Chatrooms--How Can I Avoid The Dangers? 10/22/05 Awake Highlights

blondie

curiosity might prompt you to viisit a chat room that CLAIMS to be a place where Witness youths from around the world can make new friends.

harbor insidious dangers for Christians

some of these people started disparaging our beliefs..they were really apostates..deliberately tried to undermine the morals

false brothers

stealthy methods often used by apostates

"sneaked in" "slipped in"

Note this:

This journal, as well as other material produced by Jehovah's Witnesses (Awake of December 8, 2004, pages 18-21), has repeatedly warned of this particular danger. There anyone you meet in a chat room ostensibly set up for Jehovah's Witnesses is, at best, a person who disregards such counsel. Do you really want as friends those who choose to downplay Bible-based direction?--Proberbs 3:5,6; 15:5

Trap of Isolation

missed meals

spend time chatting online, you must buy out time frm some other activity...homeork or your household chores...communication with your family...virtually stopped talking to my family.

The strangers you meet in many chat rooms are unlikely to encourage you to live by the practical wisdom found in the Bible...encourage you to seek selfish interests and will tempt you to break free from Christian moral standards.

Blondie

sf

There anyone you meet in a chat room ostensibly set up for Jehovah's Witnesses is, at best, a person who disregards such counsel.

Doi!
You guys at Headquarters finally figured it out. Took enough phone calls to get you to finally understand what I was trying to convey to you. Geez.
Barb?? Can I take some credit for them writing this, as I was the one who basically spent time on the phone with Them poundin this into their membranes?
LOL!!
sKally

sf

Oh how I miss the jw chatroom on yahoo.

Being the number one apostate there in the glory days was, dare I say, blissful.

And how many times did I have to try to drill it into their heads what the litter-ature is now saying. They are lucky yahoo shut that room down, along with all other user rooms. Or I'd be in there pasting away.

{{DocBob}} knows what I mean!!

So does {{johnnycip}}!!

sKally

JW83

Hah! I've had a look at some 'jw' chat groups & they are usually just full of young dubs talking about 'Jehovah' ... Sickening ...

Although I agree with the article, open communication can lead to apostasy [thank God]

in a new york bethel minute

hey if it weren't for the internet, most of us would still be the pinochio before he turns into a real boy... yay for flesh, bones and, most importantly, a mind to direct all that flesh and bones

bethel

peacefulpete

As has been pointed out many times before this is called "Information Control" among cult recovery counselors. Some of the most radical groups physically isolate the memebers so as to moniter the information they are exposed to but many more cults and high control groups use not-so-subtle psychological presssure to shame or coerce the memebership into censoring themselves. It amounts to saying books are bad, be very careful to avoid books from anyone other than your leadership as they want to trick you and lie to you so as to get you to lose out on everlasting life. The creation of a boogieman (apostates) is essential to accomplish this. Raather than see those who leave the religion as people who disagree or have a different perspective, they are "indidious, stealthy and sneaky."

Nellie

Blondie - I also remember sitting at the hall listening to a talk about the dangers of the computer as a whole. One brother/sister (whatever) went on to say how "demons" and viruses could actually enter your home through the computer, whether it was turned off or on! No one bothered to correct or contradict them!

blondie

They said the same thing about the TV--the Devil's eyeball. And about VCRs.

Cygnus

with the help of caty a while ago I snuck into the JW chatroom on MSN. It was highly controlled and restricted to ONLY JWs. There was more behind-the-scenes cybersex affairs and mischieve than you could believe. JWs are so held back, the internet gives them what their banal instincts demand. There's no stopping it, no matter how much guilt the Watchtower tries to heap upon those young consciences.

DevonMcBride

The JW youth aren't listening. Just go to Myspace and there are plenty of "JW Only" chat rooms. The Watchtower is trying to scare off the youth but it is only working minimally.

The moderator of one of the JW groups I'm on was threatened by his elders to drop his myspace account. What he ended up doing was change his name, picture and took off all personal information so the elders "think" he canceled his account.

Chatrooms--How Can I Avoid The Dangers? 10/22/05 Awake Highlights

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