The June 15th-2010 WT indirectly admits that most Ex-JW's are happy!

by moshe 16 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  moshe

  Take a look at page nine of the new June 15th WT. At first glance, it appears to be a standard WT article extolling the safety and happiness of JW's in the KH.

  "Many who today are members of the Christian congregation can tell you that before learning of and adopting Jehovah's righteous standards, they lived without moral restrain. Yet, they were unsatisfied and unhappy. They found peace only when they began associating with God's people and living in accord with Bible principles.

  In contrast, some who in the past chose to leave the 'safe water' of the Christian congregation now bitterly regret that decision."

  Why didn't the Watchtower use the word, most, instead of some? Using most would have had a much bigger impact, don't you agree?Certainly that is the impression JW's have, but that is not what the "fine print, truth in advertising" says. Evidently ( the WT loves that word) it is because the word, some is a lot better that the word they know best fits the actual circumstances of ex-JWs' here- and that word would be , few.

  The WT should really say, "In contrast, a few who in the past chose to leave the 'safe water' of the Christian congregation now bitterly regret that decision"

  The thinking JW (an oxymoron, I know) should realize that some ( in like, some people will win the lottery),

  really means A SMALL PERCENTAGE, so that means on the flip side, that most ex-JW don't regret leaving the KH and That , is why they don't come back! Hell, they are Happy, la,la,la, and having a wonderful time on the outside! Let's all go to OutLaws place and get happy this weekend!-- We'll celebrate not being JW's!
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  OUTLAW

  LOL!!@Moshe!!..

  ............................ ...OUTLAW
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  agonus

  interesting, moshe... being master propagandists, why DID they choose "some" rather than "most"?

  Could one of the writing/editing staff be secretly, subtly, sabotaging with subterfuge?
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  tec

  It just reads like a lawyer's letter to me. Speaking the truth, safe in the knowledge that people will gloss over the writing and pay attention to what they've been verbally told over and over again.

  Tammy
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  Terry

  Moshe, this is what happens when you think!

  Crap jumps out and bites you on the ass.

  You've spotted the crap in the Watchtower article like a lioness spots a gazelle in deep savannah grass.

  I think you are right. These words are not selected haphazardly. Not by a long shot.

  Subconsciously, the sane side of their own cognitive dissonance craves the freedom and happiness on the outside.

  It cries out in this article.

  Sometimes, what you don't say is more powerful than what you do say.
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  agonus

  subconscious... or subterfuge?
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  moshe

  agonus, you could be right! A rogue thinker in the WT writing department slipped a subliminal message into this article. The subconsicious mind knows that 'some' is a puny number. Terry, either the quality of writers is getting very poor at WT Publishing, or ver-ry crafty.
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  alanv

  When I read the title of this thread I thought the society were going to say the ex witnesses are happy because they no longer have to live by bible standards. I am glad they didn't for of course many still have good morals after leaving. It may be one of those Watchtowers to show witnesses when they say that MOST witnesses are not happy if they leave the protection of God's organisation.
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  moshe

  The WT never interviews ex-members to see how they feel or how they are doing. You never see any statistics on how poorly ex-JW's are doing on the outside, either. The last year I was a JW I was working on a job with a former JW/elder who live about 30 miles from me . He was Df'd. I treated him just like I always did. I was nice to him and he was nice to me. When I asked him how he liked not going to the KH- it was like, are you nuts? - it's great being out! I decided that ex-JW's weren't unhappy after all.
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  WTWizard

  I believe most who leave the witlesses are better off outside. Very few are not--and those are the ones that cannot make a decision for themselves without the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger telling them or that get themselves in very deep trouble after leaving. I don't think anyone on this board would think too kindly of someone that molests children because they get kicks out of ruining the children's lives, yet that goes on among the witlesses. I also don't think most people on the board become drug dealers, heavily involved in gambling, or go on killing sprees.

  True, a few go on and get AIDS. VERY few--most people that have sex or take a blood transfusion do not go on to get AIDS. However, they miss out on the tuberculosis that they otherwise might have gotten at someone's door--they also miss out on a good chunk of all the colds, flus, and other diseases that are found from going door to door or because someone went to the Kingdumb Hell sick. A few--VERY few--go on and gamble themselves into debt, but more are relieved because they no longer waste Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund money, suit dry cleanings, or gas for field circus.

  The worst is quite a few people go back to, or take up, smoking after leaving the cancer. However, not everyone does this. Some people smoked while in, because of the pressure, and then once they are out, the pressure is gone and quit. Others actually drink less after leaving, or take fewer drugs (prescription and street) after they quit the witlesses. Even among those who do start or resume smoking after leaving the witlesses can be better off if they also quit eating fast, good-tasting poison every day and breathing in dry cleaning fumes.