by nicolaou 57 Replies latest social family
Sheesh...why didn't they print that about 17 years ago? *LOL* What a load of crap...although I guess the more ignorant JW youth are the more chance of them staying dubbies.....Oh and the last paragraph asks them to look at it from Jehovah's viewpoint about meeting attendance....I don't ever recal seeing him there...
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
Typical witness drivel. While I agree that the reference to homework completion and it's relative importance to meeting attendance is ridiculous, I think the reference to the man who gathered sticks on the sabbath is even more disturbing:
15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. |
15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. |
15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. |
15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. |
15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. I am flabbergasted that the WTBTS blithely refers to the stoning of a man who gathered wood against "Jehovah's" wishes, and their nearly transparently veiled threat that the same fate will befall one who doesn't attend meetings. How can anyone read this crap and not roll their eyes until they pop right out of their head and scatter across the floor? I will never understand how intelligent, reasonable people are fooled into believing this filth. On a slightly unrelated note, my favorite 'cult speak' work used by JW publications is "inculcate". Derived from a Latin word that literally means "to trample" or "to tread upon", it means to teach by frequent repetition or admonition. I get a real kick out of how they are always referring to how members of Jehovah's Organization have their 'life saving information' drilled and shamed into them. |
Many have solved this by scheduling homework right after school.
Is this translated into "Go to the meeting without your supper"? Let's see the schedule:
3:30 School's Out
3:30 - 4:30 Travelling home from school (depends how far it is)
4:30 - 5:00 Supper
5:00 - 6:30 Homework
6:30 - 7:00 Get ready for meeting
7:00 Leave for meeting
7:30 - 9:15 Meeting
9:45 Get home (if you don't spend 1/2 hour bullshitting after the meeting, and the meeting ends on time)
9:45 - 9:55 Change out of meeting clothes
9:55 - 10:00 Homework
10:00 Bedtime?
Wow! You get a total of 1:35 to do homework. I've had homework last longer than that.
How can anyone read this crap and not roll their eyes until they pop right out of their head and scatter across the floor? I will never understand how intelligent, reasonable people are fooled into believing this filth.
This is pretty much how I think now. Thank goodness for that! I was once an ignorant fool who fell for much of this crap.
BTW: your comment was very funny.
Good point Nos,
There were many times I would'nt get to bed till nearly 2am trying to get my homework finished or studying for exams
"Right after school," huh? What about the kids who go to after-school care because both parents work? All of those articles seem to blithely assume that Harriet's at home while Ozzie is out window-washing to make ends meet. We're very fortunate, because Jennie and Jackson's after-school care is at the school, with teachers as supervisors, and they make sure that homework gets done before playtime. I'm very grateful because some of that math is already getting beyond me, so it helps having a teacher around to explain the concepts. But a lot of parents pick up their kids from after-school care and then have to go home and cook dinner while trying to get the kids to do their homework before bedtime.
Nope, not the least bit realistic. Kind of like all those C.O.'s and D.O.'s who would give advice to the congregation and had never worked a day in their lives.
Nina
the last paragraph asks them to look at it from Jehovah's viewpoint about meeting attendance.
"Jehovah, Jehovah, Who is this Jehovah?"
This is so laughable, even by Watchtower standards, that I can't believe it got printed.
starting to encroach on time that has been set aside for the worship of Jehovah
But who's set that time aside? The WTS. Will you find any scripture in the Bible requiring that Christians meet together three times a week? Obviously not.
Looking at things from Jehovah's standpoint will help us to maintain our priorities. --1 Sam. 24:6; 26:11
This is a perfect example of the Watchtower habit of taking scriptures out of context. Here's what those scriptures say:
1 Sam 24:5,6
But it came about afterward that David?s heart kept striking him for the reason that he had cut off the skirt [of the sleeveless coat] that belonged to Saul. Hence he said to his men: "It is unthinkable, on my part, from Jehovah?s standpoint, that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed of Jehovah, by thrusting out my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah."
1 Sam 26:11
It is unthinkable, on my part, from Jehovah?s standpoint, to thrust my hand out against the anointed of Jehovah! So now take, please, the spear that is at his head and the water jug, and let us get on our way
These scriptures are about David abstaining from taking revenge on Saul. The only relation they have to the paragraph is that they contain the phrase "from Jehovah's standpoint."
Jehovah showed that pursuing mundane activities during the time designated for worship is a serious matter.
This is so ridiculous, I don't even know where to begin.
First of all, this man wasn't merely blowing off a meeting. He was violating one of the Ten Commandments, the foundational laws of Israel! You won't find any similar law in regards to meeting attendance for Christians.
Secondly, the Sabbath wasn't designated entirely for worship... it was designated for rest. While there might have been some religious service, for most of the day Israelites could hang around at home and do whatever they wanted, as long as they didn't work.
And thirdly, of course, the Witnesses keep forgetting that Christians aren't under the law covenant.
This is sickening; undermining a child's education to perpetuate the myth of how vitally important these worthless meetings are. What really galls me is my recollection of life at Bethel; how artfully so many Bethelites, even and maybe especially, the senior staffers would duck out of going to congreation meetings on the flimsiest of pretexts: ``Bethel work assignment" or some such nonsense.
I remember when a group of us were sent up to Walkill to work on construction: we were all but laughed at if we brought meeting clothes with us to the jobsite. Once there, it was sun-to-sun, often seven days a week ,``meet the deadline and damn the meetings." The naive outsiders called in to work (including one Circuit Overseer, Wesley Benner, the guy who axed Ray Franz) were shocked not to have been given time off for meetings or service. The only ``meetings" we attended were the Monday night farm family WT studies, which we attended in jeans and t-shirts, after which we'd crack a six-pack of beer and catch Stat Trek or hang out on the porch. Anyone with the temerity to lecture about ``missing meetings" would have been laughed off the premises.
Blondie quoted...
Or you are a student. In your room, your desk is piled high with homework. Most of it was assigned some time ago, but you have procrastinated, and now several assignments are due at once. You are tempted to ask for your parents? permission to stay home from the meeting to finish your homework.
I remember when that article came out. I was pretty steamed by the assumption that if a kid had a lot of homework to do, it meant that they had been procrastinating. Kids spend six hours a day in school. If they have two hours of homework in addition, that's eight hours a day. A full-time job.
