The education position of the Watchtower is the one that has most negatively affected my life. I had to choose between my friends and college. I also had to deal with what emotional impact my going to college would have on my mother, who was frail emotionally to begin with.
Like TeeJay, I graduated in 1976. I had several scholarship offers that I did not pursue. I also started back to school last year. I did get an Associates Degree when I was in my 20's and that allowed me to progress my career to the point I am comfortable, but still not doing what I want to do in life.
I think they softened up on the college issue to quell dissatisfaction with the 1975 issue. This new crop of kids is unaffected by that and its time for them to crack down again. I find it interesting how this differs from congo to congo and from witness to witness when it is so clear what the society's take is on it.
If it is so dangerous, shouldn't it be a disfellowshipping offense or at least a public reproval? Certainly, scripturally it can be proven that studying philosophy or evolution is just as apostate as anything else. We could disfellowship all college students for apostacy.
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Joel