Well not to change the subject. But I am very friendly with an EX C .Servant.( John W) & his wife
Listening to some of what they had to bear is awful. When they were invited to stay in
members homes ,some had damp beds, cockroaches ( many) fleas,Some of the meals they had to Thank Jehovah for was terrible, hairs in them,etc:But had to smile & thank their
hosts & hostesses. Thinking back they wonder how they could have gone on. That was in England
Then they came to the U.S.A & it was the same there (Yes many homes were very kind & clean in all
countries & they traveled to Many))
then they came to Canada .Same issues here also. Thank God Jah Booted em out.
But to listen to their comment WOW!!!! I am glad I didn't join the elite group
Hey Mouthy, thanks for presenting the other side of it. I don't want to be heavy handed. There was a poster on here who went by Winston Churchill whom I believe was a C.O. if I remember correctly. I enjoyed his posts while lurking, and was part of the reason I registered.
At the same time though, make no mistake about it, I find it offensive that those boys in NY criticize everything natural in life that a common JW might do, such as going to school, dating, marrying, working, making a living, planning for their future, anything that might make a JW briefly forget that there is a so called Governing Body. I resent and hate the establishment in this religion for how they pressure people They disgust me. COs and DOs enforce this mentality. They're just like the Pharisees. Some sincerely wish to help, but I dont think I can say that about the majority. The only thing I want to tell all of them is to get a job like the rest of us. Raise a family like the rest of us. Get your hands out of my pocket, I don't owe the COs, the DOs, and the GB anything. Get a job, wash your own clothes, pay for your own trips abroad, pay for you own dinners, worry about getting your own health insurance........we can on and on. I don't work for someone else to reap the benefits. We're being taking advantage of.
It reminds me of 2 Samuel 12, when God sends Nathan to David and informs him of a wealthy man who took advantage of a common man.
1And the LORD sent (A) Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, (B) "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, [a] and it was like a daughter to him. 4 Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him." 5 Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, (C) "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, 6 and he shall restore the lamb (D) fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."
7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,
