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DATA-DOG

Here is what I imagine, just based on my own experiences. Okay....close your eyes...imagine that DD is a loyal sheeple.......

I spent over $500.00 to attend a DC in the midwest. That was food, gas, and lodging. That DID NOT include contributions. In fact, I pocketed all that money. Now imagine the loyal DD family only traveling 2 hours to the nearest ASS hall. I fill the tank in the gas-guzzling field-circus mobile, that's $60. We bought extra groceries for out "special" lunches, another $40. Let's say we stay at a Hotel and drive home the day after the convention. Maybe I use Priceline.com or something like that and get a "special" room for our "special" night for $100. Then we go out to eat that night for $50.

So the Uber-bub DD family says:

DD: Now that we have read the day's text and praised the GB, let's talk about contributing to Jeehoober's work on this most special of days!

Wife: That sounds wonderful my family head. I would love to discuss our fanincial situation in light of this most special of days!

Spawn of DD: Oh yes Papa!! I would love to take a break from my bible reading to discuss the families finances in light of this most special day!

DD: Now, now! Calm down everyone! I know it's a sacred subject, but let's not get overly excited! What are we, Pentacostals??? Jesus H....??

Family: No my head, we are not/ No father [ eyes downcast]

DD: Alright then! Ahem... According to my calculations, the new loving provision from Jeehoober has actually saved our family $250.00!! GB be praised! What a special provision in this time of the end!! Certainly Jeehoober is providing for us by having this most special one day convention!

Wife: So close to home as well! We only drove 2.5 hours!

Spawn of DD: Yes Papa! I was able to finish the whole chapter on Masturbation in the YPA book! I learned that I don't have to act on my homosexual tendencies just because they exist and are powerful!

DD: ................ WTF???... ARE YOU GAY?!? WTF?!?!! [turns to wife] THIS IS YOUR DOING, YOU SLUT!! I SHOULD HAVE KNOW!! You played golf in High-School for Christ's sake!! Then all your "RV'S" with Sister Mann... How could I have been so damn stupid! How is this happening!! [ daughter crying..] AND YOU!! If I see one more goddamned plaid shirt in this house I will burn ALL of your clothes!!! ALL of THEM!! I DEMAND RESPECT!! I DID 50 sit-ups!! OK!!! JESUS!! [ Family crying..]

DD: Hey, HEY!!! JUST CALM THE F**K DOWN!! [ breathing heavily..] Ok....ok... We are all good... Daddy loves you. I'm just stressed out, that's all. Mommy and I have not done any "worship" together for a while, and daddy is just tired.. Everyone Good?? EVERYONE GOOD!????...

Family: Yes...

DD: Ok! Back on track! So according to my calculations we can contribute $200 and save $50 to pay our past-due bills when we get home from this most special of days!! How does that sound? ....... Don't be afraid to give your opinion.. anyone??? Alrighty then! Let's close this most special financial discussion with our favorite song!

Family: [ Wife and kid sobbing..] WE THANK YOU JEEHOOBER FOR LETTING US LIVE...TO YOU O' JEEHOOBER OUR CASH WE DO GIVE!! YOUR GOVERNING BODY DO LOVE US FROM THE HEART! WITH ALL OUR RICHES, WE WILLINGLY PART!! THANK YOU JEHOOBER!.......

DD

NewYork44M

I always thought that in the good old days, that assemblies were a cash cow. I guess they milked that cash flow dry.

BU2B

DD you are a riot!

My prediction was that the "regional convention" would go down to two days, but it seems it will be cut back even more! This is good news for most JW. In the end this will come back to bite the WT in the ass. Less mind control time= less power over the members. In my lifetime we have gone from an hour public talk to 45 minutes, to a half hour. The bookstudy is scrapped, the circuit assembly cut down by a day, the magazines go from two healthy sized Awakes and Watchtowers a month to one leaflet each. Field servus has been reduced to an almost perpetual campaign consisting of saying, "hi here is an invitation to an important event, here is your copy"! Pioneering has become a mockery with an almost permanent 30 hour goal. The books are dumbed down more and more and now this news.

For the end being just around the corner, the WT sure does not act like it! Building a new headquarters, reducing the meetings and FS.. Where is their sense of urgency?

JWs near me are broken down. They are aging, mentally and emotionally troubled, physically ill and hobbled. They are on a constant treadmill of works and as a whole, no real spirituality. They are getting dumber and dumber. They believe their ticket to petting lions and tigers and bears is: Go to 75% of the meetings, Go in FS every other Saturday to leave leaflets in peoples doors, get 30 hours once or twice a year, and make sure to shun all DF family. Oh and pray and prepare for the meetings. Did I say shun? Oh yeah I did sorry!

The meetings are getting more and more boring and lifeless and repetitive. There is NOTHING for young people. They arent allowed school friends, after school activities, sports, birthdays or college and the only social occasion of the year for them looks like it is getting cut. Everyyhing is taken from them and they get nothing in return. I think they will retain less and less over time.

Their words say the end is near, their actions betray them. At the end of the day less cult control will come back to haunt them.

wallsofjericho

wearewatching:

I agree, I think they will still have International Conventions here and there and make a BIG deal of them... these will now become super special instead of just big district conventions that require more travel than usual

wallsofjericho

DD !!! LOVE IT!!!

BU2B

They believe their ticket to petting lions and tigers and bears is: Go to 75% of the meetings, Go in FS every other Saturday to leave leaflets in peoples doors, get 30 hours once or twice a year, and make sure to shun all DF family. Oh and pray and prepare for the meetings

BANG ON! GENAU!!

DATA-DOG

" Less mind control time= less power over the members. "

Well, they always say, " Your thinking changes after missing just a few meetings." That's how controlling the meetings are. Miss a few and your brain starts to function normally.

DD

BU2B

Also I forgot to add, the zeal has largely dissapated from JWs. They are going through the motions like androids more than ever. Everone with zeal for FS or the organization has moved over to foreign language where ther are poor ignorant immigrants who are eager to listen to any well dressed friendly face. They are low hanging fruit and easy pickings for the WT. Even though most immigrants may be more cordial and start a study, still a very small minority make any progress because their gut probably tells them its BS.

In the US most fully in young people have moved to foreign lands or foreign language, leaving the elderly, sick, those with families, and deadbeat JWs behind.

neverendingjourney

neverending, I remember circuit hopping, young jws looking for mates....or best yet having older friends and relatives in other congregations and circuits hunting for you....moving whole family near Bethel and visiting often to be seen. Daughters find husbands, dad sells house and they move back to home.

Wouldn't it be nice if they did what normal religions do and recognize that young singles need avenues to meet other singles? Part of the attraction to religion is the possibility for social interaction that it provides.

Instead, WT leadership chooses to hold onto the corrupted view that any interaction between people of the opposite sex invariably leads to fornication.

DATA-DOG

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!! LOL!! That's the perfect JW family!!

DD

AlphaMan

The Watchtower assembly program is crap and they know it. This is a win win for the Watchtower. They will save money by cutting 2 days off the program, then they will get more money from the publishers by guilting them into sending money they they would have normally spent attending a 3 day program.

The end is close my ass! Everything this religion does shows there is no end coming and that the Watchtower is a sham of a religion.

Let's review.....it's a cult.

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