12/15/12 Watchower Study Edition - Higher Eduction = Thinking in a "complicated" manner

by yourmomma 71 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  yourmomma

  I found this quote from the 12/15/12 P.29 Study edition of the watchtower to be hilarious:

  "A college graduate in the United States
  says: “I spent 18 years speaking and writing
  in the abstract language of higher education.
  I developed a habit of speaking
  and thinking in a way that was more complicated
  than necessary. I realized I needed
  to make big changes in my way of thinking
  and speaking.” Now an effective evangelizer,
  she writes: “The simplified Watchtower has
  proved to be a great help. Its language gives
  me an excellent example of how to put things
  simply.”

  So apparantly watchtower wants educated people to dumb themselves down and would rather they read the dumbed down edition of the watchtower. And a college educated person needs to "make big changes in their way of thinking, because its "complicated". LOL

  Its one thing to suggest that its good for children, but the suggestion that a person who is college educated would purposly dumb herself down so as to not think too "complicated" is laughable.

  And its hilarious when watchtower claims they are not anti education. Its clear they want stupid lemmings and fear education.
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  moggy lover

  I can't seem to find this magazine on the web. It certainly is not available on the Watchtower.org site. Is there another web site that publishes current Watchtower literature?
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  00DAD

  That is sew stoopid!
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  HelpMeBelieve

  Who are the lawyers who represent the Organization, did they get a secular education? Do they use little words in court to defend the the brothers?
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  HelpMeBelieve

  "High Education" = "Critical Thinking" = "Asking Questions" and "Demanding Evidence (Bereans)". Mindless drones are happy to do without asking why! Why do college graduates scare the "men behind the curtains", they use their skills in New York to further business as usual.

  Do you know of any highly educated people once they came in the organization, decided to hand over their Christian Freedom? They are forced to talk like a third grader not to offend their leaders with big words or questions.

  " Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you. [Peter 3:15]
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  irondork

  The WTS is coming at their anti-education position from a different angle. Now it is that people who are too educated are often too wordy for the work of an evangelizer.

  For the sake of being an evangelizer, it does make sense to be prepared to communicate in simpler terms, the language of the common people, but the same principle holds true if you happen to be speaking to someone with a higher education. The apostle Paul suggested we be all things to all people. Good advice. However, true to it's own stupidity, the WTS is emphasizing only one side of this counsel, "prepare to be a simpleton", for the sake of painting education as a useless waste of money that will only hinder your higher calling.
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  DesirousOfChange

  Do you know of any highly educated people once they came in the organization, decided to hand over their Christian Freedom?

  Frankly, it seems to me that anyone who has come into the org who has a graduate degree is not just respected and admired, but often revered: (s)he's an engineer, a lawyer, a CPA, a chiropractor, etc. All this while at the same time the Org belittles anyone for seeking out higher education. Although perhaps it's more to do with the money. If you're a farmer or a construction worker, but have acquired a lot of money, they still worship you.

  Doc
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  NOLAW

  THINKING

  IS NOT

  THE SAME

  AS

  SPEAKING

  
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  King Solomon

  HelpMeBelieve said:

  Who are the lawyers who represent the Organization, did they get a secular education? Do they use little words in court to defend the the brothers?

  I can imagine a transcript of a court case involving WT lawyers:

  WT lawyer: "Your Honor, I OBJECT!"

  Judge: "On what grounds?"

  WT lawyer: "On the grounds that opposing counsel used a few really big words that I don't understand!"

  Judge: "<sigh>... Objection over-ruled...."

  WT lawyer: "Uh, your honor?"

  Judge: "What now, counselor...."

  WT lawyer: "Is that the one where you agree with me, or you agree with him?"

  Judge: (slaps forehead....)
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  DATA-DOG

  You can't have the rank-and-file educated enough to spot circular reasoning. Or internet savy enough to research the history and out of print Watchtower publications to discover TTATT.