made the following comments
1. The quotes showed are pretty old. What proof is there that this is the current view?
2. In other words, no one knows if the professed view is still current or not, and nothing in the literature in the last 13 years has been written to discourage a JW from seeking mental health treatment.
Like it or not, WT doctrines and opinions change, and if you're going to sit here and criticize them, make sure you have the latest information to critique, otherwise there really is no point. I could sit here and harp on JWs for saying that aluminum foil is dangerous, but we all know that is not the current view.
As I read this posters comment all I could do was smile, I recall when I first came to the net I would say much the same as this poster has in an attempt to present a strong arguement, "That quote is old" --- in fact many of us recall doing much the same thing,
If I am not mistaken the poster indicated that they no longer were active as a jw, which by default means their old congo "Spits" on them as being weak and basically dirt
And if the poster is a male he is really dirt for the WT spokesman himself my buddy JR brown says of men who hold no position: are spiritually weak- so his old congo basically dogs him
So then one day this poster comes to the web, now while not being an active jw this poster still holds on to some remnants of wt dogma and thinking-
And as you read his post it is like a blinking red light that the old wt mindset is alive and well from his comments above-
What he has failed to realize by the quotes from the Society is that they are the proof to show they are not as claimed "Spirit directed"
Is it not amazing how a JW will quote the bible which is 1000's of yrs old and yet take offense with a quote from a wt that is 6 months old-
It is clear that this poster has not come to grasp the serious issues that are raised when a group claims to speak for god, makes such statements along with tons of others IN GOD'S NAME-- only to be completely wrong
All one has to do is look at how the wt treats other religions who claim to speak for god – they get dogged and rightly so
The wt is good for making goofy statements that are to be viewed as bible based or "Wisdom from above" when in fact they are neither
The mere fact that this poster uses the wonderful wt jargon "CURRENT VIEW" makes one want to laugh, -
Only a person who still believes that the wt has some good redeeming qualities would make such a statement
I showed his comments to some NONJW here at work like I always do and they laughed
For even they understood that there is no such thing as CURRENT VIEW
As one guy hre at work said
"It' like saying What's THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH on dogmas"
yep even nonjw see how silly such a concept is
THIS has been one of wt greatest tricks and to think that many of us bought it
When one does critical thinking one sees how quickly the concept of CURRENT VIEW falls flat on it's face
If the wt presented things as THE OPINION of the editorial staff of the wt they would be just fine, problem is-- they could not enforce compliance, since it is merely the opinion of a man
So by telling folks like us and this poster that this is the will/view/position of god/bible
We accepted it-
Hopefully one day this poster will come to grasp what flipping and flopping back and forth on dogma really mean .
But as always we are thankful that he has at least come to realize the need to ask questions and as long as he is willing to read read read, he will be just fine