ANY TAKERS?
DID AFFLUENZA AFFECT YOUR CONGREGATION?
by badboy 6 Replies latest jw friends
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owenfieldreams
Yes, most definitely.
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takethat
OH YES!
There are quite a few brothers in our area that had businesses. One was a big name in real estate and loved the sports cars. He'd often be seen in his Porsche or Jag. He owned both and has a palatial farmhouse. I used to clean house for this brother and his family. One day another elder was also working there as a builder. The elder came up to me and said mr rich bro is "a jumped up little shit". I laughed my head off! In Ryde Cong on the Isle of Wight UK, Many bro's were in business and had very expensive cars and seriously big houses. Their wives used to come to the kingdom hall dressed in very expensive designer dresses and shoes. It caused alot of bitchiness as they were clearly trying to outdo each other.
Pathetic.
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besty
Not so much - we were in an Inner London KH split 60/40 black/white - pretty unmaterialistic by and large
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ldrnomo
Jdubs as much as they are supposed to be seperate are as much a part of the world as anyone else. Sure they don't celebrate holidays but they take advantage of the after holiday sales (buy more things for less money) and they drive the latest cars, have houses, big screen tv's etc. etc. etc
Affluenza is in the air there's no way you can keep from breathing it
It's always been around and it will continue to be it was created in us. "make more" "buy more" "travel more"
Look at the borg itself, more is better right...
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WTWizard
Not where I used to go to. Povfluenza was more the epidemic where I used to go. Most people were poor, or maybe lower-middle class (none were upper middle or higher). I have seen people waste all their little money on suit dry cleanings, keeping their cars spotless, and of course gas (and that was when gas was 89 cents a gallon).
And, I have seen people living in poverty dropping $20 bills in the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund boxes like they were pieces of toilet paper. I was usually much stingier with my donations, but still it makes me sick to think people that are having trouble paying their bills and putting food on the table now, and soon to have medical bills, putting that much money in those boxes every week. And yet the hounders kept hounding for even more donations to that pedophile fund.
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badboy
BTTT