Education=ability to think
is there a danger in being financially secure?
by hoser 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Vidqun
I read an article on David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. He viewed himself as a new Cyrus and as the Lamb of Rev. 5. He was allowed to eat steak, but his male followers had to go on a vegetarian diet, including popcorn. He would annull all the marriages in the compound, allowing him to to cohabit with any female in their community (as his spiritual wife), from the young to the old. A male follower on a diet of popcorn would not be able to put up much resistance under these circumstances. Is the principle not the same? The GB of JW does not like competion. They will do the thinking, the R&F must follow. Popcorn = Koolaid. In such a case least resistance will be encountered by those followers with under-developed brains.
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hoser
thank you all for your comments!
One other aspect is that if a person works long unconventional hours he is too tired to think in a rational way. I heard cults try to keep their members
so tired so that they don't think about leaving
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trujw
Think of it this way. I am the biggest smartest male in a group Would I welcome bigger smarter men in my heard. It really is that simple watch a heard of wolfes. Deer, Elk we are just smarter about it.
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trujw
Ok to make it even more simple. You have a super hot wife. Way out of your league. Would you let single brother 8 pack and youger stay at your house. Can you imagine all of us smart JW's going to college? Most leave anyways now we are smart to boot with an education. Me thinks that would spell trouble. They are there to survive like any animal. I think to myself how does a bird know to fly south? It just does as does the GB they most likely think it is god's will just like some of us when we go to war. God bless America. We are all here to survive it is human nature.
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AudeSapere
I think they are less concerned about their followers being financially secure than they are them being educated.
A major goal of education is to get people to THINK. And to reason. And to communicate using those tools.
A thinking, reasoning, communicative person is dangerous to the WTBTS.
Financially secure followers who *do* remain loyal to the org are more likely to donate more and they are in a position to pioneer. It's not about the money, its about the brain power.
-AudeSapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself.)
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LisaRose
The Watchtower knows that education helps people develop better critical thinking skills, and they are afraid of that. They know that better educated people are not as easily fooled. How else do you explain The fact that so many of us believed the predictions of a religion that has a 100% failure rate on making predictions.
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WTWizard
There is a danger--to them. When people have adequate means, they are more difficult to enslave. When people know how to take care of themselves, you cannot create a problem and then "solve(??)" it by means of enslaving them. You do not have to rely on Jehovah so much (which is why Jehovah wants us broke, dumb, and sick) for stupid little things. And then you don't have so much pressure to do boasting sessions about how Jehovah is soon going to fix what he himself broke.
Also, this is precisely why Satan wants you to learn how to take care of yourself. Satan doesn't want us living as slaves, but as free individuals. Unlike with Jehovah, Satan despises stupidity--and this is why. Satan wants you to be able to take care of yourself for the little things, so you are not dependent on anyone all the time. Unlike with Jehovah, who despises security and wants you depending on him for every little thing. You are always calling on Jehovah for your daily supplies. Keeping people insecure, financially or otherwise, maximizes their dependence on the one that wishes to enslave us all.
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fakesmile
great question. FORTUNATLY...luck is from the devil. i was iinstilled with business sense. i could be making $700+ a day or be knocking on strangers doors for free... uhh, no regrets. satan pays better than jah.
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snare&racket
A friend in need is a friend indeed.....