Posted by Farkel [Keflar] on November 01, 1999 at 12:38:40 {2gTL9dbN6kjc7.1TE24IvhKqcjatLo}:
We've all heard that expression, "if looks could kill." And most of us have experienced and even used the "Watchtwer Stare(tm)." The "Watchtower Stare(tm)" is a carefully-practiced look of disgust, contempt, or self-righteous pity that is dished out to disfellowshiped ones trying valiantly to make a come-back at the hall, or those judged "spiritually-weak" or otherwise not worthy of simply common courtesy.
How did this Watchtower Stare(tm) come to be so common among the "happiest people on earth?" It is ENDORSED BY THE WTS, THAT'S HOW, YOU BIG DUM*IES!! (Stooopid H20 censor!)
Don't believe me? Read on:
*** w87 10/1 17-18 Discipline Yields Peaceable Fruit ***
The Source of Discipline
:8 ...As we ponder Jehovah's precepts, feelings of guilt may be stirred up in us, helping to identify needed changes for us.
(Don't forget heaping big doses of the old GUILT TRIP on the poor R&F dubs, who already feel miserable much of the time, anyway.)
9 DISCIPLINE MAY COME FROM SOMEONE ELSE. IT MAY COME AS A LOOK, A FROWN, A WORD, A GESTURE, A VERBAL REPROOF. Jesus gave Peter a look that reminded him of the prediction of his grave sin, and he went out and wept bitterly. (Luke 22:61, 62) Another time it was a rebuke in four words that crushed Peter: "Get behind me, Satan!" (Matthew 16:23) Reading Watch Tower publications, attending meetings, talking with others, enduring hard experiences-all such activities may open our eyes to areas where we need to make changes. The all-important source and guide for disciplining, however, is God's Word itself.-Psalm 119:105.
Well, since God hasn't showed up to do any of that disciplining for thousands of years, I guess you loyal ones better go to your mirrors and perfect the Watchtower Stare(tm). You never know when you need to get just that right facial gesture so you can ruin the entire day for one of those little, weak sheep in your congregation.
Farkel