The witness that personally concerns me moved to an area where she can no longer work like she used to. Though she can find a way to do for a living, she claims now that she is tired of the work she used to do, tired of how mentally demanding it is, and so on. I believe this is no more than rationalization, as in "No, I didn't make a mistake; I don't really like my previous job". How common would such a rationalization be among witnesses? I wonder if this is not to say that deep down she realizes of her mistake, but simply won't admit it because it would be just like saying that she lost something because of the society. I would appreciate people's thoughts on this.
A wasted life
by dgp 4 Replies latest jw friends
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LostGeneration
Rationalization is not just a JW condition, but a human condition. For most of us, myself included, we tend to excuse far too many of our decisions instead of doing what is truly rational. How many if in a clear state of mind would really believe the following and continue as JW's?
Jesus began ruling "invisibly" almost 100 years ago, but nothing has changed
Jesus picked an obscure Adventist sect 90 years ago to represent him. He gives the leaders of this group incorrect information and expects people to live by this information until it is later corrected. Oftentimes, once it is corrected, it is corrected again to either new information or the old information.
God forbids you to transfuse whole blood into your system, but if you break it down into components you can transfuse 97% of the same blood. Yet, you are still abstaining from blood.
God expects you to disown your flesh and blood if they have a different opinion than them about who God is.
Two people must witness a child molestation before the accused can be removed or even reproved.
I could go on for days.....but 7 million rationalize all of this away because its more difficult personally to change rather than to accept a fairy tale.
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dgp
Yes, Lost Generation, not only witnesses rationalize things. Point taken.
I suppose I just rationalized this myself, and I just wanted someone to say that eventually she would realize what she is doing to herself.
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LostGeneration
Probably not...thousands go to their grave every year thinking they have done the right thing, serve God. Very few ever think about the broken promises of Armageddon and the new order that was supposed to be here decades ago. The ones that do escape.
They don't think of it as as losing something because of the society, they think of it as a sacrifice for Jehovah.
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WTWizard
People are prone to making this kind of excuses for their own laziness. Laziness and dishonesty are two of the "sins" that are actually sins. And, most of us are trained to be lazy and dishonest from schools and parents that interfere with fully integrated thinking. The witlesses are more prone to making excuses--in addition to normal human excuses, they have the "Armageddon is nigh, so I should concentrate on pio-sneering instead of productive work" excuse.
For the record, envy is the other real sin that is acquired from the Establishment.