Keep on the watch

"We may ask, Just what does obedience mean, and what is involved in our obedience? It actually means compliance with commands, a readiness to perform that which is required or directed by authority, a dutifulness. Obedience is a divine requirement and includes a joyful, willing submission to do the will of God."  w52 9/15 p. 557-558 "A divine requirement" Such an eloquent application of horseshit. Yet, a necessary evil in the day to day activities of a doomsday cult. It is objectively true that maintaining a perpetually obsequious base is of the utmost importance to the Watchtower, however, should we ask ourselves why they want this? Is this clamor for control important beyond their spiritual claims?  In so much as the leaders of the Watchtower would love to have completely mindless individuals at their disposal; it is far more useful to have members with at least a marginal ability to make decisions for themselves. This is the idea behind "making

It's a New Year. If you're here, it means you outlasted the terrible horseback calvary that's been bearing down on you since birth. It means your flight has not been easy and your deliverance has not been destiny. It means that at times you had to stop running and fight. Yes, you've had to face that ghoulish regiment that has been haunting your trek. There have been times that you've had to run faster and times you've had to stop and catch your breath, but you always push forward. You always move. Some days it felt like you'd moved so fast that you'd gone forward in time and some days it felt like you've become frozen in the present and resigned yourself to the clutches of the phantasms that were giving chase.  Never! You'll never stop moving, going, learning and becoming better than they said you could ever be. You made it this far because you had to see tomorrow! You had to know. You wanted to live there in the misty dew of a new day. I