Great input everyone! Sometimes it takes a while to simplify things down to one thought but I think this is a prime example of how the GB's steps on many issues shows that they know it's all smoke and mirrors and a fraud! NR
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Oops, wrong button.
Anyhow, I had a little light-bulb as I was stirring out of bed this morning that I know all of you have probably already had. The whole hyping of 1975 in the way that the governing body did PROVES that they are evil on purpose. (Or at least once were. Especially under Fred Franz.) Anyone that goes back and starts reading all of the slippery quotes from books, magazines, and kms of the time can see this. The language is so evasive! It is such sideways speak filled with contradictions and legal loopholes.
So the question begs why? Why the need for escape routes in the articles from the very beginning of the hype? BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS BULLSHIT!!!! Plain as day!
The whole experience of the hyping of 1975 is one of the most clear-cut, easy to prove, examples that the Watchtower is a dangerous and sinister cult that does what it does deliberately and insidiously!
Happy Sunday Morning of NOT being at the Kingdom Hall!
NR
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For the GB, it's all about attention!
by NoRegrets inso this is probably not a big revelation for anyone, but a little for myself.
or at least a sum up of why the jws still cling to many of their beliefs and practices are to gain them notoriety and attention.
so many of the non-witness friends i have now remember the jw kids they grew up with only because they weren't allowed to celebrate the holidays.
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LOL Moshe!
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NoRegrets
Nothing in particular but I love your dot. Is it the 7-Up dot from an ad campaign of the past?
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For the GB, it's all about attention!
by NoRegrets inso this is probably not a big revelation for anyone, but a little for myself.
or at least a sum up of why the jws still cling to many of their beliefs and practices are to gain them notoriety and attention.
so many of the non-witness friends i have now remember the jw kids they grew up with only because they weren't allowed to celebrate the holidays.
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NoRegrets
Interesting point about the appearance of prosperity Zid. That's a very probable theory. So many JWs took so much pride in finding slashed-to-the-bone prices on fairly nice attire which made them appear of a status that they did not posess. (Well-to-do, educated, or whatever.) Either way, it gets them the attention that they crave to stand themselves out with whatever side effects. I have also had another epiphany to myself or at least a simplification of some collective thoughts- THE GOVERNING BODY IS JEHOVAH! Jehovah, God, whatever you want to call He/She/It has been transposed as interchangable with the GB. They are His thoughts, his voice, the ones who make his supposed rules. They have are their own god. They have crowned themselves and are "the man behind the curtain". Jehovah is just the name of their puppet that they manipulate to exert fear and inspire awe in the minions of the organization. (Is this a bunch of nonsense or a revelation to anyone?) Am I a little drunk? NR
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For the GB, it's all about attention!
by NoRegrets inso this is probably not a big revelation for anyone, but a little for myself.
or at least a sum up of why the jws still cling to many of their beliefs and practices are to gain them notoriety and attention.
so many of the non-witness friends i have now remember the jw kids they grew up with only because they weren't allowed to celebrate the holidays.
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NeverKnew,
Yes those were recent changes in the "suggestions" for convention attendees in the annual KM insert. They wanted you wearing your badge pretty much 24-7 and yes, dressed in your full suits and dresses for the drive to the site and in the evening for meals out!!!
For everyone else, thanks for the interest. Haven't really been starting too many threads lately, so thanks for the input!
NR
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For the GB, it's all about attention!
by NoRegrets inso this is probably not a big revelation for anyone, but a little for myself.
or at least a sum up of why the jws still cling to many of their beliefs and practices are to gain them notoriety and attention.
so many of the non-witness friends i have now remember the jw kids they grew up with only because they weren't allowed to celebrate the holidays.
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NoRegrets
So this is probably not a big revelation for anyone, but a little for myself. Or at least a sum up of why the JWs still cling to many of their beliefs and practices are to gain them notoriety and attention. So many of the non-witness friends I have now remember the JW kids they grew up with only because they weren't allowed to celebrate the holidays. The same goes for the blood transfusion stance. All for attention, and at the same time, an opportunity to make the members feel like martyrs and/or persecuted victims.
I think for the Watchtower, they need these devices to stand themselves out so as to not just blend in to the woodwork of other offshoot religions. With so many other fringe "Christian" religions, the general public really doesn't know a lot about the dogma of groups like Seventh Day Adventists or the Assemblies of God church. For the JWs, they have their handful of instant recognition platforms like holidays, neutrality, door to door ministering, blood transfusions, and even the strict dress code.
Some of the recent moves made on the convention attendance rules is an example of the further need to try to get attention. When it became mandatory to wear badge cards that wasn't enough. So, then it became required that you wear the badge card all the time, including the drive to and from the convention site, and every evening. As the GB wanted yet more attention to maybe get noticed by yet a few more bystanders, they made it rule to wear full dress clothes in your trip to and from, and in the evenings for meals out after the sessions ended.
When it's all said and done, all of these moves and rules are all ways that the Watchtower is trying to keep themselves in the general discourse and not fade away as just another religion in decline. I look to see them make another big move for attention in some fashion whether it be in a doctrinal change or a publicity stunt. Something to perhaps counteract the attention being given to their mishandling of sex abuse or their shunning policies which are some of what they're most known for now! (Which is great for the effort of seeing their doors perhaps one day shuttered!)
Here's to hoping- NR
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Songs that make you cry
by sooner7nc inthere have been several threads about music the last few days, so i decided to start another.. this song absolutely makes me tear up every time i hear it.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_3byxasmm.
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NoRegrets
Coldplay's Fix You gets me every time! Any song with the line "When you love someone and it goes to waste" outgha tear up just about any of us on this forum.
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Songs that make you cry
by sooner7nc inthere have been several threads about music the last few days, so i decided to start another.. this song absolutely makes me tear up every time i hear it.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_3byxasmm.
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