More Young People Are Leaving The Organization! (page 6)

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Probaby are probably are starting to question things.I know I did

minimus

TheOldHippie, you still support this Organization??

undercover

OldHippie's is a fair question, mini ole boy...

But I get where you're coming from. I've seen several of the younger generation leaving it behind. It's not proof positive, to OldHippie's point, but seeing the ones leaving actually leave it surprises me a bit because they came from "exemplary" famillies with generations of pioneers, elders and Bethelites. I take it as evidence that the WTS is losing its grip on younger ones.

OUTLAW

LOL!!@NRFG!!..

Funny stuff Miz..Although some people aren`t getting the joke..

....................;-)...OUTLAW

sir82

Why are kids leaving?

Consider this recap of last night's service meeting:

Following announcements, a part on using the "Reasoning Book" if someone objects to the JW stance on blood transfusions. All quotes & citations in the RS are at least 25 years old. No mention is made of the softened stance on "blood fractions". The demonstration was clearly unrehearsed and the participants looked utterly foolish and incompetent.

Next, a recap of the Zone meeting for "Local Needs". The elder spent (literally) 3 minutes of his 10 minute part telling the audience that there was so much information he'd never be able to squeeze it into 10 minutes. He then spent 5 minutes reciting exciting statistics about how many RBCs there are, how many books are printed, how many Bethelites there are, how many were baptized, etc. etc. etc. He managed to rush through the 2 hours of meaningful (to a JW anyway) information in about 30 seconds before soliciting comments from the audience. Clearly he had not spent more than 5 minutes preparing for the part.

Next, a "what did we learn?" part covering topics from the Yearbook. The bug-eyed elder frequently went off on tangents. One experience took place in Lithuania. Somehow that led to a comment about a Canadian circuit overseer who visited Poland and had "eyes as big as saucers" (WTF?). He was rambling and incoherent for at least half the part.

This is "spiritual nourishment"? Anyone under the age of 25 had to be just counting the seconds until the end of the meeting.

Repeat that 50 times a year, and who (other than the brain dead) is going to stick around for anything other than the social aspect and/or fear of losing family?

undercover

Anyone under the age of 25 had to be just counting the seconds until the end of the meeting.

Hell, I was counting the seconds to the end of just reading the recap...

I don't know how you sit there week in and week out. I hope your undercover operation is yielding results, if that's what you're doing.

3rdgen

Not just young people are leaving. The WTS is pushing Anyone out who hasn't become too old to think.

minimus

Diehards like Hippie just don't want to accept the obvious. I gave 2 examples of JW kids wanting to leave that happened within the same month.

You have to admit, it's a dumb religion and a waste of time.

ScenicViewer

The demonstration was clearly unrehearsed and the participants looked utterly foolish and incompetent.

Next, a recap of the Zone meeting for "Local Needs". The elder...had not spent more than 5 minutes preparing for the part.

Next, a "what did we learn?" part covering topics from the Yearbook. The bug-eyed elder frequently went off on tangents...rambling and incoherent for at least half the part.

Not only is the organization losing the young, there are many in 'responsible positions' who no longer have their heart in it. I remember that in the early 70s, when 1975 was expected to bring armageddon and there was lots of excitement in the organization, service meeting parts were well prepared. Now, it seems fewer and fewer of JWs care anymore. Of course there aren't that many people there to listen to the parts now anyway (recalling my last years of meeting attendance...I stopped in 2006...there were so few people there. It was an embarrassment).

minimus

No excitement= BORING!!!!

More Young People Are Leaving The Organization!

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