"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12

by yourmomma 449 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  yourmomma

  Have anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband? Its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 WT Study edition (I read the dumbed down version).

  If there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.

  Who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print? LOL

  Hear that sisters? Your husband is beating you, forget leaving since thats out of the question, you CANT EVEN FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF, AND its probably YOUR FAULT since YOU havent being showing "acts of love" to him, even though he is an abuser and hits you.

  Maybe I am just over reacting, but this seems like one of the worst things I have ever read in a WT in a long time.
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  designs

  Wife abuse has long been used by the Watchtower Leaders as an example of the 'good little subservient Christian wife' pattern. Criminal.
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  james_woods

  Watchtower interpretation of family violence: "B*tch was asking for it."
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  skeeter1

  Quote?
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  unshackled

  Yeah I noticed that too yourmomma. How dare she "try to prove a point"...that kinda thing is gonna bring on a beatdown. But just take the beatings and after 17 years he'll accept the truth. Abracadabra!

  Here's that paragraph...

  12 Selma recalls a lesson she learned
  from the Witness who studied with her.
  “On one particular day,” says Selma, “I
  didn’t want to have a Bible study. The
  night before, Steve had hit me as I had
  tried to prove a point, and I was feeling
  sad and sorry for myself. After I told
  the sister what had happened and how
  I felt, she asked me to read 1 Corinthians
  13:4-7. As I did, I began to reason,
  ‘Steve never does any of these loving
  things for me.’ But the sister made me
  think differently by asking, ‘How many
  of those acts of love do you show toward
  your husband?’ My answer was,
  ‘None, for he is so difficult to live with.’
  The sister softly said, ‘Selma, who is
  trying to be a Christian here? You or
  Steve?’ Realizing that I needed to adjust
  my thinking, I prayed to Jehovah to help
  me be more loving toward Steve. Slowly,
  things started to change.”After 17 years,
  Steve accepted the truth.
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  serenitynow!

  OMG. That is repugnant. Did anyone notice what's missing from this experience? They didn't say the beatings stopped. I know they figure it's implied by saying he accepted the "truth." I think I will go to the hall and comment on that.
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  poopsiecakes

  
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  Found Sheep
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  insearchoftruth

  I am really stunned by this, but of course they will spin it to their advantage....but wtf, who is proofreading this stuff
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  cofty

  Disgusting.

  "Selma kicked Steve's sorry ass out on the street and called the police" - that would have been an experience worth sharing as an example.