Watchtower Question from readers= Slams hunting??? Why???

by Witness 007 36 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Witness 007

  Even though the bible does not condemn hunting watch them push their PERSONAL OPINION and trun it into Watchtower LAW.

  Watchtower Dec 1 2007 p.31 "How should Christians view Hunting?" {Do we need to ask!} "The bible does not condemn hunting or fishing.." {Great leave it there..no need to push personal thoughts on brothers, right?} ".....The Apostles who were fisherman were likely gratified by a good catch. Yet, there is no indication that they bragged about their prowess at fishing or hunting or that they went fishing or hunting to compete with others, to prove their manhood, or to have the thrill of the chase, the fight, or the kill." {What???} ".....ask ourselves....Does hunting or fishing dominate my thinking and conversations? Does my way of life reflect the hunting culture, or does it show I am a Minister of God? Some who hunt or fish for food may feel justified in putting aside spiritual matters during hunting and fishing seasons. However, we show faith and trust in God when we do not let anything take priority of his interests."

  What about proffesional Fisherman or Eskimo's or some African brothers who need to hunt at certain seasons to provide for their families? Sorry, trust in Jehovah and don't miss meetings and field service! Also, any Brothers who say "the fish was this BIG," may find the Elders giving him some personal discipline. These personal opinions in the Watchtower are a disgrace, the writter should be ashamed!
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  momzcrazy

  The only reason I can imagine for even caring if a person hunts is the time it would take away from WT interests. My husband only hunts deer and in deer season there would be no Sunday meetings or Saturday field service. I can only imagine if a person hunted more than one animal or with more than one weapon, ie bow and muzzle loader.

  momz
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  OnTheWayOut

  My husband only hunts deer and in deer season there would be no Sunday meetings or Saturday field service.

  The prominent ones in most congregations take vacations. Many of them miss meetings and
  field circus during those vacations. A hunter who misses the same could just consider himself
  on vacation, otherwise those same prominent ones will say that he is not putting kingdom
  interests first.

  Part of their problem with hunting is that it takes money away from donations. It allows the
  hunter to go with "worldly" people (hard to get a whole group of JW's to go) and it gives him time
  to realize he likes the hunting and the worldly people better than the meetings and the JW's.

  I really admire the JW who, while not free from their control totally, is able to tell the "brothers"
  to kiss his ass if they don't like what he chooses to do.
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  DT

  Yet, there is no indication that they bragged about their prowess at fishing or hunting or that they went fishing or hunting to compete with others

  The apostles were always arguing over who was the greatest among them. Isn't it reasonable that they would have been a little competitive about fishing? They're using the lack of a specific recorded incident to come to a conclusion that is ridiculous.

  Some who hunt or fish for food may feel justified in putting aside spiritual matters during hunting and fishing seasons. However, we show faith and trust in God when we do not let anything take priority of his interests.

  This would be fine if there was a God who takes care of the witnesses and rewards their sacrifices. Unfortunately, it places a heavy burden on some who are already struggling to feed their families. I knew one person who would hunt the first day of dear season and miss the meeting. He usually got something right away. The others would go to the meeting and by the time they got out hunting the deer were so skittish from all the hunters in the woods that they wouldn't see anything. They could easily waste a week hunting and come up empty handed. That's a heavy price to pay for a mind control session.
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  Hermano

  The Apostles who were fisherman were likely gratified by a good catch. Yet, there is no indication that they bragged about their prowess at fishing or hunting or that they went fishing or hunting to compete with others, to prove their manhood, or to have the thrill of the chase, the fight, or the kill.

  There's also no indication that they pee'd or pooped.
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  moshe

  I suppose the WT will next answer the question- How does God view farming?- answer- it's OK as long as you stop plowing on Saturday mornings, planting on Sunday mornings, baling hay late on Thurday nights and no week long missing meetings to harvest crops before the storms come. Nope, I am sure that Jehoobah doesn't want JW's to be farmers, either.
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  heathen

  Maybe they should have had an article about quail hunting with dick chenney .LOL Nobody wants to go hunting with him . I guess if you get caught out in the field hunting and the tribulation starts you will fry .
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  DanTheMan

  It's all just their idiotic image-consciousness. "JW's out hunting? What if somebody finds out? That might mean that somebody somewhere could possibly think that JW's are something other than the pure vanilla, clean shaven mannequins that we work so damn hard to make them into! QUICK!!!! TYPE UP A QFR DAMMIT!!!!!!!!"
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  choosing life

  They begrudge every moment of time spent away from the indoctrination sessions. I knew a farm family that stayed away from meetings during harvest season. Isn't that the illustration that the bible uses for the preaching work? Must make some sense then.
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  Finally-Free

  The watchtower demonizes everything that isn't directly related to the peddling of their spiritual vomit.

  W