Like one elder said to us while we were studying with him was to give to the poor accomplishes nothing but just prolongs the suffering in satans world. Coming from an idiot who has all the young pioneers doteing over his family and studying with his kids who want nothing to do with the religion. He's the very one that sat infront of his kids saying how he hates service and doesn't go out much. So don't help the poor and don't share the bible but thinks just for himself.
7 million Jehovah's Witnesses wasting 10 hours every month
by Terry 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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gma-tired2
My sister said last night she is skipping service today to work in her yard. I'm sure she will enjoy her weekend more.
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Sayswho
So true...my wife stated this years back in mixed company and one of the Beth-elite elders gave her a look that could kill.
So sad, but my 78 year old mom just texted me that she is getting ready for service. I responded back with a "good morning" something I do everyday, and in the evenings send her a pic of our setting sun (she enjoys them). She know I am weak but doesn't really want to know too much. I have a hard time encouraging her but at times I will, by saying positive things like -- 'hope u have a good morning in service' I just could not say it this am.
I would liked to respond to my mon with the thoughts of what "LisaRose" said in her comment...because it is so true...
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Terry
What sadens me is that these people are not bad people. But, the good that is in them is diluted and deluded.
Instead using all the love and kindness inside each of them it is siphoned off.
I think about what happened to me when I first moved to California. I was in the car with my first real non-JW friend after moving from
Texas and drifting away from the Kingdom Hall to spend time getting settled.
We passed by a bus stop where an old man who was clearly a homeless bum was having trouble standing up when his bus came.
My "worldly" friend and I were at the stop light watching.
The poor fellow couldn't stand up and get on his bus so the bus driver closed the door on him and drove off. He was obviously distressed.
I as a Jehovah's Witness felt a twinge of empathy--but, that was the end of it.
My "worldly" friend, however--was not a JW. He pulled the car over to the curb and I watched as he jumped out and went over to the man
and started talking to him.
I have to say I was more or less shocked as I observed this.
I felt very uncomfortable! Why?
Because something inside me was being SHAMED! I confess it had not entered my mind to actually DO SOMETHING for that man. I am still shamed by this memory.
Anyway...
My friend returns to the car and tells me, "It is going to take both of us to get him in the car--his legs are just too weak."
So....the two of us grabbed the old fella and hobbled over to the car and got him inside.
We drove to the emergency room of the nearest hospital and took him inside AND WAITED UNTIL SOMEBODY LOOKED AFTER HIM.
The guy stunk--but, that was not the point! My "worldly" friend---my first real glimpse at a NON-JEHOVAH'S WITNESS in a long time---only saw
a fellow human being in trouble--while I, Mister "I got the Truth" just saw a stinking old bum!!
That afflicted me, I have to tell you.
I could barely sleep that night.
I kept trying to sort out my emotions. I was feeling angry.
But, it was with MYSELF and finally I grappled with the real reason. MY RELIGION DID NOT MOTIVATE ME to help that man---but, this world guy WITHOUT THE "TRUTH" did not hesitate!
That was really the beginning of the end for my association with anybody at the Kingdom Hall.
My non-JW friends were a much nicer influence on me!
All these years later I am filled with gratitude for that experience!
My idea of what being Christian was---was totally corrupt! It was about magazines and Watchtower studies and not human need.
Like the O.P. says, 7 million JW's wasting 10 hours every month......
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Simon
It always bothered me that JW's do no volunteer work. I never understood that.
I think it is a symptom of their belief system: fundamentally, they see non-JWs as utterly worthless and about to be killed by their god so why offer any humanitarian help at all? Any time to spend must be spent on the preaching work ... they have little time for anything else, even themselves.
It's a treadmill.