The USA Witnesses are old!
This is very true. I've noticed in some countries that witnesses overall appear younger. Anyway, it is a real shame and this is the first time I've ever read that the WTBS open acknowledge that people will die in this system of old age. I remember back in 1990 when the CO's were saying that we didn't have 5 years left in the system and that I should drop out of school and focus on kingdom interest...that was 17 years ago!!!...LOL
I too know plenty of old people that have gotten old and died in the org. There are also plenty of old folks in the org with no kids that will drive you crazy because they want to adopt you as their spiritual daughter which is code for "pretend that you are our real daughter, pick us up and take us to run errands and give us money." Then when you don't do it, the elders get on you for not taking care of them because "they consider you to be their daughter" and then you have to hurt their feelings and tell them that you have a real mother and father. That has happened to several of my close friends and onetime to me, which is why I learned to "correct" old people in the old who would befriend me and start telling me that I was like a daughter to them. I've even had elders ask me to move in with older couples "to help them out". I remember looking at this one elder dead in his eyes and was like "...that's not going to happen" and then he suggested that they move in with me, then I asked why they couldn't move in with him, that ended the conversation.
Its a sad situation for the JWs...I hope the org falls very soon.
