Remember using the term BORG to refer to the WTS

by blondie 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • blondie
    blondie

    It's interesting that when Watchtower is referred to as the Borg, it immediately brings to mind the scenes where individuals such as Captain Piccard are held prisoner within a vast collective hive type prison and unable to leave. They are then turned into drones. In fact here is how Wikipedia explains it.

    The Borg are a fictional alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek franchise. The Borg are a vast collection of "drones", or cybernetic organisms linked in a hive mind called "the Collective", or "the Hive". The Borg annex the technology and knowledge of other alien species to the Collective via a process of "assimilation": forcibly transforming individual beings into drones by violently injecting microscopic machines, or nanoprobes, into their bodies and surgically augmenting them with cybernetic components. The Borg's ultimate goal is "achieving perfection

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_(Star_Trek)

    'The Borg' is a fitting expression for the watchtower organisation. At first it all seems so harmless, but then after a time having been injected with Watchtower teachings, we find ourselves turned into drones. When we realise we are enmeshed, it is too late. We are held in a captive state. Freedom seems almost impossible for many. No way out for some. Like many, I have been sadly assimilated by the borg

  • Beth Sarim
    Beth Sarim

    Borg. It fits nicely. Just like glove.

  • finishedmystery
    finishedmystery

    "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." At reddit it's widely used as a substitute word for org in WT weblinks to avoid breaking posting rules. The writer will just tell the reader going to the weblink to remove the 'b'.

  • NotFormer
    NotFormer

    Landru's society in TOS's Return of the Archons was a fitting analogy. Probably more so. Cries of "You are not of the body!" carry an echo that a lot of JWs, past and present, can probably identify with.

  • Vidiot
    Vidiot

    Big difference is Star Trek’s Borg were scary AF right from the get-go, and tremendously powerful.

  • Beth Sarim
    Beth Sarim

    Borg.

    It just sounds crass,,,& abrupt.

    It just fits.

  • Rattigan350
    Rattigan350

    No, Blondie.

    The term "Borg" was used because it was a short form of Brooklyn ORGanization.

    And it stuck because it fit the Borg hive mind.

    But then I prefer the 3 Musketeers as they say "One for All and All for One."

  • liam
    liam
    Vidot Star Trek’s Borg were scary AF right from the get-go, and tremendously powerful.

    No, the Borg were not that powerful compared to Species 8472

    Species 8472, also known as the Undine, were one of the few species to successfully resist and defeat the Borg in the Star Trek universe. They engaged in a war with the Borg, showcasing their advanced biotechnology and immunity to assimilation, ultimately forcing the Borg to retreat.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn02c176YuI

  • Alpaca
    Alpaca

    I remembered this post from a while back and it's classic:

    https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/218396/borg

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