Posted by 5GJW on March 22, 1999 at 22:52:33 {MWZNJSg.uPfFk}:
In Reply to: ***What JWs do for fun posted by practicus on March 22, 1999 at 22:35:32:
Some comments:
>Ben, you really shouldn't confuse these people. They have their consensus conception of Jehovah's Witnesses as being miserable people bound by talmudic-like rules and regulations, brain-dead robots walking in lockstep with the tunes of the faithful and discreet piper. Don't you see how they slap one another on the back and congratulate one another each time someone "zings" the Society?
It is human nature to applaud when you agree, as you are doing now with Ben. This does not support your claim that XJWs have a monolithic view of the JW world. Remember, we were all there once. The reason I started the thread about what XJWs do was to show that we are also not a monolithic group, carrying posters at DAs and living to destroy the JW world.
>Now you come along and reveal that we are happy folks who enjoy life? It won't fly. It can't possibly be true. Surely you and your congregaton live on some other planet? That must be the answer!
Again, XJWs know what it means to be a JW. You are merely trying to distract Ben with your exaggerations.
>I've said it before, but will repeat it: All the Witnesses I know are such because we choose to be, want to be, and love to be. We are not such due to fear, folly, or mental feebleness.
Good for you. I have met some who are afraid. Perhaps they were afraid to tell you about it.
>For those who don't want to be, it's a big world out there. Go find something more useful to do than complaining, caterwauling, and sulking against Jehovah's Witnesses.
Sure, just as soon as you quit the shunning policy, the blood policy, and the other dangerous and damaging things that are part of the JW doctrine.
5GJW