by dbq407 23 Replies latest jw experiences
This sort of incident is why it so important to use you own better judgement rather than blindly believe and obey the spoken and unspoken "rules" of this cult. This cult does not care who dies in the process of "obeying."
You are expendable colateral damage - nothing more.
Stop listening
Stop obeying
Stop being harmed!
How very sad.
Whether the elders are bloodguilty or not is not for us to judge. I imaging they felt that people would use their own judgement. And I imagine they feel absolutely horrible for what happened, probably more than one feeling at least somewhat responsible. It is something they will have to live with.
This is like traffic lights at an intersection. At least here in the U.S. many intersections don't get a traffic light until there's a fatal accident. At least that's the way it seems. Is the city or county bloodguilty? Not really. But they're going to do what they can to help reduce the risk in the future. No doubt these elders will recall this tragedy when considering canceling in the future. The ramifications of this will last far into the future.
There is no need for a physical trip to a boasting session. Simple as that. All they need do is upload the program onto their tv-dot-jw-dot-borg site and encourage those who cannot or should not attend to view it there. This applies to those who are sick or otherwise unable to leave their homes as well, and the boasting session will be there for those who have to work until 6 in the morning and then go to the boasting session for later viewing. I used this trick to view TV shows that were broadcast while I was at work or sleeping--it is called a VCR. That has been around for the public since 1976.
For this reason, there is no need to even have the damn boasting session if roads are not safe to travel, it is too hot or cold, or it becomes prohibitively expensive. With the new encouragement to get electronic devices, they can simply tune into tv-dot-jw-dot-borg and get the whole thing right on their own computer. No accidents, no endangering other traffic, no impeding snowplows from doing their jobs for nothing, no wasting gas, no putting CO2 into the air for nothing, and no polluting the air by wearing suits that then need to be dry cleaned. As for money, I believe those sites have those donation buttons that are better off ignored.
If other halls in that immediate area saw fit to cancel the meeting on safety grounds, then that cong is accountable for still having the meeting and expecting most to attend.
So was the young child ok??
Personal responsibility. People have free will. If I get killed going somewhere it is my responsibility that I made the decision to go.
Blood guilty would have been that the elders told the congregation that they had to come to the meeting no matter the weather and that Jehovah would protect them no matter the circumstance and no harm could come to them if they came no matter what. Maybe then. But not cancelling a meeting? No. That would not be it.
Its true, they focus on meeting attendance, but where I live, and its snowing or road is icy, home is where I stay!! I don't need a call to tell me something may go wrong.. and my car is well equipped ....... common sense plays a big part..... Maybe the husband was controlling enough to say they were going to the meeting... who knows, an accident is an accident, .... especially with a 3 year old, where were their two heads??? She may have been so under the thumb that she didn't think for herself in this matter.....
Yet so many are brain washed, its a terrible thing when you give your common sense over to others... Gerrnany was a good example in WW2 - and that was a whole nation or 99 percent of it was
DBQ:
Even though I am sorry about this young woman, I don't know if they are actually blood guilty. I remember years ago attending a weekend class in a community college after it snowed and I did a 360 degree skid. What a scary experience.
Now, every school I know of closes at the merest suggestion of snow or ice. They are worried about LIABILITY more than anything else. I don't know where this tragedy took place, but I believe around where I live the meeting would have been cancelled.
I also remember back in the day the talk about how you shouldn't miss meetings unless there was a good reason. I also noticed the people doing the most finger-pointing weren't in the work force and were not exhausted like somebody with a job.
But, with no announcement of the hall being closed due to inclement weather, you can rest assured some die-hard would show up!
