Quarterback: "Making peace with DA, and DF ones just didn't seem to fit into this lesson." I'll give you an A+ for that comment. That's a powerful thought.
Thank you.
Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-16-2011 WT Study (PEACE)
by blondie 16 Replies latest jw friends
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stillajwexelder
I answered on paragraph 15
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MrDarkKnight
@Blondie...I really appreciate your comments each week. My son lives with his mother (my ex-wife) who is a kool aid drinking, card carrying JW from a five generation Witness family. At least I know what he is being taught each week and can get him to think about it in different ways.
Thanks!
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blondie
What did you say Stilla?
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palmtree67
Nothing promotes peace like shunning!
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WTWizard
Here they go again, caught in irons toward the real truth. They keep repeating the same worn-out stock examples out of context, of how the same characters in the Bible (usually old testament) practiced something--the same as they did years ago. This certainly isn't going to apply to us today.
And, the way they have this article written, one might expect to have to forgive everyone all the time. They could ruin your life in multiple ways, and all they need is a fake apology and you are required to forgive them no matter how many times they repeat it. And child molesters are only one way to ruin one's life.
Suppose, for instance, you have someone (your study conductor) that uses the religion to strip you of everything that means anything to you. Even beyond the littera-trash you are supposedly studying. You are simply to give up everything and pious-sneer. It is blatantly obvious it will not work, and everything you do to improve things is shot down. At which point, you try to break off--and this pig apologizes. You know it's fake, and that it will simply resume. Perhaps the pig even tried cutting you off from the opposite sex and set you up with a same-sex relative that is around 5 to 10 at the time. Are you supposed to forgive this pig and go along with them in the future, even though you know there is a good chance that the problem will repeat? Are you supposed to move in with this pig and abide by some arbitrary code, pious-sneer despite that you cannot do it, or even end up moving around the county or province with this pig just because they continually make bad decisions? At what point does "sorry" no longer mean anything?
If one were to go by what this rag says, one would be obliged to move in with such a pig on request, even offering to make the peace before such apology (as fake and bogus as it is) gets made. This would open one up to further destruction of one's life. Time and money wasted on stupid things. Pious-sneering mandatory. Having to get rid of fine objects and get inferior ones instead, even crap ones, because it's "the code". A fuss made every time you try to improve anything. Moving every few months because your host gets evicted (and moving to different parts of the same city). Having your music censored beyond what the Washtowel itself does. And maybe even being introduced to your host's same-sex nephew or niece (who is around 8 years old) with a view of becoming sexually involved.
Is THIS what we are supposed to expose ourselves to in the name of making peace?
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JW GoneBad
Par 19: Blondie asks...... Peace in the congregation is modeled by the elders…what was your experience?
This is just one experience of many:
I know of an individual with several children who has been df'd for a number of years now. She has made repeated attempts to 'pursue peace' with the BOE and they repeatedly put her off, telling her she has a little more to work on. This BOE doesn't want peace. They want blood, sweat and tears from this person!
How can Jehovah's Witnesses consider themselves a peace loving religion when their leadership has the following in print: "A simple 'Hello' to someone can be the first step that develops into a conversation and maybe even a friendship. Would we want to take that first step with a disfellowshiped person?" (God's Love pg 207 par 2) Sound like hate brainwashing to me!
Blondie, excellent appraisal.