Like the Civil Rights Movement

by metatron 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  The struggle to push the Watchtower Society into making ethical
  reform is rather like the Civil Rights movement.

  You have people protesting and getting persecuted by cruel
  authorities. Reaction?

  Some people start saying "Why should they beat up people
  who just want the same stuff we do - nice jobs, nice houses,
  equality under law? Change is needed"

  Others said "these people are communist inspired (apostasy!)
  and law breakers. They are evil and should be lynched."

  This exposed suffering gets people to wake up and examine
  their consciences. Imagine how hellish and vile life in the
  U.S. would be if the Civil Rights movement failed!

  The organization has been losing capable, caring brothers
  for years. If you doubt this, just look at how inept and careless
  their reaction to Dateline was - with almost a year to prepare
  for it.

  Since the ball is now in the Society's court, it will be interesting
  to see their collective reaction. I'm betting on a two-pronged
  plan to repress dissent while simultaneously shedding some
  of the more obnoxious aspects of Witness life.

  metatron
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  Sam Beli

  "I'm betting on a two-pronged plan to repress dissent while simultaneously shedding some of the more obnoxious aspects of Witness life."

  That or stonewalling. Yeah, stonewalling is my bet; they have already started stonewalling with the letter read at the SM this week.

  Sam Beli

  "...religion opposes the commandments of Almighty God." Violence by J. F. Rutherford 1938
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  metatron

  I gotta wonder if the great theocrats ever put two and two
  together and realize what a burden/liability this private
  judicial system puts on them. In elder's school, they spend
  so much time and effort teaching 'unskilled volunteers' to
  act as judges ( a blasphemy they never awake to see).
  Real shepherding of the flock gets little attention, by contrast.

  In the Catholic church, the controversy is about priests
  molesting. In watchtowerland, it's about Joe Ordinary Witness
  molesting and the elders covering it up. If they could let
  go of this disfellowshipping obsession and dump judicial
  committees entirely, they could rid themselves of a huge legal
  burden and entanglements. It's their knowledge of evil and
  refusal to handle it properly that led directly to this mess.

  I guess they can't let go of their 'keeping the congregation
  clean' mythology - while most every Witness teenager leads
  a 'double life'!

  metatron
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  bluesapphire

  I think all but a handful of witnesses in each congregation lead a double-life by witness standards.

  Even the "strong" ones have their little secrets. All you have to do is spend a Saturday afternoon in a cargroup and you'll find out just by the conversations what goes on.

  Having a "clean" organization is a myth and even the dubs know it. The problem is they don't ACKNOWLEDGE it.