QFR my A$$!

by Yan Bibiyan 18 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Yan Bibiyan

  In the 2011-8-15 WT, the already discussed topic (here) of the GB not keeping tabs ( ) on the anointed is put under Questions From Readers.

  Questions From Readers!?!

  Let me get this srtaight.

  The Readers of said Kool Aid edition are R&F witnesses, who have heard the terms Anointed, Partakers, etc. more times than they would care to admit. Or if the Readers are not yet JWs, they have attended AT LEAST ONE memorial, where the above terms were discussed repeatedly and it was made very clear who Partakers were, and more importantly who Partakers WERE NOT!

  On the other hand, for a question to make it to QFR, it must have been asked repeatedly and broadly to be included on the pages of the magazine.

  So, we have indoctrinated members asking so many times a very basic question beaten to death in the past that it needs to be addressed in the limited space a "life-saving" magazine provides?

  Yeah, right! Question From Readers, my a$$!

  Is the GB that senile, or are the members that blind to see through these shameless shenanigans?
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  Mad Sweeney

  Agreed. "Questions" in the QFR are pulled out of the asses of the writing committee or the GB.
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  zoiks

  Didn't Ray Franz mention this in Crisis of Conscience? I can't remember the subject, but he spoke of the GB's debating a specific issue, then deciding to put a Questions From Readers article in an upcoming issue of the WT to address that issue.

  I think that many JWs know that these are not actual questions that have been submitted.
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  NVR2L8

  The real QFR should have read: Why has the number of partaker increased or why are there more partakers now than in 1070? Of course this would draw attention to a situation that most JWs are unaware of or that is burried somewhere in their sub-conscious...
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  NVR2L8

  I meant 1970!
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  wobble

  When my frustration with the WT was really growing in the later years I used to think "Why don't they ever print a question we actually want the answer to ?"

  It occurred to me that they were making up simple questions, that they could give important sounding answers to, and avoiding anything controversial.
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  Yan Bibiyan

  Someone versed in logical fallacies, can you please tell us what is this particular trick called?

  I know it has a more scientific name than an outright lie
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  Mary

  Is the GB that senile, or are the members that blind to see through these shameless shenanigans?

  Yes and yes.
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  darth frosty

  and the sheeple will swallow it whole.

  it has always been my opinion they use qfr to hide certain changes.
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  snowbird

  Seeding the ground?

  Pre-emptive strike?

  Syl