Alright, call me dumb, go ahead get it outta your system.....
Anyway, what exactly is the meaning of this word "racket" that they love to refer to?
A Snare and a Racket????
by ApagaLaLuz 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Valis
Main Entry: 2 racket
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 : confused clattering noise : CLAMOR
2 a : social whirl or excitement b : the strain of exciting or trying experiences
3 a : a fraudulent scheme, enterprise, or activity b : a usually illegitimate enterprise made workable by bribery or intimidation c : an easy and lucrative means of livelihood d slang : -
kls
I could be wrong Chevy but i think it means , snare,,,,to get caught,,,racket , to get involved in something wrong or deceitful.
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kls
See Chevy , i said i could be wrong,,,,,,,,Hard to believe ain't it.
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blondie
A note:
The WTS used this slogan during a period when they did not consider themselves a religion. It wasn't until 1950 that they considered themselves a religion, but the "only true religion." It confused a great many JWs who had it hammered into their skulls up till then that they were not a religion.
Blondie
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Mac
I once made a bear trap out of old tennis rackets...does that qualify?
mac
*edited to add that it didn't work very well...Jerimiah Johnson, I ain't!!
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professor
Hmmm... First they label religion a snare and a racket. Then they become a religion. At least they warned us ahead of time.
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truthseeker1
New Light?
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Undaunted Danny
Say it with pictures.
I like RIPOFF RACKET better
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CeriseRose
Outside our distriction conventions there was always a man with a sandwich board who used a megaphone to declare that the "Watchtower was a snare and a racket." As a new JW I was told to not look him in the eye and that he was an apostate.
It was later that I found out about how 'we' used to call religion a "snare and a racket." He, at least to me, made some sense by that point.
Hmmm. Maybe that was the beginning of the end for me. hehe
