Funchback said:
: What other scenarios can you think of when it concerns two JWs of the opposite sex to which the WTBTS has rules for?
The Society counsels strongly against two people having sex together, because it can lead to holding hands.
Stacy said:
: Imagine belonging to a group that doesn't have an ounce of trust.
This is more a symptom of the lack of ethics of the leaders and of their inability to teach good morals than anything else.
JW leaders are notoriously untrustworthy in their teachings, as proved by their coverup of many aspects of "old light" and of child molestation by various JW leaders and the rank & file. By their own biblical rule of "he who is unfaithful in what is least will be unfaithful in what is much" this shows that they really have no moral sense. Indeed, their moral sense has little to do with what's right and wrong by normal standards of human decency and conduct, but everything to do with "displeasing Jehovah" and their fear of being killed by their nasty God. Fear of death is a notoriously bad motivator for displaying good morals and ethics. It shows why JW leaders and JWs in general have no trouble telling half-truths and misleading people -- always skirting the edge of flat-out lies -- to advance the interests of "Jehovah's organization". Having no real sense of ethical behavior, the leaders can't teach good ethics and morals to their "flock" for any reason other than "Jehovah will kill you if you disobey".
Anyone with any sense knows that when you raise kids, you usually get pretty much what you expect. If you expect that the child will do what you teach her is right, and then trust the child to do it rather than hover over her like a policeman, most of the time the child will do the right thing. Conversely, if you're always expecting the kid to screw up and do wrong, and demonstrate it by showing that you have no trust, that's exactly what they're going to do.
AlanF
