Thread: my UN testimony
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Old 12-06-2020, 02:20 PM   #5
NZexCK
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Default Re: my UN testimony

1. growing up I always got the feeling that the arts/psychology/philosophy were looked upon as lesser than. physchology/philosophy I think for the obvious reasons, they were always sort of seen as satanic. I think they knew if people got too educated in those areas their house of cards could come falling down. The LR is after all one big psychological power play. As for the arts I sort of feel like there is a sort of this "starving artist" stereotype. If people choose to do painting, music, dance etc then they are more likely to earn less and have less to give to the church? I know this is a great big generalisation but I think their rather asian world view is that certain fields lead to a more stable/reliable income which is more important than actually enjoying your job. As a high schooler they would bring in different saints to present their careers to us each week so we could get a feel for them before choosing a tertiary qualification. The saints they chose to present to us were always in the fields of engineering, teaching, something medical, IT, never the arts.

2. I don't know of any official statement. Certainly before I stopped meeting for good I do recall being in a meeting where they talked a lot about the next generation of children and how they needed to focus more on love than on the spiritual side of things. From hear say through the grapevine the elderly saints are genuinely concerned as to why church kids rarely seem to stay around and have realised that they may have over spiritualised things.

3. The story I mentioned wasn't of sisters singing in a circle but rather standing more like a choir would to perform in a public square.

4. I feel like the writings/teachings of witness lee was equally if not more emphasised than the bible during my childhood/adolescence.

5.For me, the worst practice was getting coerced into being baptised before I was actually ready. That is what felt the most spiritually violating. Other than that I felt coerced into just about every "spiritual" activity, from door knocking, singing in public, sharing my "enjoyment", pray reading. I didn't have any genuine enjoyment about the teachings of witness lee so I had to fake/force it. Honestly they just felt like rantings of a delusional man who managed to take up an entire page with an idea that could have been explained in one or two sentences. On a more human perspective, the worst practice was stifling our ability to develop a healthy sense of self/self trust which has a knock on effect in all areas of human living.

Last edited by NZexCK; 12-06-2020 at 02:42 PM. Reason: additions to point 5.
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