JW centric thinking..

by battman 7 Replies latest jw friends

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  battman

  When I was a "dub" everyone I knew,
  or was allowed to associate with, was
  also a "dub". Only read "dub" approved
  literature, blah, blah, blah, etc. etc, etc.

  Now that I am in "stealth" mode and have
  worldly contacts, and gasp worldly girl
  friends, I am amazed that all most all of
  these many people have NEVER even
  heard of JW"S much less of what the
  "dubs" believe.

  Forget about the one Billion Chinese,
  one Billion Indians, one Billion of the
  Muslim faith and nearly one Billion
  Catholics.

  I would like to hear others take on the,
  IMHO, huge failure to even make an
  impression here in the good old U.S.A.

  Why do so many of our "friends" decide"
  to move to third world countries to preach
  the GN when there is such fertile territory
  here? hehe

  Best wishes to all.

  Battman
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  ballistic

  Because the society uses the cheapest method of selling: millions of hours of members time which costs them nothing.
  And unlike at the turn of the last century when the lady of the house generally didn't work and numbers of children per household were larger, people now days are never home when they call.
  In most households, the same person always answers the door.
  Most of my associates have also never spoken to witnesses. Especially the ones that live with me; I'm a DO NOT CALL!
  I shudder when I read the service report and see the huge amount of hours put in by so many people, all going to such waste.
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  Nathan Natas

  I agree with you, Battman.

  I think that about 30 milliseconds after a Dub leave the average householder, the householder is thinking, "...pain in the ass..."

  A long time ago I gave thought to going to where the need was greater, because I was weary of hearing "not interested" all the time I was in service. I was told that was not a good enough reason... I never solved the koan of what a "good reason" might be.
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  battman

  When I try to explain to my new freinds
  where I have been hiding out the past 25 years
  I have had more people incorrectly identify
  me, us, as Mormon than anything else.

  At least the Mormons have some "identity"
  as in "two white guys with white shirts on bicycles
  with helmets". Not much but at least some
  interesting and distinguishing characteristic.

  Oh, I forgot, "by their love you shall know them".
  hahahhhahahahahahhahahhahahahahha

  been a year now and no phone calls, no personal
  visits, all my dear friends of 25 plus years are
  gone!!!! Drats, i hate that when that happens!!!

  I think the GB should bring back the "sandwich"
  boards to put some zip in the ol service effort.
  Talk about a separating work. Instead of doing
  service time in the sandwich shop the "ministers"
  should become the "sandwich message". Just
  remember folks "be the sandwich, be the sandwich.

  If they truly want to be persecuted then they should
  also demonstrate with their placards in front of the
  UN with all those great slogans they used to spew.

  "reel soooon now"!!!!! hahahahahahahaha

  battman
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  ElijahTheThird

  Well what would you expect after they kicked out or declaired no more Anointed? Bad mistake! After all, yah get what you advirtise for,,, right? LOL
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  sweetone2377

  Just remember folks "be the sandwich, be the sandwich

  I'm in my own little "comfort zone" and loving it.

  Shelly
  Former victim and recovering wonderfully from a broken spirit
  Smile, because we all have been freed from slavery!!
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  funkyderek

  A billion hours a year preaching the "good news" and I'd still bet 10-1 that if you stop a random person in street, they won't have a clue what that "good news" is. If informing people is their purpose, rather than making converts or selling magazines, they're not doing a very good job.

  --
  "The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." - Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794.
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  Room 215

  Hi Battman, et al,

  Your observation is on the money. Despite the billions of hours squandered and what must be hundreds of thousands of trees chopped down for the pulp sued for the magazines, Jehovah's witnesses remain and what they stand for remain an enigma to the public at large.

  If this is true for even those countries with the greatest freedoms and the largest JW population,s such as right here in the U.S, where about all the public knows is that they don't salute the flag arms and don't take blood -- and this after billions of hours of JWs knocking thier doors down, what about the less developned part of the world.

  For JW leadership, the door-to-door service is a time-consuming, make-busy work exercise that keeps the rank and file in line as it activates and maintains the operation of the printing presses that validate their existence and stature.

  For the drons that to their bidding, the work is, along with the five-meetings-a-week teradmill, is little more than a feel-good palliative, with every hour wasted in these enterprises deemed an installment payment in advance on their New World homestead.