"The point is that Christians have implicit trust in their heavenly Father; they do not question what he tells them through his written Word and organization." Watchtower 1974 July 15 p.441

Scott77

"The point is that Christians have implicit trust in their heavenly Father; they do not question what he tells them through his written Word and organization." Watchtower 1974 July 15 p.441,Courtesy of Yesidid

When you analyze the above statement, what is your reaction? Here you go

mindmelda

That's a straw man so big that I want to get a really big tin man to go with it...and a cowardly lion big as Godzilla.

Heavenly Father=Written word=Organization=Large steaming pile of doo doo

Or God=Bible=Watchtower Bible and Tract Society for the people who just fell off the Watchtower Delivery Truck.

yesidid

I found that quote on Paul's site. I had never seen it before and thought is was one of their most blatant attempts

to equate the organization with God himself.

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SirNose586

Marked. That's a 9 on the creepy scale. Good find.

Heaven

I think they're a hair short of a Jonestown kinda situation. They just need one nutball in a position of ultimate authority and they're all dead. Pass the Kool-Aid.

designs

The GB always wishes the 'Flock' would just shut up and stop thinking ...................... ain't gonna happen, the human mind is hardwired to question and solve problems.

Mad Sweeney

Acts 17:10-12

God the borg sucks. You could take Matthew chapter 23 and replace every instance of "Pharisees" with WTS/borg and it would be accurate.

gubberningbody

It's what's known as the logical fallacy of the complex question.

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/complex.html

"...the fallacy of phrasing a question that, by the way it is worded, assumes something not contextually granted, assumes something not true, or assumes a false dichotomy. To be a fallacy, and not just a rhetorical technique, the conclusion (usually the answer to the question) must be present either implicitly or explicitly."

http://www.onegoodmove.org/fallacy/cq.htm

"Two otherwise unrelated points are conjoined and treated as a single proposition. The reader is expected to accept or reject both together, when in reality one is acceptable while the other is not. A complex question is an illegitimate use of the "and" operator.

Examples:

You should support home education and the God-given right of parents to raise their children according to their own beliefs.
Do you support freedom and the right to bear arms?
Have you stopped using illegal sales practises? (This asks two questions: did you use illegal practises, and did you stop?) "

The phrase "The point is that Christians have implicit trust in their heavenly Father; they do not question what he tells them through his written Word and organization." has at least three pieces, not all of which necessarily go together.

First: "The point is that Christians have implicit trust in their heavenly Father." - Most people who identify themselves as such would likely agree.

The next: "... they do not question what he tells them through his written Word and organization." - is the point of contention.

It implies that

1. God has an organization, and that the WTBS has been selected by God to run it. - this is certainly debatable.

2. What some consider to be "God's Word" is certainly a moot point. No one has yet established exactly what this means and how to take it.

Certainly the phrase is not an acceptable "unit".

keyser soze

And yet, they don't claim to speak for God.

gubberningbody

keyser, it's hard for c*cksuckers like the WTBS to not suck c*ck. No wonder so many sissy-boys are in the Borg.

"The point is that Christians have implicit trust in their heavenly Father; they do not question what he tells them through his written Word and organization." Watchtower 1974 July 15 p.441

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