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Most of them don’t realize they are captive.
SO, true, dear Joe (peace to you, dear brother!).
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Even a pretty cage is still a cage, though.
Yes, but I don't think that's quite it. I think it's more that they can't even SEE the cage, blind as they are. Because it's an invisible cage, truly - one that only exists
in their minds. They
could walk away at ANY time... but, again, "where wud we go!??" Even a dingbat (pun totally intended) would fly away if they realized there
was no cage... but one whose MIND is enslaved? And so much so that they make their OWN cage?
I think I shared how it was for MANY black slaves after the emanicipation:
Go?! Go... whar!? Ahz bin heah mah hole lyf! Why wud ah goz innywhar elses? Sho' da massa wips me fum tyme 't tyme but he say it
wurs owt
deah! Nah'suh, ahz stayin rait heah. Wut is AH gwine do wit sum 40 aykas 'n a mool?!! Ah ain't nevah werkd no feelds!"
It's a mentality founded upon, steeped in, and built up by FEAR.
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Some people don`t care about Right or Wrong.
It`s about what`s in it for them.
Yes, and what's "in it" for most JWs is conceding one's own accountability for one's faith to others. I promise you, virtually everyone one of them (well, virtually every religious person) thinks they're gonna be able to fall back on that whole, "the elders/Pope/GB/priest/pastor made/told me to.... I was
following what
they told me."
Yep. But nope, NONE of these are who those who
claim to be "christians" are
supposed to follow. Blind leading the blind. Or, in many cases, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed wolves... leading blind sheep. Ah, well... all of them: off to captivity. Or to the pit. Maybe both. Sigh.
Goodness, I wish more of them would... could... wake up. Truly.
Peace to you ALL and to your dear households!
Your servant, sister, and a slave of Christ,
Shel