by avishai 18 Replies latest jw friends
I recently had this conversation with my wife, who, BTW, hasn't had to work secularly for the past 11 years.
She was trying to convince me that if our kids were to precede us in death and that if we both died having no heirs that we should will all our belongings to the Soceity?
Yeah....RRRiiiight!!!!!
I would attempt to dig myself out of the ground if for one second I thought that they'd get any more money that what I think my wife is already giving them, which I don't think is very much.
Those blood sucking vampires in Brooklyn feed off money and power, that how they got established in the first place !
My Mom got cancer in 2005 and in February the elders interfered with the will. Everything was left to me her only child and my 4 children originally. In February 2006 she was diagnosed with terminal cancer with 6 months to live. The Elders encouraged her to change her will she told me. Next thing you know the Watchtower got 1/3 of her money the congregation got 1/3 and my 4 children had to share 1/3 of the money. this was out of over $100,000 cash, bonds etc that she was supposed to leave to my children. She had brain cancer and I think she got confused and let them convince her that they needed it more than her unbelieving grandchildren. I was just sick about it but you can't fight the Watchtower
Velvetann
That's awful, velvetann
velvetann, I'm sorry to hear your story.
Are you doing alright now ?
Excuse me if I'm crossing the line here.
I had a similar thing, when the two elders came round. Bullying me on the one hand and asking me for money on the other!
and I wasn't even baptised!
I knew of a jw family that fought each other over their jw mother's estate and tried to draw the elders into it...they refused and said they had to work it out.
In the end, your parent has the right to do whatever they want to with their money. If you feel they are not mentally qualified to make the decision, it can be contested in court.
I do know that when some older jws start getting ill or a facing death soon, they may feel they can buy good will with God.
The older jws I have seen have not cut out either non-jw family or ex-jw family from their estates.
Some jws use their money to influence (or try to) elders and others to give them special privileges or status.
My parents for many years tried to pressure us through the threat of being disinherted. We just lived our lives as if that money did not exist. It actually irritated the crap out of them to realize they did not have the power to control us or hurt us.
Because of our desire to "put kingdom interests first" my ex and I pioneered™ and were living hand to mouth for years. I was counseled by elders because I was poor. Eventually, because of bad health, I had to retrain and got a career in the IT field. I was counseled again for going to school. Then my non JW father died, and I inheirited his house and some money. I allowed them to have a book study™ in my house. Then I was counseled for being "materialistic" because I finally had a decent career, a house, and a few nice things. I supposed that having the BS in my house wasn't good enough, and maybe they wanted money as well. I never donated any money to the JWs. (My ex may have without my knowledge though.) I kicked the BS out of my house and left the cult soon afterwords. There were no "strongarm" tactics, but I suspect I wouldn't have been counseled so much if I made donations regularly. The elders were constantly inquiring about my "financial situation". | |
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Finally Free, the Watchtower society of Jehovah's witnesses will never be satisfied with our contributions. They will always demand more and more our time and resources. During assemblies and kingdom hall meetings, such 'begging talk' are standard.
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