Justmom wrote:
I too was a JW child from 6 on...
This stuff would have never been tolerated as my momma stressed with me that " the truth " is serious and no games to be played with.
Armageddon was coming in my lifetime before I was even a teen so the message was always serious, the pictures and reality like the " orange" paradise lost to paradise regained book that I had to study before the truth book.
Everyone but us would be destroyed, and she pulled me out of a Christian school in the first grade and said, " silly to waste your time coloring pictures of Jesus."
There is much more serious work to be done and if I wanted to quit high school in the early 1975 and pioneer she would support me 100%!
So, it seems the work is not as crucial as it was when I was growing up. The silly cartoons are among the JWs. The same things they used to condemn other religions for doing. Ooh my ooh my....what would my momma say today of she were alive?...
She would say as she had always said, " just don't question it, just do it!"
Love and peace to all,
Kim
Kim, i sure wish you would post that over 'there'. It is read by many. I think what you said is another entirely point of merit to be addressed. I did not even think about that factor. You are so right in your observations of this.
THIS IS THE EXACT TYPE OF FEEDBACK WT SHOULD HEAR, AND ON THEIR SITE, UNDER EACH VIDEO, HAVE A COMMENT SECTION. CAN I READ UR POST TO GENERAL COUNSEL? I PROMISE TO ONLY READ THE WORDS AS IF THEY ARE COMING FROM ME. IT IS SO ON TARGET. I BET THEY DID NOT EVEN GIVE THAT ANY CONSIDERATION. IT'S A GREAT ISSUE TO RAISE. {caps intended to shine upon the topic brilliantly}
The orange "INNOCENSE LOST IN 1.1SECONDS AFTER READING THIS BOOK" SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BANNED PIECE OF TRASH. IT INCITED SO MUCH HATE IN US CHILDREN FOR OTHERS OF THE WORLD. AND INSTILLED SUCH TREMENDOUS FEAR IN US IF WE DID NOT OBEY J-GOD IN TRYING TO RECRUIT OTHER KIDS.
lONG AGO, BEORE I WAS INTRODUCED TO RAYS BOOK AND STARTED MY RESEACH, MY MOM HAD A RELATIONSHIP W/ MY DAUGHTER....SHE GAVE HER THAT TOXIC WASTE AND I TRASHED IT IMMEDIATELY. TOLD HER, IT WAS NOT FOR CHILDREN EVEN THO SHE WAS TOLD DIFFERENTLY. AND THAT I'D EXPLAIN WHEN SHE GOT A BIT OLDER. {WHICH I DID EVENTUALLY}
Any child forced to look at that book, not mentioning, forced to STUDY it....is A VICTIM OF SPIRITUAL RAPE AND MENTAL ABUSE. WITH EMOTIONAL ABUSE A CLOSE SECOND. IF THAT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND, I CANNOT HELP YOU.
Thank you so much for sharing Kim.