by Englishman 12 Replies latest jw friends
Can someone please tell me what this is all about?
I know that Nosferatu posted a link to this talk some months ago, but the link is no longer active.
I'm very curious about this "Voice of strangers" warning - whatever it's a warning about please tell me!
Englishman.
Hi E-man
Here is a link to a discussion about the talk that was given last summer Called "the voice of strangers"
Thanks Chester, that was just what I wanted.
Undercover said, in that thread:
It occured to me that many Brits will have actually been "stumbled" by this warning against strangers. The reason being that a warning against strangers is recognised here as the last desperate throw of a government that has been backed up against a wall.That was apparent at the DC this year. The part on "Beware the Voice of Strangers" was heavy handed indeed.
There were three distinctive areas that they covered:
1. Do not listen to any dissention or negative talk about the WTS. If it does not build up, it is not worth consideration.
2. The internet is evil, evil, evil. Sites are created just to lure people away from the "truth" and organization. Lies and smear campaigns litter it to create doubt and confustion. Flee from it.
3. Do not trust the media. The media is full of half-truths, misqoutes and outright misrepresentations.
In the House of Commons in London, the cry "I spy strangers" is a cowardly cop-out to buy time when a debate or motion is going against, usually anyway, the government in power. The House immediately interrupts it's proceedings to debate whether or not spectators - the "Strangers" - should be removed from the public gallery. Shouting "I spy strangers" has actually been used to stop a vote taking place within the required time-span so rendering the vote void. It's the last desperate throw of a desperate politician and my bet is that many UK JW's will have made the connection.
Englishman.
Kingdom Ministry 1995
Maintaining a Balanced View of Computer Technology
9 Other Serious Pitfalls: As outlined on page 17 of the August 1, 1993, issue of The Watchtower, connecting a computer to an electronic bulletin board can open the way to serious spiritual dangers. Just as an unscrupulous individual can place on a bulletin board a virus?a program designed to corrupt and destroy computer files?apostates, clergymen, and persons seeking to corrupt others morally or otherwise can freely place their poisonous ideas on bulletin boards. Unless a bulletin board, even one labeled ?JW Only,? is properly supervised, with its use being limited to those who are mature, faithful servants of Jehovah, it could expose Christian users to ?bad associations.? (1 Cor. 15:33) The Society has received reports that such so-called private networks have been used not only to speculate regarding spiritual matters but also to give bad advice, spread gossip and false information, plant negative ideas, raise questions and doubts that subvert the faith of some, and disseminate private interpretations of Scripture. On the surface, some information may appear to be interesting and informative, and yet it may be laced with poisonous elements. Christians look to ?the faithful and discreet slave? for timely spiritual food and for clarifications. (See The Watchtower of July 1, 1994, pages 9-11.) A Christian has the serious responsibility to safeguard his faith against all corrupting influences and, basic to that, should always know with whom he is associating.?Matt. 24:45-47; 2 John 10, 11.
It was one of the talks at the 2003 summer convention.
The version I heard was from governing body member.
It dealt with staying away from apostates.
wannaexit
Hi E-man
Euphemism, Odrade and I made a transcript of the recording that Nosferatu posted.
You can access it here: Beware the Voice of Strangers
Love, Scully
Euphamism, Odrade & Scully:
Thank you so much for your efforts here. It's just what I wanted to read. I don't know how I missed it in ther first place.
Mike.
HI E-Man,
Maybe some of the writers at the Watchtower are using such phrases to send a subtle signal that they know they are in a desperate situation, and for ex-JWs to keep their chins up because it eventually they know the Society will lose. Maybe ... Jim W.
I taped that discourse --figured it was a "keeper." Shades of paranoia even by JW standards.
as has been said before - the internet will be their downfall
