We have to love the thinking of the Governing Body.
Someone t-shirts and shorts imply that their wearer is undignified.
Would you agree? [blog article on this subject]
T-shirts and shorts don’t imply a lack of dignity any more than suits and ties imply the presence of it. Think it through. The bankers who are accused of raping the world’s economy wear suits and ties every day. How much dignity do we suspect they possess? Conversely, life guards wear a uniform of t-shirts and shorts. Are we to believe that their uniform implies a lack of dignity? Sorry, but the Governing Body’s reasoning doesn’t add up. - read the full article here.
Ultimately, here’s what’s going on.
The Governing Body has sold Jehovah’s Witnesses on the idea that how you dress and act is more important than what you believe.
Or, perhaps more specifically, what you believe about how you dress and act is more important than what the Governing Body teaches about “truth”.
You see, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has, for example, convinced around 7 million people that the word “generation” evidently means something different from what it actually means, thereby rendering language useless.
So, in order to make up for this massive pink elephant pooping all over the room, the Witnesses have to be distracted.
Distracted by being reminded, continually, that the “worldly onlookers” will be convinced that the Witnesses “have the truth” because of how they dress and act when staying in a chain hotel 3 days a year.
Forget how illogical the teaching on “the generation” actually is. Forget how ridiculous “Judge” Rutherford’s claims about 1925 were. Forget what the Governing Body actually said about 1975. Forget the ever-changing policies on blood fractions. Forget the lives that have been squandered or lost through blindly obeying the men from Brooklyn.
Look at how we dress…
In reality, if you really have – and represent – absolute religious and spiritual truth, if Godtruly is using you to spread his saving message throughout humanity, you should be able to dress in sackcloth and it won’t matter; the quality and trustworthiness of your message will always – always – shine through.