We had a CO looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since I usually had good experiences out in field service.
Anyway, after speaking with the CO, I was sorry to inform him that I did not have an experience that suited the type he needed. He told me that was o.k. because he could use me anyway for another part. He said the brother in charge of the part would call me in a few days.
Skip forward..........when the brother called he said he was told I could help with his part as I had an experience that tied in with it. And then told me about the specific part he had. Turns out he was looking for the experience I had already told the CO I never had.
Then, the brother asks me flat out if I can fudge it a little by changing the details to suit the part better. I was like No, I can't do that. I can't lie to all those people and have them congratulate me on an experience I never had. He was like, I don't see what it can hurt, these experiences help upbuild the friends. I said yeah because they think they are real experiences, thats why. Anyway, he wasn't apologetic at all for asking me to lie. He just said ok then, I have to go and hung up.
Next thing I know we are at the assembly and during that part, a sister from my congregation gets up and tells of her wonderful experience which of course was the one the CO was looking for me to give. Thing is she is one of my close friends and we always work together in service and I know she is outright lying and that it never happened.
Well, thats when I knew for sure those experinces were either completely made up, or changed dramatically to seem better then what they really were, with details added to fit the assembly parts better. And I could never trust these parts again. They were and still are pure propaganda. Peace, Lilly
Wow I never knew this went on! Talk about a deception of the facts. These people make me sick! HHG