Don't Question. Don't Think. Just Obey!

by Oubliette 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  wasblind

  1) Don't Question. 2) Don't think. 3) Just Obey______Oubliette

  But..............................

  In step 1) the WTS teach the sheep on how to entrap and manipulate others in the

  # 44 EFFECTIVE USE OF QUESTIONS

  " When you talk to a group or converse with an individual. Try to use questions to lead up to important thoughts. Be sure that your questions involve matters of ginuine interests to your audience. You may also use questions that are intriguing because the answer is not readily apparent."_____Theocratic Ministry School book page 237

  On the other hand..................................

  Step 2). The WTS points out that if an individual dare to question the WTS they are in fact being used by Satan to think for themselves

  Independence

  " Being endowed with free will, humans have a natural desire for a measure of independence. Carried to far, however, this desire gives rise to disobedience, even rebellion." _____Reasoning book page 187

  Also..................

  Step 3) The WTS say's you must obey because

  " Who urged humans to feel free to make thier own decisions without regaurd for God's commands ? "______Reasoning book page 189

  " What is taught is not from men but from Jehovah"____Sept 15, 2010 WT para. 8 pg 13

  Bottom line : If you use your brains to think, you will come to the conclusion

  that the lies the WTS taught and still teach ain't from Jehovah but from the Bozo's in Brooklyn
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  Mum

  I saw a documentary yesterday about a woman who had escaped from the fundamentals LDS/Mormon church. Unquestioning obedience was Warren Jeffs' mantra, too. The women suffer terribly. I feel so sorry for the little girls getting molested. This woman, the very last time she spoke with Warren Jeffs, was told, "I will break you."

  She and her sister were key witnesses in Jeffs' trial. She wore red at the trials of Jeffs, a color Jeffs forbade her to wear when she was an "insider." She was such a courageous woman!

  He expected to live as a God, having sex with 12-year-olds the rest of his life. Instead, hes in prison for life. Although I loathe the man, I feel badly that he grew up as the son of "the Prophet" and, as a result, saw this god-like existence as his birthright. In a way, he was led down the garden path, too.

  I'm still glad he's locked away and can't hurt any more children.
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  Zoos

  bookmarked
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  clarity

  w81 2/15 pp.18-19 Do We Need Help to Understand the Bible?

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  . And with what mental attitude did they pursue their studies? With a skeptical attitude, trying to prove Paul wrong? No, they were altogether unlike Paul’s critics on Mars Hill, for we read that they heard Paul’s testimony with “the greatest eagerness of mind.”—Acts 17:11, 32.

  These Beroeans listened with a readiness, yes, an eagerness, to believe. Thus not only were they open-minded, but they were wanting to have this “good news” proved true. In fact, for a person to acquire faith he must have “the will to believe.” If he is determined not to believe, then no amount of evidence will convince him; for if a person looks for them he can always find excuses, plausible reasons for not accepting the accountability that belief will bring upon him.

  As the apostle Paul well said: “Faith is not a possession of all people.” (2 Thess. 3:2) But the Beroeans had the will to believe. They considered what they heard with a receptive frame of mind. As a result, “many of them became believers, and so did not a few of the reputable Greek women and of the men.”—Acts 17:12.

  Jesus’ disciples wrote many letters to Christian congregations, to persons who were already in “the way of the truth.” (2 Pet. 2:2) But nowheredo weread that those brothers first, in a skeptical frame of mind, checked the Scriptures to make certain that those letters had Scriptural backing, that the writers really knew what they were talking about.
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  prologos

  Acts 17:11 : -- carefully examining-- WETHER these things were [REALLY ?]*so."

  In other words ANALIZING wether there was scriptural basis OR NOT, since the scriptures were kept in the synagogue.

  The synagogue was an open for research? discussion place.

  Try that in a Kingdom Hall today.

  The days of true Christianity are gone. not to be found in Wt land.

  Of course the brothers would love to believe what is put before them, but bitter experience shows that

  the latter day " inspired (spirit directed) expressions" can not be trusted.

  One false prophecy after another,

  one correction after another.

  white wash, rewrite of history after another,

  a 100% failure rate.

  lessonfor all: keep " carefully examinig WETHER these things are really so?"

  you will be pleasantly surprised that they are not.

  clarity

  required.
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  clarity

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsH1dgaXT4w

  Independent Thinking
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  Oubliette

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