"Keep your eyes on the prize"

by sabastious 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  snowbird

  Also, a Civil Rights Movement standard.

  We sang it to buoy our confidence in having to face hostility and derision.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/14_power.html

  Syl
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  fokyc

  *** w09 3/15 p. 13 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize ***

  Losing Sight of the Prize

  11 Once we have learned about the prize, we have to work diligently to keep our eyes focused on it because we could lose sight of it. For example, when Solomon became king of ancient Israel, he humbly prayed to God for understanding and discernment so that he could judge His people correctly. (Read 1 Kings 3:6-12.) As a result, the Bible states, "God continued giving Solomon wisdom and understanding in very great measure." Indeed, "Solomon’s wisdom was vaster than the wisdom of all the Orientals and than all the wisdom of Egypt."—1 Ki. 4:29-32.

  copied from: 2009 WT CD-ROM
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  lisaBObeesa

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  Keep your eyes on the prize

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  ^ This WT slogan is quite telling don't you think?

  It illustrates what the Watchtower's members motivation really is.

  Yes, the Watchtower constantly promotes a kind of morality that is of the lowest level. It's always "If you want to survive..." "If you want Jehovah's blessings..." "If you want to continue speaking to your family and friends..." "If you want to enjoy paradise..." The Watchtower is all about reward and punishment and that is pretty much it.

  Level 1 (Pre-Conventional)

  1. Obedience and punishment orientation

  (How can I avoid punishment?)

  2. Self-interest orientation

  (What's in it for me?)

  Level 2 (Conventional)

  3. Interpersonal accord and conformity

  (Social norms)

  (The good boy/good girl attitude)

  4. Authority and social-order maintaining orientation

  (Law and order morality)

  Level 3 (Post-Conventional)

  5. Social contract orientation

  6. Universal ethical principles

  (Principled conscience)

  Pre-Conventional

  The pre-conventional level of moral reasoning is especially common in children, although adults can also exhibit this level of reasoning. Reasoners at this level judge the morality of an action by its direct consequences. The pre-conventional level consists of the first and second stages of moral development, and is solely concerned with the self in an egocentric manner. A child with preconventional morality has not yet adopted or internalized society's conventions regarding what is right or wrong, but instead focuses largely on external consequences that certain actions may bring

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development