For the ones based in BRITAIN only the "few" were invited to attend the AGM .They received their new grey Bible and the rumor was that the new Bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until January .It was confirmed tonight .A letter was read as local announcement that the new Bibles will not be available until the end of January for the rest of the congragation .All the IN CROWD were sat there with their new flashy Bible looking smug.Also the Bible reading was read from the new Bible to make it all the more obvious ....
The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2
by raymond frantz 30 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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Sapphy
That's hillarious.
Well done society, every meeting from now until january will enhance resentment.
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LostGeneration
So the nobility will read scriptures out of the new bible for the next four months, reminding the serfs that they weren't good enough to attend the Special Meeting and get the Special Bible?
Sounds the the WT really screwed the pooch on this one.
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SkyGreen
This is really odd, seems very disorganised for the Society who pride themselves on being so organised. Here in my part of australia all the congregations were invited, we had two meetings at most halls on sunday and some congregations combined. It was stressed that it wasnt a public meetibg although a couple of regular "interested ones" who heard about it at the meetings still showed up. We were encouraged ti go to our own congregation but if we werent able, to make sure we let the elders in our hall know and get oermission from the elders in the hall we planned ti attend. At most meetings there were enough bibles for every adult publisher to receive one, at others only enough for one per family. In some halls because they have smaller cobgregations there are more to go around. Poor britain! Sounds like they've got a raw deal! I also feel bad for all the non english speaking rank and file who will still be waiting many months to "catch up" very odd move by the org. Persibally I would have thought that those who could download the app would be encouraged to do so and allow the elderly or less techno savvy to have the printed bibles. At least the app is available for general use.
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Comatose
I'm sure that the loving brothers will give whoever has the Bible reading a loaner special Bible to read it from. Promptly taking it back when the talk is done. And of course reminding them to treat it very very carefully and not dogear it drop it or harm it in any way. That will make things a lot better.
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TheListener
I bet that the ones who didn't get the AGM invitation and new bible won't be angry or jealous but will see it the other way around. They'll feel that they need to do more in order to qualify to be a part of the special group when something like this happens again. They react with the conditioning that the society has worked so hard to instill.
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Gorbatchov
What a poor situation. The better ones are rewarded.
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LoisLane looking for Superman
TheListener . I think you make a valid point.
LoisLane
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konceptual99
When the letter was read in our hall the brother said that the new bible would not be used until all in the hall had one.
Only to be followed by the brother in the local needs item announce that the talk would use the new revision as it had some subtle differences that would help us all understand the import of the message.....
...which was a letter about not wearing high heels to the assembly or leave bags in aisles as lots of people have tripped over at conventions, assemblies and meetings recently and hurt themselves.
That's another 2 hours of my life I won't get back.