Another lie about ex-JWs: they alter material

by neat blue dog 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Vidiot

  Neat Blue Dog - "Next thing you know they'll be claiming that videos they've deleted are deepfakes."

  Something like that actually happened a few years back.

  The WT media department had made an animated video essentially demonstrating how JW kids should throw out toys that supposedly had "spiritistic" connotations, which was promptly leaked onto the internet.

  When critics showed it to WT loyalists, however, quite a few of them loudly dismissed it as a fake created by apostates to "make the Society look bad".

  Then it premiered at the convention a month or two later, much to said loyalists' embarrassment.

  That was a fun summer.
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  Incognito

  One positive of this type of accusation is, the JW is actually acknowledging the questionable comment, information or view is 'wrong' and a contradiction to that which is proper for Christians.

  Once the material's source is proven to be WT, the JW then will typically make excuses to rationalize and defend WT's position on the matter.

  'Apostates' do not need to invent or alter WT material to make it appear un-Christian. WT does a good job of that without outside influence.
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  Vidiot

  Incognito - "Once the material's source is proven to be WT, the JW then will typically make excuses to rationalize and defend WT's position on the matter."

  I saw this occasionally, too.

  In fact, it was one of the things that helped me realize that loyal JWs aren't fearful and hostile towards XJWs because they think they're wrong...

  ...they hate and fear "apostates" because deep down, they're scared they're right.
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  Incognito

  Vidiot, another example is many JWs blamed 'Apostates' for inventing a false story, writing a letter on a copy of fake UN letterhead and even hacking the UN website when it was revealed that WT had been signed-on with the UN as an NGO.

  Although JWs claimed WT would NEVER associate with the UN, many quickly backpedalled and rationalised reasons why that was OK when it was verified that WT had actually done so.

  Once WT provided the lame excuse of needing a library card, many JWs then adopted that as the valid reason, without further thought or consideration to their earlier denials or accusations against apostates.
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  Vidiot

  Nugget of wisdom, kiddies...

  ...if you've resorted to misdirection, logical fallacies, and semantic loopholes in your argument...

  ...you've pretty much lost the argument.