Is the GB against JWs having pets?

NAVYTOWN

Does anyone know what was said at the recent RAs about JWs owning pets? Was it discouraged strongly? Hopefully JW pet owners will tell the Organization to F-Off!!

Calebs Airplane

Yes. They are against it. They won't say so, but they are against anything that will reduce the Rothschild family's cash flow...

Yeah, the talk was just like every other talk warning against something that the bible is silent on. Be careful that you don't let anything distract you even a little bit from meetings and FS! Be careful that you don't let this border on idolatry! etc etc.

LostGeneration

reduce the Rothschild family's cash flow...

Evidence?

Wild_Thing

I have never heard of this.

sir82

The WTS is pretty much against anything not allowed at Bethel - children, pets, porn, etc.

new hope and happiness

What about guide dogs for the blind.

Ive had a budgie for years, i now think of him as my non humun friend.

AndDontCallMeShirley

What about guide dogs for the blind.

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A devoted JW walks by faith, not by sight. Having a seeing eye dog reveals a lack of faith. Besides, the New System™ will fix your blindness...why run ahead of Jehovah™ by doing something about it now?

nugget

years ago there was an assembly talk about idolatry. One of the things identified as a potential idol were pets. The message was if your pets prevent you from attending assemblies or going out in the service then you are putting them in Jehovah's place and you are making them your idols.

The same talk also identified celebrities, music and other stuff in the same way.

Tech49

Pets and hobbies were very specifically mentioned in the "idolatry" talk, inferring that these could be a distraction, on par and in line with idolatry.