JW Guide to Critical Thinking

by Saename 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • Saename
    Saename

    Just found this chart on Reddit here: Reddit

    And here's a copy:

    What I find scary is that... it's accurate. That's how I used to think when I was a JW. This "alternative type of critical thinking" is a nightmare.

  • Simon
    Simon

    That's pretty much spot-on.

  • steve2
    steve2

    This looks like a parody of what actually happens in JW organization. Was this really produced on a pro-JW site?

    Edited to add: "Oh I just looked; it was produced by an ex-JW forum. Nice one!"

  • sir82
    sir82

    Stunningly accurate.

  • stuckinarut2
    stuckinarut2

    LOVE this!

    Thanks for sharing!

  • Giles Gray
    Giles Gray

    So true.

    This strategy encourages Jehovah's Witnesses to make the claim they use critical thinking.

    It's enough to make you facepalm.

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    Image result for stephen lett

    "Is critical thinking acceptable for true Christians?"

  • Half banana
    Half banana

    Tony Morris's put down of critical thinking from JW TV:

    “It’s kind of amazing that once you learn critical thinking, once you remove yourself from it and then take another look from a different perspective. How manipulative it is! How the ‘double think’ is right there in your face.”

    What right has anyone to govern anything with an intellect of such staggering poverty?

  • BluesBrother
    BluesBrother

    Well, AM3 did call them the "thinkingest" people in the world !

  • blondie
    blondie

    The problem is that many jws think there is only one definition for "critical" and it is negative.

    crit·i·cal
    ˈkridək(ə)l/
    adjective
    adjective: critical
    1. 1.
      expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
      "he was critical of many U.S. welfare programs"
      synonyms:censorious, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory, disparaging, disapproving, scathing, fault-finding, judgmental, accusatory, negative, unfavorable; More
      informalnitpicking, picky
      "a highly critical report"
      antonyms:complimentary
    2. 2.
      expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art.
      "she never won the critical acclaim she sought"

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