I just can't believe how in the dark they are

by joe134cd 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • joe134cd
    joe134cd

    Ok the term I can best describe myself is a "neutral witness". Im neuteral in the sence that i know there are points that they are clearly wrong on, but just go along with it anyway because it the easier course of action. I am fully a wear that things aren't the best, but like a bad marriage i just put up with it, do the best I can with the circumstances i find myself in, and hope things will improve, although they know deep down they won't.

    Anyway that aside. What I want to talk about is just how in the dark the dubbies really are with what mother organisation is up to. For example with the offer this month of doing tracts, the brother doing the part said "that because of the tracts been smaller this helps with translation". Man I just wanted to scream at him "they ain't got the finances to do it". The man who made this comment I would describe him as been a smart astute business man, but when it come to putting 2 & 2 together really just had no idea.

    it would be interesting to ask those in the congregation to raise there hands who knew about issues currently facing the WTBTS e.g child abuse, sell offs, down sizing, member retention etc. I would guess the vast majority wouldn't have the foggiest idea. What saddens me is up until about 2 years ago I probably would of been one of them.

  • happy@last
    happy@last

    It's because it is a cult, the issues bring about cognitive dissonance behaviour, it is easier to not think or believe in the truth about 'the truth' (TTATT).

  • Julia Orwell
    Julia Orwell

    So true. You have to be careful bout what u tell ur Jw friends too when they ask y u not coming to meetings n if you're gonna come back. Can't say, 'it's a cult, the leadership is evil n it's not the truth' cuz you'll lose your friend and when she goes to the elders your goose is cooked! So gotta say something vague about waiting on Jehovah, being stumbled, and dodging their programmed responses!

    Never know if you've plant seeds though.

  • Lozza Aussie
    Lozza Aussie

    Yes Joe I would have been in the class of the dopey dubs a couple of years ago too, but these days I know what is going on.

  • Jaidubdub
    Jaidubdub

    Up until I found this site - about 2 months ago - u had no idea either... I still find it quite over-whelming at times but getting there...

  • Jaidubdub
    Jaidubdub

    Up until I found this site - about 2 months ago - u had no idea either... I still find it quite over-whelming at times but getting there...

  • Phizzy
    Phizzy

    I look back in amazement at how in the dark I was, and I reckon I was half awake compared with most JW's.

    The WT keeps the tightest of control on the information that JDubs receive, and most JW's in my experience are lazy about finding anything out for themselves, plus they do not read a quality Newspaper or listen to or watch quality programmes on radio and TV. and the Internet is directly controlled by Satan personally of course.

    They are amongst the most ill-informed in the Free world, by choice.

    Even being half awake I rationalised many things that did not add up, mainly with the usual "I must have more faith, Jehovah will sort it out in the end".

    Once the curtain is lifted of course, we see, not like Dorothy in The WIzard of Oz, a nice old man, we see the lies, deceit, mind-control, murderous doctrines, etc etc, the whole seething mass of filth which ironically the WT calls "The Truth".

  • flipper
    flipper

    JOE 134- I hear you. And the main reason these JW's can't understand what's happening to them is because they are under the influence of MIND CONTROL from a very high control organization - the WT Society. One reason they don't even REALIZE they are being duped, deceived, and scammed. Hang in there kiddo, we are here for you. We have your back. Peace out, mr. Flipper

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. Knowledge, through patient and frugal centuries, enlarges discovery and makes record of it; Ignorance, wanting its day's dinner, lights a fire with the record, and gives a flavour to its one roast with the burnt souls of many generations.

    GEORGE ELIOT, Daniel Deronda

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