The tipping point

by JeffT 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  Seeker4

  The JWs reaching a tipping point is an interesting idea.
  
  We certainly have a growing body of experts - many, many former Bethelites and elders, and now Gilead grads like A@G and MTS grads. I also see a lot of still active but not really believing JWs on here.
  
  I know for certain two elders who recently stepped down over the recent crackdown on college, and one of them at least visits JWD almost daily. I think the anti-higher ed stance is taking a serious toll among the believers. They may be staying in the congregations, but the level of commitment to the WTS is being dramatically affected.
  
  I've run into several Witnesses in the last two weeks. They know me well, know I'm living with my girlfriend, know of my strong anti-JW stance and my ex-wife is still in the congregation. Yet all of them smiled at me and a few said hell-o - definite no-nos.
  
  I think that every time the WTS clamps down on education, outside research, or changes some core teaching or meeting arrangement, they push more people away and closer to that critical mass that creates a tipping point. That's why I love the Society's reactionary response to the Internet and to education, research etc. That siege mentality is counter productive, but they have little in the way of alternatives at this point. The WTS has painted itself into a corner and left themselves with few choices.
  
  Are they suddenly going to embrace evolution, college degrees or serious Biblical research? It certainly doesn't look like it, because they know if they do it'll be the end of the religion.
  
  S4