Dec KM indicates extreme paranoia over booking hotels NOT on the list

by truthseeker 67 Replies latest jw friends

  • choosing life
    choosing life

    We stayed on a floor not included by the society at a hotel once. It was a special luxary floor with extra ammenities not offered elsewhere. The reason we did this was because the hotel was connected to the convention center and we had a disabled person staying with us. It was much easier on him to be able to return to his room when he needed to. We would have stayed on the floors designated by the society, but they were full by the time we were given the list at the service meeting. Someone, actually a lot of elders were not waiting to book a room until the list was released. All the best rooms were always already full. Such self-sacrificing brothers!

    You would not believe the looks of disgust we received from the other witnesses staying at the same hotel. They didn't care about the disabled brothers needs. And they even stated that they would have liked to stay on that floor with the extra ammenities, but they were being faithful to the society. It always bothered me that there was no provisions for rooms to be set aside for disabled and elderly ones that were the most convenient for their needs. Maybe their free rooms could be used to help the poor too, instead of the Bethel elders and POs and DOs.

  • VM44
    VM44

    "if you talk on your cell phones"

    There also was a KM article about not bringing your cell phones to meetings and conventions.

    Did the CO actually said to elders that if they did not stay at a hotel on the list they would be removed?!! Amazing!

    The Watchtower is being too heavy handed about this. I think many JWs resent the way the "recommendation" comes off as a "command".

    Why doesn't the Watchtower explain why the people should stay at a “recommended” hotel? The answer is that the Watchtower does not explain anything to anyone! They have always been very secretive about their activities and the reasons they do things the way they do. Commands and information flow from the top down in the Watchtower Organization, and those lower in the hierarchy must obey commands from those higher without question. That is the Watchtower's idea of a "perfect" society.

    Remember the Tacoma Dome Parking Scandal? Did the Watchtower tell the people that the contract they negotiated with the "Dome" included free parking, and that parking fees were not to be collected?

    No, they did not!

    What the Watchtower did was to just go ahead and charge the Witnesses for parking permits anyway!

    Not only does the Watchtower keep things secret from the Witnesses, the Watchtower views the Witnesses as people they can command and use in any way they see fit!.

    I don't know why people want to be such willing slaves to the WT. It has produced nothing of value in all the years it has been in existence.

    All the Conventions and Assemblies held over the years haven't been good for anything either.

    --VM44

  • MadTiger
    MadTiger

    I had to catch up on the Tacoma thing:

    http://www.watchtowernews.org/tacomapark.htm

  • abbagail
    abbagail

    "We should be particularly wary when someone refers to Jesus Christ as 'the Christ.' "
    --Norman Geisler --
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Geisler>
    <http://www.chick.com/information/bibleversions/articles/copyright.asp>

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    What jumped out at me was not their usual "do as we say, but not as we do" rules and regs re: convention hotels, but the THEME the WT chose for this year's conventions... Unbelievable...

    Kingdom Ministry - 2007 "Follow THE CHRIST" District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses

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    If anyone is interested in why this "sticks out like a sore thumb," feel free to read the post I just made here:

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THE_PARADISE_REPORTER/message/4186

    (Since I can type emails in HTML w/bold, underline, italics, etc., it's much easier to read at the above link than if I put it all here in plain text).

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    Thanks for this amazing latest "revelation" from the WT! It's a "keeper"!
    /abbagail

  • moshe
    moshe

    I like the idea of them forcing the JW's to stay at just a few hotels. It sure makes it easier to handbill their cars. Do you suppose they will force some MS dubs to pull late night parking lot guard duty? Boo!

  • jaguarbass
    jaguarbass

    My comment on your post is, I guess if you want to live in the new order you have to be willing to follow the rules like a sheep. If you dont want to be a sheep than you have to be out here with us goats.

  • oddeye
    oddeye

    somebody's getting kickbacks

  • freyd
    freyd

    VM44QUOTE......."Why doesn't the Watchtower explain why the people should stay at a “recommended” hotel? The answer is that the Watchtower does not explain anything to anyone!....... That is the Watchtower's idea of a "perfect" society...........Not only does the Watchtower keep things secret from the Witnesses, the Watchtower views the Witnesses as people they can command and use in any way they see fit!"


    When you believe you've been selected by God to make rules in order to control the behavior of others, there's just no limit to how far off course you can go. It's probably the opposite extreme of not recognizing any influence of God at all. Without love it's all meaningless at best. At worst, it can't be measured. http://www.christianquestions.net http://www.live365.com/stations/gospel_kingdom?play&site=live365

  • tijkmo
    tijkmo
    The society have encouraged each congregation to sit in their assigned seats

    can someone verify this..

    or is it just irony

  • Justice-One
    Justice-One
    Par for the course, soon there will be detail guidelines on how to go to the bathroom.

    Remember brothers, more than three shakes and this constitutes pleasure. This MUST be reported to the nearest Glorious One ASAP!

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