So, there was a KM part about worksheets for bible studies. It was:
1) Watchtarded
2) ironic/revealing
One hilarious part came from a paragraph in the KM. When speaking of JW bible-based literature regurgitators, err, I mean " Bible Students", several points were made. They were as follows:
1) Understand what the Bible teaches.
2) Accept what the Bible teaches.
3) Apply what the Bible teaches.
The above three points were extremely important according to the KM. WHY???? Well, without meeting the above requirements, students will never progress spiritually.... Do I need to point out the irony? Probably not, but I will anyway.
If the Bible is God's word, then JWism is a path to spiritual stagnation. The rank and file do not know what the Bible teaches, because the GB don't know, or they don't care. Epic fail for point #1.
Points #2 and #3 naturally fall flat if point #1 is not met. Now, the question about God.
There is a worksheet about God and suffering. It makes the point that God doesn't cause suffering, he merely allows it. There is an illustration of a loving father who watches his rebellious son leave the home. Supposedly the father doesn't cause the suffering of the rebellious son, he just refuses to shield him from the consequences of his actions. Ohhh...kay?!?!?
Thats a great illustration and all, but ONLY if we are actually talking apples to apples. If I am watching my child play on a jungle gym and they are getting ready to do something foolish that could cause their death or maim them for life, do I let nature take its course? Jumping off something a few feet off the ground and skinning your knee is one thing, serious injury is another.
What about a child who plans on diving in the shallow end of the pool? Do you warn them and then let them do it anyway? Would you remind them once they awoke from their coma and discovered that they were paralyzed from the neck down, that you told them so? Is that what a loving parent would do?
The JW.ORG worksheet compares the rebellious son to "Satan" and Jeehoobie is the father. What it fails to address is the fact that the rebellious son doesn't just leave the house. He also causes the death of countless siblings, the other children in the home. What does "Dad" do about it? Nothing. He simply allows it to happen. Why? According to the worksheet, he does so to show the rebellious son that you reap what you sow. That's great if ONLY the rebellious son is involved. Even in that situation, a loving father would not allow their child to suffer irreparable harm. In fact, a loving father would devote their entire being to saving their child, perhaps insisting that the rebellious child receive treatment of some kind.
Would a loving father allow the elder child to murder countless other members of the house to teach an object lesson? This thinking even goes against the WTBTS own literature. They state that DFing a child and excluding them from study ( having a parent study with them in private) is a PROTECTION for the rest of the children, yet they stand by their worksheet "logic".
It's obvious to me why the WTBTS and all other authoritarian religions fear logic and reason. The ability to reason is a death knell for the ORG. Reasoning based on facts must be avoided at all costs. What do you think?
DD