WT 01/15/14 - Admonition to mid-50s JWs waking up

bats in the belfry

. . . and possibly preparing for a life with a pension plan before it is to late. Reminder: That's the generation that was told they never will get old in this system.

Thus, the kick in the butt from WTBTS (WT, January 15, 2014, pages 22-26):

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2 Many Christians in their 50’s and older still have plenty of vigor. They may have some gray hair, but likely they do not yet have the frail health described by Solomon.

9 The apostle Peter may have been over 50 when he moved to where the need was greater.

10 Today, many Christians in their 50’s and older ﬁnd that their circumstances have changed and that they are able to serve Jehovah in new ways.

14 Although many Christians in their 50’s have ﬁne opportunities to do new things in Jehovah’s service, not all can. Some of them have poor health, and others care for aging parents or dependent children.

WingCommander

Another re-actionary, instead of pro-active, WT article. I love how your last quote talks of these ones as possibly having "dependant children." No sh*t??? Well golly-gee Governing Body, you're the ones that CREATED that situation when you outright forbid anyone from getting an education that would enable them to achieve a well-paying career in which to support themselves, instead of just a low-paying "job" at McD's or washing windows. How can the "youth" (aged 18-30's) afford NOT to live and mooch off of their aging parents when you have encouraged such idiocy and dependancy, all so that they can Pioneer and knock on doors of empty homes to peddle literature that is now Old Light, for an Old System of Things that by your continual decrees should not even yet still be in existance?

The incredible gall these clueless Overlords of Faith display is just incredible. And as usual, whatever you are doing is NEVER ENOUGH, the one constant message of the WT that doesn't change is this: You are not doing enough, giving enough, or slaving away enough - EVER. And as usual, the beatings will continue until morale improves.

Heartless basturds!!

- Wing Commander

sir82

Ha ha - that will go over big in our congregation!

Ours is the "retirement congregation" - people retire at 50 or 55, move here, and relax.

Half our elder body is elders who took early retirement and are now in a routine of playing golf, playing golf, and, um, playing golf.

Pioneering doesn't even register as a tiny blip in their radar. Talk to them about it and be prepared for an hour or 2 of justification of why pioneering is for everybody else, but not for them.

And these guys are going to pick up and go where the "need is greater"? Please. You can't get them to take on a substitute Bible reading without eye-rolling and audible sighs.

Gayle

And the GB have no personal experience on taking care of aging parents, nor raising children.

Maybe the GB now are picking on their 50+ year olds because that's about all they're going to have left. Most JW youth are seeing the reality of the JW dilemmas.

The GB will dump more and more on the ones remaining.

JakeM2012

Wing commander. Exactly, excellent point. I have an older brother spongeing off 80 year old mom. He is useless other than criticizing others.

Oubliette

Just a reminder, Mark Sanderson of the GB is only 47 years old!!!

He's just a 'young-un!