>>How can this organization claim to be "God's mouthpiece"
>>and yet encourage children to defy their parents and
>>keep secrets from them? Arent children supposed to
>>honor their parents, not lie to them?
Come now let us be realistic. Have you all forgotten the
teachings so quickly? Are you not aware of the statements
made to the following "we must obey god as ruler rather
than men?" If you, like them, honestly thought this was
the one true way, you would also perhaps think that it
is vital to teach even children.
Now taking a step back, one fella did post the official
teaching of the watchtower. Go ahead and make a presentation
to kids, ask if their parents allow them to choose their
own reading material. When I was a pioneer, when I was
a publisher, those are exactly the same words I was taught
and used. Let us not blindly assume that this is just
another mark of the big bad evil corporation. This woman
in particular, perhaps even her congregation, acted, not
the WTBTS. This is not to say they are not causing harm.
But please, lets 'sue'? Lets scare them? PLease
How about calling the local congregation during a meeting
time, informing one of the local elders, have your son
there to tell the elders also. Inform them that as a member
of the community you were unaware that it was a teaching
of Jehovahs witnesses that kids should disobey their parents.
Further inform them that your son had said he had to get
permission first from his parents and the '" ministers" that
came to the door didnt even wait for him to see but
automatically assumed he would be denied permission.
My wife drives people to the meeting all the time. I am
an apostate. Further I am an Anti-christ. The elders know
this. She used to drive to the MORNING and the EVENING bookstudy
to which I objected. When I informed the elders of this,
despite the fact that I am an apostate, and they know it,
they still told her to cut back. When she complained to
sisters that I was complaining about it they told her, maybe
I had my reasons maybe not. But to talk about it.
And what is all this bunk that THEY are DEAD SET on destroying
the family. BULL. As I said I am an apostate, the elders
havent said didly squat to my wife about it. They dont harrass
her, they dont complain to her, they dont WARN her. They dont
even broach the subject at all with her.
What they are set on is having the entire family remain
Jehovahs Witnesses, or becoming jehovahs witnesses. And they,
like every religion on this planet, are intent on controlling
the members of those families, to varying degrees.
Instead of becoming so explosive, inform. Your mother? Mom,
I will not have my kids taught these things. If you do so,
then I will simply not bring them over anymore.
Inform the congregation of the actions of their ministers.
Then
Move
On.
Who gives a flippin rat really. The only ones they would get
away with this, are families who are not there for their kids.
Some dad is beating his son, or some mother is a souse. And
frankly maybe those kids would be better off at the hall,
maybe not. But I will say this, I was far safer at the hall
once I got away from my mother, and father (when I was 18,
and 20 respectively) than when I grew up with them. My mum
was Catholic/charismatic. My father was a psuedo witness.
And finally, instead of shielding your kids from these things,
why not teach them? I cannot for the love of the Goddess understand
why so many ex witnesses toss their stuff. They dont consider
that in the future they might need that same literature to
protect someone else. Teach your kids, this is what JWs teach,
see right here in the watchtower. Now, does this make sense?
Do you see why that doesnt make sense? What do you think of that?
For that matter, here is what wicca teaches, here is what the nazis
taught, here is what catholicism teaches, this is what buddhists
teach. Hide and cower and quiver and they will discover it sooner
or later.
