by slimboyfat 37 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
So it seems the thaw lasted roughly from 1992 to 2005.
This is absolutely true. Quite a few went to school of some kind and -- not-so-shockingly -- all of the kids in "that generation" are still "in the truth."
They make a decent living, serve the Borg on weekends, and do OK for themselves.
Keep 'em happy, they don't question.
However, not only did the "thaw" not last, but with the recent AMIII JWBroadcast bashing college, the stance on college has been frozen in place harder than ever.
One other difference is that pre-1992, it was just really looked down on, but it still happened. Some JW kids still went to college. I don't remember anyone back then losing privileges because of it. I knew at least 2 elders who sent their kids to college. Now, though, it's basically a sin.
They've tripled-down on it. College is the worst thing ever. Parents can lose privileges if they send a kid to college.
As a result of the crackdown JWs are now the worst educated religious group in America. I wonder if that chart would have been much different in the late 1990s during the thaw.
A recent watchtower cover had what looked to be a JW college student preaching. I thought there would be an article in the watchtower about the cover but there was none. Maybe they will slowly introduce that its ok to go to college now. Hard to say with these a$$holes.
link to watchtower cover:
There really hasn't been a thaw in ostracizing higher education which goes all the way back to Rutherford's era.
The leaders wanted people to spread about the WTS literature ( pioneer ) or work at their printing plants,
not even to get married .
GB member Gerrit Losch's recent talk and his analogy of one pursuing higher education is in kind to putting a gun to your own head. Tells what is the position held and postulated by the GB these days.
Same old coercion, same old lies, manipulation and fear mongering.
I would not know how to look for this on J W Broadcasting but I seem to recall an interview with someone from the Legal Dept. It was freely admitted that in the past the Society sponsored suitable Bethelites to go to Law School and get a degree because they needed the in-house expertise.
The point of this interview was that they had stopped it now because the young men had found it hard to maintain spirituality in that environment
SBF: Or did I imagine it?
No you did not.
The elder you are talking to either has a poor memory or is an idiot, maybe both.
I thought you left this religion. Why are you still talking to elders?
