Why do JWs take 10 pages to answer a simple question?

by biometrics 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  outsmartthesystem

  "Instead of answering the question, I'm asked if I still believe the Watchtower is God's only channel on earth?"

  Yes. WT leadership literally views you and 7 million others as small children that need to be told what to do. Every now and then you may have a question. If that question is short and easy....they can answer it with propaganda. But once they see that your questions are detailed they will see that you've been thinking. Hence their questions back to you regarding "apostate literature" and "do you believe that the Watchtower Society is God's only channel?" If you answer either question negatively....you know what will happen. You either need to quit thinking.....or they need to DF you before your "dangerous" thinking infiltrates their congregation of zombies.
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  LostGeneration

  They are not "bible teachers" or even "bible students" Their proper title is "cult leader" or maybe "cult enforcement officer" would be more appropriate.
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  designs

  Most books on Theology are fillers, I have a library full and they could be reduced to 100 pages without missing anything.
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  Gayle

  Questioning is a disfellowshipping offense, almost. Definitely an 'alarm' signal for them. Some months ago WTS informed everyone to not ask Headquarters questions (can't remember source-maybe someone here has it).
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  Ding

  Part of the "10 pages" usually consists of hopscotching the Bible, quoting isolated verses and stringing them together to come up with a conclusion.

  One example is the Jesus-is-Michael teaching: Daniel, Jude, Revelation, then 1 Thessalonians 4 and the shout of the archangel. None of these passages identifies Jesus as Michael.

  Another example is the teaching about the 144,000. From the phrase "little flock" in Luke 12, they jump to Revelation 7 and 14 where the 144,000 are mentioned. Nowhere does the Bible equate the two. But the WT keeps repeating that they are the same and JWs can't imagine that the WT might be wrong.
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  NewChapter

  I think they spend a lot of time reframing a question. I had a simple one. Do you shun those that leave your religion? It took 30 minutes for them to SORT OF admit that they would shun anyone leaving, including 13-year-olds. They are slippery. The answers are offensive. So they seek to alter the question in order to make their response reasonable. One witness got a bit offended when I used the term 'expel'. She said, well whatever YOU want to call it. Is it something different? Anyway, do you notice they get caught up in a lot of semantic arguments? In those cases, I remember that scripture that says arguing over words is insanity.

  NC
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  Frozenout

  Bcuz they are liars when you catch them in a lie they answer your question with a troll question instead of giving an answer to your question. Thats how they try to end the debate by basicaly saying shut up.

  Sister Questions: "This doesn't make sense to me can you explain it?"

  Brother Brainwash:: "Do you read apostate web sights?"

  Sister Questions: : "Srsly bro this doesn't make sense to me I need an answer."

  Brother Brainwash: "Why do you hate Jehovah?"
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  LongHairGal

  biometrics:

  JWs are masters of the "non-answer". The sad fact is that they cannot or dare not really answer honest questions about the religion and its teachings.

  So, they cloak the "non-answer" with as much filler as they can (B.S. to baffle you or to make themselves sound "deep") in hopes you will be "intimidated" or at least satisfied with their unsatisfying response and stop asking pesky questions!
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  Frozenout

  They dont have an answer so they lie
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  Disillusioned Lost-Lamb

  Talking circles is called diversion; they use this because they either can't or don't know how to answer you so they divert your attention by weighing you down with 10 pages of nonsense hoping you'll get confused, and they'll magically step in to "help" you, or you'll give up thus solving their problem.

  If diversion doesn't work then they haul out the big guns and ask the loaded "do you believe in the borganization" question, this is the most effective way to shut you the hell up.