Gumby, I remember that we should not worry about whether the babies will be executed or worry if some did not get the message, that they could die............just leave it in Jehovah's hands.
GB MEMBER Herd Says Just Because You're A JW It Doesn't Mean Anything!
by minimus 63 Replies latest jw friends
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sir82
Herd was trying to motivate the troops!
Gotta love motivation, JW-style..."most of y'all are shiftless slackers, & likely to be executed along with the rest of the Baal-worshipping, higher-education loving, materialistic fornicators in the world. Now git off yer lazy butts & direct people to our loving brotherhood!"
Idiots.
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minimus
Sir, that was a very good Herd imitation.
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Dagney
We had a CO come through (pre '75) that told our congo that 1/3 were going to "make it." He said "look around...just think...only 1/3 of you are going to survive Armageddon!"
It didn't motivate me, it made me think "why bother?"
I so agree with the comment regarding JW's being taught to be suspicious of each other. Don't forget, they are one step away from dancing naked around the golden calf.
*sigh*
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metatron
During the worst of the 70's in Bethel, it was not unknown for various brothers to be told that they
undoubtedly were going to die at Armageddon, while working everyday in the home or factory.
metatron
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Mary
A circuit overseer told our body of elders that only about 1/3 of the members of any congregation were "doing all the work" and were "serious about the Truth." That squared with what the numbers showed (which is how they measure "spirituality"). Most elders have heard this analysis from somewhere. It is a fairly universal thought among elders that only 30% or so of the congregation will actually survive Armageddon. In recent years, expectations have been lowered to about 20%.
Well, I can only respond to this in my (usual) ladylike fashion: What a bunch of f**king idiots. Since when was a Circus Overslob appointed as judge, jury and executioner over 6 million people? Oh I forgot.....the Senile Old Men in Crooklyn are too busy trying to figure out which buildings they need to sell next to settle the sex abuse scandal, so maybe they've downloaded the responsibility of Judgement Day onto the DO's and CO's. Yep, that would make perfect sense.
There's a tape circulating around the Witnesses stating that when the separation of the sheep and goats happens, Witnesses shouldn't think that they will automatically be saved just because they're Witnesses.
Actually, this is probably one of the very few true statements they've ever made. If and when the Big A does show up, I have a sneaking suspicion that being a Witness isn't going to get you a favourable seat next to Jesus. And it'll be trolls like this CO who stand there in shock and say "Lord, Lord, did I not do all these wonderful things in your name?"
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Frequent_Fader_Miles
That speech is motivational all right! Should motivate all "hole-souled" J-dubs right out of the "Borganization"! What's the sense just going through the motions?
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DocBob
Herd was trying to motivate the troops!
Two phrases come to mind.
One is the sign over the Auschwitz (or other ?) concentration camp entrance - "Arbeit Macht Frei"
The other - "The beatings will continue until morale improves."
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WTWizard
What does this mean? You are not sure of being saved even if you do all you are supposed to. To be saved, one must, after joining this stupid cult, throw away anything that is even slightly objectionable. That means every single worldly record, CD, or video. The computer and video games have to go, too. Then you have to quit your job and spend the whole day, every day, screeching around. You have to get up and meet for 5:30 AM street work, and stay out all day and write letters into the night. From there, you have to race to and from the territories and the Kingdumb Hell at 160 MPH (in the city, at that) and sprint to the doors. You have to always speak exactly the words that would result in the quickest disciple making, and keep at it all the time.
Even then, you have to truly enjoy it. If you would rather be watching The Price is Right, you die. If you feel tired and would like to slow down, even if you don't actually slow down, you die. If you have sexual desires, you die. If you would like to have more than the absolute minimum of sleep needed to survive or you drift to sleep when you're not supposed to, you die. One miscue, you die. I suppose that in the end, you die because you didn't come out the day before you were born and spend all that day in the ministry.
And for what? The kind of "life" I was promised was to see all the opposite sex destroyed since they couldn't stand me, and then find that I would be with all MEN. And I would have to realize that it's all my fault. Everyone I wanted alive died because of me! To have that to think about forever--and that's supposed to be rewarding. (Of course, they didn't come right out and say that. But, with all that I had to go through, that was the only logical conclusion.) I think I would rather worship the Devil and die. At least that way I would not be conscious of everyone I wanted alive ending up dead.
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Bonnie_Clyde
Back in the 1960's I heard a brother say, "There will be three surprises after Armageddon. Those you thought would make it, are not there. The ones you thought would not make it, would be there. The third surprise is that YOU made it Kind of dismal......