Maybe the WTBTS has put a little thought into this...with the Internet exposing the WT for what it is, more people are likely to fall away this is easier if you have a family network (and, of course, people usually name their heirs in their Wills)... . As besty said, without that individuals/couples are more reliant on the 'group'. Now, if couples remain childless, it is more likely that they would name the WTBTS as the beneficiary of their Wills (makes sense). Trapped..?
MidwichCuckoo
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From Rutherford -2008 Watchtower ="dont have kid's till after Armagedon!"
by Witness 007 inyes i thought rutherford's policy on kid's was dead and the society had wised up....until i read the new "witnesses only" watchtower study magazine...compare.. rutherford's last book "children" 1942 = p.281 "wait until after armagedon to bring children into the world...it is only afew years before the other sheep are gathered to the lord, until armagedon...those with infants during armagedon will have greater woe...it would be a far greater difficulty to care for them during the tribulation.".
watchtower 2008 april 15 p.19 {picture of a middle aged couple witnessing with question: why do some christian couples decide not to have children?
} paragraph 12 "single or childless for a noble purpose.....numerous couples have decided to remain childless....they often do so to remain freer to serve jehovah...they are willing to place kingdom interests above some of the privileges that go with marriage...jehovah will not forget their work, and the love they show for his name...there will be a great tribulation...doubtless, it will be a difficult time for all of us-adults and children alike.".
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How Jehovah's Witnesses Control Your Mind - Controlling Your View of Truth
by flipper infor those of you, newbies or perhaps others who haven't read steve hassan's book - " combatting cult mind control" here are some very important things to remember of how jehovah's witnesses and other " mind control" cults operate .
it may help you to understand some things to see how we were all faked out at one time in our lives.
hassan's book states , " in totalistic cults , the ideology is internalized as " the truth ", the only "map" of reality .
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"WTS might have some problems because imperfect
men run it, but there is nobody else out there preaching the good news and teaching an
accurate understanding of God's Word."Blimey OTWO - that must be a standard response - I've heard the same so many times - even during the recent paedophile 'scandal'! Brainwashed, yes...
Remember going out on service, and some houses would have a 'no callers' sign...which specified 'no Cults' ? - we were always told this doesn't apply to ''us'' as we're not a Cult. And I think, subconsciously, in my mind I had a 'hierarchy' of religion - there was the only TRUTH (us), then mainstream religion (which only existed because of its History) and then Cults, which were dangerous and full of crazy people...well now I STILL have that hierarchy, but it's all changed round, lol.
Good post Robert7
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MidwichCuckoo
Certainly an intriguing/topical case...so where is hse buried?
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Apart from "My Book Of Bible Stories" and the "Paradise" book?
by Crumpet incall it my anal retentious streak, but i've rated every book i've ever read since i was 7. i had phases of favourite writers.. i was an enid blyton fan - the faraway tree, famous five, secret seven, mallory towers series.
then i got hooked on franklin w dixon's hardy boys and judy blume's eye opening, straight talking stories about growing up which really taught me everything i knew about what life was like for a normal girl not growing up in the jw world.
i started reading agatha christie when i was 9 and remember taking the maximum number of books i could from the mobile library van that came to our village and being as impatient for its fortnightly return as i was for the afternoon icecream van.
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MidwichCuckoo
BIG Agatha Christie fan here too Crumpet I've read all of her works except for 4 of the 5 Mary Westmacott's.
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my dissfelowshipped hub not happy about our child visiting grandma
by looloo ini have finally got grandma to agree to seeing her grandchild , and hubby does not want it , he thinks that if she cant be bothered to make time for her then i should not chase it up , this is his mother , im not a dub , i can see his point but think it important to try and keep in contact .
any advice?
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i have finally got grandma to agree to seeing her grandchild
That struck me too!....if you think she hasn't been seeing your child because of pressure from Elders (as she can't visit your home and there's no way you should allow a minor alone with her - or any dub), then she is going to be in a very difficult position if she DOES visit. If she really HAS to think twice between having her own grandchild in her life or upsetting her Cult leaders, then that speaks volumes.
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Some Interesting quotes about "Evolution"
by Blackboo in"not one change of species into another is on record...we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.
" ---charles darwin----.
"no has witnessed, in fossil record, in real life, or in in computer life, the exact transitional moments when natural selection pumps its complexity up to the next level.
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MidwichCuckoo
What that has to do with the quotes i posed???
Blackboo - your quotes are meaningless. You clearly have no argument and even less knowledge of the people you HAVE quoted.
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Some Interesting quotes about "Evolution"
by Blackboo in"not one change of species into another is on record...we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.
" ---charles darwin----.
"no has witnessed, in fossil record, in real life, or in in computer life, the exact transitional moments when natural selection pumps its complexity up to the next level.
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MidwichCuckoo
As you're so familiar with Stephen J. Gould, perhaps you've read ''Evolution as Fact and Fiction''
Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them.
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Some Interesting quotes about "Evolution"
by Blackboo in"not one change of species into another is on record...we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.
" ---charles darwin----.
"no has witnessed, in fossil record, in real life, or in in computer life, the exact transitional moments when natural selection pumps its complexity up to the next level.
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MidwichCuckoo
Could you please tell me from which of C.Wickramasinghe's works/essays that quote is from please?
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Evolutions billion dollar question!
by Blackboo inhow did emotions evolved???
*grinning* are emotions, thinking, and morals biological?
please answer this sincere question..i am actually being nice this time.
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How does the SUN KNOW how to SHINE and MOVE?
Is there an Awake article on this?
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Comical Memories While You Were A Witness
by minimus inin all the years i was a witness, i must admit there were some pretty funny things that i can remember.
i can't forget the time after i had given a public talk and the sister who played the piano ran from the bathroom to the piano with half of her dress still tucked in her pantyhose.
brothers and sisters were trying in vain to run down the long aisle but to no avail.
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Oh - more Hester please Duncan...so funny...