'Theocratic Warfare' - Do you know when and where it started?

by EdenOne 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  EdenOne

  We all hear this notion of "Theocratic warfare", and how it is used to justify Jehovah's Witnesses to lie or withhold the truth even under oath, based on the reasoning that we don't owe the truth to those who aren't entitled to it. But, can we put our finger on where this doctrine started? Well, brace yourselves, here it is.

  Who concocted this doctrine? None other than Frederick F. Franz, vice-president of the Watchtower Society, in July 24th, 1955, in a speech delivered at the District Convention "Triumphant Kingdom".

  The title of the speech was "Cautious as Sperpents Among Wolves". You can hear the original recording here, (mp3) if you have the stomach to hear it all. Franz uses a series of Bible examples to justify lying as part of "theocratic warfare" from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Eden

  
  
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  sparrowdown

  Organizations like this one need outside enemies to survive.

  Rutherford was a bear-poking asshole, as well.
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  Finkelstein

  None other than Frederick F. Franz, vice-president of the Watchtower Society

  ..... and he would know about lying since he is the one who mostly concocted the 1975 year scam

  by using the 6000 years of mankind's existence, which the WTS under C Russell used 60 years previously.

  You could correctly describe F Franz as the WTS's biggest theocratic liar.
  
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  TTWSYF

  Lying for the TRUTH tm.

  Lying to people who they try to recruit. They are not worthy of the truth.
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  DesirousOfChange

  I thought it started with Abraham when he referred to Sarah as his sister.

  Doc
  
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  GLTirebiter

  Eden one, you should know that Theocratic Warfare Strategy has its roots in Eden itself, having been founded by that low-down snake, the Father of Lies himself. "You will not die", he said... remarkable how little it has changed since then!
  
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  EdenOne

  I have to say, for all his madness, Fred Franz was a terrific public speaker and the only semblance of a scholar that the WTS ever had. Very much hammering on the "charismatic" tone, still he was abe to deliver an electrifying speech. Too bad the content was rubbish. I heard him live in the 80's, but he was already quite old and pretty much blind already.

  Eden
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  snugglebunny

  The best bit of Franz I ever heard was when he referred to a conversation he'd had the day before. A sister had told him that she hated keeping her infant children up late for the meetings. He proceeded to tell us all at the DC that he'd replied to the sister: "A tired child is better than a dead child".

  wooooo..
  
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  Finkelstein

  He proceeded to tell us all at the DC that he'd replied to the sister: "A tired child is better than a dead child".

  Still propagating the mantra of fear and guilt and being a prodigious liar at the same time.

  He was a poorly educated Bible scholar but leaned how to mentally manipulate people's emotions nevertheless
  

  to get them to be subservient to him and the Watchtower Corporation. ........assh..e
  
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  Diogenesister

  His "concubine wife???" Is'nt that an oxymoron?

  Who ya kiddin' Fred?!