Sorry for the redundancy of this being the 3rd article out of this magazine I've made a thread on- but I felt it was important to share these quotes from the aricle titled " Make your Way Successful - How ? " I think you'll see the extreme dissing of higher education here and guilt tactics used to discourage JW members from getting a college education or earning a decent living.
Under the subheading " Higher Education " ? it states, " A Christian has a scriptural obligation to care for his family, and that includes providing for their material needs. Still, does this really require a college or a university degree ? It would be good to consider what effect pursuing a higher education could have on one's relationship with Jehovah. If you have a means of supporting yourself , do you really need to spend time, money, and effort on further education just to realize PERSONAL aspirations or those of your PARENTS or OTHER relatives ? " So notice immediately the WT society is imputing wrong motives or calling people sELFISH or self serving in pursuing a college degree. Ridiculous.
Notice the guilt used in this example : " Consider Grzegorz , a computer programmer. Persuaded by his colleagues, he took up an intensive course of additional specialized training . Soon he had no time left for spiritual pursuits. He recalls : " I constantly FELT ON EDGE. MY CONSCIENCE TROUBLED ME because I could not reach the spiritual goals I had set for myself. " So the WT society is saying that if you are guilty or troubled it's because you are seeking higher education or wanting to better yourself- not the WT interests.
Another quote a few paragraphs down, " Becoming absorbed in a secular job can rob a Christian of the energy needed to maintain his own spiritual balance and to assist his family. If a Christian is overly involved in a secular career, he can end up having prolonged, severe stress. Such a person can even become enslaved to a career to the extent of experiencing burnout. More important, would he have enough physical and emotional strength left to carry out his duties in the family and to engage in spiritual activities ? " I don't know about you folks- but what causes ME more stress is not having ENOUGH work in this desperate economy ! I actually like picking up more work as it means my family ( wife & Me) will eat better, pay our bills, and survive another day in this already difficult economy ! The WT society has a lot of nerve putting even MORE stress on JW's living day to day in this recession.
Bottom line here is the WT society greedily wants ALL of Jehovah's Witnesses time, assets, labor, and interest. Essentially they want slaves to labor for the WT society interests. That's cutting to the chase about as blunt as I can put it. So what better way to guilt JW's into feeling bad about education and their jobs than being dismissive towards their education and employment ?? Just how I see it in this article. I'm interested to see what your takes and comments are on this as well. As always I look forward to your takes and observations. Take care all of you, and have a good evening