Turnips and the Watchtower

by RoosterMcDooster 30 Replies latest jw experiences

  • RoosterMcDooster
    RoosterMcDooster

    I know an elder that sprinkles this one into a lot of his talks and comments:

    “If’n the society tells us to plant turnips upside down then we should

    plant turnips upside down!”

  • Finkelstein
    Finkelstein

    Power and control thats that game of religion for men to play.

    Placing the power of god in the hands of men has various dangerous pertaining elements.

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW
    “If’n the society tells us to plant turnips upside down then we should plant turnips upside down!”

    If`n the Society tells us to pee on the electric fence.. Who wants a..

    Then we should Pee on the Electric Fence.. Hot Dog??!!..

    ............................ mutley-ani1.gif ... OUTLAW

  • Chariklo
    Chariklo

    I know people who are even brainwashed enough to actually plant them upside down, for real!

  • RoosterMcDooster
    RoosterMcDooster

    I almost posted this to the humor topic because it was so funny, but he really said that one over and over. Most people in the kh ate his stuff up, I think the rest of us just tried to laugh it off. I wish I had seen outlaws post along time ago so I could have run it by him, maybe he would have used it in his talks.

  • Glander
    Glander

    The basic message is that you should suspend your own common sense. This is Kool Aid thinking.

    I once gave an hour Sunday talk (to several congregations) that had the theme "Strict Obedience". It involved some of the same concepts as the turnip analogy.

  • Heaven
    Heaven

    Listening to Botchtower's advice on how to plant turnips means you'll never get any turnips out of your garden. Seems fitting.

  • goatshapeddemon
    goatshapeddemon

    My dad said that in bethel they used to hold up the green bible and say, "if the brothers tell you it's brown, brothers, it's brown."

    Sick.

  • cobaltcupcake
  • sabastious
    sabastious

    -Sab

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