by minimus 38 Replies latest jw friends
You bet , call it righteous vindication which gets played out against one another all the time, its actually done to draw attention
and focus away form oneself and on to another.
All righteous and pure at the hall , away from it well thats a different story.
Urg...yes, they are.
A few years ago, I moved to a new residence, and instantly became the talk of my new congregation, when it was discovered that I had (gasp!) non-WT books in my possession! One elderette even proclaimed rather disparagingly that I was "addicted to books" (!) Well, how did the rest of the cong. know about this? Because said elderette was (unfortunately) also my landlady, and she had blabbed to the whole cong. about my belongings! Needless to say, as soon as the lease was up, I got out of there as fast as I could!
Were they pornographic books oe something??
Were they pornographic books oe something??
Nope. I just have regular books. My interests pretty much run the gamut (ancient history - manga - crafts - religion). But no porn.
it helps to control people if everyone feels free to snoop (and to turn each other in, in the name of righteousness). They are tremendously nosy and they are terrific gossips as well. Ive never met gossips as bad as JWs since I got out of the org.
well nosy in a socially retarded sense. They have no idea what boundaries are
OMG the bookcase thing! I had a so called "shepherding" visit once, and the bookcase was not really that out in the open, it was kind of in a corner, with a chair blocking part of it, and during the conversation, asked which one of us had a bad back. I asked what made him think either of us had a bad back (I did but not many people knew) and he mentioned a book in the book case. Now this was a slim book, soft cover, in a bookcase not in full view and he spotted that?? Kinda creeped me out actually.
What book was he looking for Bumble Bee? Porn or CoC?
It isn't bad enough for them to know all the details about your life. They go beyond that, and start hounding you to "correct" everything. You have some music that they don't like? You have to throw it away, usually on some stupid reason like too many worldly people are worshiping the band or there is a line that is slightly suggestive. You watched TV? Next time, go out in field circus or study the Washtowel lesson. You have a computer? Better make sure that the only site you ever visit is watchtower.org (I will not make it clickable because I want to run up their bill on clicks from Google). Any books? Anything not from the Washtowel Slaveholdery needs a valid explanation as to why you need it.
Which is wrong. I would have only one valid reason to want to know the details about another person--and that's if I want to make that person happier. Which is not true of any of the witlesses--there are none left that I want to make happy. So, I will not even try to judge them (they have already done a pretty good job at that, and will stagnate if they continue).
Yes, any hounders trying to pry into my life, here are the details:
Books--three (soon to be four, I ordered another) volumes from a "secret society" that the Washtowel Slaveholdery condemns. And yes, that "secret" society does preach independent thinking and cross reference. Plus Crisis of Conscience, and numerous books on music including "bad" songs.
Music--Lots of rap, including 50 Cent and Eminem, Three-6 Mafia, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and the like. With gunshots, swearing, drugs, and violence. And Christmas songs.
Toys--One Ouija board. One computer with lots of apostate sites and Christmas supply sites bookmarked. Yes, I do frequent many of them. And, yes I do have MP3 Rocket (a P2P site) to steal elusive songs that I cannot get any other way. Plus porn.
Decorum--Christmas decorations. Lots of them. And yes, they are getting left up all summer again.
Field circus activity--None, and I don't ever intend to go out in field circus again. In fact, I shredded all my rags.
Why no boasting session attendance--Because the value is zero, and there is a positive cost of my being there.
Entertainment--Bashing the Washtowel Babble and Crap Slaveholdery, and watching for when they do something stupid and get embarrassed again.
Videos--Plenty of Christmas ones. Plus, I have video games that were popular in the 1980s. And Pokemon--including "psychic" types. And 50 Cent's Bulletproof game (the graphics suck only because I can't see what the fxxx I'm shooting at in the game).
Do I read the Bible? Only when necessary to repudiate the Washtowel doctrines.
I found it almost impossible to share anything at times with your fellow witless without some sort of critical eye or critical comment. They are so indoctrinated with counseling one another that it gets to the point of mental exhaustion. I seen this with many now ex-witlesses over the years, that when some who get pecked with criticism (oops! I mean loving counsel) over and over again they eventually fall away. Then the self righteous ones who pecked this individual to death just label them as weak and don’t have the least bit of remorse for their action. There is no accountability. I remember one scripture about those who stumble others it would be of more advantage to him if a millstone were suspended from his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to stumble one of these little ones.
