The WTBTS is a business. They make money, move real estate, publish books. The common ‘publisher’ (absurd title) is of little interest to anyone at Brooklyn Bethel. I’ve been there twice….they could care less. They are the two ‘passers by’ in Jesus illustration of the Good Samaritan….they could care less what happens to a ‘little one’…… I feel very, very sorry for many JWs….they are so filled with cognitive dissonance that there is virtually nothing you can do to help them….when you do have a breakthrough, its so emotionally devastating….it can take years to pick up the pieces.

Good for this couple!! Sue them for all the ‘donations’ they have stole from people……never mind the irony of telling everyone to stay away from higher education…..ooooop…..but they were more than happy to use them as chiropractors!!!!!!!

Now, you and I, have been free…to think, feel and do as WE please. What a relief it was for me initially to wake up on a Sunday morning and realize I have the whole day to myself. It’s glorious to BE one’s self, to discover your spiritual self your Higher self, you True self. Once one is involved in / with religion, you are not supposed to know or be yourself, because then you can’t be controlled anymore. That fact alone, must confuse / piss them (the JW’s) off so much, since you are just YOURSELF. Most people hide behind a cloak of religion, out of fear. Once the cloak is removed, their true selves may just be revealed. Consequently, the masses are gripped by FEAR in religion. And religion dictates through fear what your punishment and/or destiny will be.

The witnesses profess to be an organization. Damn right, a religious organization. They do exactly like all churches do – they all worship in one common building, they pray, they sing songs and someone preaches from a platform/pulpit and they ALL use the same (Black) Book they base their beliefs on; just in different variations…and there are always subjects who are all ears…

“The truth, the truth, the truth”….(sound familiar?) My question is: WHAT ABOUT THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF ??

Peter, your a moron. You do not both know them or have the right to call other JW’s apostates, according to your opinion. Just for doing so would normally get you removed, if you serve, but you are a coward. I know both of them, and I would like to stand up to Mike, but you won’t as you are just another loser.

Yup you are correct, there is no fast rule that says ‘do not further you education’. The WT society makes sure it is not authoritarian which would come across as tyrannical. But they sure are authoritative which is worse because it is a planting of the seed, backed up with infallible logic, for example: The world is going to end soon so don’t study. This would be perfect if it were not for the lie about the world ending soon’.

I love the wording in the following Watchtower quote; note the ‘oneself’ as a bad idea, but the ‘yourself’ as a good idea.
“The influence and spirit of this world is to get ahead, to make a name for oneself. Many schools now have student counsellors who encourage one to pursue higher education after high school, to pursue a career with a future in this system of things. Do not be influenced by them. Do not let them “brainwash” you with the Devil’s propaganda to get ahead, to make something of yourself in this world. This world has very little time left! Any ‘future’ this world offers is no future!”- “What Influences Decisions in Your Life?” The Watchtower (15 March 1969)

Here is a real klanger from the Awake:
“If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfilment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. …as a young person you will never fulfil any career that this system offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone! This is why parents who base their lives on God’s prophetic Word find it much more practical to direct their young ones into trades that do not require such long periods of additional schooling”- “What Future for the Young?” Awake! (22 May 1969).
Note the four to eight years quoted back in 1969. It now a mere 40 years on. “HELLOOO, anybody out there?”

What the society should be saying is: “Do not get a higher education but become more spiritual (sell more magazines and books for us). We do not really give a toss about your future, we care only for the money you so kindly earn for us).

Despite the many failed prophesies of the WTBTS the average JW carries on regardless, and full credit must be given to the society’s subversion tactics. I wish more Witnesses would read Deut 18:20-22 and see how false prophets are defined and how they should be treated.

I suppose the best brainwashing is when the brainwashed do not, in the slightest, suspect they are indeed brainwashed.

Cheers,
Markus

You have said it all: After your twisted personal attack you do not want the same from others. Heres a tip: Keep your opinions off the internet if you do not want a response. Obviously you elected to not go to college, as the WT has never ordered anyone not to go, just count the cost, so you are to blame for your own stupidity.