Is that for real? I swear I read it in a magazine article directed towards teenagers. It was a while back, maybe a year or two.
Beware Independent Thought
by poess 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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cofty
Welcome to the forum poess.
Independent thinking is a crime - there is no other sort of thinking apart from the independent kind, so in fact thinking is a crime.
Take the red pill. There is no going back.
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Watchtower-Free
*** w83 1/15 p. 22 Exposing the Devil’s Subtle Designs ***
Avoid Independent Thinking
20 From the very outset of his rebellion Satan called into question God’s way of doing things. He promoted independent thinking. ‘You can decide for yourself what is good and bad,’ Satan told Eve. ‘You don’t have to listen to God. He is not really telling you the truth.’ (Genesis 3:1-5) To this day, it has been Satan’s subtle design to infect God’s people with this type of thinking.—2 Timothy 3:1, 13.
21 How is such independent thinking manifested? A common way is by questioning the counsel that is provided by God’s visible organization.
*** w87 2/1 p. 19 par. 13 Doing Our Utmost to Declare the Good News ***
These are qualities that all Christians are encouraged to put on. Due to background and upbringing, some may be more given to independent thinking and self-will than others. Perhaps this is an area where we need to discipline ourselves and ‘make our mind over’ so that we can perceive more clearly what the “will of God” is.—Romans 12:2.
*** w87 11/1 pp. 19-20 par. 15 Are You Remaining Clean in Every Respect? ***
True, such smooth talkers may look outwardly clean in a physical and moral way. But inside they are spiritually unclean, having given in to prideful, independent thinking . They have forgotten all that they learned about Jehovah, his holy name and attributes. They no longer acknowledge that all they learned about Bible truth—the glorious hope of the Kingdom and a paradise earth and the overturning of false doctrines, such as the Trinity, the immortal human soul, eternal torment, and purgatory—yes, all of this came to them through “the faithful and discreet slave.”
*** w88 8/15 p. 30 Maintaining Our Christian Oneness ***
Unity Is Not Uniformity
Worldwide unity, however, does not mean the stifling of individuality or the crushing of initiative. Where Bible principles apply, we are glad to forsake the independent thinking patterns of this world and to accept the leading of Jehovah’s spirit.
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slimboyfat
Some excellent relevant quotes on this page:
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Band on the Run
So Jehoober created a race of robots. Animals have more independent thinking.
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wasblind
AVOID INDEPENDANT THINKING.
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tec
Band makes a good point.
If people were not meant to have independent thought, then why would they have free will?
But we have free will, so...
peace,
tammy
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cofty
But we have free will, so...
Are you sure?
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Pickler
Welcome poess,
in the 80s I'm sure I remember a whole assembly with the theme of "guard against the sin of independant thinking!"
mind boggling!
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tec
Are you sure?
Yes.
Peace,
tammy
