Is the Watchtower a Communist front?

by bytheirworks 27 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Bungi Bill

  I very much doubt that Rutherford's one and only attempt to ingratiate himself with Hitler had anything to do with Socialism.

  While the term "NAZI" is an acronym derived from the words "National Socialist Party", that is where the resemblance ended between Nazism and Socialism! (As others have noted already, the Nazis were a Fascist group. As such, they were every bit enemies of Communists and Socialists as they were of the Western Democracies).

  Hitler's response to Rutherford's overtures was to declare war on the JWs; and he, too, from that point onwards never had a kind word to say about Hitler. Der Fuhrer actually loved the Witnesses so much that they even had to wear their own special identity badge - a purple triangle - on their prison uniforms!

  Bill.
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  slimboyfat

  There are no facts on this thread, only interpretations.
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  Bungi Bill

  I for one am not given to replying to provocative statements!

  Bill.
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  jgnat

  The WTS does not achieve 100% domination of its members. Only a few are die-hards. Many harbour private doubts. Many go along for the ride for lack of imagination of a better life, or to keep family ties. Many potential recruits do not make the "cut" because they are not compliant enough. The trick is that the control is just enough to keep just enough members to continue running.
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  WTWizard

  The whole of Christi-SCAM-ity is communist. The condoning of slavery, bashing of women and homosexuals and bisexuals, being against materialism so people are reduced to the lowest level, and not differentiating oneself are all marks of communism that are found in the LIE-ble itself. And the washtowel takes it to the extreme.
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  jgnat

  WTWizard, sure, that's why religions are one of the first institutions to be taken out in a Communist country. It's not like a totalitarian regime can tolerate rivals.

  Perhaps the hanging on to outdated mores (which religions do) has more to do with a significant segment of our society with nostalgia for an imagined perfect past.

  Communism is all about erasing the past to an imagined glorious future, also flawed.
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  joe90

  Hi,

  Some of the similarities that you've noted may be down to the fact that the Watchtower Society uses a framework of Thought Reform, as have some (perhaps most) Communist states. (Google: Thought Reform and the psychology of Totalism)

  I'd be inclined to put the rest of what you've listed down to coincidence.
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  jookbeard

  why doesn't anyone ever mention that they are the 2 most unread magazines in the world?