Something the CO said at the CA last week...

by Soldier77 21 Replies latest jw experiences

  • Soldier77
    Soldier77

    ... that I just remembered. It has been brought up in one of the many enlightening posts here, but I wanted to just share what he said.

    The CO was speaking about how the org growth has somewhat tapered off and not seeing the large increases as before (too bad we don't have a talk about how many that have left!) and that the org is now 7+mil active members (yes, he said active specifically). He asked how many children that we know of that were born into the "truth" that have left. He started tossing out numbers of some people that he personally knew of and tied that into asking us to think of how many more we individually know of. He said that it should be our focus to try to "help" these ones come back to the org and to focus on we could soon be looking at 14+million....

    So let's just analyse that for a minute. One it tells me that the only way to increase by a large amount is to sucker all the smart kids that saw the org for what it is and left. Two, telling couples to go ahead and procreate so they can have the responsibility to increase the org numbers. Three...well, I'll stop there. I'd like to here your thoughts on that, and if I need or remember to add anything else as I remember I will.

    Sorry this is a bit rushed, just through of it as I was heading out the door but I wanted to write it down and at least start a topic on it.

  • notverylikely
    notverylikely

    Man, for guys directly appointed by the GB who are spirit directed, they sure do seem to go off the rails a lot.

  • Mall Cop
    Mall Cop

    The CO. is no different then you or I. He must toe the line, he is given direction from the DO. who is given direction from the Zone Overseer, who is given direction from the Branch, who is given direction from Legal, writing, then rubber stamped by who knows in the GB.

    Blueblades

  • sabastious
    sabastious

    Abolishing the Shunning arrangement would be the best business decision they ever made. They would get back a lot of people who miss their family's

    -Sab

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    He asked how many children that we know of that were born into the "truth" that have left. He started tossing out numbers of some people that he personally knew of and tied that into asking us to think of how many more we individually know of. He said that it should be our focus to try to "help" these ones come back to the org and to focus on we could soon be looking at 14+million....

    Ain't no way in hell I would go back. There's nothing they could say to persuade me to do something that crazy.

    Born in and all the way out.

  • Soldier77
    Soldier77

    I look at it as a desperate reach to pad the numbers so to speak. I think it's disgusting, I went home sick on the second day of the CA just because I couldn't stomach the "needs of the circuit", what a bunch of thickly layed smoke screen and hypocrisy.

    Anyway, nothing new to add, just wanted to vent a little or at least get it off my chest since it disturbed me to sit through that crap being spewed...

  • minimus
    minimus

    And they discourage having kids since we're so deep into the time of the end.

  • Quentin
    Quentin

    Why won't they leave us alone? I mean, really, those that wish to go back wlll. Why encrouge jws to rat each other out, that's what their becomimg a ship of t

  • Gayle
    Gayle

    So did he at least admit 7 million have left ( that bringing them back would bring the total altogether to 14 million)? That should be disturbing to them!

  • Soldier77
    Soldier77

    Nah, he didn't admit to anything directly, but what was NOT said was louder and clearer to me than what he did say...

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