by Wild_Thing 11 Replies latest jw experiences
When I was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "Look! There's a goat factory!"
He never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal. I don't remember how long I thought there were actual goats inside churches, but I don't think it was too long.
Has anybody ever heard of JWs say something so silly?
Maybe he was kidding.
Rub a Dub
I have heard many JW-centric cliches, but "goat factory" is a new one to me.
So what would a KH be- a hypocrite factory?
Sheesh, what did goats ever do to the witnesses? Poor goats.
It seems Bethel feeds JWs apostasy from the top, and trains them to look for out on the streets but it is Bethel that has gone off course.
Bethel is thus the latest "goat factory", JW Goat 2.0.
Interestingly it has the same mode of production as "Christendom". The Bethelobotomy is performed by the top clerics of the "mystery priesthood" (The GB) of the Watchtower "Secret" Society of the Bethel hierarchy. It is the same model, a "priesthood" "collective Pope" claims divine authority by "being in the Bible" (Acts 15), and then claims to be "from the Apostolic line" of authority just like the Papacy.
Bethel then claims to represent God's Kingdom so everyone assumes what they are saying, like the Pope, is true. Bethel just denies exactly what they are doing with the opposite claim. They run the spiritual Ponzi scheme, make billions, and live in luxury in the process.
Now while JWs were examining the other "goat factories", lo and behold Bethel offers the latest "goat" model, the JW convertible.
There is "nothing new under the sun" it is all the same story. But in all fairness to churches and JWs, it is the leadership that engineers the "goat-like" attitude and production line. In the end it all eclipses the very "rule book" they all claim to support, but they end up supporting themselves instead. The leadership bears the guilt, because it was their job to be vigilant to avoid corruption.
It seems any "organization" composed of humans eventually corrupts. I assume the outcome will be the same in all cases.
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Truth really is stranger than even Bethel's fiction.
Maybe he was kidding.
Rub a Dub
* groan *
Hey There said: Sheesh, what did goats ever do to the witnesses? Poor goats.
Christianity has used goats symbolically as being the opposite of sheep... ie Goats ==> 'bad'; Sheep ==> 'good'. Goats also figure prominently in Islamic peoples' cultures. So goat is anti-Christian. It's really all a pile of crap-ola.
I've tasted goat. It is quite yummy. So is lamb.
Christianity has used goats symbolically as being the opposite of sheep... ie Goats ==> 'bad'; Sheep ==> 'good'. Goats also figure prominently in Islamic peoples' cultures. So goat is anti-Christian. It's really all a pile of crap-ola.
Exactly! Sorry, I thought that everyone would catch on to that, but maybe not. Anybody non-JW was considered a goat. When I was growing up, the JWs talked about the sheep vs. the goats thing all the time. Going out in field service was considered to be the work of separating the sheep from the goats. I heard recently (or read) that they changed their view on that and decided the separation would take place later, not now. Awful big of them of them to reserve their sentence of judgement until later.
What I see is a man judging others as on a road to death....since the WTS says all the "goats" non-jws will be destroyed at Armaggeddon.
Wild_Thing:
I never in my life saw so much name-calling and labeling as when I was in the JW religion!
Do they realize that they are NO better than all the other religions they criticize??...I feel sorry for any JW who STILL clings to the ridiculous belief that their religion is somehow superior to everybody else's.
blondie and LongHairGal ... exactly! They act like they have the authority as judge and jury over everyone.
Many years ago, I was going through the grocery line with my 2-3 year old nephew in the basket. The lady at the check out counter was decked out for Christmas with the hat and festive gear. My nephew looked at her and said, "Jehovah is going to destroy you." I was so embarrassed! And it was one of those ah-ha moments for me that I realized we are teaching him to hate!
BTW ... that little nephew just made his own break from the borg about a year ago! So proud! :)
