singled out especially with piercing questions embarrassing her to tears. After all, the above text says the woman was pierced through the genitals.

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  WTWizard

  They obviously need the counsel that they need to remove the rafter (harboring pedophiles and then silencing the victims) before they can extract the straw (oral sex among married people). They have this great big rafter in their eyes, and they are trying to take a tiny straw out of the brothers'.
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  kurtbethel

  6 But, look! a man of the sons of Israel came, and he was bringing near to his brothers a Mid´i·an·ite woman before Moses’ eyes and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7 When Phin´e·has the son of El·e·a´zar the son of Aaron the priest caught sight of it, he at once got up from the midst of the assembly and took a lance in his hand. 8 Then he went after the man of Israel into the vaulted tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her genital parts. At that the scourge was halted from upon the sons of Israel.
  
  
  
  
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  zack

  The GB want to smoke the hog. No surprise as to their fixation of going down on someone.