Watchtower discusses Communist Indoctrination...hmm

by pharmer 4 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  pharmer

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  w65 12/15 p. 757 Seven Years in Red China’s Prisons—Yet Firm in Faith! ***

  Everywhere Communist indoctrination was being pushed, in factories, offices, schools, hospitals, and in apartment blocks and streets. Political committees organized weekly meetings to teach Communist doctrine. The “Rectification Movement” was begun, designed to rectify wrong thinking and ways. This meant not merely getting the people to think progressively and improve their work methods, but, more particularly, to clear out their old political views, adopting instead the ideas of the Communist system. The workers were told they should criticize one another as well as themselves. Any previous comments not favorable to the Communist regime should be openly confessed. Pressure was put on the workers to expose others, and such ones were then badgered continually until they finally admitted having said wrong things, and professed repentance.
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  sd-7

  I'd highlight key phrases in that paragraph, but then I'd have to highlight the whole thing...

  Funny how the organization talks about how it's 'progressive'...has weekly meetings to teach doctrine...tells people to clear out their old spiritual or worldly views...adopt their ideas....spy on each other and report comments critical of the leadership...

  ...But hey, that's just coincidence..."As a detective, we're not allowed to believe in coincidences."

  

  --sd-7
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  pharmer

  I agree sd-7.

  Would this be a stretch--replace "communist" and "Politics/Political" with "WT"?

  Everywhere WT indoctrination was being pushed, in factories, offices, schools, hospitals, and in apartment blocks and streets. WT committees organized weekly meetings to teach WT doctrine. The “Rectification Movement” was begun, designed to rectify wrong thinking and ways. This meant not merely getting the people to think progressively and improve their work methods, but, more particularly, to clear out their old WT views, adopting instead the ideas of the Current-WT system. The workers were told they should criticize one another as well as themselves. Any previous comments not favorable to the WT regime should be openly confessed. Pressure was put on the workers to expose others, and such ones were then badgered continually until they finally admitted having said wrong things, and professed repentance.
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  prologos

  And now , after 66 years morphing through several phases, the COMUNIST, EGALITE'? FRATERNITE' ? totalitarian sytem has produced a well to do middle class, that fills western schools, Universities, and secret Multi-billionaire families.

  The same set-ups ban, if they can, certain internet/ media channels. by threat of punishment.

  Are here a well to do, (ignore the Commie idea) middle class, suprt rich families, willing low pay workers in the parallell totalitarion idealistic setup that we are discussing here on this site?
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  WTWizard

  Christi-SCAM-ity and communism are twins. Both prepare people for enslavement. Both deny private property. Both insist that the fruits of your labor belongs to the community. How often do you hear of "the equalization, so no one has too much or too little" in the congregation? I have heard that smut plenty, and that is communism!