Spiritual Retardation as WTS Goal

by metatron 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  Any parent who wished that their child would remain a child
  forever would be viewed with appropriate horror. It is heart
  rending indeed for a parent to face the responsibility of a
  retarded offspring, knowing that adulthood may never be achieved.
  My prayers and feelings go out to such parents, knowing that
  they are the greatest examples of love and compassion.

  With such suffering in view, what do we make of an organization
  whose determined goal is to reduce adults into virtual children
  and fanatically keep them that way? What does it say about
  grown Witness adults who must ask the elders or Watchtower's
  permission on every aspect of life?

  Can I go to this wedding?
  Can I help my husband with his holiday plans (the latest QFR)?
  What kind of sex can I have with my mate?
  What kind of treatments involving blood AM I ALLOWED?

  This is NOT the Bible's purpose of " a law written on hearts".
  It is NOT Christian adulthood guided by conscience.
  It IS spiritual retardation - enforced, maintained, and insisted
  on by elderly rulers who want their thralls to REMAIN dependent
  children forever.

  The Watchtower leadership is interfering with the Christian
  purpose. They are hijackers who have misdirected willing and naive
  adults into perpetual spiritual immaturity.

  Remember this the next time claims are made about their "doing
  God's will" or being part of the Divine purpose!

  metatron
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  Seeker4

  What you write is a view I've come to share. Some of us outgrow the WTS and it's Jehovah God, others remain children in need of a mother organization and a father god telling them what to do.

  Perhaps there is no better example of this kind of thinking than the infamous Witness lament "If we leave the Witnesses, where else can we go?!"

  In other words, "Where else is there that we can find someone to tell us what to do? Who will be our all knowing mommy and daddy now?"

  My answer: "Grow up, for Christ's sake!!"

  S4
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  hawkaw

  met,

  You have to write a book some day. You are continually thinking of different ways of presenting the evidence.

  Well done.

  hawk
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  JT

  i think ray mentioned something to the effect of wt takes it members to about the 3rd grade spirtually speaking

  they learn all the basics

  where is Gen- in the front of the bible

  where is rev- in the rear of the bible

  they learn who to look up any scripture quoted

  they learn the names of many bible characters, etc

  and at that point that is about it

  as my mom would say

  have you ever seen a school that you never graduate from or use the same book for 30yrs like the theocratic school- after they were told that they were gettting a new book

  kinda sad indeed