Deteriorating content of the WT (page 2)

Chaserious

No matter how talented the doctor may be, he needs to ask questions and listen to what your symptoms are before he can give any meaningful help.

The other irony of this is that they do think they have the answer before they hear any information, exactly like the doctor they are warning against. The answer for everyone is to become a JW. In JW teaching, when they go door to door, there is no such thing as a person who doesn't "need the truth", no matter how few symptoms the person has and no matter how happy the person may profess to be. In the parlance of their illustration, the asking of questions is just a charade to formulate a reason why to tell the householder they need the treatment that has already been decided in advance to be best for them

besty

I'm losing count of the number of illustrations that involve doctors.

Telling an audience of blue collar immigrants they are a cross between Jesus and a doctor is good for business.

wasblind

Simplified

Emery

A year before I learned TTATT, I remember I made an effort to study 2 WT magazines completely within a week to be way ahead of schedule. It was the March 2010 and April 2010 Watchtowers. By the time I was done with both of them I remember thinking..."Wow its all the same, same content just repeated over and over--nothing new at all". Of course, this thinking was followed up by my indoctrination, "Well Jehovah must really want me to memorize this".

gma-tired2

working in food sevice you learn about dealing with food. First time served it is good, second time heated, stirred, and served it still tastes good, third time reheated,stirred, and served it is boring and doesn't taste very good,.Forth time and any time served after it starts to smell, starts bad bacteria growing. Dangerous for your health if you eat it. Does it sound familiar to anyone else.

cobaltcupcake

They've definitely dumbed it down over the past couple of decades. I can remember when I'd have to consult a dictionary while preparing for the WT study. Now they've got both dumb and dumber versions out each month.

Anyone remember the phrase "we oldsters of this generation?" It used to be liberally sprinkled throughout the literature. Was that a Freddie Franz special?

Apognophos

I'm not one to normally notice bad WT writing (in one ear, out the other), but what was that illustration a few weeks ago about if you're supposed to pick up someone important, but you have to stop for gas or something and miss them? That even made me go, "...the hell?"