I know what the WTBTS needs to do to be a better religion!!!!!!!!!

by TooBad TooSad 8 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  TooBad TooSad

  I have been around the JW's for a long time. We all know that there is not enough attention

  shown to the elderly, depressed, and those in need of financial help in the congregations.

  I have often said that the Witnesses show more attention to strangers by going from door

  to door than to those in need in the congregations. Constantly I hear the comments that "I have to go in

  service to get my time up or I need 10 more hours this month to meet my goal." They will bend over backwards

  to make a return visit on someone who took the magazines for free, but will not go out of their way to

  stop and socialize with the elderly in the congregation. I now have the answer of what the WTBTS should

  do to fix the problem! Let the pioneers, publishers, and elders count time to call on the brothers and sisters in need.

  Count the time to buy them groceries, cut the elderly's grass, pick them up for the meetings, take them

  to the doctors. Let them count the time to have dinner with them or just hold their hand and

  spend some time with them. If they could report this as time at the end of the month you would

  see a big drop in the hours spent going from door to door and more time helping the congregation.

  It would be a better place to be. Of course many churches already do this without counting time

  because it is the loving thing to do.!!!
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  nvrgnbk

  They should embrace reality.

  Oops.

  Then they would cease to be a religion.
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  R.F.

  I say get rid of counting time altogether.

  Also, would counting time really draw ones to show true love to individuals from the heart. Im of the opinion to think that there would be even more "love" shown to the brothers out of a sense of duty, instead of actually wanting to do it, if the religion were to make the change that you suggested.

  I'll say that many JWs really want to do more for the congregation members, but they just don't have the time since you already mentioned the pressure to do more field service. By getting rid of counting time in every way, they'd have more of an opportunity.

  R.F.
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  stillajwexelder

  and definitely let elders count time on shepherding calls
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  RR

  Er ... what if you live in the inner cities? There's no grass in the inner cities ... well ... except the ones you smoke!
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  5go

  I do too! It needs more T and A.
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  yknot

  How about actually going back and reading the Bible, to see if Joe's Angels were telling him the truth.

  Y
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  jwfacts

  Very true, however (as shown in Hassan's books) cults are all about growth. Helping old people that are unlikely to ever leave does not assist growth, promoting the cult does.
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  WTWizard

  I think they should just close their doors and never open again. If they are going to count time spent helping people in practical ways, then they should start counting negative time for keeping me away from the opposite sex or suggesting that I just meet men as theocraptic arrangement. The negative time would account for the damage they did by driving me to turning apostate, and the calls I have already sent to apostate Web sites.

  There is no way they can possibly reform and do any good. The Tower has to go. And, especially now that NBC has got some embarrassing news footage about the pedophile scandals. At this point, they might as well go belly up.