get help before it is too late!!!
too funny by half....
you have the tonality, cadence
and jargon captured brilliantly
now stop it!
Questions From Readers - October 20th, 2010
by sd-7 49 Replies latest jw friends
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chickpea
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sacolton
Not enough "evidently" words or "is it not logical to conclude". Might want to slip "Does it not warm your heart" somewhere in there.
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sd-7
Surprisingly, I did not work for the Writing Department. I never progressed beyond baptized publisher; they wanted to make me an MS, but I chose not to lie about the self-abuse, so...there you have it. I never did anything like this until I woke up. I suppose it is creepy that I can still write it. I'm not sure I fully understand it myself. I don't really think too hard about it, either. I think that's what makes it really scary.
On the plus side, it's also reassuring. Just think. Someone who was completely devoid of spirituality, even someone who didn't believe a word of it, could very easily prepare articles like this on a regular basis. The only thing that matters is what needs to be accomplished by this article. (In this case, there, there, my dearest sheep, information control is only necessary because it's us versus them, and we all know that we're good and they're evil. Just stay busy and don't think about it too hard.) That's either a great relief, or a clear reason for urgency in getting people out of this cult. Probably both.
By the way, "I don't need help!" "Not in my diagnosis!" I'm fine. What's the worst that could happen? I could never be on the GB, much less the Writing Committee, so no need to worry that this stuff will ever turn up in an article. You know they'd never answer a question like that in print. Any more than they'd do an Adult Study Edition. I suppose I am crazy, though; I do still live with the literature in my home. I still have to finish "Jehovah--The Great Moderator", so...should be a good chance to continue my madness. Maybe after that one, then I'll get help.
-sd-7
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snowbird
ROFL!!!
Syl
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sabastious
After all, did not Judas Iscariot betray him by bringing a crowd of soldiers to arrest him in the Garden of Gethsemane, a place frequented by Jesus and his apostles?
Yeah, because he was prophesized to do it! Did he have a choice in the matter?
-Sab
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sd-7
Not enough "evidently" words or "is it not logical to conclude". Might want to slip "Does it not warm your heart" somewhere in there.
When there's enough of a scriptural example, I figure I can go easy on "evidently". In this case, I figured it would be pretty plausible for a JW. And this isn't one of those articles about love, so I figured that heartwarming statements could wait for a softer topic. I have yet to do one of those. Figured it'd be pointless.
-sd-7
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sabastious
"It does not belong to you to get knowledge of the times or seasons which the Father has placed in his own jurisdiction." (Acts 1:7) Clearly, then, both Jehovah and Jesus recognized the need to limit what information their loyal subjects had access to, for the sake of keeping them focused on their immediate responsibility--that of glorifying the name of Jehovah through the preaching and teaching work. (Acts 1:8)
Ok, so how does this give the FDS license to do the same thing?
-Sab
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sabastious
Apostates, like Satan, have arisen within the organization and have spoken twisted things against both the local bodies of elders and even the "faithful and discreet slave" and its Governing Body.
Such as?
-Sab
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sabastious
Some may even go so far as to air their imagined grievances through print, radio, TV, and the Internet, in an effort to smear Jehovah's name and bring reproach on his organization.
No you got that wrong. They wish to speak out against a corrupt organization, not smear the name of our creator.
-Sab
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sd-7
Did he have a choice in the matter?
Of course he had a choice. If Judas changed his mind, John would've leaned back on Jesus' breast and put him in a choke hold, then a Roman SWAT team would've come in, the other apostles would've dived out the window, and John's gospel would've been written by Judas. See how easy that is? Judas wasn't named as the traitor; he chose it.
-sd-7