think we all have something to contribute to the common cause that brought us to this forum. We all have different perspectives, that may clash at times, we all feel strongly about certain things, I think our hashing them out, even if heated or animated does some theraputic good, and often may brings to light some very novel ideas or seeds of novel idea that can prove to be very deadly to the structure of control imposed by the WT org.
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abosolutely no question about, it, i have found that in some countries the wt rope of control varies from tight enough to cut off your air, to loose enough to allow you to breath
jw who come from congo with educated elders find that going to college was more tempered, in fact many often make the comment that after meeting parts elders have been know to express views privately that are different from the org,
while at the same time if one comes from a congo where the avg age of the elders is less than high school, the veiws on college are even stronger than wt, so as i tell folks not only does the avg jw have the views of the wt imposed on them, but all too often they then have the views of the local elders impose on them as if those views are the will of god
case in point, on DO would not allow any bro on the circiut assembly without a White shirt-
so at the assembly hall they kept a collection of white shirts
after awhile this foolishness worked its way to the some halls, after folks started to complain to bethel they pulled his chain
it is such foolishness that impacts the lives of jw daily, between wt goofy rules and some local elder/co rules, the life of a jw is one of constant having to conform to be considered a good mature christian how sad
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