To All,
wendy's post is exemplary in that it typifies a JW mindset, and she's not even a JW. Just goes to show that some of us have not moved very far from the past--the scenery may have changed, the mindset remains.
She referred to Was' "thoughful and insightful postings" and my "drivel" but offered not ONE example of either. JWs may speak about how great a mag or a talk is/was but cannot give a sound bite or a quote to back up their high review.
She complimented me by saying that I was "the classic example of a hard working man" (thank you, wendy) but immediately sought to ridicule the way I provide for my family with, "truck driver I believe." So Pharisaic, so GBish, wouldn't you say? "He drives a truck, for chrissakes," she seems to be saying. "Can anything good come from a truck driver?" She continues her effort to denigrate something that is wholly proper by mentioning that I go to college. Sorry, wendy, but I'm not sorry to have enrolled in college at the tender age of 42 and no comment from you (or anyone) is going to make me regret it.
Her most telling comment, however, the point where she REALLY told on herself (in much the same way she did with Emyrose), was when she asked, in delightfully coded language, "What is the saying...with a little knowledge they can be dangerous?" Oh, I'm sure she has an explanation for what she meant, how she was misunderstood. Skulking back to explain away her true meaning is an option, but "they" ALWAYS do that, don't "they"? We've seen it from HER in the matter of how she used the "n" word toward Emyrose, so what else is new?
I'm not "playing word games." Far from it. I'm not "stirring the pot" ("acting uppity" in wendy-speak). Only the clueless, the total block-heads, suggest that I post here to stroke my ego, considering the general reaction and false accusations that greet my posts. My aim is quite serious, though few seem willing to see it. Or agree with it.
Last, like any writer of a Watchtower article worth his salt, she invents what she claims is my motivation while ignoring the truth:
She nonsensically hinted that I started this thread to "cause trouble, and contentions." Any fair person knows--from the initial post--that I had been ridiculed in another thread; a friend asked that I discontinue my participation there, but I wanted to answer those charges; I've done so here. I'm certain at the first opportunity, Ginny will respond (can't speak for the others I addressed). Of course, wendy knows all of this and rather than do the honorable thing, she plays dumb (not a stretch for some people) or prefers to cover over what she knows is true. Reminds me of the last WT I read. Well done, wendy. You've learned well.
Sorry, but that kind of duplicity I'll never abide, either from the Society or here, from you or anyone else.
Peace to all, whether you want it or not.
p.s. wendy, go rent To Kill a Mockingbird. Look for a character named "Miss Maudie." Take particular note of her role during the court scene near the end of the film, the part where she is obviously lying, everyone knows it, but rallies around poor Lil' Miss Maudie (I wonder if such a thing ever happened in real life.... naahhh!!). "Miss Maudie" reminds me of you, a classic example of... well... go rent it. You'll see what I mean.
