Did You Know any JWs that Owned 3 Homes, Land, Luxury Cars, a boat, and a Motor Home?

by LostGeneration 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  LongHairGal

  LostGeneration:

  I think people are attracted to affluent people because of their confident air and know-how. I don't begrudge them anything and don't feel they need to give anything up to appease less-affluent people in the hall. Although, the idea of being targeted is repugnant to me personally, so I would not flaunt it.

  It is bad enough there are some in the congregation who are jealous of those who simply have a "decent" job and dress well, imagining these people "owe" somebody something!!

  Just so long as these same well-off persons don't get on the podium and tell other people to pursue poverty. If you aren't living like John the Baptist you have no business telling anybody else to!
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  Mad Sweeney

  I think, sir82, that it is also because they aren't just in it for the money. There is a bureaucratic faction in the leadership, no doubt, but the GB and their cronies are more about power and control which they get through devotional religious rituals like more field service and meeting attendance.
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  No Room For George

  Just so long as these same well-off persons don't get on the podium and tell other people to pursue poverty. If you aren't living like John the Baptist you have no business telling anybody else to!

  Exactly. Couple years back at a District Convention, they interviewed a sister who made adjustments to her life so that she could pioneer. Guess what she did for a llving? She was a sports agent, as was/is her husband. On top of that both were born-ins according to her story. I'm thinking to myself at the time, how does a born-in JW become a sports agent? At any rate, the husband made enough income for her to quit her job/career so that she could pioneer full time.

  This past circuit assembly had a woman who related how she and her husband have decided to simplify their lives. So they sold one of their vacation homes, and she's retired early in order to pioneer. . The interview didn't go into what her husband does for a living, but he makes a pretty living by even non-JW standards.

  It's bull s#$# how they parade these examples in front of the audience, especially when many in attendance can't even remotely relate to the person on the stage. Then again, it's difficult to relate to what's printed in the magazines, so I guess nothing has changed.