" we will never LIE to the brothers--" wt promise, but recent maneuvres?
by prologos 9 Replies latest jw friends
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Iamallcool
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prologos
I went through my pasted clippings but can not find it. but it is my memory. "will not lie"
it is difficult to understand why it is not spelled out to the contributors, often intelligent people that have used savvy to have a nest-egg, the implications of these moves. for example that
in our area, a family could in the past use a six figure contribution and have nice family stonework incorporated in an assembly-hall front land scaping. no more!
all beautiful jewellery imagery of contributions are melted down into the pot, and perhaps doled out to central-controlled projects,
in effect this 'gone moneys' become tools to reward and punish the contributors according to the present whim of the controllers, even if
nobody polishes their rolls royce on the way to the casinos in las vegas.
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The Searcher
*** w85 4/1 p. 14 Honesty Makes Them Different Too ***
Here is his friend’s report of what took place in court that morning:
“When you are called before the judge, you must give your name and address. Then they administer the oath of truthfulness. Before they gave me the oath, the court clerk, an older gentleman, asked me to repeat my street address. When I said, ‘124 Columbia Heights,’ he evidently recognized it as the address of the world headquarters of the Watch Tower Society and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Turning to the judge, he said: ‘You have nothing to worry about here, Judge. These are good people. They do not lie! They never lie! They cannot lie! Their religion does not allow it, and they hold strictly to it. I have never known any of their men or even their women to tell a lie. They are as honest as you can get. I have seen plenty of times when they could have escaped a parking ticket just by telling a little fib, but they would not do it.’
“Then, turning to me, he declared, ‘I know you would not tell a lie because you know who would roll over in his grave if you did?’ ‘Who is that?’ I asked. ‘The Judge, Judge Rutherford [onetime president of the Watch Tower Society],’ he answered. ‘I used to deliver mail to him 47 years ago. I knew Jehovah’s Witnesses before they grew big. The Judge was some man!’
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new hope and happiness
It makes as much sence as when president Clinton said he smoked cannibas but never inhaled it. I mean receiving a parking ticket and paying it, saves additional costs. The act of parking ilegally and hoping to avoid the ticket is the dishonest bit.
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Splash
Is there a difference between lying and phrasing something in such a clever way that it achieves the goal of deception?
Splash
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new hope and happiness
I think the Witnesses call it theogratic warfare SPLASH.
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Crazyguy
Wow Searcher you found a real piece of crap there didnt you. 'The Judge was some man!’ Just punked a little in my mouth, the things they say, what lies!!!