I did a thread titled: Focus of New Elder's School: How To Research - WTS Literature Only!!
This is what I wrote:
I posted this idea on another thread, but thought it might get some response as a thread of it's own.
This was the e-mail I just got about the new elder's school for POs only:
"My Dad's PO school wasn't new stuff, just a lot on studying, using the CD rom, etc. He loved it...."
Hmmm... "a lot of studying." In the light of the Sept. 07 Question Box, etc. I can pretty much tell what this school was, based on these comments: It was a weeklong course on how to use the WTS's literature, and ONLY the WTS literaure, to research questions.
That's it. "WE (WTS) have all the answers and we'll show you how to find them."
Just more demonizing of researching anything outside Witness literature. I can imagine the strong discouragement that would have been made of researching on the Internet or any other place besides the WTS CD.
The WTS's greatest fear is the open debate of ideas and free and full access to information. The elder's school, I would be willing to say, was just one more attempt to keep the rank and file from any outside influence, research or information.
Anyone else hear anything?
S4
This is what I wrote:
I posted this idea on another thread, but thought it might get some response as a thread of it's own.
This was the e-mail I just got about the new elder's school for POs only:
"My Dad's PO school wasn't new stuff, just a lot on studying, using the CD rom, etc. He loved it...."
Hmmm... "a lot of studying." In the light of the Sept. 07 Question Box, etc. I can pretty much tell what this school was, based on these comments: It was a weeklong course on how to use the WTS's literature, and ONLY the WTS literaure, to research questions.
That's it. "WE (WTS) have all the answers and we'll show you how to find them."
Just more demonizing of researching anything outside Witness literature. I can imagine the strong discouragement that would have been made of researching on the Internet or any other place besides the WTS CD.
The WTS's greatest fear is the open debate of ideas and free and full access to information. The elder's school, I would be willing to say, was just one more attempt to keep the rank and file from any outside influence, research or information.
Anyone else hear anything?
S4