Is the Governing Body looking down on the R&F?

by cattails 9 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  cattails

  There's an interesting thread at:

  http://www.jwsupportforum.com/index.php?topic=8247.msg119745

  It raises the question that the point of view of many Society illustrations is from above, a kind of bird's eye view, looking down on to the scene.

  And since the Society spends so much time mulling over every detail of their illustrations the point of view from above has to be chosen on purpose.

  If this is the case then it speaks volumes about the way the Governing Body wants to be perceived as being higher, looking down on things.

  And it would give the R&F the feeling that they are being watched.

  What do you all think about this?

  There's sample pictures from the latest magazines, although these aren't available yet at the magazine counter. Very eye opening I think.
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  jamiebowers

  Bastards!
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  TheOldHippie

  Well, if you should illustrate an article about how people lived back then, what the houses looked like - would you have made pictures looking from below? If a dwelling is to be shown in perspective, whatother way is there but to have a look at a certain angle from above? Man, are we getting a new sort of hidden-messages-in-the-pictures thread?
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  WTWizard

  They are watching to make sure you are continually working--and then hypocritically pretending to be worried that some are working too much. But, they do not want anyone cutting back on field circus (where most of the time actually goes).
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  cattails

  "Well, if you should illustrate an article about how people lived back then, what the houses looked like - would you have made pictures looking from below? If a dwelling is to be shown in perspective, whatother way is there but to have a look at a certain angle from above? Man, are we getting a new sort of hidden-messages-in-the-pictures thread?"

  It's not the dwellings article by itself, it's that most of the photos show that same perspective. And that you know they're doing it on purpose, too. That's what's freaky about it. It freaked me out when I read the post and saw the illustrations, they seem to be always from above, behind someone's shoulder or peeking into something going on. Why would they chose that angle for most pictures? I'm for those who think there's something sneaky going on there.
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  Black Sheep

  The WT does plenty of stuff that they can be easily criticized for without making us Apostates look like a bunch of nut jobs.
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  stillin

  I guess that's why it's called "oversight."

  I, for one, appreciated the raising of my consciousness to a more global level at the time of my learning "the truth." I had my nose stuck into my own little life and it was uplifting. And that was what witnesses were trying to help the public to do, as well. Now I see that anybody can be aware on a larger scale and that the witnesses don't hold the patent on thought.
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  sir82

  Well, the tone of the articles has been quite condescending and contemptuous for many years. They clearly don't trust the R&F to make even the most insiginificant decision. So picturing the R&F as "lower" fits in with that.
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  stillin9

  "The WT does plenty of stuff that they can be easily criticized for without making us Apostates look like a bunch of nut jobs."

  I strongly agree with you Black Sheep. This one is just ridiculous.
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  SirNose586

  Yeah, of the multitude of things the Borg leaders can be criticized for, I think the downward angle of these pictures is a non-issue. Maybe the answer is as simple as an art director--or whoever selects the photos--who just prefers an aerial angle on the shots. I don't know how worthwhile it is to get upset over such a thing.

  Until they've got a photo of the current governing body standing in heaven, looking down on the rank & file, I'm not going to draw any conclusions.

  It's better to take issue with the condescending words they've got in the articles, rather than the aerial angle of the pictures.