Did the Society speaking on your behalf bother you?

by donny 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  donny

  Cult Classic on a thread about funeral talks commented "I would always find myself thinking "how the hell do you know what ____ believed?"

  I can relate to that feeling. I remember attending the Bonham, Texas Special Talk that was given at the new hall that had just been built (the old one was given to the congregation that had apostasized) and later there was a brief blurb in the Kindom Ministry that said "All in attendance were deeply touched at the stirring discourse delivered by brother Albert Schroeder of Brooklyn." I was there and I was not deeply touched at all. I was doing my best to stay awake.

  Did (does) it bother you when the Society presumes to know how you feel regarding your beliefs?
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  baltar447

  In their mind, how can anyone not be HAPPIFIED at what was taking place? So that's what they print. They don't give a rats ass about what's TRUE, only what is true from their perspective.
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  sabastious

  "I would always find myself thinking "how the hell do you know what ____ believed?"

  Because the Society, by design, demands you hand over your personality so they can remake it. JW rank and file members are Society Built and Maintained(tm).

  Damn right they know what you believe in.

  -Sab
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  jambon1

  Slightly different but I hated somehow feeling responsible for the comments/actions of JW's who were say paedophiles etc.

  I somehow felt like I shared their guilt.

  The sooner I realised most JW's were f***ing fruitloops & left made me feel much more of an individual. I didn't have to dread reading the newpaper to find an article about the blood issue or a deviant paedophile, as if their actions somehow reflected on me.
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  OUTLAW

  I was there and I was not deeply touched at all.....Donny................ The WBT$ said it..Your supposed to believe it.. Even if you were there and that`s not what happened.. ............... ...OUTLAW
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  stillstuckcruz

  YES! Man this always bothers me. After a geral public discourse the chairman al ways says "....I'm sure ALL in attendance were moved and motivated to.....". Don't put words in my mouth please.
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  donny

  The current "Simplified" Watchtower (July 15, 2011) has one of these "speak for me" statements located on page 12 located at the end of paragraph 8. It declares "This organization has never disappointed us and always gives us an abundance of pure waters of truth from God's Word."

  I always hated these kind of assumptive statements and it amazes me that they can actually state that the organization has never disappointed anyof its followers. What a joke!