Flipper: You brought many good points. I have observed JW's go into robot defense mode if they had an audience or if they felt the situation called for their "corrections" concerning false doctrine. Maybe at work or wherever. Sometimes they needed a self-righteous shot in the arm and doing their thing gives them that "high". Or they might be feeling worthless so they start the preaching crap to remind themselves (they think) and others that in the end, THEY are the winners.
It never occurs to them that after their speech is over, they are still the same sorry cult members they were the day before. It's really sad. I don't blame the rank and file as much as I do the ones up high that KNOW this is all bullshit. But again, "you reap what you sow". At some point, the rank and file will be punished since Jesus warned about judging others. Since they have condemned 6 billion people to death, they have much to answer for.
I learned much about them in college in a course called "Abnormal Psychology". Isn't that ironic???
But then again, what do "worldly" professors know?? After all, they only studied human nature for ten years in college and then worked in the field for decades. But the ELDERS, well, they actually finished high school, though reluctantly. They really wanted to work after school during the summer perhaps, at Burger King so that they'd have a head start on the other applicants who would someday show up to find work. The JW would have already dropped out of HS and know how to say, "Do you want fries with that?" in at least four different languages.
We have to give them some credit, it's not easy to remember to ask about fries or "supersizing" since those are long sentences for their level of education. And they can officially tell everyone that they are bilingual!! What an honor!! So here in Florida, they have the privilege of being told to get off the householder's property in either Spanish or English. Versatility. What a valuable employment skill. Seeing that half of Florida speaks Spanish, they can utilize this great skill daily. They can have doors slammed in their faces with the householder cursing them in Spanish or they can have it in English.
I know deaf sign language, so another thought occurred to me. If a deaf person answers the door, he/she can tell the JW where he can go and can use some very imaginative hand gestures while doing so. I've actually seen this and it's funny as hell. The JW doesn't have a clue that the deaf person is tearing them to pieces and all the JW can do is smile and nod his head. He has no idea that the deaf person just called him every name in the book and questioned his sanity. Occasionally, the JW will almost shout what the offer of the month is because we all know that if someone doesn't speak our language or is deaf, we can suddenly make them understand us by yelling. Isn't that a good skill to have??
I especially liked the comment you made about being themselves while on vacation or in the "robot presentation mode" being switched off. But as Randy's site brought out in the cartoons, the JW might just as easily sit around a nice campfire in the mountains and thank God for firewood, bananas, matches, warm tents, and when they are able to go number two. LOL
I better stop, this is just too funny and easy to do a satire on every day. I will say I have NEVER seen a cult that provides so much information and behavior that even a child (not raised as a JW) can see right through them.
Yet again, maybe that energetic and intelligent child who sees through the idiocy that a 60 year old elder is trying to ram down his throat might have eaten some "Wonder bread" made from that "miracle wheat". If the WT had been smart about this when Russell died, they should have buried him in a large casket with a bushel of miracle wheat and a razor blade. Then Russell could have been eating the wheat, regained his strength back, realized he needed a shave as badly as Rutherford needed the location of the nearest AA meeting, and then risen from the dead so he really could be directing the work from the Pleidas (sp?) sitting right next to God. I hope that one of our future shuttles or spaceships don't veer of course and hit Russell's large easy chair.
Thanks again, Mr. Flipper. I think I'll write a few humorous (if anyone thinks I am) articles to include in my book or as a supplement. Oh, and I'm not worried anymore about dying from cancer. I can just use that radio wave quack device and watch tumors come out of my ears while I'm being "healed". Or I could drink raw milk and do a daily "air bath", which consisted of bobbing up and down for an hour naked in a sunny room. I hope I don't forget to close the curtains. I'm sure doing a "bob dance" alone would attract a fair amount of attention from the psych ward employees.
Please write more, Flipper. I'd like to have more material to use at the door next time. Thanks in advance.